Earth Story: The Deep

Series 1, episode 2

Documentary series charting the four-and-a-half-billion-year history of the Earth. This edition explores the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Aubrey Manning follows the research submarine 'Alvin' on a dive to the world's longest mountain range, 2,000 metres below the surface, to discover the link between submarine volcanos, the shape of the continents and the origins of life.