TV series
The battle for survival.
Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries.
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Checked Sep 2, 2026
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Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries.
Choose an episode, then use the watch options above for the show.
Episode 1
Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.
Directed by Adam ChapmanWritten by Adam Chapman
Episode 2
For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.
Directed by Gisle SverdrupWritten by Dan Tapster
Episode 3
Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.
Directed by Sophie LanfearWritten by Sophie Lanfear
Episode 4
After Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of reptiles.
Directed by Barny RevillWritten by Barny Revill
Episode 5
The formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty dinosaurs.
Directed by Barny RevillWritten by Barny Revill
Episode 6
The dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 species strong.
Directed by Nick Shoolingin-JordanWritten by Nick Shoolingin-Jordan
Episode 7
Emerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, air and sea.
Directed by Adam ChapmanWritten by Adam Chapman
Episode 8
As the Ice Age thawed, humans rose above the rest. But the possibility of a sixth mass extinction now looms: Has our ingenuity caused our downfall?
Directed by Sophie LanfearWritten by Sophie Lanfear
Episode information updated Sep 18, 2026
Morgan FreemanSelf - Narrator (voice)
Netflix
Silverback FilmsUnited Kingdom
Amblin TelevisionUnited States
