The tropical islands that lie between Asia and Australia are among the biologically richest on earth, and home to a vast number of plants and animals. From tree kangaroos to tarsiers, manta rays to mudskippers, the region abounds with life. But why? The answer lies deep in time, due to the many millions of years these islands have existed - and the power of the earth, the sun and the moon.

A follow-up to the 1990 Radio 4 series in which the late Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine travelled...

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A showcase of the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the Americas, narrated by Tom Hanks.

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Professor Robert Winston meets Lucy, the first upright ape, and follows her ancestors on the three-m...

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Extinct for millions of years, dinosaurs continue to fascinate as scientists struggle to understand ...