Spider House

Spider House

Spider House

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Spider House

2014

1h 29m

6.0(1 votes)

Documentary

Overview

Professor Alice Roberts joins entomologist Tim Cockerill in a house filled with hundreds of spiders in a one-off documentary revealing the secret life of the spider in the home.

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Windfall Films

Argonon

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2 members

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Alice Roberts

Herself - Presenter

Alice Roberts

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Tim Cockerill

Himself - Presenter

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