Episodes (6)
Nov 12, 1998
Pressure of work, unhealthy eating and smoking habits, and lack or exercise can lead to a heart attack. Emergency treatment is required to save the patient's life.
Nov 19, 1998
A flu virus invades the body, multiplying rapidly, causing a common cold, but also triggering the immune system's various defense mechanisms.
Nov 26, 1998
The struggle between two parts of the brain, the cerebral cortex governing rational behavior, and the limbic system triggering primitive, animal instincts, which can be given free rein by alcohol consumption.
Dec 03, 1998
The power of the body to heal itself after an accident, first closing the wound, then working steadily towards repairing the broken bone.
Dec 10, 1998
The successive stages of pregnancy, from conception to birth, showing how the fetus manages to take control of a woman's body in order to survive.
Dec 17, 1998
The inevitable aging process of the body, with cells and ultimately organs degenerating, leading to death.
About
Body Story Season 1 (1998) is released on Nov 12, 1998. Watch Body Story online - the English Documentary TV series from United Kingdom. Body Story is directed by Leanne Klein and created by Russell Gascoigne with Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Hilary Tones.