Documentary series · BBC Two
Evolution
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Evolution actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Evolution reads strongest on Cliffhanger Intensity, Tension and World Building.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
All the incredible diversity of animal life sprang from a single organism. Every animal, no matter how weird, is related to every other. And behind each species is an incredible story of the millions of generations that gave rise to it - every animal we know and love today sprang from creatures that looked nothing like it.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Chris SchmidtExecutive Producer
- Julia CortExecutive Producer
- Andrew CohenExecutive Producer
- Rob LiddellExecutive Producer
Where to watch
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