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How to Grow a Planet

Iain Stewart

Nick Shoolingin-Jordan

Andrew Thompson

Mark Hedgecoe

How to Grow a Planet: Episode 1: Life from Light

Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

Life from Light

Episode 1

Episode 1: Life from Light

BBC Two - How to Grow a Planet, Life from Light

How plants first harnessed light from the sun and created our life-giving atmosphere.

How plants have driven the greatest changes to the Earth. Prof Iain Stewart shows how they first harnessed light from the sun and created our life-giving atmosphere.

In this series 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. 

In this first episode Iain journeys from the spectacular caves of Vietnam to the remote deserts of Africa. He sees how plants first harnessed light from the sun and created our life-giving atmosphere. He uncovers the epic battle between the dinosaurs and the tallest trees on the planet. And, using remarkable imagery, he shows plants breathing - and for the first time talking to each other.

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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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