In the world's most volcanic region, South East Asia, Prof Brian Cox explores the thin line that separates the living from the dead, posing the enduring question: what is life? Show more

Brian Cox travels across the USA offering a unique retelling of evolutionary history, encountering some astonishing animals that reveal how the senses evolved and how they operate. Show more

Professor Brian Cox asks how, from a lifeless cosmos ruled by the laws of physics and chemistry, it is possible that a planet can produce so much wonderful, varied biology. Show more

Brian travels across Australia to explore the physics of the size of life. He discovers that size has a profound effect on how you move, how you feed, even how long you live. Show more

Brian Cox considers what it is about our world that makes it a home for life and asks what transformed this once barren planet into the earth we know today. Show more

In this film specially edited for schools, Professor Brian Cox discovers how a few fundamental laws gave birth to the most complex, diverse and unique force in the universe. Show more

Brian Cox tells the story of the amazing diversity and adaptability of life told through the fundamental laws that govern it, in a version of the Wonders of Life made for schools. Show more