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How to Grow a Planet

Iain Stewart

Nigel Walk

Andrew Thompson

Mark Hedgecoe

How to Grow a Planet: Episode 2: The Power of Flowers

Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

The Power of Flowers

Episode 2

Episode 2: The Power of Flowers

BBC Two - How to Grow a Planet, The Power of Flowers

A look at how the early flowers sculpted the earth and drove the evolution of all animals.

Documentary series. Professor Iain Stewart explains the role of the earliest flowers in sculpting the earth and driving the evolution of all animals.

In this series Professor Iain Stewart tells a stunning story about our planet. He reveals how the greatest changes to the earth have been driven, above all, by plants. 

In the second episode, Iain discovers how flowers have transformed our planet. He journeys to the remote islands of the South Pacific to track down the earliest flowers. In the deserts of Africa and rainforests of Vietnam, he sees how they brought brilliant colour to the most barren landscapes and sculpted the earth itself. And he learns how they drove the evolution of all animals - kick-starting our human story.

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How plants have driven the greatest changes to the Earth

Professor Iain Stewart tells a stunning new story about our planet. He reveals how the greatest changes to the Earth have been driven, above all, by plants

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