Life Story

2014 • Discovery Channel
4.7
25 reviews
TV-PG
Rating
Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (7)

1 First Steps
10/23/14
Each and every animal is born with a chance: to survive, thrive and produce their very own next generation. The first hurdle in life is infancy. Vulnerable, naive but determined, some young animals face their biggest challenges in the first few days of life. How a creature fares at the very beginning is the foundation upon which their future success depends.
2 Growing Up
10/30/14
On reaching adulthood the moment comes when animals must strike out on their own. Without their parents they must learn to survive in a dangerous world. At this stage of life every small success may mean the difference between life and death.
3 Home
11/6/14
To survive, animals need somewhere to live; a place that provides the necessities of life, shelter from the elements and a refuge from enemies. Good homes are rare and competition can be intense – finding a home is one thing, but defending it is quite another.
4 Power
11/13/14
An individual's life journey interweaves with many others. Those who are successful know when to fight or back down, when to cooperate or to go it alone and how to manipulate and deceive. Power is the ultimate prize: animals will use any means to rise through the ranks and give themselves a chance of winning the game of life.
5 Courtship
11/20/14
Competition to win a partner has created some of the most extraordinary beauty and life-threatening violence anywhere in nature. Dazzling colours, elaborate dances and powerful weapons are all ways to attract and defend a mate. The stakes could not be higher: without a mate, the journey of life ends here... sometimes literally.
6 Parenthood
11/27/14
With the final challenge of life's journey comes the chance to win nature's only prize - continuing the family line through the next generation. Successfully raising offspring is the next best thing to immortality. But it's far from easy... Some parents must risk their own lives for their offspring.
101 Trailer
1/12/15
Life Story takes us on the greatest of all adventures – the journey through life...

About this show

For the first time we will follow a cast of star animal characters from episode to episode as they struggle to overcome the fundamental challenges of life. The result: the most complete picture ever of the epic fight to survive - from birth to death.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
25 reviews
Jackie Paramore
December 26, 2016
Masterpiece,could watch it again and again. Narrator is and always has been an exceptional advocate for wild species and wild spaces.
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Justin H.
November 6, 2015
Amazing footage. Magical narration by the world's greatest naturalist, and narrator. Sir David Attenborough. I cannot think of anything better.
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Andy vague
July 2, 2015
Love it! GREAT story !!
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