S01E01 What Is Life?
Professor Brian Cox journeys to Southeast Asia to see how life began on Earth and how the flow of energy created and supports life.
Wonders of Life
S01E03: Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Brian travels to Africa and Madagascar to analyse why Earth is a fertile place and how it allows complex life to exist.
Overview
Physicist and professor Brian Cox travels across the globe to uncover the secrets of the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe: life.
Episodes
S01E02 Expanding Universe
In the second episode, Brian travels to the U.S. to showcase how the laws of science allowed senses to arise.
S01E03 Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Brian travels to Africa and Madagascar to analyse why Earth is a fertile place and how it allows complex life to exist.
S01E04 Size Matters
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.
S01E05 Home
In the final episode, Cox explains what makes Earth a home for life and asks what ingredients were required for complex life to begin.
Cast
Brian Cox
Self - Presenter
