Season 1

Episode 1

S1 · E1 · 15/02/1996 · 30 min

Hardware

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

Episode 2

S1 · E2 · 22/02/1996 · 30 min

Replicators

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.

Episode 3

S1 · E3 · 29/02/1996 · 30 min

Battlezone

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

Episode 4

S1 · E4 · 07/03/1996 · 30 min

Voyagers

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

Episode 5

S1 · E5 · 14/03/1996 · 30 min

Metropolis

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

Episode 6

S1 · E6 · 21/03/1996 · 30 min

War of the Worlds

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