Inside the Human Body
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YEAR: 2011 | LENGTH: 4 parts (50 minutes each) | SOURCE: BBC
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Inside the Human Body Michael Mosley embarks on an astonishing voyage through the world’s most complex organism–you. Inside the Human Body takes us deep under our skin where we are dwarfed by even the smallest cell, where blood vessels become vast cathedrals and the tiniest cluster of cilia becomes an expansive forest. Our body’s almost infinite ability to adapt and surprise is illustrated by the stories of remarkable characters whose bodies allow them to do amazing things, live in incredible places and push their physiology to the limits. Spectacular photography shows human behaviour in super slow motion, revealing elements of ourselves that we are completely unaware of.
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01. Creation
Series exploring the wonders of the human body. Using spectacular graphics based on real images and the latest scientific research, Michael Mosley takes viewers on a voyage through the workings of the inner human universe. Travelling through the body, tiny clusters of hairs loom as large as a forest and hidden chambers of the heart rise up like a vast cathedral. To illustrate the surprising ways bodies work, the series also tells the stories of remarkable people from around the world who have pushed theirs to the absolute limit. From the moment of creation to our last breath, the series reveals the human body’s ability to amaze and delight.
Mosley tells the story of human biological creation. He brings to life surprising medical research, revealing the improbable sequence of events that lead to birth. State-of-the-art graphics follow millions of sperm on their dangerous race towards the egg, revealing the ingenious ways that a woman’s body selects the best; illustrate a body begining to self-assemble; and, in a television first, show a human face coming together. The programme follows the progress of a couple who are expecting triplets, from the 4D scan when they first come face-to-face with their babies to the dramatic finale of birth. Plus, meet a woman expecting her 16th baby and the oldest conjoined twins in the world.
02. First to Last
In this episode, Michael Mosley shows how existence is a struggle and how, minute by minute, from your first breath to your last, your body performs countless small miracles to keep you alive.
It starts with a dramatic water birth, shot in slow motion, before a stunning graphics sequence takes us on a breathtaking journey into the heart. We see how that first, crucial breath leads to a dramatic re-plumbing of your entire circulatory system.
Michael meets remarkable people who demonstrate how well the human body adapts to extreme environments: Herbert, a world-champion free-diver, who can hold his breath in the depths of the ocean for up to nine minutes; Wim, the Ice Man, who can swim in glacial lakes so cold they would kill a normal person; and Debbie, who has lived for 10 years on a diet of crisps.
And finally we see what happens when your body finally fails; we share the last moments of Gerald, an 84-year-old, as he passes away at home with his family gathered around him.
03. Building Your Brain
In this episode, Michael Mosley traces our development from birth to adulthood, and reveals that the human brain is so sophisticated it takes more than twenty years to mature.
We see how new-born Phoebe makes sense of the world, and how one-year-old Angelina copes with just half a functioning brain. We discover how Moken Sea Gypsy children train themselves to see clearly underwater, and meet a Vietnamese girl who speaks 11 different languages.
Michael shows his own teenagers remarkable scans which reveal just how many brain connections we lose between the ages of 11 and 20. This remodelling is an essential part of growing up, and helps explain teen behaviour and their tendency to take risks – as illustrated by Stephanie, the world’s youngest stock car racer at the age of 13.
04. Hostile World
In the final episode of Inside The Human Body, Michael Mosley reveals the ingenious ways in which your body defends itself against a hostile world – where sunlight shatters your DNA and every breath contains microbes that can kill.
We meet Cristian, a bull jumper whose muscles give him the strength to avoid a violent death, three-year-old Rowan whose internal army fights off the flu virus, and Johnny who gets injured almost every week to earn his living, relying upon his body’s remarkable ability to heal.
And when injuries are too severe to be repaired, we see how surgeons use medical expertise to exploit the body’s natural powers of healing. Richard Edwards is filmed having his damaged hands cut off and replaced with someone else’s – the first time something this radical has ever been attempted.
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Inside Nature’s Giants
FavoriteYEAR: 2009-2012 | LENGTH: 4 seasons 18 episodes (50 minutes each) | SOURCE: CHANNEL4
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Inside Nature’s Giants is a British science documentary, first broadcast in June 2009 by Channel 4. The documentary shows experts performing dissection on some of nature’s largest animals, including whales and elephants.
The programme is presented by Mark Evans. The series attempts to uncover the secrets of the animals examined. Mark is assisted by evolutionary biologists Richard Dawkins and Simon Watt, and comparative anatomist Joy Reidenberg. The show is currently airing on PBS in the United States and repeats are currently airing on Eden in the UK.
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season 1
01. The Elephant
A team of experts guide us through a new science series that uncovers the anatomical secrets and evolution of some of the animal kingdom’s most extraordinary and popular large species.
02. The Whale
Experts dissect a 65-foot, 60-tonne fin whale that was stranded in Ireland, to determine why the animal died and explore its extraordinary anatomy and evolution.03. The Crocodile
Veterinary scientist Mark Evans joins Professor Richard Dawkins and an array of experts in anatomy and behaviour in a bid to get under the skin of the crocodile.04. The Giraffe
Veterinary scientist Mark Evans along with Prof Richard Dawkins and a team of experts investigate and dissect the giraffe, piecing together its remarkable evolutionary story.season 2
01. The Great White Shark
The experts dissect a 900kg, 15-foot-long great white shark, uncovering its incredible array of senses, exploring its evolution and asking if its reputation as a man killer is deserved02. The Monster Python
Giant Burmese pythons are thriving in the Florida Everglades. The team meet the python hunters, dissect a nine-foot male and make an amazing discovery in a 14-foot female.03. The Big Cats
The experts dissect a lion and tiger, finding out exactly what makes them such powerful killing machines, and examining the lion’s voicebox to discover the secret of its roar.
04. The Giant Squid
A look beneath the surface of the world’s largest invertebrate, the giant squid. The experts are fascinated by the alien anatomy of this strange creature as they dissect a rare specimen.season 3
01. The Polar Bear
The team join Inuit hunters and scientists studying polar bears off the coast of Greenland.02. The Sperm Whale
In this Inside Nature’s Giants Special, the BAFTA-winning team battle through the night against a rising tide to explore the mysteries of the largest predator on Earth: the sperm whale.03. The Camel
We don’t think of Australia as the home of camels, but in the middle of this vast island there are over a million feral dromedaries roaming around.04. The Dinosaur Bird
The BAFTA-winning series returns to Australia on the trail of a bird that’s been described as a living dinosaur and hides in Queensland’s tropical rainforests: the Cassowary.05. The Leatherback Turtle
The team dissect the ocean’s largest reptile: the leatherback turtle. They uncover the evolutionary mystery of how turtles developed shells to protect themselves from sharp-toothed predators.06. The Racehorse
The team explore how the racehorse has been biologically engineered for speed, revealing the spring system that propels it to 45mph, its super-sized organs and its built-in turbo-booster.season 4
01. Rogue Baboon
Mark and Joy visit South Africa to dissect a huge alpha male baboon that the authorities had to euthanise when he led a band of baboons on a rampage through a Cape Town suburb.02. The Hippo
So many hippos congregate to feed in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley that the authorities cull around 200 of them every year, giving Mark and Joy the opportunity to dissect one of these magnificent animals.03. The Kangaroo
Mark Evans and Joy Reidenberg examine a kangaroo while Charles Darwin’s great great grandson goes in the search of the remarkable Australian creatures that informed the theory of evolution.04. Jungle Special
The team dissect a whole ecosystem. In Borneo they erect a high-tech lab to examine giant bugs and titan trees, revealing why the jungle contains the world’s most diverse collection of living things.SIMILAR TITLES:
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Using stunning CGI, this is a fantastic voyage through the most amazing organism on earth.BBC