Rise of the Continents
The epic story of how the world's continents were created, featuring Professor Iain Stewart.
- 2013-2013
- 1 season
- Science Channel
- Documentary
- TV-PG
The epic story of how the world's continents were created, featuring Professor Iain Stewart.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2013
Episode 1
Africa
Wed, Mar 20, 2013 61 mins
Africa is the cradle of humanity, it is land born from violent, cataclysmic events. Even today, it is still possible to find evidence, sometimes in the most unlikely places, of these events which shaped the Africa we know today and which will, in the future, change it once more.
Episode 2
Australia
Wed, Apr 10, 2013 62 mins
Australia was once part of a super-continent and its deserts were covered in forests. Once joined to Antarctica, it split off and moved northwards into warmer climes, whilst Antarctica became an icy wasteland. Australia's move forced the life forms it supported to adapt and the evidence of this can still be found in its unique wildlife, some of which exist nowhere else on earth.
Episode 3
The Americas
Wed, Apr 3, 2013 62 mins
From the bedrock the Empire State Building is built on, to the Spanish empires in South America, the two land masses of North and South America are linked by geology and history. Today North and South America has some of the most spectacular landscapes on earth. They're the product of a violent geological past that shaped an equally turbulent human history.
Episode 4
Eurasia
Wed, Mar 27, 2013 62 mins
Europe and Asia; geologically they are part of the same vast landmass, Eurasia. Shaped by a series of collisions, mountain ranges have been pushed up, valleys created and a once great ocean has come and gone. These events created conditions in which great civilizations could flourish and evidence of these events can be found across Eurasia, if you know where to look.
