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BBC Two | 2022 | 28'49''

Rob Burrow, one of Rugby League’s greatest players, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in late 2019. This documentary illustrates the love,...

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Spec references J247: B3.3b. Experiment to observe change in temperature and how it affect...

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BBC Two | 2017 | 3'07''

How do our bodies react and respond when we dive into freezing water?

Dementia | The Truth About...

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BBC One | 2016 | 58'34''

Angela Rippon investigates Alzheimer's disease. She learns how people can help to prevent it, meets some of those who are living with it and ex...

Fear Response | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

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BBC Two | 2017 | 3'51''

Chris van Tulleken accompanies some snake hunters at work, showing what happens inside our bodies when we exper...

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BBC Two | 2017 | 3'36''

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Dr Alice Roberts turns her attention to the female reproductive organs where she uses an MRI scanner t...

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Half of the world's population have periods - yet people are often embarrassed to talk about them. Lauren Layfield meets expert...

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In the first of a new series, Dr Alice Roberts explains how the male reproductive organs work and has ad...

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Biology | BBC One | 2018 | 57'59''

Mariella Frostrup shares her own experience of the menopause and brings this great taboo out into the open, investigating how the late...

The Fantastical World of Hormones with Professor John Wass

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Expert John Wass presents a documentary telling the story of how hormones were discovered and remain at medicine's...

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Bodily hormones tell us it's still the Stone Age and that if life was simpler, such torments as puberty, PMT and the menopause wouldn't be a pr...

Homeostasis | GCSE Bitesize Revision

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Biology | BBC Two | 2010 | 5'32''

Spec references J247: B3.3a, B3.3b, B3.3c, B3.3d, B3.3e, B3.3g, B3.3j. Higher paper content for homeostasis. Structure of the kidney, ho...

Homestasis in Humans | GCSE Bitesize Revision

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Biology | BBC Two | 2010 | 3'20''

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Biology | BBC Two | 2017 | 2'11''

We live on a knife edge, and we are amazingly good at doing it. Chris van Tulleken gives a sim...

What are hormones? | The Fantastical World of Hormones with Professor John Wass

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Professor John Wass gives a simple introduction to hormones, what they are, and how they work...

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Using state-of-the-art graphics, Michael Mosley shows what happens in our bodies when we get cold.

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An explanation and visualisation of how the hypothalamus works to control water concentration in the bl...
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