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Wonders of the Solar System

Original Series

Episode 4: Dead or Alive

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Professor Brian Cox travels to the tallest mountain on Earth to show how something as basic as a planet's size can make the difference between life and death. Show more

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