About the film
The Day the Earth Nearly Died is a British documentary produced by BBC to the science and philosophy series Horizon in 2002. The programme focuses on the mystery of the Permian extinction, which scientists believe killed over 90% of all life on earth at the end of the Permian, some 250 million years ago. The programme features scientists like Adrian Jones, Vincent Courtillot, Gregory Retallack, Peter Ward, Paul Wignall, Michael Benton, Michael R.
Rampino and others.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).