Primo Levi's The Periodic Table

Janet Suzman introduces a major new dramatisation of Primo Levi's stories about our human relationship with the chemical elements that make up our universe – a book the Royal Institution of Great Britain named “the best science book ever”.

She begins with a short feature about Levi's life and writing, featuring archive interviews with Levi himself.

Presenter/Janet Suzman, Producers/Emma Harding and Marc Beeby for the BBC

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