Season 1

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  7.7/1045 votes

  Creation

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/5/2011

  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.

  Director: Nat Sharman

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/1033 votes

  First to Last

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/12/2011

  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.

  Director: Annabel Gillings

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/1027 votes

  Building Your Brain

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/19/2011

  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.

  Director: Gideon Bradshaw

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.2/1027 votes

  Hostile World

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/26/2011

  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.

  Director: Rob Liddell

  Writer: Unknown