Journalist Angela Saini and disability rights activist Adam Pearson explore the shocking origins and legacy of eugenics in Britain and its continued influence today.
EPISODE 1
Part 1
Science journalist Angela Saini and disability rights activist Adam Pearson, investigate eugenics-the controversial idea that the human race can be improved by selective breeding.
EPISODE 2
Part 2
It's commonly thought that eugenics disappeared after the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust, but the presenters discover how eugenic practices, such as the sterilisation of the poor, continued on a global scale for many more years.
Angela Saini
Adam Pearson
Andrew Smith
Paul Sen