
Year Million
2017 · National Geographic · 60 min · 1 season
S01E06 · Beyond the Cosmos
Thu, 22 June, 12:00 pm
In the past century, we've explored new planets. Will we discover new forms of life, and will the future mirror science fiction?
About
What was once conceived as science fiction is now anchored in reality. Year Million, a new six-part documentary-drama series from National Geographic, explores what it will be like to be human one million years into the future. Today's brightest futurists, scientists, scholars and notable science fiction writers guide viewers through the very latest advances in technology, ideas and innovations that likely will power the evolution of our species. Through illustrative, dramatic storytelling, Year Million paints a version of humanity's fate through the lens of a typical futuristic American family, which includes a daughter who is android. The series propels us into an odyssey of unfathomable choices humans will face while questioning the kind of lives we'll live and the people we'll become a million years from now. Year Million imagines a future when mortality becomes a thing of the past; man merges with machine; intelligence is limitless; and the human species becomes interplanetary. The series predicts how every aspect of technology may affect our lives, for better or worse.
Episodes
- E01
Homo Sapien 2.0
Tue, 16 May· 60 minAdvances in neuroscience and engineering are bringing us closer to a reality first described only in great science fiction: artificial intelligence.
- E02
Never Say Die
Tue, 23 May· 60 minIn the deep future, how will the idea of living forever change what it's like to be human?
- E03
Dude, Where's My Body?
Tue, 30 May· 60 minAs human activity transfers to virtual spaces, offering profound experiences via online personas, what does it mean for our perception of humanity?
- E04
Mind Meld
Thu, 8 June· 60 minHas constant connectivity affected privacy? In the deep future, will we become telepathic? And will we communicate with civilizations beyond Earth?
- E05
Energy Beyond Earth
Thu, 15 June· 60 minOver-consumption could force us to terraform other planets in future.
- E06
Beyond the Cosmos
Thu, 22 June· 60 minIn the past century, we've explored new planets. Will we discover new forms of life, and will the future mirror science fiction?
Cast

Laurence Fishburne
Narrator





