TheHumanBody(TVseries)

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TheHumanBodyisasevenpartdocumentaryseries,firstshownon20May1998onBBCOneandpresented
bymedicalscientistRobertWinston.AcoproductionbetweentheBBCandTheLearningChannel,theseries
looksatthemechanicsandemotionsofthehumanbodyfrombirthtodeath.
Theserieswasnominatedfornumerousawards,winningseveral,includingthreeBAFTAawards,fourRTS
awardsandaPeabodyAward.

TheHumanBody
Alsoknownas

IntimateUniverse:The
HumanBody

Genre

Science

Directedby

RichardDale
EmmaDe'Ath
AndrewThompson
PeterGeorgi
ChristopherSpencer
LieselEvans
JohnGroom

Presentedby

RobertWinston

Countryoforigin

UnitedKingdom

Original
language(s)

English

No.ofepisodes

Contents
1 Production
2 Episodes
3 Reception
3.1 Awards
4 Otherformats
5 Book
6 References
7 Externallinks

Production
DescribedastheBBC's"firstmajorTVseriesonhumanbiology",[1]ittookovertwoyearstomakeandaimed
tobethedefinitivesetofprogrammesonthehumanbody.[1]TheserieswasproducedbyRichardDaleand
presentedbyProfessorRobertWinston,afertilityexpert.
Theseriesusedavarietyofdifferenttechniquestopresentthetopicsbeingdiscussed,includingendoscopesand
computergraphicsforinternalshots,timelapsephotographytoshowthegrowthofhairandnails,magnetic
resonanceimagingandscanningelectronmicroscopy.[2]

Episodes

Production
Executive
producer(s)

AlanBookbinder
LorraineHeggessey

Producer(s)

RichardDale

Production
company(s)

BBC
TheLearningChannel
Release

Originalnetwork

BBCOne

Originalrelease

20May25June1998

1."LifeStory"Everysecond,aworldofmiraculousmicroscopiceventstakeplacewithinthebody.(20
May1998)
2."AnEverydayMiracle"Thedramaofconceptionactivatesthemostsophisticatedlifesupportmachineonearth.(27May1998)
3."FirstSteps"Infouryears,thenewbornchildlearnseverysurvivalskill.(3June1998)
4."RagingTeens"Thehormonedrivenrollercoasterotherwiseknownasadolescence!(10June1998)
5."BrainPower"Theadulthumanbrainisthemostcomplicatedandmysteriousobjectintheuniverse.Inthisepisode,Winstondeliberatelyintoxicates
himselfinarestauranttoshowtheeffectsalcoholhasonthebrain.(17June1998)
6."TheMakingoftheHumanBody"Winstonrevealsthesecretsbehindhishumanbiologyseries(21June1998)
7."AsTimeGoesBy"isfarmorecomplexandfascinatingthanmeredecline.(24June1998)
8."TheEndofLife"Evenindeath,thebodyrevealsremarkablesecrets.(25June1998)

Reception
Theseriesgained6.3millionviewersandanaudienceshareof38%.[3]

Awards
Theserieswasnominatedfornumerousawards,winningseveral,includingthreeBAFTAawards,fourRTSawardsandaPeabodyAward.

Year

Award

BritishAcademyTelevision
Awards

Result

Category/Comments

Won

BestFactualSeries(RichardDale)[4]

Won

Originality(RichardDale)[4]

Won

BestGraphicDesign(TimGoodchild,DavidHaith)[4]

Nominated BestPhotography(Factual)(ChrisHartley,DavidBarlow,TimShepherd,RobFranklin)[4]
Nominated BestSound(Factual)[4]

1998
RoyalTelevisionSocietyAwards

Won

BestGraphicDesignProgrammeContentSequences(TimGoodchild,DavidHaith)[5]

Won

BestLighting,Photogtaphy&CameraPhotographyDocumentary/Factual(ChrisHartley,David
Barlow,TimShepherd,RobFranklin)[5]

Won

BestVisualEffects(TimGoodchild,DavidBarlow,TimShepherd,SteveBowman)[5]

Won

CraftandDesignInnovation[5]

Nominated TeamAward[6]
NationalTelevisionAwards

Nominated MostPopularDocumentarySeries[7]

GeorgeFosterPeabodyAwards

Won

"Neverneedlesslytechnicalandalwayswitty,energetic,andinnovative,TheHumanBodytakesusonan
incrediblevoyage,andforsodoing,isdeservingofthePeabodyAward."[8]

InternationalMonitorAwards

Won

DocumentariesDirector(ChristopherSpencerfor"TheEndofLife")[5]

Won

TelevisionScienceandNature(AlanBookbinder,LorraineHeggessey,RichardDale,Christopher
Spencerfor"TheEndofLife")[5]

SanFranciscoInternationalFilm
1999 FestivalSilverSpire
InternationalDocumentary
AssociationAwards

Nominated LimitedSeries(SandraGregory,RichardDale)[5]

Otherformats
ADVDoftheserieswasreleasedinJuly2001andincludesa50minutefeatureonTheMakingoftheHumanBodyAfinaloverviewthatrevealsthetechniques
anddevelopmentsthatmadetheseriespossible.[9]
TheserieswasadaptedintoafilmreleasedforIMAXcinemas.ThefilmwontheGiantScreenTheatreAssociation'sBestFilmForLifelongLearningaward.[3]

Book

ThebookaccompanyingtheserieswaswrittenbyAnthonySmith.Accordingtoonereview,"Smithtranscendsanatomicaltriviatorecordourbodies'powerful
talewithempathyandclarity."[10]

References
1."Fantasticjourneythroughthesevenagesofman".BBCNews.29July1998.Retrieved10November2010.
2."Shootingthehumanstory".BBCNews.24June1998.Retrieved10November2010.
3."TheHumanBodywinsprestigiouslargeformataward".BBCPressOffice.15October2002.Retrieved10November2010.
4."TelevisionNominations1998".BAFTA.Retrieved10November2010.
5."AwardsforTheHumanBody".InternetMovieDatabase.Retrieved10November2010.
6."RTSProgrammeAwards1998".RoyalTelevisionSociety.Retrieved10November2010.
7."Viewers'favouritestoberevealed".BBCNews.27October1998.Retrieved10November2010.
8.58thAnnualPeabodyAwards(http://www.peabodyawards.com/awardprofile/thehumanbody),May1999.
9.http://chaos.com/product/human_body_381892_137188.htmlEpisodeComments.Retrieved18July2009
10.http://www.tvfactual.co.uk/Retrieved19July2009

Externallinks
TheHumanBodyspecialreport(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/05/98/the_human_body/default.stm).BBCNews.
TheHumanBody(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200346/)attheInternetMovieDatabase
TheHumanBody2001IMAXfilm(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270419/)attheInternetMovieDatabase
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