8.4/1087 votes#1 - What Is Life?
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/27/2013
Professor Brian Cox journeys to Southeast Asia to see how life began on Earth and how the flow of energy created and supports life.
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8.4/1066 votes#2 - Expanding Universe
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/3/2013
In the second episode, Brian travels to the U.S. to showcase how the laws of science allowed senses to arise.
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8.4/1064 votes#3 - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/10/2013
Brian travels to Africa and Madagascar to analyse why Earth is a fertile place and how it allows complex life to exist.
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8.2/1061 votes#4 - Size Matters
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/17/2013
The fourth episode sees Brian in Australia looking at how the size of life affects each plant and animal, and how long it can survive.
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8.3/1057 votes#5 - Home
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/24/2013
In the final episode, Cox explains what makes Earth a home for life and asks what ingredients were required for complex life to begin.
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The Best Episodes of Wonders of Life Season 1
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Physicist and professor Brian Cox travels across the globe to uncover the secrets of the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe: life.
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"What Is Life?" is the best rated episode of "Wonders of Life" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 87 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/27/2013. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Expanding Universe".