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Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You

  • 2015
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~1h / ep
  • 1 season
  • 9.0/10

100 trillion cells. 280 days. One human life. A BBC Science series, produced in partnership with The Open University, exploring the making of you.

Latest: Season 1 · 2015

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  1. E1. The First 8 Weeks

    Sep 14, 2015 · 60m

    How a single cell transforms in the first eight weeks after conception.

  2. E2. Against the Odds

    Sep 21, 2015 · 60m

    The story of our middle weeks in the womb - when we become an individual.

  3. E3. The Final Push

    Sep 28, 2015 · 60m

    The final months of life in the womb, when cartilage hardens to form the skeleton.

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