Chris Packham in the Dolomite mountains, Italy, learning about global extinction-level events which preceded the one which wiped out the dinosaurs.
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Our world has led a long, sometimes tumultuous and always complicated life. Telling that story is no small feat, but Earth, a five-part BBC documentary narrated by naturalist Chris Packham, sets out to do so by focusing on one of the most volatile moments in this 4.5-billion-year saga.
The first episode, Inferno – a thrilling look at the biggest mass extinction to date – establishes the series as a …