Body Story


Body Story is a mini-series produced by Wall to Wall and distributed by Channel 4 and Discovery Channel. The series aired in two seasons 1998 and 2001. Combining real-life acting and computer-generated imagery, it shows the processes going on inside the human body in our daily life as well as facing dramatic experiences, in a docufictional style.
The series covers body processes such as basic instincts, learning, immune system, puberty, pregnancy, immune system and recovering.

Season 1

Under pressure

45 year old man has heart attack

The cold war

Bicycle courier slash singer gets a visit from Influenza B

Crash repairs

Young girl breaks arm falling off a bicycle

Basic Instinct

Sleazy man gets drunk

The takeovers

Pregnancy

Shut down

Life reaches its end for one Typewriter enthusiast

Season 2

Teen dreams

The episode follows neighborhood children Darren and Natalie, as they grow through the stages of puberty. The first scene shows Darren and Natalie as 8 year olds frolicking in their backyard. The time is fast forwarded five years, to when both children are 13 years old. Scenes shot in a third person perspective follow Darren and Natalie through the changes of puberty, including, pimples the first period, the growth of sperm, and the growth spurts that both children go through. All of the changes during puberty result in sexual attraction towards each other, and culminates during a Romeo and Juliet play in which Darren and Natalie share a kiss.

Brave new world

Fat attack

Allergy

Bad taste

Awards

The first season won a silver medal for Television Film in the 1999 BMA Awards.

International broadcasts

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