Synopsis
Greg Foot finds out if winning unfair fights only happens in the movies, asks why the sky is blue and experiences the highs and lows of surviving on your own bodily fluids.
- Programme: The Secrets of Everything
- Episode: 03
- Channel: BBC Three
- Broadcast year: 2012
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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