Season 1

1. Hardware

1996-02-15 · 30m

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

2. Replicators

1996-02-22 · 30m

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.

3. Battlezone

1996-02-29 · 30m

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

4. Voyagers

1996-03-07 · 30m

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

5. Metropolis

1996-03-14 · 30m

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

6. War of the Worlds

1996-03-21 · 30m

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