LIFE BEYOND EARTH is a production of KCTS/Seattle in association with PBS and Devillier Donegan Enterprises. Timothy Ferris is writer and narrator. Linda Feferman is series producer and Wendy Blackstone composed the original score. Timothy Ferris , one of the world's best known and most honored science writers, returns to television for the first time since his landmark program THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE with a two-hour exploration of current scientific thinking on one of humanity's biggest questions: Is there life on other worlds? Part I: "Are We Alone?" investigates the origins of life on Earth and traces the search for life on other worlds, including recent scientific advances in the search for extraterrestrials. Part II: "Is Anybody Listening?" examines the strategies being employed to communicate with fellow travelers among the stars, from sending starships to transmitting electronic signals across the interstellar seas.

Film by: Timothy Ferris Series Producer: Linda Feferman Music by: Wendy Blackstone Written and Narrated by: Timothy Ferris Producers: Linda Feferman Jamie Stobie Cinematography: Bob Elfstrom Jon Else Special Effects: Don Davis Editors: Lisa Day, A.C.E. Jeanne Slater Executive Producer: Elizabeth Brock Co-producer: Stephen Most Music Producer: Richard Martinez Production Associate: Terra Weikel With: Paul Butler France Cordova Freeman Dyson Gerald Edelman J. Richard Gott III Stephen Jay Gould David Grinspoon Paul Horowitz Stuart Kauffman Geoffrey Marcy Norman Pace

Science Advisors: K. Robbins Bell Stuart Bowyer Jack Farmer Andrew Fraknoi Ivan Lenscott Yvonne Pendleton Diane Wooden Seth Shostak Based upon an original idea by: Stephen Most Additional writing by: Stephen Most For Devillier Donegan Enterprises: Production Managers: Ciara Byrne Denise Glennon Supervising Producer: Greg Diefenbach Executive Producers: Ron Devillier Brian Donegan