The Human Body

S01E01 Life Story

May 20, 1998 50 min

Documentary series focusing on the seven ages of existence, using real-life examples as well as state-of-the-art photography and specially-devised medical imaging. In this programme, Professor Robert Winston explores the complexity of the human body, explaining...

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S01E02 An Everyday Miracle

May 27, 1998 50 min

This programme follows a pregnancy from conception to birth using new medical imaging techniques developed for the series

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S01E03 First Steps

June 3, 1998 50 min

Motion analysis, a new filming technique, reveals the intricacies of how babies crawl. Medical imaging shows the tiny organ in a baby's ear that ensures balance. And an ingenious experiment proves how children as young...

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S01E04 Raging Teens

June 10, 1998 50 min

In this programme, Professor Robert Winston looks at the physical changes brought about by puberty. Footage shot inside the body reveals how sexual development accelerates, periods start, voices break, and spots and body odour make...

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S01E05 Brain Power

June 17, 1998 50 min

This programme examines the human brain, the most complicated object in the known universe. Cameras capture a single brain cell, magnified 10,000 times, as it fires an electrical impulse. Scanners show the complex activity required...

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S01E06 As Time Goes By

June 24, 1998 50 min

Humans are the only mammals to live beyond their child-bearing years, and this programme examines the ravages of ageing. Professor Robert Winston explains why baldness and wrinkles set in, and how we become more vulnerable...

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S01E07 The End Of Life

June 25, 1998 50 min

Professor Robert Winston explores the processes our bodies go through when we die. He discovers what it is that determines when we are dead, and hears from people who have been through heart attacks and...

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