The Body in Question
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First Air DateNov 06, 1978
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ProductionBBC, CBC, Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA), KCET
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Rotten tomato100%
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Original titleThe Body in Question
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ReleaseNov 06, 1978
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Overview
The Body in Question is a landmark British medical documentary series of 13 shows made for the BBC. It was a groundbreaking show, being the first to ever televise an autopsy (in the final show on 29 Jan 1979). Dr Jonathan Miller considers the functioning of the body as a subject of private experience. He explores our attitudes towards our bodies, our ignorance of them, and our inability to read our body's signals. The first episode starts with vox populi asking where various organs in the body are located. By the final episode we are left in no doubt. Taking as his starting point the experience of pain, Dr Miller analyses the elaborate social process of "falling ill", considers the physical foundations of "disease" and looks at the types of individuals humankind has historically attributed with the power of healing. The series was nominated for two 1979 BAFTAs: Best Factual Television Series and Most Original Programme/Series.
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Casts
The Body in Question Season 1 ( 1978-11-06)
Naming of Parts
Try a Little Tenderness
How Do You Feel?
Breathless
Blood Relations
Heart of the Matter
Shaping the Future
Sleight of Hand
Native Medicine
Balancing Act
Brute Machine
Heads and Tails