This show deals with the origin of life and the human search for life beyond Earth. Starting with the Big Bang, the show deals with prebiotic chemistry in the universe, the formation of stars, the formation of solar systems, and the first life on Earth. It covers the great extinctions as well as our search for primitive life beyond planet Earth.
Origins of Life features many recent discoveries related to life science, demonstrating to the youth that if there was ever a time that science made its greatest advances, it would be right now!
Narrated by Lord Robert Winston