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Playing God
Episode 2 of 8
Adam Hart-Davis investigates Victorian innovations. He goes fossil hunting at Lyme Regis, recreates a Victorian seance, and examines devices for waking the dead.
Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society.
He visits the home of an eccentric scientist who was reputed to have created life, goes fossil hunting at Lyme Regis, recreates a Victorian seance, and examines devices designed for waking the dead. Plus a look at the first antiseptics and anaesthetics, and the first uses of epidemiology, which saved hundreds from the ravages of cholera.
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Sat 4 Apr 200922:10
BBC Two Wales & Wales (Analogue) only
