Synopsis
James May asks the big questions about his body. How did I get my granny's chin? Why do I catch colds? And what will we look like a thousand years from now?
- Programme: James May's Things You Need to Know
- Series: 1
- Episode: 1:...about the Human Body
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Science
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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