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Status: Ended
First Aired: January 27, 2013
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 5
Networks: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary

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Wonders of Life(2013)

TMDB Rating: 7.7 (30 votes)

Overview

Physicist and professor Brian Cox travels across the globe to uncover the secrets of the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe: life.

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Season 1

5 episodes • 2013Avg: 8.3

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	What Is Life?	Jan 27, 2013	8.3
2	Expanding Universe	Feb 3, 2013	8.5
3	Endless Forms Most Beautiful	Feb 10, 2013	8.5
4	Size Matters	Feb 17, 2013	8.0
5	Home	Feb 24, 2013	8.0

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