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Season 55 Episode 9: Body Clock: What Makes Us Tick?

59 SeasonsOct 11, 2018TV-PG1h8.6

We all have a biological clock ticking away inside us that governs our daily rhythms. This affects our health as much as our diet and whether we exercise. So what can we do to manage this internal clock better? To find out, evolutionary biologist Ella Al-Shamahi locks former commando Aldo Kane in an abandoned nuclear bunker with no way of telling the time - for ten days. Monitored around the clock by a team of scientists, he carries out a barrage of tests to uncover exactly what makes our bod...

Season 55 Episodes:

Episode 4 Spina Bifida & Me

4. Spina Bifida & Me

Aired: Jul 26, 2018

One in every 1,000 pregnancies in Britain has a spine or brain defect like sp...

Episode 5 Jupiter Revealed

5. Jupiter Revealed

Aired: Aug 7, 2018

'To send a spacecraft there is a little bit insane,' says Scott Bolton when t...

Episode 6 Stopping Male Suicide

6. Stopping Male Suicide

Aired: Aug 22, 2018

Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 in the UK - causing more deaths...

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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary