BBC Two 2026 1 season 5 eps 12 Ended

Evolution

Name: Evolution
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 9
Cast: Chris Packham

2026 1 season 5 eps 12

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59 min

S1 · E1 · Jul 13, 2026

The Elephant Episode 1

How did the elephant get so big? Chris Packham explores the four-billion-year story of how a tiny cell evolved into complex, gentle giants.

8.3 · You

59 min

S1 · E2 · Jul 20, 2026

The Ostrich Episode 2

How did the ostrich come to lay the biggest egg on Earth? Chris Packham explores the way reproduction has shaped life on Earth and the surprising evolutionary origins of sex, eggs and birds. It's a four billion year journey contained within a shell.

8.5 · You

59 min

S1 · E3 · Jul 27, 2026

The Bat Episode 3

How did the bat get so hungry? Chris Packham explores how the drive to find food has shaped animal life. The origin of bums, guts, jaws and super-hearing.

8.3 · You

59 min

S1 · E4 · Aug 3, 2026

The Dolphin Episode 4

How did the dolphin get so smart? Chris Packham explores the origins of senses, brains and intelligence, in an evolutionary odyssey that ventures from ocean to land and back again.

8.3 · You

59 min

S1 · E5 · Aug 10, 2026

The Horse Episode 5

How did the horse become so fast? Chris Packham sets out on a slithering, swimming, sprinting odyssey that explores the evolutionary beginnings of animal movement and how it reached its peak in one of the most elegant and athletic animals on Earth: the horse.

8.5 · You

5 episodes in Season 1

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Evolution