6.9/1011 votesLoading...#1 - Deepest Desires
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/30/2002
Professor Robert Winston explores the complex world of sexual attraction, investigating why men are more open to casual sex, what drives women to be unfaithful and what can ignite male sexual jealousy.
Director: Nigel Paterson
Writer: N/A
6.8/106 votesLoading...#2 - The Will to Win
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/6/2002
Professor Robert Winston examines human instincts and patterns of behaviour. He explores the drive to succeed, looking at how different chemicals are released into the brain when we win or lose, and learning about the impact of being a younger sibling on behaviour patterns.
Director: Nigel Paterson
Writer: N/A
6.0/105 votesLoading...#3 - Natural Born Heroes
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/2002
In this last programme, Professor Robert Winston discovers why we do so much for friends and family, and will even risk our lives for complete strangers, often on split-second instinct.
Director: Nigel Paterson
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - Born To Survive
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/23/2002
In this edition, he reveals that our instincts are honed to survive in a world far riskier than the one we inhabit today, and that this is why we often crave food high in calories, reject food that could be poisonous, and react to primeval dangers such as snakes.
Director: Nigel Paterson
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Human Instinct
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Professor Robert Winston presents a series investigating the natural instincts inherent in people, covering survival, procreation, the drive to succeed and the heroic impulse.
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC One
Best Episodes Summary
"Deepest Desires" is the best rated episode of "Human Instinct". It scored 6.9/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Nigel Paterson and written by N/A, it aired on 10/30/2002. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Will to Win".