Original title
Wonders of Life
Released
1/27/2013
Origin country
GB
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
BBC Productions
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
5
Physicist and professor Brian Cox travels across the globe to uncover the secrets of the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe: life.
Professor Brian Cox explores how Earth became host to the incredible natural world we see today.
Professor Brian Cox explains how life is shaped by both the environment and the laws of nature.
Professor Brian Cox journeys to Southeast Asia to see how life began on Earth and how the flow of energy created and supports life.
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.
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.
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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