Wonders of Life
2013 · 1 season · 5 episodes · Ended · BBC Two
Documentary
TMDB 7.9 · 35 votes
Physicist and professor Brian Cox travels across the globe to uncover the secrets of the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe: life.
Episodes
- S01E01What Is Life?2013-01-2759m
Professor Brian Cox journeys to Southeast Asia to see how life began on Earth and how the flow of energy created and supports life.
- S01E02Expanding Universe2013-02-0359m
In the second episode, Brian travels to the U.S. to showcase how the laws of science allowed senses to arise.
- S01E03Endless Forms Most Beautiful2013-02-1059m
Brian travels to Africa and Madagascar to analyse why Earth is a fertile place and how it allows complex life to exist.
- S01E04Size Matters2013-02-1759m
The fourth episode sees Brian in Australia looking at how the size of life affects each plant and animal, and how long it can survive.
- S01E05Home2013-02-2459m
In the final episode, Cox explains what makes Earth a home for life and asks what ingredients were required for complex life to begin.
