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Attenborough's Life That Glows

Luminous beings, creatures with their own internal light, enchant and astonish us. Anyone who has seen a firefly or a glow-worm cannot help but fall under their spell. The sea at night sparkles as millions of luminous plankton reveal the shapes of dolphins in a truly magical light show. But why do animals produce living light? For centuries we could only marvel at the beauty and the mystery, but now for the first time we can begin to reveal the amazing truth about living lights. It has taken three crucial technological breakthroughs.

English
  • Originally Aired May 9, 2016
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Network BBC One
  • Created May 7, 2021 by
    CraigWally
  • Modified February 28, 2022 by
    SophieKevans
Name Type Role
David Attenborough Guest Star
Joe Loncraine Director