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Secrets Of Skin

Secrets Of Skin is a TV show on British national television from BBC4 with an average rating of 3.5 stars by TelevisionCatchUp.co.uk's visitors. We have 6 episodes of Secrets Of Skin in our archive. The first episode of Secrets Of Skin was broadcast in December, 2019. Did you miss an episode of Secrets Of Skin but don't you wan't that to happen in the future? Please set an alarm and add Secrets Of Skin to your favourites, so we can remind you by email when there's a new episode available to watch. For free!

Rating:3.5 of 5Total number of episodes:6
Last broadcast:20/12/2019 at 19:30

December 2019

Series 1: 6. Sensing

20/12/2019 4.0 9 x

Professor Ben Garrod explores how some snakes can see using heat, how crocodiles feel through their jaws, and how some animals use electricity to navigate their world.

Series 1: 5. Defence

19/12/2019 3.0 6 x

What is the most toxic animal on earth? Why is a rhino armour plated? Professor Ben Garrod discovers the complex ways in which skin helps defend animals against threats of all kinds.

Series 1: 4. Communication

18/12/2019 3.0 14 x

Professor Ben Garrod explores how skin has evolved remarkable ways to enable animals to communicate with each other, from vibrant displays of colour to skin pouches to amplify sound.

Series 1: 3. Protection

17/12/2019 4.0 7 x

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.

Series 1: 2. Moving

16/12/2019 4.0 13 x

What makes sharks built for speed? How do snakes move without limbs? How do sugar gliders fly without feathers? The answers all lie in their skin.

Series 1: 1. Adaptability

15/12/2019 3.0 14 x

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.

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