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The Day the Earth Nearly Died

Horizon2002-2003

Some 250 million years ago, all but five per cent of life on Earth was wiped out in the greatest disaster our planet has ever experienced, yet the cause of this event has long remained a mystery. Palaeontologists in Greenland investigate.

50 minutes

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Sun 4 Nov 200720:00
BBC Four

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  • Thu 5 Dec 200221:00
    BBC Two except East, Scotland & Yorkshire
  • Thu 12 Dec 200221:00
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Thu 24 Jul 200321:00
    BBC Two except East & Yorkshire
  • Tue 28 Mar 200611:10
    BBC Two except East & Yorkshire
  • Sun 4 Nov 200720:00
    BBC Four