These seven clips from the BBC Natural History Unit’s The Private Life of Plants reveal plants as they have never been seen before – on the move and dangerously devious. It is presented by Sir David Attenborough and filmed from the plant’s point of view using computer animations, fibre optics and unique time-lapse photography.

Clip 1: Antics of the hoverfly
Clip 2: Brambles asserting territory
Clip 3: Caterpillar feast
Clip 4: The carnivorous Venus flytrap
Clip 5: The gigantic titan arum plant
Clip 6: The meat-eating pitcher plant
Clip 7: The remarkable wasp imitating orchid