The Best Episodes of Inside the Human Body Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(28 votes)

   #1 - Building Your Brain

   S1:E35/19/2011

   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.

   Director:Gideon Bradshaw

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Gideon Bradshaw

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   8.1/10(28 votes)

   #2 - Hostile World

   S1:E45/26/2011

   Michael Mosley reveals the ingenious ways in which your body defends itself against a hostile world - where sunlight shatters your DNA and every breath contains microbes that can kill.

   Director:Rob Liddell

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Rob Liddell

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   7.8/10(34 votes)

   #3 - First to Last

   S1:E25/12/2011

   In this episode, 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.

   Director:Annabel Gillings

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Annabel Gillings

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   7.7/10(46 votes)

   #4 - Creation

   S1:E15/5/2011

   The story of human biological creation. The programme follows the progress of a couple who are expecting triplets, from the 4D scan when they first come face-to-face with their babies to the dramatic finale of birth. Plus, meet a woman expecting her 16th baby and the oldest conjoined twins in the world.

   Director:Nat Sharman

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Nat Sharman

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