Back to the Beginning...
Where did it all begin and why are we here?
Inferno—Earth, Series 1
Chris Packham explores the dramatic moment nearly all life on Earth was wiped out.
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The Mystery of the Desert Kites
An international team of archaeologists explores megastructures in the Arabian desert.
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Hunt for the Oldest DNA
The dramatic quest to recover ancient DNA and reveal a lost world from before the Ice Age.
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Bones—Origins of Us
Alice Roberts looks at how our skeleton reveals the evolutionary journey of our ancestors.
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What Is Life?—Wonders of Life, Original Series
Professor Brian Cox journeys to south east Asia to understand how life first began.
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Numbers as God—Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths, Series 1
Dr Hannah Fry begins her journey looking at whether maths was invented or discovered.
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Jane Goodall: Beauty and the Beasts
Film about Jane Goodall, whose work with chimps transformed our understanding of them.
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Mysterious Origins of Insects
A journey into the eye-opening realm of insects to better understand how they evolved.
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Lower than the Angels—The Ascent of Man
Jacob Bronowski opens the first programme at the Great Rift Valley of East Africa.
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The Big Bang: Before the Dawn—Universe, Series 1
Why are we here? Brian Cox journeys back 13.8 billion years to the origin of the universe.
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Darwin's Tree of Life—Attenborough's Passion Projects
David Attenborough looks at the life, work and thesis of Sir Charles Darwin.
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Land—The Island, Series 1
The story of the island of Ireland’s epic geological journey, spanning 1.8 billion years.
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Out of Africa—The Incredible Human Journey
Alice Roberts travels to Africa in search of the birthplace of the first people.
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The Lost Neanderthals
The secrets of the Neanderthal discoveries in the Mandrin Cave in France are revealed.
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The First of Us—Human, Series 1
The extraordinary story of how the human species, Homo sapiens, first emerged.
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Apeman - Spaceman—Human Universe
Brian Cox charts our story from apes to the birth of civilisation and then to the stars.
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The Infinite Variety—Life on Earth
David Attenborough explores the wildlife and landscape that inspired Charles Darwin.
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Episode 1—Nature and Us: A History through Art, Series 1
James Fox uses art to chart humankind’s earliest attempts to gain control over nature.
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