Evolution S01 complete (BBC, 2026) (1080p, soft English subtitles) From a single spark of life, through millions of generations, animals have become diverse, weird and beautiful. Chris Packham tells the incredible story in astonishing new detail. E01 The Elephant Chris Packham embarks on an extraordinary journey through deep time to uncover how a creature as vast, complex and charismatic as the elephant came to be. From a tiny cell over four billion years ago to one of the planet’s most iconic giants, this is the surprising story of life's most radical transformation. E02 The Ostrich 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 E03 The Bat How did the bat get so hungry? Chris Packham sets out to answer a deceptively simple question: how the drive to find food shaped life on earth and gave rise to one of nature’s most insatiable feeders. This is the story of the origin of bums, guts, jaws and super hearing, and a 500-million-year chain of innovation, survival and hunger. E04 The Dolphin How did the dolphin get so smart? Chris Packham dives into one of the biggest questions in nature - how intelligence itself evolved and how it arose in the extraordinary mind of the dolphin. Inside each one lies the result of a three-billion-year journey, from light-sensing cells to conscious thought. E05 The Horse 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. First broadcast: 13 July 2026  Duration:  1 hour per episode    Torrent dead? Request reseed in comments at - or ask at elsonroa at