Superhuman

Synopsis

Six programmes in which Professor Robert Winston investigates the human body’s mechanisms for healing and renewing itself, using techniques including micro-photography and morphing: 1) Trauma (directors Natasha Bondy and David Hickman): how the body copes with trauma, showing war casualties, accident victims, and the results of cooling the body; 2) Spare Parts (director John Groom): transplant surgery, showing a hand transplant, a cochlear implant, a heart transplant, and a pig-brain cell transplant for Parkinson’s disease; 3) Self-Repair (producer/director Judith Bunting): How the body regenerates tissue and how doctors are exploring ways of using this process to help cure angina and to mend broken spinal cords.
4) Killers into Cures: looks at the thousands of microbes living on and inside the human body, from bacteria that cause life-threatening illnesses to viruses that can lead to devastating plagues; 5) The Enemy Within: focuses on cancer and follows three cancer patients as they try experimental new treatments.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 180 min.

Year of production

2000

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Notes

Broadcast on BBC1 from 15/10/00.

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

biomechanics; human biology; human organ transplant surgery; trauma

Credits

Director

David Hickman; John Groom; Judith Bunting; Natasha Bondy

Producer

David Hickman

Contributor

Michael Mosley

Cast

Robert Winston

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Name

TLC

Phone

020 7462 3600

Fax

020 7462 3700

Address

160 Great Portland Street
London W1N 5TV

Notes

Use for: The Learning Channel

Distributor

Name

BBC Home Video

 

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