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Evolution (2002)

Documentary · Drama

Evolution is a 2001 documentary series by the American broadcaster Public Broadcasting Service and WGBH on evolutionary biology. The spokespeople for the series were Jane Goodall, Kenneth R. Miller and Stephen Jay Gould, Eugenie C. Scott, Arthur Peacocke and Arnold Thomas. The series was narrated by the Irish actor Liam Neeson. The series was accompanied by a book by the popular science writer Carl Zimmer Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea. An extensive website provides teaching resources for each episode's material, including "The Mating Game", further looks at Charles Darwin, and an interactive history of speciation in the invented "pollencreeper" birds.

IMDb rating
8.2 (255 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
Mini-series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (2002)

7.94 avg 7 episodes 8.2 → 6.2 60 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 43 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 15 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 16 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 18 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 23 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 20 votesEp 7: 6.2 · 16 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Darwin's Dangerous Idea8.243
2Great Transformations7.915
3Extinction!8.116
4The Evolutionary Arms Race8.418
5Why Sex?8.723
6The Mind's Big Bang8.120
7What About God?6.216