TV series
The Brain: A Secret History
2011, English, on BBC Four.
Michael Mosley embarks on three journeys to understand science's last great frontier - the human mind - as he traces the history of the attempts to understand and manipulate the brain.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Status
- Ended in 2011
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Latest episode
S1 E3: Broken Brains
Aired 20 January 2011
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
Details
- First aired
- 6 January 2011
- Last aired
- 20 January 2011
- Network
- BBC Four
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Miniseries
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The Brain: A Secret History has 1 season and 3 episodes, about 60 minutes each.
Is The Brain: A Secret History finished?
Yes. The Brain: A Secret History ended in 2011, so you can watch the whole story.
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