Deserts
The world's deserts force animals to come up with ingenious ways of coping with hostile conditions, giving rise to the most incredible survival stories on earth.
The world's deserts are lands of extremes that force animals to come up with ingenious ways of coping with hostile conditions, giving rise to the most incredible survival stories on earth.
A pride of desert lions are so hungry they risk hunting a giraffe several times their size, while male sandgrouse fly 120 miles each day to the nearest waterhole and dice with death to collect water for their chicks.
Filmed for the first time, a tiny bat does battle with one of the world's deadliest scorpions, and in Madagascar, a locust swarm of biblical proportions is seen as never before.
On TV
Clips
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The golden mole
Duration: 01:58
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Slot canyons of the wild west
Duration: 01:31
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Mustang fight
Duration: 01:55
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Locusts take to the air
Duration: 02:22
Music Played
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Thomas Bergersen
Empire of Angels
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | David Attenborough |
Composer | Hans Zimmer |
Producer | Ed Charles |
Series Producer | Tom Hugh-Jones |
Broadcasts
- Sun 27 Nov 2016 20:00
- Sun 4 Dec 2016 16:20
- Thu 15 Dec 2016 01:15大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Thu 15 Dec 2016 01:45大象传媒 Two Scotland
- Tue 21 Feb 2017 20:00
- Wed 22 Feb 2017 03:00
- Fri 8 Sep 2017 16:15
- Fri 5 Jan 2018 16:15
- Sun 18 Oct 2020 16:35大象传媒 One except Wales & Wales HD
- Sun 23 Jul 2023 16:45
- Sun 12 Nov 2023 16:45
- Thu 1 Feb 2024 19:00
- Sun 26 May 2024 10:30
- Thu 5 Sep 2024 19:00
- Sun 20 Oct 2024 10:30
- Sun 24 Nov 2024 10:30
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