Big History ~ The Big History of Everything

Cosmic Evolution ~ From Big Bang to Humankind

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the grand finale of the History Channel’s epic documentary series Big History.

The final instalment is a two-hour special that caps off the 16-episode first season of H2's "Big History".

Big History ~ Silver Supernova

Today on Far Future History we present another exciting episode of the History Channel’s documentary series Big History.

This instalment of Big History explores the role silver has played in the history of our planet and in human history.

Big History ~ H2O

Today on Far Future History we present another exciting episode of the History Channel’s documentary series Big History.

This instalment of Big History explores the role water has played in the history of our planet and in human history.

Big History ~ Rise of the Carnivores

A scene from the Motion Picture "2001: A Space Odyssey" ©1968MGM  

Today on Far Future History we present another exciting episode of the History Channel’s documentary series Big History.

This instalment of Big History explores a critical evolutionary step that shaped the human species when our Hominid ancestors added meat to their diet.

Big History ~ The Sun

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another fascinating episode of the History Channel’s documentary series Big History.

This instalment of Big History investigates how the history of humanity, life on Earth and Earth as a planet are intertwined with the history of the Sun.

Big History ~ Deadly Meteors

Formation of Chesapeake Bay

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the twelfth episode of the History Channel’s documentary series “Big History” that presents History on a grand epic scale.

Big History is an American television documentary series narrated by Bryan Cranston, which originally aired on H2 in 2013. Each episode covers a single topic from history and shows connections between that topic and various fields of science and social science. Sixteen half-hour episodes aired in the first season, followed by a two-hour finale drawing connections between the sixteen topics.

Big History ~ Decoded

DNA Molecule

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the eleventh episode of the History Channel’s documentary series “Big History” that presents History on a grand epic scale.

Big History is an American television documentary series narrated by Bryan Cranston, which originally aired on H2 in 2013. Each episode covers a single topic from history and shows connections between that topic and various fields of science and social science. Sixteen half-hour episodes aired in the first season, followed by a two-hour finale drawing connections between the sixteen topics.

Big History ~ Pocket Time Machine

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the tenth episode of the History Channel’s documentary series “Big History” that presents History on a grand epic scale.

Big History is an American television documentary series narrated by Bryan Cranston, which originally aired on H2 in 2013. Each episode covers a single topic from history and shows connections between that topic and various fields of science and social science. Sixteen half-hour episodes aired in the first season, followed by a two-hour finale drawing connections between the sixteen topics.

Big History ~ Mountain Machines

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the ninth episode of the History Channel’s documentary series “Big History” that presents History on a grand epic scale.

Big History is an American television documentary series narrated by Bryan Cranston, which originally aired on H2 in 2013. Each episode covers a single topic from history and shows connections between that topic and various fields of science and social science. Sixteen half-hour episodes aired in the first season, followed by a two-hour finale drawing connections between the sixteen topics.

Big History ~ Brain Boost

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the eighth episode of the History Channel’s documentary series “Big History” that presents History on a grand epic scale.

In this installment of Big History we look at the history behind the most popular drug in human history ~ Caffeine.

Big History ~ World of Weapons

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the seventh episode of the History Channel’s documentary series “Big History” that presents History on a grand epic scale.

In this installment of Big History we look at the history of warfare from a wider perspective.

Big History ~ Defeating Gravity

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the sixth episode of the History Channel’s documentary series “Big History” that presents History on a grand epic scale.

Big History ~ Megastructures

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the fifth episode of the History Channel’s documentary series “Big History” that presents History on a grand epic scale.

In this instalment we investigate humankind's urge and fascination with building structures on a colossal scale.  

Big History ~ Below Zero

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the fourth episode of the History Channel’s documentary series “Big History” that presents History on a grand epic scale.

This instalment of Big History reveals how cold has the power to turn men into Barbarians, spark history's longest running war, and create the concept of race. After the heat of the Big Bang, cold creates the Universe and the planet as we know it.

Big History ~ Gold Fever

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the third episode of the History Channel’s documentary series “Big History” that presents History on a grand epic scale.

This installment of “Big History explores humankind’s obsession with gold.

Big History – Horse Power Revolution

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second episode of the History Channel’s documentary series “Big History” that presents History on a grand epic scale. 

Big History ~ The Secret Power of Salt

Today on Far Future Horizons we will be presenting a new documentary series that presents History on a grand epic scale.

“Big History” is an American television documentary series narrated by Bryan Cranston, which originally aired on the History Channel in 2013. Each episode covers a single topic from history and shows connections between that topic and various fields of science and social science. Sixteen half-hour episodes aired in the first season, followed by a two-hour finale drawing connections between the sixteen topics.

The series has been criticized for its factual inaccuracies but, despite these mistakes and shortcomings the series brings to the attention of the general public an emerging academic discipline known as “Big History".