About this season
Sir David discovers a microscopic world that’s invisible to the naked eye, where insects feed and breed, where flowers fluoresce and where plants communicate with each other and with animals using scent and sound.
Episodes (3)
1. Life in the Wet Zone
Aired 26 May 2012 • 45 min
David begins his journey inside the magnificent Palm House, a unique global rain forest in London. He explores the extraordinary plants that are so well adapted to wet and humid environments and unravels the intimate relationships between wet zone plants and the animals that depend on them.
2. Solving the Secrets
Aired 2 June 2012 • 45 min
David begins with the secret world of plant movement and uses sinister carnivorous plants to show just how active plants can be. As the seasons change, David demonstrates how plants operate on a different time scale to us; how they modify their lives according to the time of year.
3. Survival
Aired 9 June 2012 • 45 min
David discovers the plants that have evolved to shed their dependency on water enabling them to survive in the driest environments.