David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies

Season 1

Evolutionary story of flight from the very first insects to the incredible array of creatures which rule the skies today.

The First to Fly
E1
The First to FlyDavid Attenborough embarks on an extraordinary journey to unravel one of nature's most gripping stories - the evolution of flying animals. He begins by exploring the unexpectedly advanced world of the very first flyers - the insects.
Rivals
E2
RivalsDavid Attenborough continues his search for the origins of flying animals. He charts the rise of new, larger creatures - extinct reptiles that flew on wings of skin and the dinosaurs that sprouted feathers to become the ancestors of birds.
Triumph
E3
TriumphDavid Attenborough concludes his epic history of the evolution of flight with an exploration of the highly advanced fliers that dominate our skies today – the extraordinarily diverse skills of the birds, and the sonar-guided precision of the bats. He encounters some of our planet’s most remarkable fliers – from peregrine falcons dive-bombing starlings over Rome, to hummingbirds hovering in the cloud forests of Ecuador. In a spectacular finale, he visits Gomantong cave in Borneo to witness the mass exodus of a million bats.