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Civilisations
Episode 2 of 3
Series that explores the importance of water to human civilisation. This episode travels to the Congo, Egypt, China and Mexico to reveal how water changed humanity's footprint on the planet.
Civilisations begins in the jungles of the Congo on the trail of a new theory that puts water at the centre of how humans first stood upright.
In Egypt and China, an investigation shows how civilisations were shaped by their relationship to the great rivers, and in Mexico we reveal how access to underground water changed humanity’s footprint on the planet.
A new current is also explored, and at one of the largest ports on earth we learn how ‘virtual water’ has hidden the consequences of excess water use.
Last on
Tue 16 May 2023
00:30
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Kelly McEvers |
Series Producer | David Allen |
Executive Producer | John Bredar |
Executive Producer | Laurie Donnelly |
Producer | Catherine Watling |
Director | Nicolas Brown |
Director | Alex Tate |
Broadcasts
- Wed 1 Sep 2021 21:00
- Thu 2 Sep 2021 02:25
- Tue 16 May 2023 00:30