S01 Episode 1
The Cold-Blooded Truth
David Attenborough reveals the surprising truth about the cold-blooded lives of reptiles and amphibians. These animals are as dramatic in combat, as colourful in their communication and as tender in their parental care as any other animals. Join giant courting crocodiles, jousting tortoises and bright red sumo-wrestling frogs in their sophisticated, solar-powered lives.
57 mins · Mon, 4 Feb 2008
S01 Episode 2
Invaders of the Land
David Attenborough asks how amphibians first invaded the land, with a look at metre-long salamanders, show-off newts and marsupial frogs.
57 mins · Mon, 11 Feb 2008
S01 Episode 3
Dragons of the Dry
David Attenborough comes face to face with a monitor lizard that stands on tiptoe, is flashed at by anole lizards and uses a rod and line to tempt a timid skink out of its burrow. Other scaly stars include jacky lizards that wave, wrestling beaded lizards and the largest chameleons in the world jousting in the trees. Plus, the world's smallest chameleon, no bigger than a thumbnail, and the biggest lizard in Australia.
57 mins · Mon, 18 Feb 2008
S01 Episode 4
Sophisticated Serpents
David Attenborough reveals the fascinating lives of snakes, the most misunderstood group of reptiles. A CCTV stakeout of wild rattlesnakes hunting shows, for the first time, what sophisticated predators they truly are. Attenborough is also on the receiving end of a spitting cobra's chemical weapons system, while the surprisingly beautiful and tender side of snakes is displayed in the sinuous courtship of kingsnakes.
57 mins · Mon, 25 Feb 2008
S01 Episode 5
Armoured Giants
David Attenborough meets the reptile heavyweights - the tortoises, turtles and crocodiles, showing what it's like to live within a suit of armour, and revealing a dynamic, warm and caring side to these ancient giants. Mating giant tortoises fit together like spoons, green turtles passionately mate in tropical seas, a mother spectacled caiman rescues a huge creche of babies and sophisticated crocodiles ambush fish.
57 mins · Mon, 3 Mar 2008
