Attenborough's Life in Colour
Seeing in Colour
Season 1 Episode 1 of 2
David Attenborough explores the many ways animals use colour, with specially built cameras revealing a world normally invisible to human eyes. The peacock's tail has evolved entirely to impress females and is one of the most extreme colour ornaments in the natural world, while mandrill baboons signal their strength and status with striking red and blue face masks, the brighter the colours, the higher ranking the male
Attenborough's Life in Colour airs on BBC Two Wales HD at 4:00 PM, Monday 24 March. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Nature ➝ Animals ➝ Environment
David Attenborough
Narrator
Sharmila Choudhury
Director
Sally Thomson
Producer