Name: Life After People
Released: 2009-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: James Lurie

TV Show · Documentary

What would happen if every human being on earth disappeared? This isn't the story of how we might vanish. It is the story of what happens to the world we leave behind.

2009 · 41m

Starring James Lurie

Director Douglas Cohen

EPISODE 1

The Bodies Left Behind

What if every human on Earth disappeared? Discover what would happen to the world we have created, including our animals, buildings, landscape and bodies.
EPISODE 2

Outbreak

What would happen to Earth if all humans vanished? Outbreak examines the possibility of escaped animals, invasive vines and a deadly virus taking over control from humans.
EPISODE 3

The Capital Threat

What would happen if all humans vanished? Would LA's palm trees spark a huge inferno? What would become of New York? And which animals would take control from man?
EPISODE 4

Heavy Metal

If people disappeared from Earth, what would happen to metallic objects? Would bridges and buildings collapse? And what would become of the US's secret stash of gold?
EPISODE 5

The Invaders

In a world devoid of people, pythons begin to challenge alligators for control of the Everglades. Elsewhere, Shanghai sinks under the weight of its empty skyscrapers.
EPISODE 6

Bound And Buried

Discover what would happen to priceless artefacts such as the Mona Lisa, the Declaration of Independence and the Liberty Bell if humans were no longer around.