Simon Nash
Director
The Mating Game (2021)
Season 1
The struggles and successes of a wide variety of animals as they take on one of life's most vital challenges: finding a partner.
Released Oct. 3, 2021
Episode 57 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
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Watch Providers: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Production Companies: Silverback Films, bilibili, France Télévisions, NHK, Discovery Channel
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - In Plain Sight
The strategies used by animals to find and defend their mates in the grasslands of Namibia, the Serengeti and Australia. Here, mating strategies are on show for all to see.
Oct. 3, 2021, midnight
S1E2 - Out of the Blue
The ocean is where life first experimented with the mating game, and over time this has led to some of the most ingenious mating strategies of all.
Oct. 10, 2021, midnight
S1E3 - In the Thick of It
Jungles are home to 80% of all species but they cover just 2% of the planet. When animals in these crowded forests want to mate, the challenge is how to stand out from the crowd.
Oct. 17, 2021, midnight
S1E4 - Timing Is Everything
Freshwater is often the stage on which millions of animals gather to find a mate. And the cycle of freshwater is the trigger for spectacular mating rituals and fierce competition.
Oct. 24, 2021, midnight
S1E5 - Against All Odds
All life is driven by the need to breed. Yet for a few, the odds of success are overwhelmingly against them, so these have adopted the most extraordinary mating strategies of all.
Oct. 31, 2021, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 57 min.
Season Runtime: 285 min.
Released: Oct. 3, 2021
Last Air Date: Oct. 31, 2021, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: 13+
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