Autopsy: Life and Death

Autopsy: Life and Death

Synopsis

Anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens and pathologist Professor John Lee get right under the skin to reveal the processes in life that tie us to our ultimate fate in death

Episode Guide

  • Series 1 Episode 1 Circulation

    The series begins by looking at diseases affecting the circulatory system, a major cause of death in the UK. Von Hagens and Lee explain that rather than life hanging by a thread, it hangs…

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  • Series 1 Episode 2 Cancer

    In the second programme of the series von Hagens and Lee take a look at cancer. They illuminate the difficulties of diagnosing and treating a disease that is a result of the body's own…

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Presenter
Dr Gunther von Hagens
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Professor John Lee

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