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Last broadcast on Sunday, 19:00 on BBC Two (England, Northern Ireland only) (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
In the second stop in his exploration of the wonders of the universe, Professor Brian Cox goes in search of humanity's very essence to answer the biggest questions of all: what are we? And where do we come from? This film is the story of matter - the stuff of which we are all made.
Brian reveals how our origins are entwined with the life cycle of the stars. But he begins his journey here on Earth. In Nepal, he observes a Hindu cremation. Hindu philosophy is based on an eternal cycle of creation and destruction, where the physical elements of the body are recycled on to the next stage. Brian draws a parallel with the life cycle of the stars that led to our own creation.
Next, he explains how the Earth's resources have been recycled through the ages. How every atom that makes up everything we see, was at some time a part of something else. Our world is made up of just 92 elements, and these same 92 elements are found throughout the entire universe. We are part of the universe because we are made of the same stuff as the universe.
Clips (3)
Prof Brian Cox entering one of California's last remaining gold mines
Gold is one of the rarest elements, the product of an exceptional event in the cosmos – the death of a giant star.
Credits
- Series Producer
- James Van Der Pool
- Presenter
- Brian Cox
- Director
- Michael Lachmann
- Producer
- Michael Lachmann
- Executive Producer
- Jonathan Renouf
Broadcasts
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Sun 13 Mar 201121:00
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Sun 13 Mar 201121:00
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Mon 14 Mar 201101:00
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Tue 15 Mar 201119:00
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Thu 17 Mar 201120:00
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Tue 7 Jun 201101:35
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Mon 4 Jul 201122:00
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Wed 6 Jul 201100:00
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Tue 27 Dec 201119:00
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Wed 28 Dec 201101:05
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Sun 22 Jan 201223:30
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Sun 19 Feb 201219:00
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