Life on Earth

Life on Earth (1979)

1979 • 1 season • Documentary

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Episode 3 — The First Forests

Season 1 • Life on Earth

Released: 1979-01-30 • Documentary

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For most of Earth's history there was no life on land. But over 400 million years ago some tiny plants began an invasion from the water, closely followed by the first animals - the ancestors of millipedes and insects.

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Episodes

Episode 1
The Infinite Variety
1979-01-16

Episode 2
Building Bodies
1979-01-23

Episode 3
The First Forests
1979-01-30

Episode 4
The Swarming Hordes
1979-02-06

Episode 5
Conquest of the Waters
1979-02-13

Episode 6
Invasion of the Land
1979-02-20

Episode 7
Victors of the Dry Land
1979-02-27

Episode 8
Lords of the Air
1979-03-06

Episode 9
The Rise of the Mammals
1979-03-13

Episode 10
Theme and Variations
1979-03-20

Episode 11
The Hunters and Hunted
1979-03-27

Episode 12
Life in the Trees
1979-04-03

Episode 13
The Compulsive Communicators
1979-04-10

Information

Episode air date	30.01.1979
Episode runtime	54 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Documentary
TMDB series rating	9.1
IMDb series rating	9.1
Series status	Ended
Age rating	—
Country	GB

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Cast

David Attenborough

David Attenborough
Self - Presenter

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