Museum of Life (film)

Museum of Life
GenreDocumentary
Directed bySophie Elwin-Harris
Ian A. Hunt
Richard Farish
Presented byJimmy Doherty
Kate Bellingham
Liz Bonnin
Mark Carwardine
Chris van Tulleken
ComposersDavid Ayers
Felix Tod
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerLudo Graham
ProducersSophie Elwin-Harris
Ian A. Hunt
Richard Farish
Production companyBBC Cymru Wales
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release18 March (2010-03-18) –
22 April 2010 (2010-04-22)

Museum of Life is a 2010 BBC Two documentary, that takes a look behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum, London. It is introduced and co-presented by Jimmy Doherty, who was a volunteer at the Natural History Museum ten years previously.[1] Other presenters are Kate Bellingham, Liz Bonnin, Mark Carwardine, and Chris van Tulleken.

The six-part program ranges over topics such as the care and maintenance of the museum's 70 million specimens, and the relevance of research by the museum scientists to contemporary problems such as biodiversity loss and the spread of tropical disease.[2]

Episodes

Episode No. Title of Episode Original Air Date
1. "A Museum in a Modern World" 18 March 2010
2. "Digging Up the Past" 25 March 2010
3. "All Creatures Great and Small" 1 April 2010
4. "Discovery" 8 April 2010
5. "The Power of Insects" 15 April 2010
6. "A Collection for the Future" 22 April 2010

References

  1. ^ "TV Review: Museum Of Life – BBC2". UK: This is Staffordshire.
  2. ^ "Museum of Life". UK: Natural History Museum, London.


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