TV tonight: Chris Packham’s wondrous series about evolution
This television guide highlights upcoming programs, including a series on evolution hosted by Chris Packham and a sitcom about animal control officers. It also previews medical documentaries and a Game of Thrones prequel.
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Tusk master … Chris Packham with an African elephant. Photograph: BBC Studios/Tom Hayward Tusk master … Chris Packham with an African elephant. Photograph: BBC Studios/Tom Hayward TV tonight Television TV tonight: Chris Packham’s wondrous series about evolution His epic exploration starts with the mystery of the African elephant. Plus: top prankster Oobah Butler takes on the housing crisis. Here’s what to watch this evening
Prefer the Guardian on Google Evolution 9pm, BBC Two Chris Packham begins his wondrous five-part series next to a Kenyan watering hole, laughing with pleasurable astonishment at the awesome creation that is the African elephant. Nobody would design an animal like that, so how did it evolve? The answer is an epic 4bn-year-old story of hunger, conflict and Earth-shaking natural disasters, all of which made the survivors stronger. Jack Seale
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