Earth

BBC Two Northern Ireland

4:15 PM to 5:15 PM

Tuesday 23 September

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Chris Packham tells the story of the event 800 million years ago when almost the entire planet froze and the chances of life surviving hung in the balance. Earth's journey into the deep freeze started with fire when the giant supercontinent Rodinia broke up and vast powerful tectonic forces ripped the land apart, kicking off a series of events that resulted in huge amounts of carbon dioxide being sucked from the atmosphere - sending global temperatures plummeting