How Earth Made Us: Fire

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Iain Stewart

Charles Colville

Jonathan Renouf

How Earth Made Us: Episode 4: Fire

Fire

Episode 4

Episode 4: Fire

How Earth Made Us

BBC Two - How Earth Made Us, Fire

Professor Iain Stewart explores man's relationship with fire.

Professor Iain Stewart explores man's relationship with fire. Along the way he dives in a mysterious lake in Oregon, climbs a glacier of salt and takes a bath in crude oil.

Professor Iain Stewart continues his epic exploration of how the planet has shaped human history.

Iain explores man's relationship with fire. He begins by embarking on an extraordinary encounter with this terrifying force of nature - a walk right through the heart of a raging fire. 

Fire has long been our main source of energy, and Iain shows how this meant that the planet played a crucial role in Britain's industrial revolution, whilst holding China's development back. 

Along the way he dives in a mysterious lake in Oregon, climbs a glacier of salt, crawls through an extraordinary cave in Iran and takes a therapeutic bath in crude oil.

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The epic story of how geology, geography and climate have influenced mankind

Professor Iain Stewart uses spectacular images to tells the epic story of how geology, geography and climate have influenced mankind.

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