Synopsis
The technology, ethics and human stories of the assisted fertilization revolution.
- Programme: The Baby Makers
- Episode: 02: Fighting For Survival
- Channel: Channel 4
- Broadcast year: 1999
- Science
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Add Notes
More clips from The Baby Makers
01: Test Tube Baby | The Baby Makers
01: Test Tube Baby | The Baby Makers
The technology, ethics and human stories of the assisted fertilization revolution.
03: Unnatural Practices | The Baby Makers
03: Unnatural Practices | The Baby Makers
The technology, ethics and human stories of the assisted fertilization revolution.
01: Test Tube Baby | The Baby Makers
01: Test Tube Baby | The Baby Makers
The technology, ethics and human stories of the assisted fertilization revolution.
03: Unnatural Practices | The Baby Makers
03: Unnatural Practices | The Baby Makers
The technology, ethics and human stories of the assisted fertilization revolution.
01: Test Tube Baby | The Baby Makers
01: Test Tube Baby | The Baby Makers
The technology, ethics and human stories of the assisted fertilization revolution.
03: Unnatural Practices | The Baby Makers
03: Unnatural Practices | The Baby Makers
The technology, ethics and human stories of the assisted fertilization revolution.
01: Test Tube Baby | The Baby Makers
01: Test Tube Baby | The Baby Makers
The technology, ethics and human stories of the assisted fertilization revolution.
03: Unnatural Practices | The Baby Makers
03: Unnatural Practices | The Baby Makers
The technology, ethics and human stories of the assisted fertilization revolution.
More resources about Health and Social Care
Joe Swash: Teens in Care
Joe Swash: Teens in Care
Documentary that follows Joe Swash as he explores the stories of teens in care over the age of 16, the largest-growing cohort in both child protecti...
The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
Documentary telling the story of one of the most infamous medical emergencies in recent British history, when six healthy men took ...
Katie Price: Harvey and Me
Katie Price: Harvey and Me
A deeply personal film following Katie Price and her disabled son Harvey in a crucial year of his life, as he turns 18 and becomes an adult.
Chris Packham: Asperger's and Me
Chris Packham: Asperger's and Me
Chris Packham invites us inside his autistic world to try to show what it is like being him. Chris explores the question of whether Asperger...
Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next
Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next
Harvey Price, who is disabled, is off to college. As he makes new friends and learns to be independent, his mum Katie learns to adjust to l...
03: Food on the Brain | The Secrets of Your Food
03: Food on the Brain | The Secrets of Your Food
Michael Mosley and James Wong explore the effect that our food has on our most important and, in terms of energy consumption...
Diabetes: The Hidden Killer | Panorama
Diabetes: The Hidden Killer | Panorama
An investigation into the health epidemic that afflicts almost one in ten people in Birmingham and can lead to heart failure, blindnes...
Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad
Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad
Documentary following Rio Ferdinand a year after losing his wife to cancer as he tries to come to terms with the loss and its effects on him...
Episode 1 | Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls
Episode 1 | Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls
Ed immerses himself in life at St Cecilia's, a typical family-run mid-sized care home, to understand the realities facing th...
Mental Health: Young Lives in Crisis | Panorama
Mental Health: Young Lives in Crisis | Panorama
With unique access to the biggest mental health service in the UK, Panorama reveals the challenges faced daily by clinicians ...
Britain's Child Health Crisis | Panorama
Britain's Child Health Crisis | Panorama
Rahil Sheikh tries to discover what's causing Britain's child health crisis and what can be done to fix it. Keir Starmer has promise...
Mental: A History of the Madhouse
Mental: A History of the Madhouse
Documentary telling the story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums and what it says about society's changing attitudes to mental illn...
Making Babies
Making Babies
Documentary following three couples as they each undergo a round of IVF. We find out what it is really like to put your hopes of having a baby in the hands of ...
My Body: No Limits | We Are England
My Body: No Limits | We Are England
Disabled model Sian Green explores the barriers to amputees getting active. She’ll face a new challenge – going to the gym on her own for...
Caring for an elderly resident | Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience
Caring for an elderly resident | Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience
Rhod helps wash and clothe 90-year-old Merv as a carer for the day and finds it to be a rewarding experience.
Episode 1 | The Big Hospital Experiment
Episode 1 | The Big Hospital Experiment
Fourteen young people start their first week volunteering for a radical social experiment at the Royal Derby Hospital to deliver pati...
S02E06 | GPs: Behind Closed Doors
S02E06 | GPs: Behind Closed Doors
Observational documentary series going behind the scenes at a GP practice in Putney. This week, the mental health of patients and GPs at th...
Gambling experience and advertising | Darren McGarvey's Addictions
Gambling experience and advertising | Darren McGarvey's Addictions
Darren meets an ex-gambler who hits home its realities. They also introduce a group who are targeting the ...
S03E02 | Trust Me, I'm A Doctor
S03E02 | Trust Me, I'm A Doctor
Going behind the headlines to give the definitive answers to health questions. Michael discovers whether just changing your diet can lower ch...
What Are We Feeding Our Kids?
What Are We Feeding Our Kids?
Is ultra-processed food causing obesity in children, and could it even be addictive? Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates as he undergoes an expe...