Season 1 - Episode Guide

Sir David Attenborough explores the macroscopic world of bugs and, in this first episode, finds out how its residents outwit their enemies to survive.

It's a bug-eat-bug world out there, and the documentary continues with a look at how the various critters defuse the defences of their prey.

Dating is just as tricky a business in the insect world, and Sir David Attenborough finds out how certain bugs choose and then woo their partners.

Sir David Attenborough reveals how different bugs usher in the next generation, including the butterfly and harvestman spider.

Join Sir David Attenborough as he zooms in on a set of bugs who prefer cooperation to conflict, from the burrowing cockroach to a queen bee.

Before departing the insect world, Sir David Attenborough takes a tour of its vast colonies, which rival human megacities in both size and complexity.