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One Strange Rock — Miniseries

One Strange Rock — Miniseries

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Lorraine Ali Los Angeles Times [One Strange Rock] is a graceful, nuanced look at the amazing things happening below our feet and above our heads. May 24, 2018 Full Review Sam Wollaston Guardian Who needs experts when you've got a Hollywood star? Rated: 1/5 May 8, 2018 Full Review Emily Bicks Observer Never thought you'd tear up over a "nature show?" Think again. Apr 3, 2018 Full Review Andy Dehnart Reality Blurred Something that feels very different describes all of One Strange Rock, which really is nothing like any nature or science documentary series-or unscripted show-that I've ever seen. Feb 22, 2020 Full Review Katherine Monk Ex-Press.com Evidence of intelligent life on Earth can be tough to find on a trek across the grid, but there's an alternate universe hidden between the perpetual fireplace and Marie Kondo, where humility and the human endeavour intersect with inspirational results. Rated: 4/5 Mar 9, 2019 Full Review Amy Glynn Paste Magazine For a beautifully orchestrated macrocosmic counterpoint, I strongly recommend you tune in to National Geographic Channel's One Strange Rock. Rated: 9.1/10 May 24, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Mar 26, 2018 Gasp For the privileged few who have looked down at the Earth from space, the planet's thin blue line sets it apart from any other. Details Episode 2 Aired Apr 2, 2018 Storm Earth is born in a cosmic storm and shaped by violence; the planet exists as a result of random collisions in a dangerous cosmos, constructed from the rubble of the early solar system. Details Episode 3 Aired Apr 9, 2018 Shield The epic story of Earth's battle with the sun and how life thrives against all odds; hurling devastating particles and deadly radiation at Earth, the sun is the big boss of the solar system; without several shields, life on Earth wouldn't survive. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 16, 2018 Genesis The story of the dynamic forces and crazy coincidences that took a bunch of dead ingredients and transformed them into something as wondrously intricate as life on Earth. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 23, 2018 Survival Without the cycle of death and sacrifice, life would not exist on Earth; from the deaths of stars to mass extinctions. this is the story of how life evolved hand in hand with death; death drives evolution, ensuring that life is never wiped out. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 30, 2018 Escape Astronaut Chris Hadfield believes the only chance for human survival is to escape from Earth and build a space colony; this undertaking will be made difficult due to space radiation, micro gravity and bacteria. Details Episode 7 Aired May 7, 2018 Terraform Ever since life emerged, microbes, plants and animals have sculpted the planet's surface and atmosphere in the strangest of ways: from rocks to rivers, life has crafted everything that makes Earth so special. Details Episode 8 Aired May 14, 2018 Alien Life on Earth starts as single-cell bacteria and stays like that for two billion years; then, a miraculous event transforms Earth into a complex interconnected web based on a competition for food. Details Episode 9 Aired May 21, 2018 Awakening For three billion years, nothing on Earth had a brain; even today, over 90 percent of life doesn't need a brain to survive; an investigation into the mystery of the human brain and the chain of events that produced the anomaly of human intelligence. Details Episode 10 Aired May 28, 2018 Home After 665 weightless days in space, astronaut Peggy Whitson smashes through the atmosphere on her last journey home to planet Earth; with her first steps back on land, she encounters fresh air, blue skies, warm sun, and gravity. Details

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