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Wonders of Life

Season 1 2013
TV-PG

  • 2013-01-27T21:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 59m
  • 4h 55m (5 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Physicist and professor Brian Cox travels across the globe to uncover the secrets of the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe: life.

5 episodes

Series Premiere

2013-01-27T21:00:00Z

1x01 What Is Life?

Series Premiere

1x01 What Is Life?

  • 2013-01-27T21:00:00Z59m

Professor Brian Cox journeys to Southeast Asia to see how life began on Earth and how the flow of energy created and supports life.

2013-02-03T21:00:00Z

1x02 Expanding Universe

1x02 Expanding Universe

  • 2013-02-03T21:00:00Z59m

In the second episode, Brian travels to the U.S. to showcase how the laws of science allowed senses to arise.

Brian travels to Africa and Madagascar to analyse why Earth is a fertile place and how it allows complex life to exist.

2013-02-17T21:00:00Z

1x04 Size Matters

1x04 Size Matters

  • 2013-02-17T21:00:00Z59m

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.

Season Finale

2013-02-24T21:00:00Z

1x05 Home

Season Finale

1x05 Home

  • 2013-02-24T21:00:00Z59m

In the final episode, Cox explains what makes Earth a home for life and asks what ingredients were required for complex life to begin.

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