Airdate: One Strange Rock

Next month Nat Geo premieres a high-profile new documentary series One Strange Rock, directed by Darren Aronofsky.

It tells the story of how life survives and thrives on planet Earth, as told by eight astronauts from their unique perspective of being away from Earth.

Narrated by Will Smith, this has been filmed across 45 countries, plus outer space.

It debuted this week in the US.

Acclaimed filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan,” “Requiem for a Dream”) and award-winning producer Jane Root (“America: the Story of Us,” “The 80s: The Decade That Made Us”) join forces on an epic, cinematic event series that will redefine natural history filmmaking. Hosted by Will Smith, One Strange Rock promises to be a mind-bending, thrilling journey that explores the fragility and wonder of planet Earth, one of the most peculiar, unique places in the entire universe. It’s the extraordinary story of why life as we know it exists on Earth, brought into perspective by the only people to have left it behind: astronauts.

This 10-part series brings cameras where they have never been before, having filmed in 45 countries, on six continents and from outer space on the ISS. One Strange Rock guides viewers through our vulnerable, tiny speck of a planet among the vast, harsh cosmic arena, revealing the magical twists of fate that have allowed life to emerge, survive and thrive only on Earth.

7.30pm Wednesday April 25 on Nat Geo.