
Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You
100 trillion cells. 280 days. One human life. A BBC Science series, produced in partnership with The Open University, exploring the making of you.
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Episodes
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1 · The First 8 Weeks
Sep 14, 2015
How a single cell transforms in the first eight weeks after conception.
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2 · Against the Odds
Sep 21, 2015
The story of our middle weeks in the womb - when we become an individual.
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3 · The Final Push
Sep 28, 2015
The final months of life in the womb, when cartilage hardens to form the skeleton.



















