Life

1:50 AM to 2:50 AM

Thursday 17 October

Primates

Season 1 Episode 10 of 10

The focus turns to apes and monkeys, revealing their similarities to humans. Large armies of hamadryas baboons battle on the plains of Ethiopia to steal females and settle old scores, while Japanese macaques beat the cold by lounging in thermal springs. An orang-utan baby fails in its struggle to make an umbrella out of leaves, and capuchins try to smash nuts with a large rock. Narrated by David Attenborough

Life airs on BBC Four HD at 1:50 AM, Thursday 17 October. (Subtitles, finale, series, audio description.)

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David Attenborough

Narrator

Martha Holmes

Series Producer

Michael Gunton

Executive Producer