Name: Alien Empire
Genre: Documentary
Cast: John Shrapnel

01

This first program in the series reveals the intricate micro-architecture of insects-from shimmering beetles to iridescent butterflies.

1996-02-15 30 min

02

Insects exist to make more insects. This 2nd program in the series explores the lengths to which an insect will go to attract a mate and reproduce.

1996-02-22 30 min

03

To eat,and not get eaten: this third program in the series looks at the extraordinary ways that insects play the game of survival.

1996-02-29 30 min

04

Insects are everywhere: they thrive in the bleakest deserts,on the slopes of active volcanoes and even on the surface of the ocean.

1996-03-07 30 min

05

The complex and ingenious structures devised, built and maintained by social insects.

1996-03-14 30 min

06

In this final programme of the series the battle lines are drawn: insects - friends or foe?

1996-03-21 30 min

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