Alien Empire

Season 1

1996 · 6 episodes · 3h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Hardware

   15 Feb 1996 · 30 min

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

2. 2

   2. Replicators

   22 Feb 1996 · 30 min

   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. 3

   3. Battlezone

   29 Feb 1996 · 30 min

   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. 4

   4. Voyagers

   7 Mar 1996 · 30 min

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

5. 5

   5. Metropolis

   14 Mar 1996 · 30 min

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

6. 6

   6. War of the Worlds

   21 Mar 1996 · 30 min

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