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Since the 1960s world population has nearly doubled and now tops seven billion. Population growth, though little discussed, is putting an unprecedented burden on the planet’s life systems. This film brings...
Described as an "eco-comedy", the message of HOW TO BOIL A FROG is, in fact, deadly serious. The film is about "overshoot" - too many people, using up too few resources, too quickly. Featuring contributions...
STEM CELLS: THE PROMISE consists of two documentaries made for Channel 4’s "Equinox" series. The first part, BEGINNINGS, (originally broadcast in 1999 under the the title CURING THE INCURABLE) is an...
Looks at issues of population growth, migration and urbanisation, using Mexico as a case study. 1: Population change is produced by the difference between birth rate and death rate, and also by migration....
Focusing on Italy as an extreme case, this programme follows up one of the crucial issues in understanding population change - the decline in fertility in Italy. It describes what has happened to Italy’s...
Professor Tony Wrigley talks about the study of population history, explaining how societies keep a balance between production on the one hand and reproduction on the other - between resources and population.
Latin America is home to some of the world’s largest megacities: in Mexico City (21m), Buenos Aires (12m) and San Paulo (18m) more than 300 immigrants arrive each week from the countryside in search of a...
The population of the world is growing faster now than at any other time in history: the UN projects that it will double in 60 years. Any other animal community which grows at an unprecedented rate will...
A seven-part series with each programme presenting a personal view of a major issue, followed by responses from grass-roots groups in different countries, and concluded with discussion relating the issue to...
The largest human experiment in history is being carried out in China, but at what cost? Populated by a billion people, a quarter of the world’s population, China is faced with a major reduction in its...
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