Inside the Human Body

Michael Mosley brings to life surprising medical research, revealing the improbable sequence of events that led to your birth. Breathtaking CGI takes viewers inside the body to show millions of sperm on their dangerous race towards the egg, discover the ingenious ways that the woman's body selects the very best, see a body begin to self-assemble and, in a television first, watch a human face come together. Throughout the programme we follow the progress of a couple who are expecting triplets; from the 4D scan when they first come face to face with their babies to a dramatic finale - the birth. We also meet a woman expecting her 16th baby and the oldest conjoined twins in the world. Contains mild sex references, scenes of surgery, childbirth and death

Michael Mosley shows how existence is a struggle and how, minute by minute, from your first breath to your last, your body performs countless small miracles to keep you alive. He meets remarkable people who demonstrate how well the human body adapts to extreme environments: Herbert, world-champion free-diver, who can hold his breath in the depths of the ocean for up to nine minutes; Wim, the Ice Man, who can swim in glacial lakes so cold that would kill a normal person and Debbie who has lived for 10 years on a diet of crisps. And finally we see what happens when your body finally fails; we share the last moments of Gerald, an 84 year old, as he passes away at home with his family gathered around him. Contains mild sex references, scenes of surgery, childbirth and death.

Michael Mosley traces our development from birth to adulthood, and reveals that the human brain is so sophisticated it takes more than twenty years to mature. We see how new-born Phoebe makes sense of the world, and how one-year-old Angelina copes with just half a functioning brain. Michael shows his own teenagers remarkable scans which reveal just how many brain connections we lose between the ages of 11 and 20. This remodelling is an essential part of growing up, and helps explain teen behaviour and their tendency to take risks.

Michael Mosley reveals the ingenious ways in which our bodies defend themselves against a hostile world. We meet Cristian, a bull jumper whose muscles give him the strength to avoid a violent death, and Johnny who gets injured almost every week to earn his living, relying upon his body's remarkable ability to heal. Mosley also explores how surgeons use medical expertise to exploit the body's natural powers of healing. Richard Edwards is filmed having his damaged hands cut off and replaced with someone else's - the first time something this radical has ever been attempted.