There's a BBC documentary on this that's now around 25 years old, called Earth Story (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Story). It describes not only what we know, but how we know it. As documentaries go, it's rather in-depth but easily digestible.
Thanks for the suggestion, it sounds really interesting based on some YouTube comments. Just ordered it used from the UK, first time I'll be watching an actual DVD since... years. I think I do have a DVD drive somewhere in storage.
