Secrets of Skin

  • Premiered: Dec 2019
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • BBC Four
  • Sunday at 19
  • Documentary

Seasons:

You need to be logged in to mark episodes as watched. Log in or sign up.

Season 1
1x1
Adaptability
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 15, 2019
Professor Ben Garrod explores the evolution of the body's largest organ, skin, starting with how the same basic structure has allowed vertebrates to conquer every corner of the planet.
1x2
Moving
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 16, 2019
Professor Ben Garrod explores how adaptations on and in the skin allow birds to fly, sharks to be built for speed and sugar gliders to take to the air.
1x3
Protection
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 17, 2019
Professor Ben Garrod reveals how skin protects vertebrates from extremes of temperature, the harmful effect of UV and a host of living organisms that want to get in.
1x4
Communication
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 18, 2019
Professor Ben Garrod explores how, while humans rely largely on speech to communicate, most other animals use their skin to send out messages and warning signals.
1x5
Defence
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 19, 2019
From quills to camouflage to deadly toxins, skin has evolved to defend animals against attack. Professor Ben Garrod explores the armour and weaponry that vertebrate skin has adapted.
1x6 Show finale
Sensing
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 20, 2019
Professor Ben Garrod delves into the ways skin has adapted to allow animals to sense the world around them.

If there are missing episodes or banners (and they exist on TheTVDB) you can request an automatic full show update:

Request show update

If you like this show, you may also enjoy: