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Remaking American Medicine
2006
The Body in Question
8.060m19781 season
Documentary
The Body in Question is a landmark British medical documentary series of 13 shows made for the BBC. It was a groundbreaking show, being the first to ever televise an autopsy (in the final show on 29 Jan 1979). Dr Jonathan Miller considers the functioning of the body as a subject of private experience. He explores our attitudes towards our bodies, our ignorance of them, and our inability to read our body's signals. The first episode starts with vox populi asking where various organs in the body are located. By the final episode we are left in no doubt. Taking as his starting point the experience of pain, Dr Miller analyses the elaborate social process of "falling ill", considers the physical foundations of "disease" and looks at the types of individuals humankind has historically attributed with the power of healing. The series was nominated for two 1979 BAFTAs: Best Factual Television Series and Most Original Programme/Series.
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Naming of Parts
1978-11-06 · 60m
Try a Little Tenderness
1978-11-13 · 60m
How Do You Feel?
1978-11-20 · 60m
Breathless
1978-11-27 · 60m
Blood Relations
1978-12-04 · 60m
Heart of the Matter
1978-12-11 · 60m
Shaping the Future
1978-12-18 · 60m
Sleight of Hand
1978-12-25 · 60m
Native Medicine
1979-01-01 · 60m
Balancing Act
1979-01-08 · 60m
Brute Machine
1979-01-15 · 60m
Heads and Tails
1979-01-22 · 60m
Perishable Goods
1979-01-29 · 60m
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