Catastrophe

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Catastrophe or opportunity depends on your perspective as a victim or survivor. But from the perspective of species catastrophes are an important part of the engine of evolution as this highly scientific series explains.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Birth of the Planet

1. Birth of the Planet

Aired: Nov 23, 2008

30 million years after Earth's birth a cataclysmic collision almost destroyed...

Episode 2 Snowball Earth

2. Snowball Earth

Aired: Nov 30, 2008

Inspired by ideas about nuclear war, a theory that the Earth was encased in i...

Episode 3 Planet of Fire

3. Planet of Fire

Aired: Dec 7, 2008

The most catastrophic extinction event in the history of the earth was the Pe...

Episode 4 Asteroid Strike

4. Asteroid Strike

Aired: Dec 14, 2008

Dinosaurs arose as rulers of the Earth 250 million years ago, but their reign...

Episode 5 Survival Earth

5. Survival Earth

Aired: Dec 21, 2008

So far, humans have been lucky to not experience a catastrophe on a global sc...


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Info about Catastrophe

Current Status: Ended

Network: Channel 4

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary