Brave New Babies 1

Synopsis

Jonathan Glover, a moral philosopher from New College, Oxford, looks at developments in genetic engineering. Experiments involving gene-mapping, cloning and embryo manipulation are already routine but how will these techniques will be applied to the human embryo by the end of the century?. Glover discusses the idea of human clones, man-ape hybrids and the use of genetic engineering to change the intelligence of people. He feels it is important to work out now what our attitudes to future genetic engineering possibilities should be.

Series

Horizon, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

Year of production

1982

Availability

Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Notes

Available together with DAWN OF THE CLONE AGE, DESIGNER BABIES and CLONING THE FIRST HUMAN as a package entitled BEST OF HORIZON- GENETICS, wsith linking commentary by Steve Jones. Package price £295.00

Subjects

Biology

Keywords

biochemistry; cloning; genetic engineering

Credits

Cast

Jonathan Glover

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Web

https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8433 1009

Address

BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK

Notes

The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’