''Catastrophe'' is a five-part British

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

television series telling the story of the catastrophic events that shaped planet Earth. It is presented by

Tony Robinson Sir Anthony Robinson (born 15 August 1946) is an English actor, author, broadcaster, and political activist. He played Baldrick in the BBC television sitcom ''Blackadder'' and has presented many historical documentaries, including the Channel ...

and was first aired on

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...

on 24 November 2008. The series producer was Stephen Marsh with researcher Rhodri Jones. Geologic Clock with events and periods

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* * 2008 British television series debuts 2008 British television series endings 2000s British documentary television series Channel 4 documentary series Documentary television series about science Geological history of Earth Younger Dryas impact hypothesis {{sci-documentary-stub