ProfessorStephenHawkingthinksthehumanspecieswillhavetopopulateanewplanetwithin100yearsifitistosurvive.Withclimatechange,pollution,deforestation,pandemicsandpopulationgrowth,ourownplanetisbecomingincreasinglyprecarious.PlanetEarthhasbeenhometohumankindforover200,000years,butwithapopulationof7.5billionandcountingandlimitedresources,thisplanetmightnotsupportusforever.InthislandmarkfilmProfessorHawking,alongsideengineerandradioastronomyexpertProfessorDanielleGeorgeandaformerstudent,ChristopheGalfard,joinforcestofindoutif,andhow,humanscanreachforthestarsandrelocatetodifferentplanets.Travellingtheglobe,theymeettopscientists,technologistsandengineerswhoareworkingtoanswerourbiggestquestions:isthereanotherplanetouttherethatwecouldcallhome?Howwillwetravelacrossthevastdistancesofspacetogetthere?Howwillwesurvivethejourney?Andhowwillwesetupanewhumancivilizationonanalienworld?Takinginthelatestadvancesinastronomy,biologyandrockettechnologyfromtheAtacamaDeserttothewildsoftheArctic,viewerswilldiscoverawholeworldofcuttingedgeresearch.ThisprogrammeshowsthatProfessorHawking'sambitionisn'tasfantasticalasitsounds-andthatsciencefictionisclosertosciencefactthanweeverthought.
