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The ERA Video Streaming Platform | Biology | Cell Biology

Microscopy and Cell Specialisation

03: The Secret of Sex | How to Build a Human

03: The Secret of Sex | How to Build a Human

Biology | BBC Two | 2002 | 48'49''

The precise mechanics of human sexual reproduction are revealed,using new technology to produce previously unseen images.

S2E5: Size Matters | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

S2E5: Size Matters | Dara O’Briain’s Science Club

Biology | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'14''

Dara and the team reveal why size matters in science and how discoveries large and small are changing the way w...

Off The Scale | Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds

Off The Scale | Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds

Biology | BBC HD | 2010 | 59'15''

The human eye can see extraordinary detail, but the eye of a needle held at arm's length is pretty much at the limit...

Miniature Britain

Miniature Britain

Biology | BBC Two | 2018 | 59'06''

Biologist George McGavin goes on a journey around the British Isles to show us the extraordinary little things that are vital to our land. With a revolutio...

Death By Design | Horizon

Death By Design | Horizon

Biology | BBC Two | 1996 | 48'52''

The radical notion that each cell in our body is programmed to die has major implications for research into disease and bodily development. This fi...

Making A Microscope | Experiment!

Making A Microscope | Experiment!

Biology | BBC One | 1992 | 4'30''

In the 14th programme Prof Ian Fells and Carol Vorderman show us how to make our own microscope and how to make a very basic microscope usi...

The Invention of the Microscope | The Cell

The Invention of the Microscope | The Cell

Biology | BBC Four | 2009 | 1'07''

Adam Rutherford explains how, in the 1670s, Dutch businessman Anton van Leeuwenhoek revolutionised microscopy by curving a lens mo...

Beneath the surface | Bitesize Science

Beneath the surface | Bitesize Science

Biology | BBC Two | 2014 | 3'09''

Microscopes continue to develop over time, giving us access to increasingly incredible magnification.

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