Air Date
February 15, 1996
Episodes
6 episodes
Alien Empire
Season 1
Episodes
1. Hardware
February 15, 1996
30 min
This first program in the series reveals the intricate micro-architecture of insects-from shimmering beetles to iridescent butterflies.
2. Replicators
February 22, 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. Battlezone
February 29, 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. Voyagers
March 7, 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. Metropolis
March 14, 1996
30 min
The complex and ingenious structures devised, built and maintained by social insects.
6. War of the Worlds
March 21, 1996
30 min
In this final programme of the series the battle lines are drawn: insects - friends or foe?
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