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How Did We Get Here?

Documentary series. Michael Mosley reveals how the history of all life on earth, including us, is connected to the long and violent history of our planet.

Michael Mosley takes an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path.

The question of our human origins is one of the most controversial science has wrestled with. This is the story of how scientists came to explain the beauty and diversity of life on earth, and reveal how its evolution is connected to the long and violent history of our planet. Featuring ocean adventurers, eccentric French aristocrats, mountain climbers, a secret Victorian publisher with 12 fingers, a ridiculed German meteorologist, and only a brief hint of Charles Darwin.

1 hour

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterMichael Mosley
DirectorPeter Oxley
ProducerPeter Oxley
Executive ProducerJohn Lynch
ProducerAidan Laverty

Broadcasts

  • Tue 11 May 201021:00
  • Tue 11 May 201022:30
  • Wed 12 May 201019:00
  • Tue 14 Dec 201002:40
  • Sun 27 Feb 201119:00
  • Mon 30 May 201101:45
  • Sat 14 Jun 201420:00
  • Sun 15 Jun 201403:00
  • Tue 17 Jun 201400:00