Alien Empire

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GenreScience and Nature[1]
Narrated byJohn Shrapnel
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Alien Empire
GenreScience and Nature[1]
Narrated byJohn Shrapnel
ComposerMartin Kiszko
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerSteve Nicholls
Running time30 minutes[1]
Original release
NetworkBBC One, PBS
Release11 February (1996-02-11) 
13 February 1996 (1996-02-13)

Alien Empire was a documentary television series about insects produced by the BBC, and first broadcast by PBS in 1996. It was subtitled Inside the Kingdom of the Insect.

The following six episodes were broadcast on BBC1:

  • Episode 1: Hardware. 15 February 1996.[2][3]
  • Episode 2: Replicators. 22 February 1996.[4][5]
  • Episode 3: Battlezone. 29 February 1996.[6][7]
  • Episode 4: Voyagers. 7 March 1996.[8]
  • Episode 5: Metropolis. 14 March 1996.[9][10]
  • Episode 6: War of the Worlds. 21 March 1996.[11]

Broadcast and release

Alien Empire was first broadcast in the United States on PBS, as part of the series Nature, in three daily parts, from Sunday 11 to Tuesday 13 February 1996.

Alien Empire was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1, as a six part series (and not as part of the series Nature), from 15 February to 21 March 1996, on Thursdays at 8pm.

Video

Alien Empire was released on VHS, in the United Kingdom by the BBC and in the United States by Time Life Video, in 1996.

Reception

Book

References

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