Life (2009 TV series)

Life
Series title card from UK broadcast
Genre	Nature documentary
Narrated by	David Attenborough (BBC) Oprah Winfrey (Discovery) Juanes (Discovery en Español)
Composer	George Fenton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer	Mike Gunton
Running time	59 minutes
Production companies	BBC Natural History Unit The Open University Discovery Channel Skai tv
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	12 October (2009-10-12) – 14 December 2009 (2009-12-14)
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Life is a British nature documentary series created and produced by the BBC in association with The Open University. It was first broadcast as part of the BBC's Darwin Season^[1] on BBC One and BBC HD from October to December 2009.^[2] The series takes a global view of the specialised strategies and extreme behaviour that living things have developed in order to survive; what Charles Darwin termed "the struggle for existence". Four years in the making, the series was shot entirely in high definition.^[3]

Life premiered on 12 October 2009 in the United Kingdom consisting of ten 50-minute episodes. The opening programme gives a general introduction to the series, a second look at plants, and the remainder are dedicated to some of the major animal groups. They aim to show common features that have contributed to the success of each group, and to document intimate and dramatic moments in the lives of selected species chosen for their charisma or their extraordinary behaviour. A ten-minute making-of feature Life on Location aired at the end of each episode, taking the total running time to 60 minutes.

Life is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and The Open University. It is distributed under licence by the BBC in over 50 other countries, including by the Discovery Channel in the United States and Skai TV in Greece. The original script was written and narrated by David Attenborough.