Inside the Human Body

Season 1

2011 · 4 episodes · 4h 0m in all · 10.0/10

Episodes

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   1. Creation

   5 May 2011 · 60 min · 10.0/10

   The story of human biological creation. 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.

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   2. First to Last

   12 May 2011 · 60 min

   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.

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   3. Building Your Brain

   19 May 2011 · 60 min

   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.

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   4. Hostile World

   26 May 2011 · 60 min

   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.