Synopsis
*Contains graphic images and nudity* Armand Leroi looks at how we grow and what happens when that growth mechanism goes wrong.
- Programme: Human Mutants
- Episode: 01: The Mystery of Growth
- Channel: Channel 4
- Broadcast year: 2004
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