Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You

2015•1h

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

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Colour blind island - Countdown To Life: The Extraordinary Making Of You - Episode 3 - BBC Two

How are human faces formed? - Countdown To Life: The Extraordinary Story Of You - Episode 2 - BBC

Secret to a long life - Countdown To Life: The Extraordinary Making Of You: Episode 1 - BBC

3 Episodes • Premiered 2015

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

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

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

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