Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures (2012)

Synopsis

It is estimated that 99 per cent of species have become extinct and there have been times when life's hold on Earth has been so precarious it seems it hangs on by a thread. This series focuses on the survivors - the old-timers - whose biographies stretch back millions of years and who show how it is possible to survive a mass extinction event which wipes out nearly all of its neighbours. The Natural History Museum's professor Richard Fortey discovers what allows the very few to carry on going - perhaps not for ever, but certainly far beyond the life expectancy of normal species. What makes a survivor when all around drop like flies? Professor Fortey travels across the globe to find the survivors of the most dramatic of these obstacles - the mass extinction events.

Series Information

First Aired

2012

Last Aired

2012

Seasons

1

Episodes

3

Episode Length

60 min

Genre

Documentary

Network

BBC Four

Status

Ended

Top Cast

Richard Fortey

Himself - Presenter

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