http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/main/show/187 on the lovely iplayerlist.mibly.com http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009n6jy Children's wildlife series starring invertebrates, shot with the latest close-up camerawork. The little beasts are then animated, and explain their behaviour and make jokes. Despite the fact that wasps, spiders, cockroaches and flies are clever, colourful, useful and often harmless, these minibeasts are unpopular and doomed to be disliked by humans. Smalltalk tries to understand why they are so unloved. http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009n6jy Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:06:46 +0000 http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009n6jw Children's wildlife series starring invertebrates, shot with close-up camerawork. The little beasts are then animated and explain their behaviour and make jokes. They may be small, but invertebrates are experts at getting around, up and down. The American cockroach is the fastest animal on six legs, and a dragonfly can reach speeds over 30 miles per hour. http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009n6jw Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:06:16 +0000 http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009n6jt Children's wildlife series starring invertebrates, shot with the latest close-up camerawork. The little beasts are then animated, and explain their behaviour and make jokes. Music, dancing, aerobatics, light shows - an arts festival happens every day in the undergrowth, proving it's not just humans who put on shows to entertain each other. Many species use extraordinary displays to communicate and make friends, but are they really entertained? http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009n6jt Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:06:10 +0000 http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009n6jr Children's wildlife series starring invertebrates, shot with the latest close-up camerawork. The little beasts are then animated, and explain their behaviour and make jokes. There is an eat-or-be-eaten world underfoot and, as an expert invertebrate hunter explains, predation is an important part of life. http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009n6jr Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:06:38 +0000 http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009n6jp Do insects dump their eggs in a likely-looking place, hoping for the best, or do they look after their babies so they don't eat each other? These animals have strong views on parenthood - especially the paper wasp, who frowns on less careful parents. http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009n6jp Mon, 25 May 2009 18:06:09 +0000 http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009lm53 If it wasn't for the rubbish recycling service provided by minibeasts, the world would be a dirtier and deadlier place. The clean-it-up, chew-it-up, churn-it-up merchants explain their role. http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009lm53 Fri, 08 May 2009 18:05:57 +0000 http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009lm51 Children's wildlife series starring invertebrates, shot with the latest close-up camerawork. The little beasts are then animated, and explain their behaviour and make jokes. Plants have a mutual relationship with insects: the former provide shelter, nectar and pollen, and the latter carry seeds about so that the plants can reproduce and thrive. Mostly it works that way, but there's cheating on both sides. http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009lm51 Fri, 01 May 2009 18:06:07 +0000 http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009lm4x Children's wildlife series starring invertebrates, shot with the latest close-up camerawork. The little beasts are then animated, and explain their behaviour and make jokes. Who's a clever bug then? Many human inventions, including air conditioning, farming, jet propulsion, mobile homes, paper, clothes and even binoculars were copied from minibeasts, the real geniuses of the technological world. http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009lm4x Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:05:53 +0000 http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009llsk Children's wildlife series starring invertebrates, shot with the latest close-up camerawork. The little beasts are then animated, and explain their behaviour and make jokes. Bombs, chemical weapons, fangs, traps, stings and tusks make up a murderous minibeast arsenal. With so many gruesome and painful ways of wounding and destroying each other, these creatures should also have developed the brainpower to make best use of their dangerous abilities. http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009llsk Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:05:59 +0000 http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009llsh Children's wildlife series starring invertebrates, shot with the latest close-up camerawork. The little beasts are then animated, and explain their behaviour and make jokes. Changing appearance doesn't change what's inside, but it might help an insect make friends. Ugly invertebrates talk through the tricky business of shedding their skins to become something utterly different and spectacular, proving that beauty is often no more than skin deep. http://iplayerlist.mibly.com/tv/smalltalk-diaries/b009llsh Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:49:17 +0000