Season 1 poster

Season 1

(2005)

Overview

The Season Focuses on life before the dinosaurs from the Cambrian Period (530 million years ago) to the Early Triassic Period (248 million years ago), and extinct arthropods, fish, amphibians, synapsids, and reptiles

Cast

Kenneth Branagh as Narrator (voice)
Kenneth Branagh

as Narrator (voice)

Episodes

Episode 1 poster

Episode 1 10.0

November 5, 2005

The first episode begins with an illustration of the giant impact hypothesis: approximately 4.4 billion years ago when …

Episode 2 poster

Episode 2 10.0

November 5, 2005

The reptiles evolve, and the race for survival continues on land. Giant arthropods lurk in the Carboniferous forest, an…

Episode 3 poster

Episode 3 10.0

November 5, 2005

By the late Permian period, a furry, ferret-like mammal had evolved onto two feet, vaguely resembling the human form. C…