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From the humblest
beginnings to the
conquering of a planet, this
definitive series visits the
crucial moments in life’s
journey to dominate
the earth
It all started with a molecule – a tiny
random event, but one that was to
change the face of a barren planet
forever. In a journey from sea, to land,
to sky, life has evolved remarkable
solutions to the challenge of survival. In
a fabulous celebration of life, this series
journeys back to witness the key
breakthroughs.The latest graphic
techniques recreate evolution before
your very eyes and reveal how the
extraordinary diversity of life today
came to be.
In five programmes, the series follows
the history of life from that first spark
to ourselves. Delving into the depths of
the oceans, the viewer is taken to the
very place where life itself began. From
microscopic plankton to the enormous
Blue Whale, the sea was life’s first
laboratory – where everything from
teeth to backbones, from sex to jet
propulsion were invented.
It is on land that the first footprints are
found – preserved for 500 million
years.Tiny tracks but giant steps on the
Journey of Life.This series follows the
story of how life conquered an alien
world and a series of chance events
and global catastrophes led from a fish
to a human. Once the land was
overrun it was not long before life
went airborne.The miracle of flight
evolved four times in the last 400
million years and created some of the
most beautiful spectacles in nature.
The mammals evolved warm blood,
hair and elaborate parental are.These
programmes share their most
successful features. An alien biologist
wouldn’t hesitate to label us as a third
chimpanzee.Yet in so many aspects of
our lives we are very different from
other creatures. So how has the human
race been forged by evolution, just like
all the other animals, but then uniquely,
managed to break free from it?
It’s an epic journey through life, death,
chance, and catastrophe which leads
ultimately back to us.
Producers
James Honeyborne
Tim Martin
Mark Flowers
Series Producer
Miles Barton
DURATION
5 x 50'
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