Attachment

Maternal deprivation | Disowned and Disabled

Bowlby's explanation of attachment theory and the impact of maternal deprivation.

Convoy to Romania | West on Two

In January, a BBC team accompanying a relief convoy to Romania came across a castle in Transylvania where handicapped children were being kep...

Nowhere Else to Go | Disowned and Disabled

The first of two films traces the way care of disowned and disabled children changed in the decades after the Second World War, us...

03: The Final Push | Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You

A look at the final months in the womb, when cartilage hardens to form the skeleton. Produced in part...

01: The First 8 Weeks | Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You

Michael Mosley presents the story of how you were made, in a series produced in partnership with T...

02: Against the Odds | Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You

Michael Mosley looks at our middle weeks in the womb - when we become an individual. Produced in pa...

The Forgotten Children

Ten years ago after thousands of babies were discovered living in appalling conditions in Romanian orphanages, many British couples rushed to adopt th...

Romanian orphans | The Forgotten Children

The context behind the Romanian orphans and the process of adoption.

01: Becoming You | Babies: Their Wonderful World

This episode explores how changes in the first two years of life make us individuals, how tablet use affects our babies and ...

Romanian Orphanage | Challenge Anneka

Anneka Rice faces her most daunting challenge ever - to restore a Romanian orphanage into a home for 600 children in just one week. Thi...

Convoy to Romania | West on Two

In January, a BBC team accompanying a relief convoy to Romania came across a castle in Transylvania where handicapped children were being kep...

Romanian Orphanages | Newsround

One of the first reports on the discovery of the Romanian Orphanage tragedy.

Romanian Orphanages | Blue Peter

Romanian Orphanage appeal.

Children of the Castle | Current Account

A Bristol-based BBC film crew discovered 250 handicapped youngsters in squalid conditions in a 14C Romanian castle during the revolu...

Romania: Exodus of the Orphans | Focal Point

A year on from Romania's 'Christmas Revolution', the country is still in turmoil. With its economy in ruins, there appears to be...

03: The Final Push | Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You

A look at the final months in the womb, when cartilage hardens to form the skeleton. Produced in part...

01: The First 8 Weeks | Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You

Michael Mosley presents the story of how you were made, in a series produced in partnership with T...

02: Against the Odds | Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You

Michael Mosley looks at our middle weeks in the womb - when we become an individual. Produced in pa...

The effect of deprivation | The Forgotten Children

Learn about the long term effects of the early and extreme deprivation that Romanian orphans experienced.

The Forgotten Children

Ten years ago after thousands of babies were discovered living in appalling conditions in Romanian orphanages, many British couples rushed to adopt th...

Romanian orphans | The Forgotten Children

The context behind the Romanian orphans and the process of adoption.

Romanian Orphanage Babies: 21 Years On | All in the Mind

How have the Romanian orphanage babies, adopted 21 years ago, recovered from their appalling early treatment? Claudi...

Romanian Orphanage | Challenge Anneka

Anneka Rice faces her most daunting challenge ever - to restore a Romanian orphanage into a home for 600 children in just one week. Thi...

Romanian Orphanages | Newsround

One of the first reports on the discovery of the Romanian Orphanage tragedy.

Romanian Orphanages | Blue Peter

Romanian Orphanage appeal.

Children of the Castle | Current Account

A Bristol-based BBC film crew discovered 250 handicapped youngsters in squalid conditions in a 14C Romanian castle during the revolu...

Romania: Exodus of the Orphans | Focal Point

A year on from Romania's 'Christmas Revolution', the country is still in turmoil. With its economy in ruins, there appears to be...

The effect of deprivation | The Forgotten Children

Learn about the long term effects of the early and extreme deprivation that Romanian orphans experienced.

The Forgotten Children

Ten years ago after thousands of babies were discovered living in appalling conditions in Romanian orphanages, many British couples rushed to adopt th...

Building Your Brain | Inside the Human Body

Michael Mosley examines the human brain from birth to adulthood and shows why it takes 20 years to mature.

Romanian orphans | The Forgotten Children

The context behind the Romanian orphans and the process of adoption.

Episode 1 | The Secret Life of Twins (1999)

Prof Robert Winston examines science of identical twins to reveal human genetics and behaviour. Looks at risky start to life expe...

Synaptic pruning | Inside the Human Body

Michael Mosley explains how during brain development, synaptic pruning occurs and what this means for behaviour

Episode 1 | The Secret Life of Twins (2009)

Investigating the world of identical twins, this programme looks at what science can learn from the uncanny similarities between ...

01: Becoming You | Babies: Their Wonderful World

This episode explores how changes in the first two years of life make us individuals, how tablet use affects our babies and ...

Romanian Orphanage | Challenge Anneka

Anneka Rice faces her most daunting challenge ever - to restore a Romanian orphanage into a home for 600 children in just one week. Thi...

Romanian Orphanages | Newsround

One of the first reports on the discovery of the Romanian Orphanage tragedy.

Romanian Orphanages | Blue Peter

Romanian Orphanage appeal.

Children of the Castle | Current Account

A Bristol-based BBC film crew discovered 250 handicapped youngsters in squalid conditions in a 14C Romanian castle during the revolu...

Romania: Exodus of the Orphans | Focal Point

A year on from Romania's 'Christmas Revolution', the country is still in turmoil. With its economy in ruins, there appears to be...

Risk-taking | Inside the Human Body

Meet Stephanie, her teen brain allows her to take more risks when car racing compared to competitors.

The Teenage Brain | Medical Matters

Teenage behaviour has always been something of a mystery to parents. Edi Stark discovers what recent neuroscience has uncovered about the...

Episode 2 | The Secret Life of Twins (2009)

How the differences between identical twins can help science understand what makes us all who we are, including the possible gene...

Episode 3 | The Secret Life of Twins (1999)

Prof Robert Winston, examining science of identical twins, with a look at differences that occur inspite of biological similariti...

02: OCD | Growing Children

Laverne Antrobus explores how child development is affected by obsessive compulsive disorder and how research is unlocking a greater understanding...

03: Dyslexia | Growing Children

Laverne Antrobus explores how growing children are affected by the common learning disability of dyslexia through the eyes of children and fa...

The words we use about getting older and why they matter | Word of Mouth

How we talk about getting older can affect how we age, both mentally and physically. Michael asks Dr...

The effect of deprivation | The Forgotten Children

Learn about the long term effects of the early and extreme deprivation that Romanian orphans experienced.