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Episodes

Season 1, 7 episodes

Episode 1: Life Story
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- 50m
- May 20, 1998
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 how it came to be the most advanced life-form on the planet.
Episode 2: An Everyday Miracle
- 50m
- May 27, 1998
This programme follows a pregnancy from conception to birth using new medical imaging techniques developed for the series
Episode 3: First Steps
- 50m
- Jun 3, 1998
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 as three can lie convincingly.
Episode 4: Raging Teens
- 50m
- Jun 10, 1998
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 their first appearance as hormones surge through the system.
Episode 5: Brain Power
- 50m
- Jun 17, 1998
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 for simple pastimes. And, in the name of science, Professor Robert Winston shows how the brain's delicate balance of chemicals can be disrupted by a few glasses of wine.
Episode 6: As Time Goes By
- 50m
- Jun 24, 1998
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 to diseases and accidents.
Episode 7: The End Of Life
- 50m
- Jun 25, 1998
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 near-death experiences. And to shed light on the human side of dying, cameras accompany Herbie as he slowly succumbs to cancer and shows that it is possible to die without pain and fear.

Episodes

Episode 1: Life Story

Episode 2: An Everyday Miracle

Episode 3: First Steps

Episode 4: Raging Teens

Episode 5: Brain Power

Episode 6: As Time Goes By

Episode 7: The End Of Life

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Episodes

Episode 1: Life Story

Episode 2: An Everyday Miracle

Episode 3: First Steps

Episode 4: Raging Teens

Episode 5: Brain Power

Episode 6: As Time Goes By

Episode 7: The End Of Life

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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Life Story

E2 Episode 2: An Everyday Miracle

E3 Episode 3: First Steps

E4 Episode 4: Raging Teens

E5 Episode 5: Brain Power

E6 Episode 6: As Time Goes By

E7 Episode 7: The End Of Life

Overview

Fun facts

Details

Network

Production

Cast

Videos

More like this

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Life Story

E2 Episode 2: An Everyday Miracle

E3 Episode 3: First Steps

E4 Episode 4: Raging Teens

E5 Episode 5: Brain Power

E6 Episode 6: As Time Goes By

E7 Episode 7: The End Of Life

Fun facts

Episode 1: Life Story

Episode 2: An Everyday Miracle

Episode 3: First Steps

Episode 4: Raging Teens

Episode 5: Brain Power

Episode 6: As Time Goes By

Episode 7: The End Of Life

Episode 1: Life Story

Episode 2: An Everyday Miracle

Episode 3: First Steps

Episode 4: Raging Teens

Episode 5: Brain Power

Episode 6: As Time Goes By

Episode 7: The End Of Life