Evolution • 2026 • 5 episodes • 4h:51m

Join Chris Packham on an epic four billion year adventure travelling through time to uncover how life on earth evolved. His mission: to answer five questions about five iconic animals created by the unstoppable force of nature.

The Elephant
58:59
The Elephant

In Kenya, Chris embarks on a journey through time to uncover how a creature as vast, complex and charismatic as the elephant came to be. It's a story of innovations, lucky breaks and unlikely partnerships.

S1E1 • 2026 • Nature

The Ostrich
58:59
The Ostrich

In South Africa, Chris finds out how reproduction has shaped life on Earth and the surprising evolutionary origins of sex, eggs and birds. This is a journey of innovation, adaptation and astonishing creativity.

S1E2 • 2026 • Nature

The Bat
58:37
The Bat

In Borneo, Chris sets out to answer a deceptively simple question: how the drive to find food shaped life on Earth, and gave rise to one of nature’s most insatiable feeders. This feeding frenzy has origins from half a billion years ago.

S1E3 • 2026 • Nature

The Dolphin
58:42
The Dolphin

In the Bahamas, Chris dives into one of the biggest questions in nature - how intelligence itself evolved, and how it arose in the dolphin's mind. Inside each is the result of a three-billion-year journey.

S1E4 • 2026 • Nature

The Horse
59:05
The Horse

In the salt marshes of the Camargue, Chris explores the evolutionary beginnings of animal movement and how it reached its peak in one of the most elegant and athletic animals on Earth: the horse.

2026 • Nature