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The Planets

Episode 7: Life

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

The documentary series about the solar system examines how our understanding of the evolution of life on earth has changed, and explores the evidence for life on other planets. In 1976, two robotic probes suggested that the surface of Mars was dead. But the latest research reveals that this may not be the case and that it is possible that life on earth may have evolved from Mars. Show less

Contributors

Narrator:
Mark Hailley
Producer:
David McNab

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