A Day in the Life of the Earth – BBC4

By Mandy Cooper
( What's on TV )
published

Day in the Life of Earth
(Image credit: BBC/Screen Glue/Yap)

Mathematician Hannah Fry reveals how much the planet can change in just 24 hours and how these daily changes are essential to humanity's existence

Mathematician Hannah Fry reveals how much the planet can change in just 24 hours and how these daily changes are essential to humanity's existence

We might measure the age of the Earth in billions of years, but plenty can and does happen to our home planet in a single day. Using the latest imaging technology and imaginative CGI, Hannah Fry and the scientists she talks to, hop around the globe to chart a day in the life of the Earth on land, sea and in the air.

Glaciologist Heidi Sevestre studies the speed of glaciers and has found that some can travel at up to 60 or 70 metres a day

Glaciologist Heidi Sevestre studies the speed of glaciers and has found that some can travel at up to 60 or 70 metres a day

Watching new land being created and rock arriving from space, or seeing sand from the Sahara being whipped into the air to be deposited in the Amazon, forests burning down or five billion tonnes of oxygenating phytoplankton being produced in the ocean every day, this really is a glorious series of wows.

TV Times rating: ****

Mandy Cooper
Mandy Cooper
TV Times Highlights Editor

As TV Times Highlights Editor I get to hear about all the latest TV shows coming soon. Here at TVT HQ we are in the privileged position of selecting the best programmes from across all the channels and streaming platforms. Our mission is to make it easier for our readers to decide what to watch - and give them lots of choice of genres - all the latest shows, plus some nostalgic choices we call hidden gems, too. My career began with a postgraduate degree in periodical journalism (ahem, yes old school!) in 1991 and I’ve worked in TV media since 2000.