H2O: The Molecule that Made Us

H2O: The Molecule that Made Us

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Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(7)

A landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected to our control of the molecule, but that the growth of our civilizations has also created a dangerous dependence on a precious resource. One that may be about to run out.

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Production

GBH, Passion Planet, Passion Pictures, ARTE

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

April 22, 2020

Last Aired

May 6, 2020

Networks

PBS, BBC Four

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Pulse

E1

Pulse

Air date: 2020-04-22

How did water become the essential force behind all life? Dive in!

Civilizations

E2

Civilizations

Air date: 2020-04-29

Travel into the past to see how water created the earliest civilizations.

Crisis

E3

Crisis

Air date: 2020-05-06

How is Earth’s changing water cycle – and water for profit -- forcing changes across the globe?

Cast

Kelly McEvers

Narrator

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