In case you somehow managed to miss the commercials in heavy rotation, The Discovery Channel is following up last year’s BBC collaboration “Earth” with “Life.” “Life” began Sunday, and excerpts of the first episode as well as a preview of next week’s installment are available online.
Coincidentally, what some consider to be the first environmental documentary series, “Our Vanishing Wilderness” was placed online last week in time for its 40th anniversary. The opening credits below certainly evoke another era, but the themes of the eight full episodes available on Thirteen are all too familiar today.