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A GIFTED CHILD (QED)

The parents of gifted children have a special set of problems - not least the fact that nobody believes that they have a problem. This program focuses on Chantelle, who at the age of three had an IQ of 152. It shows that having a gifted child can be a mixed blessing. Her parents - an ordinary couple - don’t have the money for special schools. The documentary follows Chantelle through her first year in school as she learns to cope with children up to three years older than her. (BACK)

ALL IN THE MIND (BRAIN STORY)

Did Van Gough paint exactly what he saw? What makes amputees feel as though they still have their missing limbs? Is religious rapture all down to activity in the brain? A sludgy mass of brain cells weighing three pounds holds all the answers, or so Professor Susan Greenfield believes. In the opener to what promises to be an an amazing journey, she shows wide-ranging aspects of human experience that can be accounted for by physical events in the brain, and offers a graphic demonstration with a patient awake during surgery. It might make you wince at times, but this will also make you think. More than a basic approach to how science is beginning to address big themes including personality and memory, art and religion. (BACK)

ALZHEIMER'S - PROGRESS AT LAST (ASSAULT ON THE MIND)

The Optima project has monitored the progress of 300 people to observe how ageing and memory are affected. This, the second of two films following the work of key researchers, focuses on two cases - a women who needs round the clock care and a man with memory and thinking problems. (BACK)

AN EVERYDAY MIRACLE (THE HUMAN BODY)

In this episode Winston explores the human body’s greatest achievement - reproduction. (BACK)

ARE ANIMALS CONSCIOUS? (ANIMAL MINDS)

Throughout history people have assumed animals are living machines, but some scientists suggest they could be sentient, sapient beings. Here, experts look into the minds of beasts and try to ascertain whether they can acknowledge their existence, mentality and the concept of death. (BACK)

ARE ANIMALS INTELLIGENT? (ANIMAL MINDS)

Using scientific evidence, this programme sets out to discover just how smart animals are and tries to establish whether domestic pets can understand what their owners are saying when they talk to them. It certainly shows a bizarre range of animal behaviour - pigeons that can tell a Picasso from a Monet, a talking parrot that answers questions and dolphins that can respond to precise instructions. There are also contributions from Dr Jane Goodall and healthy scepticism from Euan Macphail. (BACK)

ART (ANATOMY OF DISGUST)

This concluding episode discusses the art of the disgusting, and highlights the work of several artists whose work has raised conflicting emotions - from revulsion and outrage to an appreciation of beauty and innovation. (BACK)

AS TIME GOES BY (THE HUMAN BODY)

In this episode Winston looks at ageing. We are told that wild animals do not grow old and become grandparents as we do.which makes you wonder why. (BACK)

BABY LOVE (QED)

This documentary features two women, Vicki and Sharon, who were unable to relate to their babies. Watching Vicki attempt to play with or pacify her young twins, it is obvious that she is just imposing her will on them and is oblivious to their body language. The result is frustration and irritation on both sides. Sharon suffers from postpartum psychosis and keeps harming and cutting herself to avoid hurting her baby, which is what she really wants to do. (BACK)

BABY BUILDERS (THE) (SUPERHUMAN)

In the last of the series Professor Robert Winston looks at the development of early human life and the advances made in embryonic medicine. Although controversial, Professor Winston is an advocate of genetic engineering, believing that embryo research can help produce healthy babies. (BACK)

BASIC INSTINCT (BODY STORY)

Third in a run of six documentaries talking to viewers on a remarkable voyage into the human body. This episode looks at the ways in which alcohol can affect the body. following one man during the course of an evening’s drinking with a female companion. 3D computer animation and endoscopy camera work reveals what happens as increasing volumes of alcohol are consumed, allowing the primitive part of his brain to get the better of him. (BACK)

BATTLE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S (ASSAULT ON THE MIND)

The Optima project has monitored the progress of 300 people to observe how ageing and memory are affected. This, the first of two films following the work of key researchers, focuses on two cases - a women who has had memory lapses and a former US attorney general whose career was stopped in its tracks by the disease. (BACK)

BEAUTY (THE HUMAN FACE)

Third of a 4 part series in which John Cleese embarks on a quest to unravel the secrets of the human face. Do universal rules of beauty exist? (BACK)

BEYOND A JOKE (HORIZON)

New scientific research demonstrates that a lack of of fun can have serious social consequences for children as they grow up into adults. This film reveals how laughter and play are crucial to the development of the brain, and how some scientists are recc omending play as an alternative to drugs in helping to treat hyperactive children. (BACK)

BRAIN AT WORK (WHY MEN DON'T IRON)

This episode looks at why equal numbers of men and women leave university, but only a handful of women scale the pinnacles of power. According to this episode men are forced by their levels of testosterone to be more competitive, are more likely to take risks, and are therefore more likely to succeed. (BACK)

BRAIN POWER (THE HUMAN BODY)

In this episode Winston concentrates on the human brain. Among the images of brain activity and trips down the optic nerve, there is an amusing sequence showing how alcohol changes the chemical balance of the brain. (BACK)

BREASTS (PRIVATE PARTS)

American documentary made by Meema Spadola, that uses the testimony of 22 women to examine the extent to which breasts impact on women’s lives. Contributors’ ages range from 6 to 84 and include a girl on the verge of puberty, a 24-year-old who has had a breast reduction, a stripper who has had breast implants and a woman who describes herself as leader of the ‘Strong Breast Revolution’. (BACK)

BREASTS (PRIVATE PARTS)

In the final documentary about human sexual organs, a selection of females aged between six and eighty-four talk candidly about the different effects that their breasts have had on their lives. (BACK)

BREATHLESS (QED)

This documentary investigates a controversial new drug-free treatment for asthma. The Russian professor, Buteyko, claims that many asthma symptoms are caused by hyperventilation, and therapists using the method encourage patients to slow down their breathing. Unfortunately, the course is so tough and his style so ruthless that at least one of the patients leaves and has to be replaced. But by day 5, something remarkable seems to be happening to all three of the patients. (BACK)

CHILDREN OF THE VIDEO

Children's videos and censors. (BACK)

CHOOSY FEMALES (BATTLE OF THE SEXES)

When it comes to selecting a mate, females take control, forcing males to prove their worth. As the series studying sexual behaviour in the animal kingdom shows, the critical eye of the female in such species as fruit flies and birds of paradise has forced males into outrageous antics and fabulous adornments. (BACK)

CLITORIS UNCOVERED (PRIVATE PARTS)

The first of a three-part series on human sexual organs. The Clitoris Uncovered. A look at a part of the female body which lacked a name until the 16th century and about which little has been known until relatively recently. Members of the public are invited to share their various attitudes to a small but significant area of the anatomy. (BACK)

COLD WAR (BODY STORY)

Second in a run of six documentaries talking to viewers on a remarkable voyage into the human body. In this episode a singer and a motorbike courier suffers from the potential deadly influenza virus. As the virus takes over their bodies, 3D computer animation and endoscopy camera work reveal exactly how the immune system fights back. (BACK)

COMA - BRAIN DAMAGE (EQUINOX)

Documentary examining the revolutionary techniques of Dr Jam Ghajar, a leading American neurosurgeon who believes that the most serious brain damage from head injuries is caused by the brain swelling after the initial impact and not by the impact itself. This film follows Dr Ghajar’s treatment of his patients, including nine year old Alex who is in a coma after being hit by a car, and his methods adopted throughout the US. (BACK)

CONSTANT CRAVING (KICK THE HABIT)

Exploring the science behind addiction in its many guises, from dependence on legal drugs - including nicotine and alcohol - to being hooked on cocaine and heroin. This film also examines sophisticated treatments designed to control or possibly cure addiction forever. (BACK)

CONTACT (CHILDREN OF DIVORCE)

There are no experts, no narrator and, in fact, no adult voices at all - just children talking to camera about how they felt when their parents divorced. In this episode two younger sisters and a teenager are among those who discuss the practical and emotional problems of divided loyalties following their parents’ separation. Some children talk about feeling unloved while others speak of the benefits of developing relationships with both parents as individuals. (BACK)

CRASH REPAIRS (BODY STORY)

Fourth in a run of six documentaries talking to viewers on a remarkable voyage into the human body. In this episode a teenager sustains deep cuts on her hand and a broken radius. 3D computer animation and X-rays reveal the human body has a natural ability to repair itself, as within minutes blood cells and proteins create a clot to seal the wound. (BACK)

CRISIS IN THE CLASSROOM (QED)

One in six children has special needs, and each year around 11,000 pupils are excluded from British schools because of their unruly behaviour. This programme follows four disruptive children as they attend a unique education unit in Westminster, London. (BACK)

CURING THE INCURABLE (EQUINOX)

Previously incurable conditions could well become a thing of the past if current research work being carried out by scientists is successful. Equinox follows their progress as the first trials take place using genetically engineered cells to repair damage in the brain. Hopes are high that one day it will be possible to replace any damaged organ in the body. (BACK)

CURSE OF THE PHANTOM LIMBS (EQUINOX)

Some amputees report the sensation of a lost limb, feeling pain where the limb once was. This strange phenomenon, which has long baffled doctors, could offer remarkable insight into the complex workings of the human brain. Some neuropsychologists suggest that the brain’s neural network does not realise that the limb is missing and so keeps sending out ever-stronger messages to get it to work. Others say that the network gets “rewired” by the brain and that a part that was previously controlled, say, the feelings in the cheek now also signals feelings in the phantom limb. (BACK)

DEADLY SECRETS (QED)

Every year at least 20 women in Britain kill their babies on the day they give birth. The actual figure may be higher because many of these women manage to hide their pregnancies from everyone around them. In this film, two women describe what led them to commit neonaticide, and three psychiatrists add their views and discuss the mechanisms that enable women to deny their condition. (BACK)

DEBATE ON SMACKING (FAMILY MATTERS)

Punishment, child development. (BACK)

DEMANDS OF THE EGG (THE) (THE LIFE OF BIRDS)

This episode looks at the huge variety of ways in which birds construct their nests and keep predators away from their eggs. Attenborough explores the unusual places some birds choose to lay their eggs - some behind waterfalls, some suspended on cliffs and some sealed within holes in a tree - and finds out how birds disguise their nests from predators. (BACK)

DEVELOPMENT (ANATOMY OF DESIRE)

Why do we fancy the particular people we do? What parts of our sexuality are we born with and what parts do we learn as we grow up? And are some factors, including the power of our sex drive and the sort of relationship we seek, shaped by the way we interact with others such as our peers? (BACK)

DO ANIMALS HAVE EMOTIONS? (ANIMAL MINDS)

Long-standing scientific opinion suggests that humans’ ability to experience emotions is unique. But experts now believe that creatures such as fish and sheep have feelings too. As Jane Goodall shows when she tickles a chimp to make him laugh and put on his “play face”, higher primates not only feel emotions, but show them in their faces - just like us. Fear, love, shame, jealousy, stress and trauma are explored with examples - some of which are more convincing than others. (BACK)

DO PARENTS MATTER? (EQUINOX)

How much blame should lie with parents when their children turn out badly? Developmental psychologist and grandmother Judith Rich Harris’s book The Nurture Assumption proposes that children’s personalities are moulded by contact with their peer group rather than older members of their family. (BACK)

DYSLEXIC CHILDREN (DYSLEXIA SEASON)

Examining the latest scientific research into dyslexia, which affects 375,000 children in Britain. (BACK)

DYSLEXIC CRIMINALS (DYSLEXIA SEASON)

This documentary explores the possible link between undetected dyslexia in education and crime. At Polmont Young Offenders’ Institute near Edinburgh, Jane Kirk and Dr Gavin Read test their belief that undiagnosed dyslexia and criminality are invariably linked. The findings call into serious question an education and penal system that fails to allow realistic provision for dyslexics. (BACK)

DYSLEXIC GENIUS (DYSLEXIA SEASON)

The first of three documentaries part of a strand of programmes examining the link between dyslexia and creativity. Although poor literacy skills can result in children being ostracised at school, they can spur them on to succeed in fields where the written word is less powerful than the image. Film-maker Guy Ritchie, entrepreneur Richard Branson, actress Katrin Cartlidge, designer Terence Woodgate and computer programmer Peter Molyneux acknowledge the distinct advantage of dyslexia in their adult lives. (BACK)

EIGHTEEN ‘TIL I DIE (NAKED)

First in a four part series exploring people’s changing relationships with their bodies over a lifetime. In this episode middle-aged men and women describe how they cope with balding, the menopause, greying hair and a body that has started to wrinkle and sag. (BACK)

EMOTIONAL DIFFERENCE (WHY MEN DON'T IRON)

This episode offers scientific reasons for men’s resistance to do housework, and tests women’s skill at reading emotions. It argues that women’s brains are set up to cope with multi-tasking while men’s aren’t and that men are not as tuned in to people’s emotional needs. (BACK)

END OF LIFE (THE) (THE HUMAN BODY)

In this episode Winston explores the processes the body goes through when we die, and discovers what it is that determines when we are dead. Cameras accompany a 63-year-old man on his final journey as he slowly succumbs to cancer, and shows that it is possible to die without pain and fear. (BACK)

ENEMY WITHIN (THE) (SUPERHUMAN)

Professor Robert Winston looks at the most feared of illnesses - cancer. As a result of its prevalence, cancer is the subject of much research. This programme follows three people with cancer as they try experimental new treatments. (BACK)

FACE TO FACE (THE HUMAN FACE)

First of a 4 part series in which John Cleese embarks on a quest to unravel the secrets of the human face. Face to Face. A look at how we use our faces to make friends and influence others (BACK)

FALSE MEMORIES (INSIDE STORY)

Child abuse, repressed memories. (BACK)

FAME (THE HUMAN FACE)

Concluding the 4 part series in which John Cleese embarks on a quest to unravel the secrets of the human face. Fame. A discussion on the kinds of facial attributes that could guarantee fame. (BACK)

FAMILY AFFAIRS (BATTLE OF THE SEXES)

In animal families sexual jealousies can explode into displays of power control. Dominant male baboons guard harems of six or seven females from delinquent bachelors, while male lions will fight to the death to dominate a new pride. Female hyenas, on the other hand, are bigger than their subordinate male partners, and even the smallest female cubs can push the males around. (BACK)

FINAL MYSTERY (BRAIN STORY)

Professor Susan Greenfield grapples with the paradoxical idea that the apparently immeasurable phenomenon of consciousness is actually generated by the very physical processes of the brain. (BACK)

FINDING PARTNERS (THE LIFE OF BIRDS)

This episode looks at how male birds employ extraordinary displays and bizarre rituals to attract mates - and how females are often winners in the mating game. On the Galapagos Islands we see the male frigate birds, odd coves which spend 20 minutes inflating a vivid red pouch on their chests to attract circling females - while trying to avoid jealous males intent on popping them. (BACK)

FIRST AMONG EQUALS (BRAIN STORY)

A look at why humans are so good at planning ahead and working towards a goal, plus a search for the roots of our linguistic abilities. (BACK)

FIRST STEPS (THE HUMAN BODY)

With a battery of camera techniques and all manner of computer imagery, the body’s functions are brought pulsatingly alive. In this episode Winston ventures underwater to see babies, only a few weeks old, swimming below the surface. Motion analysis reveals the intricacies of how babies crawl, and medical imaging shows a tiny organ in the ear that gives a baby the balance it needs for its first steps. Also, an experiment shows that children as young as 3 can lie convincingly. (BACK)

FISHING FOR A LIVING (THE LIFE OF BIRDS)

Attenborough explores the world of fish-eaters and comes up with a catalogue of entertaining and surprising footage. Skimmers, divers and dippers all have their own fishing techniques and the really eccentric anglers are egrets, whether waving their feet to attract fish or dancing to frighten them from their hiding-places. (BACK)

FRAGMENTS OF GENIUS (FRAGMENTS OF GENIUS)

Some children with autism and severe learning difficulties also demonstrate exceptional gifts, often from a very young age. They are known as savants. This one-off film examines the talents of young savants, and the theory that genius is latent within the brains of everyone. (BACK)

GENERATION ECSTASY (FRONTLINE SCOTLAND)

Scientific researchers are uncovering disturbing evidence that users of Ecstacy could face the prospect of long-term brain damage. (BACK)

GET SMART (THE HUMAN MIND)

How our mind makes the most of the world around us. First of a three-part journey into the mechanics of the brain, presented by Professor Robert Winston. (BACK)

GETTING OLDER YOUNGER

Documentary in which advertising and marketing executives explain how they target products at children. With advertising infiltrating the classroom, Bitish children are losing their innocence earlier than ever before. This film examines the techniques used to sell products to consumers as young as three. (BACK)

GOOD VIBRATIONS (BBC YOUNG MUSICIANS)

A programme exploring people’s innate musical potential. No one is tone deaf, everyone is musical and even before birth people respond to music, say the experts. In this story about an autistic boy called Steven, the healing power of music is revealed. (BACK)

GREAT EXPECTATIONS (CHILDHOOD)

Watching the extraordinary transformations that make babies into toddlers, girls into young women, and boys into young men. In this first programme we witness three contrasting births, and see how every life starts with an event that is both universal, and yet very different. We are about to embark on an expedition of discovery, of our children and our species, and how each of us became who we are. (BACK)

GROWING THE MIND (BRAIN STORY)

Professor Susan Greenfield examines the brain's adaptability and proposes that human personality develops when our life experiences cause actual physical changes in the connections between the brain's cells. (BACK)

HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU (THE HUMAN FACE)

Second of a 4 part series in which John Cleese embarks on a quest to unravel the secrets of the human face. Here’s looking at you. A look into the processes that take place in the brain when someone looks at a face and why they can provoke such strong emotions. (BACK)

HOLDING THE BABY (DISPATCHES)

In the next decade, it’s estimated that two million more women will be needed in the British work force, many of them mothers with young children. Private Decker centres are poised to make the most of it. But, when it comes to the children, does business know best? Disturbing new evidence on the effects of Decker on young children is not being given its due weight, perhaps because it is inconvenient. Who’s left holding the baby? (BACK)

HORMONALLY YOURS (BODY CHEMISTRY)

The hormonal make-up of men is markedly different to that of women; it seems remarkable that they can ever form relationships across the chemical divide (BACK)

HORMONE HEAVEN (BODY CHEMISTRY)

The future has already arrived for those bold enough to adjust their body chemistry. Tonight's film shows how some men are trying to defy the ageing process and meets women who use testosterone to achieve a masculine look. (BACK)

HORMONE HELL (BODY CHEMISTRY)

The powerful effects that hormones have on our lives is outlined in this three-part series of science documentaries. Hormone Hell. Amid the stress of modern day life, bodily hormones are telling us that it's still the Stone Age and that, if life was simpler, such torments as teenage angst, PMT and the menopause wouldn't be a problem. (BACK)

HORMONES GOING HAYWIRE (NAKED)

Third in a four part series exploring people’s changing relationships with their bodies over a lifetime. In this episode adolescents describe their feelings about puberty. We hear that the girls hate their body shape and their body hair while boys are desperate for a six-pack and fret about spots. Actually, they all worry about spots. (BACK)

IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT (BRAIN STORY)

Professor Susan Greenfield explores how our emotional responses change dramatically as we grow up and uncovers the surprising ways in which they influence every moment of our lives. (BACK)

IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS (CHILDHOOD)

The giants (family) provide comfort and security. They provide correction, and a link with the past. But what happens to the children? Does it matter who was born first, second or third? Is jealousy inevitable between brothers and sisters? Why are they so different? Is it their genes, or does the environment count for more? How do small people make their way in the land of the giants? (BACK)

IN YOUR DREAMS (1 of 6)

The first of six episodes which look at how dreams can transform peoples lives. This film asks whether dreams can predict the future and meets people who believe that they can. A financial analysist’s dreams predicted stock market changes so accurately that he was able to retire on his earnings. David Scott dreamed of a public suicide at a railway station before he witnessed it in real life, while Chris Robinson passes on his dreams to MI5 to help track down terrorists. (BACK)

IN YOUR DREAMS (2 of 6)

The second of six episodes which look at how dreams can transform peoples lives. A shoe designer, stand up comedian and a painter are presented as artists who use dreams to boost their creative output. Floyd Ragsdale saved his company a fortune when he identified a design fault in equipment during a dream, while psychoanalyst Morton Schatzmann tried solving brain-teasers in his dreams. This programme asks if such claims of oneiric inspiration are for real. (BACK)

IN YOUR DREAMS (3 of 6)

The third of six episodes which look at how dreams can transform peoples lives. (BACK)

IN YOUR DREAMS (4 of 6)

A four-year-old is tormented by nightmares - which also disturb the rest of the family. A holocaust survivor is haunted by memories of her family, while Toni McMaster dreamt of a knight in shining armour who became real in the form of a new partner. And Terri Salerno, who has had a strange recurring dream since childhood, now finds that it helps her to cope with terminal cancer. (BACK)

IN YOUR DREAMS (5 of 6)

This episode looks at whether it is possible to control dreams. The film considers lucid dreaming, a state in which the sleeper is aware of a dream and can direct it in any way they wish. (BACK)

IN YOUR DREAMS (6 of 6)

In this episode, the ancient Greeks belief that sacred sites could influence our dreams is put to the test. Michael Berg returns to Sefad in Israel where a spiritual dream changed his life and led him to Jewish mysticism, while Baffour Domfeh-Gyaebour interprets a whole community’s dreams at his daily surgery in Central Ghana. (BACK)

INSATIABLE APPETITE (THE) (THE LIFE OF BIRDS)

To fly, birds need plenty of food. But if they had heavy, bony jaws and teeth, they’d never get off the ground so they have something much lighter - a beak. And as shown in this episode, beaks come in all shapes and sizes. As well as all these different styles of beaks, David Attenborough reveals the amazing ways in which some birds get their food. (BACK)

INSTINCT (ANATOMY OF DESIRE)

A look at the basic sexual desires of men and women. Are both men and women designed to seek long-term secure relationships peppered with sex on the side? (BACK)

IS THERE ANYBODY THERE? (EVERYMAN)

Some people believe that it is possible to talk to the dead. The Joseph family are searching for contact with the spirit of their dead father, while Gaynor Gittos claims a 300-year-old American shares her body while she is in a trance. (BACK)

KEEPING PSYCHOS IN JAIL (FRONTLINE SCOTLAND)

Thirty years ago Angela McCabe was murdered by psychopath Alexander Reid. Since the killing he has been confined to Carstairs State hospital along with some of the most dangerous men in the country. Now Reid is demanding through the courts that he be freed, and that his continued detention is illegal. Concerned psychiatrists and Carstairs’ doctors want the law changed. Men like Reid, they argue, are too dangerous to ever be released. (BACK)

KILLERS INTO CURES (SUPERHUMAN)

Continuing the series, presented by Professor Robert Winston, which reveals some of the amazing tricks the human body has developed to stay healthy. This programme looks at the secrets of the thousands of microbes living on and inside the human body, from bacteria that cause life threatening illnesses to tiny viruses that can lead to devastating plagues. (BACK)

LEARNING THE DIFFERENCE (WHY MEN DON'T IRON)

The first of three episodes which examine the complex reasons for the different ways in which men and women think, feel and act. As new scientific studies reveal major differences in the brain structures of men and women, this programme explores the idea that teaching methods which treat both sexes in exactly the same way may not being doing justice to either. (BACK)

LIFE STORY (THE HUMAN BODY)

Professor Robert Winston invites us to “journey with me on the road your body takes, through danger, through miracles and through time”. With a battery of camera techniques and all manner of computer imagery, the body’s functions are brought pulsatingly alive. In this episode Winston explores the miraculous skills the human body routinely uses without even realising it. (BACK)

LIVING DANGEROUSLY (EQUINOX)

A look at why some people get pleasure out of risking their lives, while others are too scared to go out of their homes. Exploding some of the myths about relative dangers in today’s society, Equinox investigates whether life is becoming more dangerous, or if people are becoming increasingly obsessive about smaller risks. (BACK)

LOOKS THAT KILL (INSIDE STORY)

A report on the struggle of an attractive young woman, Gail, whose little-understood condition of body dysmorphic disorder led her to believe herself to be ugly and to repeatedly mutilate herself. (BACK)

LOSING IT: SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY (EQUINOX)

Scientific research suggests that top athletes can best achieve the levels of concentration required to attain the peak of their ability if the brains revert to processes that are essentially unconscious - a mental state known as “the zone”. This film analyses what goes on in the minds of top athletes when they are under stress. (BACK)

LOUDER THAN WORDS (CHILDHOOD)

In the past, it was priests and philosophers who gave advice based on beliefs and guesses about the nature of the newborn. In societies where there was little change or choice, the old ways endured. Now modern parents look to new sources of information: medical doctors and scientists.This programme explores the characteristics that are common to all infants in their first few months of life. Is there a ‘natural’ way to take care of children? How can children’s actions sometimes speak louder than words. (BACK)

LOVE (ANATOMY OF DESIRE)

What is love - and where in the brain does it originate? The science and history of romantic love is investigated; is love’s “blindness” designed to trick us into falling for the partner we seem to have the greatest chance of winning? And does it soon wear off, offering a chance to move on? (BACK)

LOVE’S LABOuRS (CHILDHOOD)

Can only mothers supply the relationships that children need? Is day-care harmful? What is best for children? The answers are not easy. The choices are not simple. But by trying to understand how children develop, we can begin to appreciate what children need. (BACK)

MADNESS OF CHILDREN

25 years ago it was rare for children to be diagnosed with a psychiatric condition, but the situation has changed dramatically, pressurising the UK’s medical resources. The film centres on a 15-bed adolescent psychiatric unit in Manchester and the stories of three children being treated there. (BACK)

MAKING FRIENDS (THE HUMAN BRAIN)

Parties it seems, are among the most demanding and complex situations the human mind has to deal with. Professor Rober Winston looks at how the human mind enables us to communicate with others, what happens when we “click” with another person, and how to spot when someone is lying, in the conclusion to his series on the mechanics of the brain. (BACK)

MALCOLM & BARBARA (A LOVE STORY)

A poignant and moving documentary about the effect of Alzheimer’s disease on devoted couple Malcolm and Barbara Pointon. Malcolm developed Alzheimer’s at the age of 51 and this film, recorded over four years, charts his decline and his wife’s determination to nurse him. The result makes a powerful case in favour of providing better support for those who care for Alzheimer’s patients. (BACK)

MAN EATERS (THE LIFE OF BIRDS)

Attenborough highlights the the meat-eaters’ reliance on their super senses. The ears of the grey owl pinpoint a lemming under the snow, the ultra-violet vision of the kestrel tracks voles by spotting their urine deposits and the turkey vulture smells rotting meat half-a-mile away. There is a remarkable film here of birds of prey. The African crowned eagle pursues monkeys in the treetops, eagles tackle flamingos in the shallows of a lake, hawks pounce on iguanas. (BACK)

MAN WHO LOST HIS BODY (HORIZON)

At the age of 19, Ian Waterman woke up unable to move or feel his body. He had developed a condition that atrophied the sensory nerves responsible for touch and for movement messages. His doctors told him that he would never walk again. Yet through sheer doggedness he has confounded doctors and taught his brain to overcome his disease. Now the doctors are trying to understand the process by which he achieved the unachievable. (BACK)

ME FIRST

Documentary about being first born children in families. (BACK)

MIDDLE CHILDHOOD (CHILDHOOD)

This is the story of how children learn. You try, you stumble, and then you try again - paving the way for another milestone, large and small. There are many stories. The story about growing minds and bodies. The psychological story about bruised egos and self-esteem. A story about personal milestones and social transitions as children enter middle childhood - a time for responsibility, school and work. (BACK)

MIND OVER BODY (HORIZON)

Scientists have found that there are established pathways from the mind to the immune system. They have also found that stress can affect the body’s ability to heal itself as well as lowering its immunity. But does that mean that the mind can cure diseases such as cancer? This program shows that visualisation and relaxation techniques may help in halting the spread of disease. (BACK)

MIND READERS (EQUINOX)

Temple Grandin, a 50-year-old professor of animal science, is autistic. She holds down a job, but other human beings are a complete mystery to her. In high school she had no idea why other teenage girls were swooning over the Beatles. It is only through absorbing books and magazines that she has any idea why people behave the way they do. Her extraordinary story provides a moving illustration of the film’s central theme. (BACK)

MIND'S EYE (BRAIN STORY)

The camera cannot lie, but the brain does - it invents, ignores and distorts the evidence in our eyes. This programme is a thought-provoking exploration of vision. Abnormal brain conditions prove the key. Meet Gisela, who cannot see movement, Kevin cannot recognise every day objects, Lincoln cannot recognise faces and Peggy ignores the left hand side of what she sees. (BACK)

MISTAKEN IDENTITY (HORIZON)

Sybil, a US film from the eighties telling the allegedly true story of a woman with multiple personality disorder (MPD), lead to a flood of similar diagnoses. Now, however, serious doubts are being raised about the condition. Horizon explores MPD through the lives of patients living with the diagnosis and interviews with Sybil’s friends. (BACK)

MOVE OVER BABE (QED)

Teaching pigs; are they intelligent? (BACK)

NATURAL BORN GENIUS (EQUINOX)

Are we born with innate intelligence or does our worldly social experience determine our intellect? This film follows behavioural geneticist Robert Plomin as he attempts to locate a specific gene that contributes to general intelligence. Will he manage to find a gene that occurs more often in children with very high IQ levels than in a group of children with average intelligence? (BACK)

NEW FAMILIES (CHILDREN OF DIVORCE)

There are no experts, no narrator and, in fact, no adult voices at all - just children talking to camera about how they felt when their parents divorced. In this episode children and young people talk about their feelings as they tried to come to terms with their parents’ new partners and the prospect of new stepbrothers and stepsisters. (BACK)

NEW SIGN LANGUAGE (HORIZON)

Linguists discovered a group of deaf children in post-revolution Nicaragua who had never been exposed to language.They used a basic sign language that had no grammar or structure. However, once at a school for the deaf linguist Judy Kegl realised that the younger ones had spontaneously developed a form of communication that was fluent, consistent from person to person, and rich in grammar and vocabulary. For Kegl, this was proof that rules for language are indeed built into our brains. (BACK)

OBESITY (HORIZON)

This film follows one overweight woman’s progress through a harrowing stomach-stapling operation, examines the claims made for so-called fat-free fat (and its indelicate side effects such as anal leakage) and reports on two new drugs that have been marketed as the ultimate cure for obesity. (BACK)

OUT ON A LIMB (HORIZON)

For six months Horizon has followed two people with Body Dysmorphia; sufferers of this disorder believe they will only feel well if part of their body is removed. (BACK)

PARENTAL DILEMMA (BATTLE OF THE SEXES)

In many parts of the animal kingdom, the sexes strive to avoid taking responsibility for their offspring. Some, like lobsters, produce thousands of young and cast them off immediately into the sea. The wandering albatross chick, on the other hand, demands the total attention of both its parents for almost two years. (BACK)

PEER RELATIONSHIP (CHILDHOOD)

Middle childhood in humans lasts longer than in most other species, giving children with time to acquire culture. Are peers now more important than the family? How can games and play give children morals? When adults aren’t around, how do children misbehave? Why are boys more aggressive than girls? What are the new strains and stresses of life among equals? (BACK)

PERSONALITY (THE HUMAN MIND)

How do our minds shape our personalities? How do traits like aggression and kindness develop? In the second of his three-part journey into the mechanics of the brain, Professor Robert Winston investigates how parents can affect the characteristics of their children. (BACK)

PHANTOMS OF THE BRAIN (PART 1)

A two-part series in which Dr VS Ramachandran, a leading brain scientist and professor of neuropsychology, examines the remarkable workings of the human mind. In this first programme he meets five patients and unravels the reasons for their strange neurological conditions among the cases are a man who can tell the correct direction of a moving object although he cannot actually see it, an amputee who feels pain in his missing limb and a woman who has lost half the visual space around her. (BACK)

PHANTOMS OF THE BRAIN (PART 2)

Concluding the series in which Dr VS Ramachandran examines the remarkable workings of the human mind. Among the cases in this programme are a man who cannot recognise objects or put a name to a face, another who returned from a coma convinced that the world he woke in to is an elaborate double of the real one and a third man whose visions lead him to believe that he is god. (BACK)

POLITICS (ANATOMY OF DISGUST)

Second in the three part series dissecting the nature of disgust with the help of specialist research. This edition examines the politics and language of disgust, and how this emotion has been used to shape societies by portraying outsiders as unclean and diseased. (BACK)

PRIME OF YOUR LIFE (NAKED)

Second in a four part series exploring people’s changing relationships with their bodies over a lifetime. In this episode young adults discuss their bodies and changes they wish they could make to them. (BACK)

PRIVATE DICKS: MEN EXPOSED (PRIVATE PARTS)

The second of a three-part series on human sexual organs. A group of men engage in frank discussion on the pleasures and pains of penis ownership, covering a wide range of topics including sexual awakening, libido, sexually transmitted diseases, infertility and impotence. (BACK)

PUBERTY (CHILDHOOD)

In this programme we’ll see the physical changes that puberty brings, and see what happens as boys and girls begin to reach out to each other. We’ll see how childrens actions can now have adult consequences. (BACK)

RACE FOR THE EGG (BATTLE OF THE SEXES)

The sexual act marks the beginning of the battle in the fight for paternity across the animal kingdom. Such is the pressure to win, that male stoats even mate with infant females and males of the deadly Australian red-backed spider commit suicide for sex. (BACK)

RAGING TEENS (THE HUMAN BODY)

In this episode Winston follows 12-year-old Beatrice over 18 months as she experiences the dramas of puberty. (BACK)

REAL LENA ZAVARONI (TROUBLE WITH FOOD)

Singer Lena Zavaroni seemed destined for fame yet with stardom came depression, anorexia nervosa and a tragic death last year. Family and friends share their memories of a woman tortured by an unforgiving illness. (BACK)

REPRESSION (ANATOMY OF DESIRE)

A look at the cultural and historical forces which have helped shape human sexual desire, examining in particular the origins of marriage and the impact of Christianity. And why have we put restrictions on the pleasures we permit and how do they continue to shape us today? (BACK)

RIDDLE OF SEX (CUTTING EDGE)

This episode asks why, if there are only two genders, do they have such conflicting roles? If sex is such a devisive process, why bother with conventional reproduction? Mother aphids give birth to already-pregnant daughters, female whip-tailed lizards clone themselves, while blue ocean slugs and harlequin fish have both sexes in one body. (BACK)

SCIENCE (ANATOMY OF DISGUST)

A three-part series dissecting the nature of disgust. This first film identifies it as a basic emotion and looks at attempts to establish whether it is a learned response or a biological reaction. Investigating the latter, an experiment involves serving children chocolates moulded into the shape of dog faeces. (BACK)

SECRET HISTORY OF CIVILISATION (PORNOGRAPHY)

The art of computer pornography. (BACK)

SECRET LIFE OF TWINS

The first of three programmes in which prof Robert Winston examines the science of identical twins, and asks what it can reveal about human genetics and behaviour. In this episode he looks at the risky start to life experienced by many twin siblings, and celebrates aspects of being a twin.

Second in the series in which Prof Robert Winston examines the science of identical twins, and asks what it can reveal about human genetics and behaviour. He uses the behavioural similarities exhibited by twins who were separated at birth and reunited in adulthood to examine the influence genes have in shaping personalities.

Concluding the series examining the science of identical twins, with a look at the differences that occur in twins in spite of biological similarities. A set of twin sisters who enjoy the same clubs, music and fashion but have different taste in partners. A biographer of the Kray twins discusses the belief that it was only the influence of one brother that led the other into a life of crime. (Series of 3 programmes). (BACK)

SECRETS OF PSYCHICS (EQUINOX)

In the 19th century belief in mediums and the supernatural thrived as scientists struggled to explain the inexplicable. But how much of the activity of mediums over the years has involved illusion? Dr Richard Wiseman recreates a seance to test a selected audience and show how trickery can take place under cover of darkness. (BACK)

SECRETS OF THE SUPER PSYCHICS (EQUINOX)

This documentary takes an in-depth look at the history of the psychic and asks if a psychic’s skills can be scientifically explained or whether they are effectively self-deluded magicians who rely on trickery. (BACK)

SELF REPAIR (SUPERHUMAN)

Continuing the series, presented by Professor Robert Winston, which reveals some of the amazing tricks the human body has developed to stay healthy. Self repair. This programme looks at how the human body regenerates tissue and how doctors are exploring the ways in which this process can be used to help cure angina and even to mend broken spinal chords. (BACK)

SHUTDOWN (BODY STORY)

Last in a run of six documentaries talking to viewers on a remarkable voyage into the human body. 3D computer animation helps to explain what happens in the last hours of a person’s life. (BACK)

SIGNALS AND SONGS (THE LIFE OF BIRDS)

How birds use colour and song to deter predators, intimidate rivals and impress potential mates. Birds don’t sing for pleasure - they are communicating. Each call means something different: perhaps they are telling their offspring to keep quiet until danger passes; or catch up on the early morning news; or frighten off a predator. In this episode Attenborough translates them all for us. (BACK)

SOLD THE WRINKLES (NAKED)

Last of a four part series exploring people’s changing relationships with their bodies over a lifetime. In this episode elderly people discuss how they look out at the world from an old body. To some the ageing process is an undignified loss of control. To others, it is a liberating experience. (BACK)

SPARE PARTS (SUPERHUMAN)

Continuing the series, presented by Professor Robert Winston, which reveals some of the amazing tricks the human body has developed to stay healthy. Spare Parts. This programme looks at the pros and cons of transplant surgery. (BACK)

SPLITTING UP (CHILDREN OF DIVORCE)

There are no experts, no narrator and, in fact, no adult voices at all - just children talking to camera about how they felt when their parents divorced. In this episode children between the ages of six and 22 years describe their confusion caused when parents fall out. (BACK)

SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION (QED)

Investgating a number of extraordinary cases of people bursting into flames without any external application of heat. Scientists and fire experts try to explain the phenomenom, and there’s an experiment that attempts to reveal how it happens. (BACK)

STAYING ALIVE

Paul Barney was one of only 126 survivors from over 1,000 people on the Estonia which sank in 1994. Sylvia Chappell escaped from a burning plane at Manchester airport in 1985 when many others died. But what was it about Paul and Sylvia that enabled them to survive? Researchers are now looking into the traits that equip some people to escape life-threatening situations. (BACK)

SUPER HIGHWAY ROBBERY (EQUINOX)

The computer revolution has changed the way business is conducted throughout the world. Without ever having to leave their desks, people can send documents, clinch deals, finance operations - and rob banks. Equinox investigates one of the most notorious and audacious cybercrimes ever committed and has gained access to the man accused of masterminding this extraordinary robbery. (BACK)

TAKEOVER (BODY STORY)

Fifth in a run of six documentaries talking to viewers on a remarkable voyage into the human body. Dramatic action and 3D computer animation follow the story, revealing the extraordinary struggle for supremacy between the mother’s body and that of the embryo inside her. (BACK)

TALKING CURE

Three-year-old Conor is driving his parents up the wall: he often bites, punches and throws things, and they don’t understand why. They want him to go to the Tavistock clinic to get help. But after the first visit in which they are asked “personal and intrusive” questions his mother is not keen. But they perservere and learn things about themselves as well as Conor. It makes for interesting viewing, as the parents are not bad parents, and Conor-while spirited and sometimes naughty - is not a bad child. (BACK)

TAMING THE PROBLEM CHILD (HORIZON)

Thousands of children have severe behavioural disorders that result in aggression and violence against their families and their peers. Love and understanding haven’t worked, and the parents are at their wits ends. It’s a complex question and one to which conventional psychology has yet to come up with a single solution. Dr Ron Federici has based his radical and controversial plan on his experiences. He believes that dysfunctional children have been deprived of the natural bonding between parent and child, leaving them unable to understand or give love. His answer is to strip the child of its identity and instill it with a rigid routine of obedience to the parents. (BACK)

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE OLD

This feature length documentary follows men and women in their daily lives from their early 60’s to over 90. (BACK)

TOM'S STORY

Schizophrenia and music. (BACK)

TOTAL RECALL (FRONTLINE SCOTLAND)

A report on how the issue of recovered memory has split the world of psychiatry, with some refusing to believe it exists and others viewing it as a valuable tool. Frontline Scotland meets Katrina Fairlie who now realises that her recovered memories of abuse and a paedophile ring are false. (BACK) (BACK)

TRAUMA (SUPERHUMAN)

Beginning a six-part series, presented by Professor Robert Winston, which reveals some amazing tricks the human body has developed to stay healthy. Trauma. The first programme looks at how our bodies cope with trauma, the worlds biggest killer. (BACK)

TRIPLETS

Documentary exploring the growing pains of adolescence through the experiences of five sets of triplets - who all attend the same school in Nottinghamshire. Sisterly bonding and brotherly conflicts abound as the teenagers strive to assert the individuality, while the parents tell of the pleasures and pains of family life and the daily battle to give each child equal time, love and attention. (BACK)

TWINS (THE DIVIDED SELF)

Raymond Brandt felt the electric shock that killed his brother Richard, even though he was miles away at the time. Mark and Jerry, separated at just three days old, have led astonishingly similar but independent lives. This documentary about the lives of twins asks whether their bond is physical or psychological, or born of society’s expectations. (BACK)

UNDER PRESSURE (BODY STORY)

First in a run of six documentaries talking to viewers on a remarkable voyage into the human body. In this episode a stressed construction worker suffers a heart attack. as the emergency medical team battle to save his life, 3D computer animation and endoscopy camera work reveal exactly what is going on under the skin, with the traumatic events inside his body mirroring the drama taking place around him. (BACK)

WANTED (WORKERS AT WAR)

Last of the series examining the lives of workers in modern Britain. This looks at the lengths some people go to in order to get a job. Following two recent graduates as they take part in a gruelling selection weekend, an aspiring waiter and waitress trying to memorise a lengthy menu, and an ex-bank manager who, at 48, is struggling to find a new job. (BACK)

WELCOME TO THE DANGER ZONE (WORLD IN ACTION)

Effects of computer games on children. (BACK)

WINDOWS ON THE MIND (CHILD DEVELOPMENT)

Children’s drawings have always interested psychologists, and central to this interest is the idea that drawings offer a window on the mind - a window through which the development of perception, thought and emotion can all be observed. Piaget suggested that children go through developmental processes which are clearly reflected in their drawings. But how far does the child’s surrounding culture influence this process? (BACK)

Please contact David Wilkinson for further information:
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e-mail: D.Wilkinson@ed.ac.uk