Wonders Of Life (Sun, 9pm, BBC2)
Boy, once you get in with the BBC there really is no limit to the amount of work they’ll throw your way. The shiniest new bulb on Auntie’s documentary tree in recent years has been the physicist with the popstar looks, Professor Brian Cox, and all the signs are that he is being groomed for even greater things: successor to the great David Attenborough. Here the Prof turns his attention from the stars to nature, ...
more Wonders Of Life (Sun, 9pm, BBC2)
Boy, once you get in with the BBC there really is no limit to the amount of work they’ll throw your way. The shiniest new bulb on Auntie’s documentary tree in recent years has been the physicist with the popstar looks, Professor Brian Cox, and all the signs are that he is being groomed for even greater things: successor to the great David Attenborough. Here the Prof turns his attention from the stars to nature, revealing how science shaped the natural world, starting with the volcanoes of South East Asia and swimming with jellyfish, who take their energy from the sun. And then to Borneo, where study of the orang-utan (a creature who shares 97 per cent of our DNA) offers a map back through the history of the planet. First of a five-part series. Brian may be the pretender to the natural history TV throne, but the king is still making great series:
David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities (Tue, 8pm, Eden) is a five-parter about evolutionary anomalies.
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