In this episode, Brian travels round Australia to explore the physics of the size of life.
Professor Brian Cox journeys to South-East Asia to understand how life first began.
Prof Brian Cox visits the USA retelling evolutionary history and the origin of the senses.
In this film Brian asks how a lifeless cosmos can produce a planet of such varied biology.
In this episode, Brian travels round Australia to explore the physics of the size of life.
Every summer, the frozen waters of Hudson Bay partially thaw for a few short months. For migrating beluga whales, it's a seasonal window of feeding and breeding opportunities, but for polar bears, it's a famine-filled test of their survival. Explore the shifting fortunes of a vibrant Arctic world.
6/8 • Arctic Secrets • 2015 • Nature
Looks at the unusual activities of animals including walking on water and pharmaceuticals.
The NHK team that captured the world's first footage of a live giant squid in its natural habitat is setting out for another deep-sea adventure. They will give us a look at the amazing life forms with luminous bodies that have survived the harsh, pitch-dark deep sea environment of the Pacific.
2/2 • Deep Ocean • 2016 • Nature
Professor Richard Fortey travels to northeastern China to see a fossil site known as the 'Dinosaur Pompeii' - a place that has yielded spectacular remains of feathered dinosaurs and rewritten the story of the origins of birds. Among the amazing finds he investigates are the feathered cousin of T-rex, a feathered dinosaur with strong parallels to living pandas and some of the most remarkable flying animals that have ever lived.
2/3 • Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures • 2014 • Nature
An exploration of how the sun's power still rules the night time world, as its light, reflected in the moon, is a ghost sun for tiny hunting tarsiers and an aphrodisiac for Australian corals.
2/2 • 24 Hours on Earth • 2014 • Nature
Following a large family of gorillas over nine years, this film captures many aspects of unique behavior as well as revealing touching stories of compassion among this gorilla family in the tropical rainforests of Gabon.
