Now playing: Season 1, Episode 1 — What Is Life?
Physicist and professor Brian Cox travels across the globe to uncover the secrets of the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe: life.
1. What Is Life?
2013-01-27
Professor Brian Cox journeys to Southeast Asia to see how life began on Earth and how the flow of energy created and supports life.
2. Expanding Universe
2013-02-03
In the second episode, Brian travels to the U.S. to showcase how the laws of science allowed senses to arise.
3. Endless Forms Most Beautiful
2013-02-10
Brian travels to Africa and Madagascar to analyse why Earth is a fertile place and how it allows complex life to exist.
4. Size Matters
2013-02-17
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.
5. Home
2013-02-24
In the final episode, Cox explains what makes Earth a home for life and asks what ingredients were required for complex life to begin.
Brian Cox
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