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Secrets of Bones

Season 1 2014

  • 2014-02-18T20:30:00Z on BBC Four
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Evolutionary biologist and master skeleton builder Ben Garrod looks at how bones have enabled vertebrates to colonise and dominate practically every habitat on Earth.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2014-02-18T20:30:00Z

1x01 Size Matters

Series Premiere

1x01 Size Matters

  • 2014-02-18T20:30:00Z30m

Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod Ben shows what bone is constructed from and how it can support animals that are both tiny (a frog) and massive (the blue whale).

2014-02-25T20:30:00Z

1x02 Down to Earth

1x02 Down to Earth

  • 2014-02-25T20:30:00Z30m

Ben Garrod discovers how the skeleton has adapted for vertebrates to move on land in many ways and explores the role of the spine in both cheetahs and snakes.

2014-03-04T20:30:00Z

1x03 Into the Air

1x03 Into the Air

  • 2014-03-04T20:30:00Z30m

Ben Garrod finds out how the skeleton has allowed vertebrates to take to the air, why the pigeon is an exceptional flier and how the albatross makes huge migrations.

2014-03-11T20:30:00Z

1x04 Sensing the World

1x04 Sensing the World

  • 2014-03-11T20:30:00Z30m

Ben Garrod delves into the surprising ways in which bone has evolved to help vertebrates sense the world around them, from wolves and sheep to the great grey owl.

2014-03-18T20:30:00Z

1x05 Food for Thought

1x05 Food for Thought

  • 2014-03-18T20:30:00Z30m

Ben Garrod uncovers the secrets of how vertebrates capture and devour their food using extreme jaws, bizarre teeth and specialised bony tools.

2014-03-25T20:30:00Z

1x06 Sex

1x06 Sex

  • 2014-03-25T20:30:00Z30m

Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation.

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