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Life Story
Episode Four - Four
- Broadcast
- 2014 (58 mins)
In Life Story this week animals try to gain a position of power in their worlds. The most powerful have best access to food and water, and they are also the most attractive to the opposite sex. An orphaned,...
Life Story
Episode Five
- Broadcast
- 2014 (58 mins)
Competition to win a partner has created both the most extraordinary beauty and life-threatening violence in nature. The stakes could not be higher: without a mate, the journey of life ends here... sometimes...
Life Story
Episode Six - Parenthood
- Broadcast
- 2014 (58 mins)
Raising offspring, continuing the line, is the next best thing to immortality. But it’s far from easy... Some parents risk their own lives for their offspring. After laying her eggs in the best possible...
Pain, Pus and Poison
Episode 1 - Pain
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
Pain has a profound effect on our bodies - when we are experiencing it, millions of nerve cells deep within our brains are firing - telling us ‘it hurts’ - and for centuries the challenge has been to...
Pain, Pus and Poison
Episode 2 - Pus
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
Infection can take over the entire human body and if our immune systems aren’t strong enough we will die - in fact infectious disease has regularly wiped out millions of people across the planet. In this...
Pain, Pus and Poison
Episode 3 - Poison
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
Michael ends the series with a look at poisons, exploring the incredible turning points when we went from finding antidotes to poisons, to applying them as a cure - celebrating the eccentrics and mavericks...
Child of Our Time
Changing Families
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
In this programme we look at how some of our children - and their parents and grandparents - have coped with the changes in their family. Now, with thousands of hours of observational archive and interviews...
Child of Our Time
Growing Up
- Broadcast
- 2013 (59 mins)
In this programme we follow several of our children preparing to become teenagers and see how their parents and grandparents will cope! Having followed our children from tiny babies through to pre-teen...
Bang Goes The Theory Series 7
Bugs
- Broadcast
- 2013 (29 mins)
In this episode the team investigate germs and infection. Liz reveals why doctors can be reluctant to prescribe antibiotics for coughs and colds, and explains what bacterial resistance is all about; Maggie...
Bang Goes The Theory Series 7
Sugar
- Broadcast
- 2013 (29 mins)
Sugar is on trial in this programme. Widely blamed for all manner of health issues beyond rotten teeth and expanding waistlines, the team investigate whether sugar really deserves such a lousy health...