About this season
Physicist and professor Brian Cox travels across the globe to uncover the secrets of the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe: life.
Episodes (5)
1. What Is Life?
8.3Aired 27 January 2013 • 59 min
Professor Brian Cox journeys to Southeast Asia to see how life began on Earth and how the flow of energy created and supports life.
2. Expanding Universe
8.5Aired 3 February 2013 • 59 min
In the second episode, Brian travels to the U.S. to showcase how the laws of science allowed senses to arise.
3. Endless Forms Most Beautiful
8.5Aired 10 February 2013 • 59 min
Brian travels to Africa and Madagascar to analyse why Earth is a fertile place and how it allows complex life to exist.
4. Size Matters
8.0Aired 17 February 2013 • 59 min
The fourth episode sees Brian in Australia looking at how the size of life affects each plant and animal, and how long it can survive.
5. Home
8.0Aired 24 February 2013 • 59 min
In the final episode, Cox explains what makes Earth a home for life and asks what ingredients were required for complex life to begin.