Anatomy for Beginners

Anatomy for Beginners (2005)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 2005-01-01
  • Last Air Date: 2005-01-01
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 5
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 50 min.
  • Network: Channel 4
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Summary

Anatomy for Beginners is a television show created by Gunther von Hagens. In this 4-part series, Dr Gunther von Hagens and Professor John Lee demonstrated the anatomical structure and workings of the body. The 4 episodes were screened in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in 2005. The show features public anatomy demonstrations with the use of real human cadavers and live nude models, carried out at Gunther von Hagens' "Institute for Plastination" in Heidelberg, Germany. Dr von Hagens’ public demonstrations are not formal anatomy dissections performed by medical students in some countries as part of their medical training. Formal dissection are performed slowly and take dozens of hours of dissection. Anatomy for Beginners performs quicker autopsy and also combines with demonstration of plastinated body parts and specimens to gives just a glimpse of the human anatomy. The individuals on whom the demonstration was performed had, before their death, enrolled on von Hagens’ body donor programme and consented to the use of their bodies for public education in anatomy, including public demonstration.

  • Keywords: human body, autopsy, biology, miniseries, lecture, dissection, pathologist, anatomy, anatomist
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    Anatomy for Beginners Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date:
    0 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2005-01-01
    5 Episodes

    Anatomy for Beginners Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Movement60 min
    Season 1Episode 2Circulation60 min
    Season 1Episode 3Digestion60 min
    Season 1Episode 4Reproduction60 min
    • Gunther von Hagens

      as Himself
    • John A. Lee

      as Himself
    • Dennis Lau

      as Anatomical Model
    Directing David Coleman Director

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