Wonders of Life

Season 1

TV-PG
Physicist and professor Brian Cox travels across the globe to uncover the secrets of the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe: life.

Where to Watch Season 1

5 Episodes

  • What Is Life?
    E1
    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.
  • Expanding Universe
    E2
    Expanding UniverseIn the second episode, Brian travels to the U.S. to showcase how the laws of science allowed senses to arise.
  • Endless Forms Most Beautiful
    E3
    Endless Forms Most BeautifulBrian travels to Africa and Madagascar to analyse why Earth is a fertile place and how it allows complex life to exist.
  • Size Matters
    E4
    Size MattersProfessor Brian Cox travels to Australia, the big country down under, to explain how size determines the nature of life. Gravity and electromagnetism impact heavily on different types of life - from a single bacterium to a 110 meter tree - determining shape, movement and longevity.
  • Home
    E5
    HomeIn the final episode, Cox explains what makes Earth a home for life and asks what ingredients were required for complex life to begin.

Cast of Season 1

  • Brian CoxSelf - Presenter

 

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