The Romanian Orphanages | The Reunion

1: 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 w...

2: OCD | Growing Children

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

3: 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.

3: Dyslexia | Growing Children

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

9: Ninth and Tenth Month | Baby Monthly

The babies are between nine and ten months old and are beginning to explore their world, react to danger and new faces. Also consider...

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...

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 ...

Episode 2 | The Secret Life of Twins (1999)

Robert Winston uses the behavioural similarities exhibited by twins who were separated at birth and reunited in adulthood to exam...

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...

Journey of Love | Baby Be Mine

One couple travel to China to bring home a baby they know only via photographs, a woman wants to save a child from Romania, and a nurse goes t...

Risk-taking | Inside the Human Body

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

Romanian orphans | The Forgotten Children

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

Synaptic pruning | Inside the Human Body

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

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...

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...

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...