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2002-2003

The Day the Earth Nearly Died

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four

Some 250 million years ago, all but five per cent of life on Earth was wiped out in the greatest disaster our planet has ever experienced, yet the cause of this event has long remained a mystery. Palaeontologists in Greenland investigate. Show less

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