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Planet Ant: Life Inside The Colony (2013)

ALL 03/12/2013 (en) Documentary 88 Min
  • Release
    03/12/2013
  • Production
    BBC Four
  • Rotten tomato
    82%
  • Original title
    Planet Ant: Life Inside The Colony
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

Ant colonies are one of the wonders of nature: complex, organised… and mysterious. This programme reveals the secret, underground world of the ant colony, in a way that’s never been seen before. At its heart is a massive, full-scale ant nest, specially designed and built to allow cameras to see its inner workings. The nest is a new home for a million-strong colony of leafcutter ants from Trinidad. For a month, entomologist Dr George McGavin and leafcutter expert Prof Adam Hart capture every aspect of the life of the colony, using time-lapse cameras, microscopes, microphones and radio tracking technology. The programme explores how these tiny insects can achieve such spectacular feats of collective organisation. It also reveals the workings of one of the most complex and mysterious societies in the natural world – and shows the surprising ways in which ants are helping us solve global problems.

  1. Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor



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  1. George McGavin

    Himself

  2. Adam Hart

    Himself

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Casts : 2 , Crews : 3

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Planet Ant: Life Inside The Colony (2013) 88 Min

ALL 03/12/2013 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 03/12/2013
  • Production
    BBC Four
  • Original title Planet Ant: Life Inside The Colony
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Ant colonies are one of the wonders of nature: complex, organised… and mysterious. This programme reveals the secret, underground world of the ant colony, in a way that’s never been seen before. At its heart is a massive, full-scale ant nest, specially designed and built to allow cameras to see its inner workings. The nest is a new home for a million-strong colony of leafcutter ants from Trinidad. For a month, entomologist Dr George McGavin and leafcutter expert Prof Adam Hart capture every aspect of the life of the colony, using time-lapse cameras, microscopes, microphones and radio tracking technology. The programme explores how these tiny insects can achieve such spectacular feats of collective organisation. It also reveals the workings of one of the most complex and mysterious societies in the natural world – and shows the surprising ways in which ants are helping us solve global problems.

  1. Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Jacqueline Smith, Graham Russell

    Producer



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