Episode guide

Wonders of Life

Series 1

Wonders of Life

  • What Is Life?

    Professor Brian Cox travels to the volcanic landscapes of Asia in a bid to understand how life began. Prof Cox also gets up close and personal with an orang-utan.

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  • Expanding Universe

    Professor Brian Cox expounds on how the universe gave birth to life. In America, he meets some incredible creatures who can show us how the senses evolved.

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  • Endless Forms Most Beautiful

    How, from a lifeless cosmos, did our planet produce more than eight million species? Professor Brian Cox has all the answers in his landmark series.

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  • Size Matters

    How does body size impact upon life expectancy? Through encounters with great white sharks and kangaroos in Australia, Brian Cox explains the long and short of it.

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  • Home

    What ingredients were necessary to turn a barren planet into the earth of today? Prof Brian Cox visits Mexico to reveal the reasons why our world enables life to prosper.

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