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*Human Body: Pushing the Limits*
Human Body: Pushing the Limits
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Dan Clifton; Mark Radice; Jeremy Turner
Starring	Henry Garrett; Mark Webb; Tim Wallers; Paul Hopfensperger; Dailyn Matthews; Stéphane Cornicard; Gus Lynch; Todd Boyce
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Tyler Butterworth; Daniel Hall; Amy Kagelmacher; Richard Dale; Tim Goodchild; Martin Mortimore
Production company	Dangerous Films Limited (United Kingdom) for Discovery Channel
Original release
Release	2 February 2008

Human Body: Pushing the Limits is a four part television documentary series which was filmed in various locations across the globe and premiered on the Discovery Channel on March 2, 2008 in North America. The first two episodes aired March 2, and the final two aired March 9 at 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. E.S.T.

The show covers how the body reacts under extreme stress and details people's experiences using CGI.

It is made up of four episodes that all concentrate on certain aspects of the human body.

Episodes

Episode 1 - "Strength" - How the muscles react under stress. Includes stories of people lifting masses 6 times his or her weight, running at speeds that Olympic runners can't match and enduring nearly 14 hours swimming The English Channel from England to France in frigid water.
Episode 2 - "Sight" - How the eyes can see better and with more detail in emergency situations (including lucid dreaming).
Episode 3 - "Sensation" - Reactions to pain and similar sensations, as well as how techniques such as hypnosis, meditation, and focus can alter perception of them.
Episode 4 - "Brain Power" - Focused on brain power and how it reacts to life threatening situations.

Cast

"Sight"

Bray Poor - Narrator
Danny Wayne - Officer Stan Berry
Randall Wuff - Michael May

"Strength"

Bray Poor - Narrator
Florian Hunter - Matt Sutter
Sean Kinney - Singing
Paul Hopfensperger - English Channel Swimmer (filmed 10 July 2007)^[3]
Gus Lynch - Deputy Sheriff Dan Perkins

"Sensation"

Bray Poor - Narrator
Mark Webb - Spider Bite Victim
Reed Rudy - Matt McGough
Chelsea Rose - Shannon McGough
Daily Matthews - Amy Racina
Stephen Gregory Curtis - Fred Mason

"Brain Power"

Bray Poor - Narrator
Henry Garrett - Firefighter
Todd Boyce - Firefighter
Trevor White - Eric
Sean Rees - Firefighter
Stéphane Cornicard - Caver
Tim Wallers - Balloon Explorer

Critical response

The Hollywood Reporter called it "sensational" with Marilyn Moss of the Associated Press stating "If you’re old enough, or have enough memory, Discovery Channel’s sensational “Human Body: Pushing the Limits” will remind you of that quirky cinematic journey into the human anatomy we took in 1966 with “Fantastic Voyage,” an epic science fiction adventure that had microscopic-size scientists Raquel Welch and Stephen Boyd swimming among blood cells while fighting off the human body’s more menacing viruses.

This “Human Body” peeps beneath our skin to show us how the body and the brain undergo fantastic changes — and mind-blowing feats — just to keep us active every day. This is hyper-reality TV."^[4]

El Editor Newspaper called it "visually stunning" stating "We generally take our bodies for granted. Yet this complex machine that grew out of millions of years of evolution is as spellbinding as anything you can ever imagine. From the network that brought you the award winning series "Planet Earth", comes yet another visually stunning spectacular "Human Body; Pushing the Limits," which will have viewers looking at their bodies in new and astonishing ways".^[5]