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After Life: The Strange Science of Decay

12/06/2011

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1hr 30min

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Documentary

STORY

Ever wondered what would happen in your own home if you were taken away, and everything inside was left to rot? The answer is revealed in this fascinating programme, which explores the strange and surprising science of decay. For two months in summer 2011, a glass box containing a typical kitchen and garden was left to rot in full public view within Edinburgh Zoo. In this resulting documentary, presenter Dr George McGavin and his team use time-lapse cameras and specialist photography to capture the extraordinary way in which moulds, microbes and insects are able to break down our everyday things and allow new life to emerge from old. Decay is something that many of us are repulsed by. But as the programme shows, it's a process that's vital in nature. And seen in close up, it has an unexpected and sometimes mesmerising beauty.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • George McGavin

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • BBC

      Production Countries

    • United Kingdom

    LANGUAGES

    • English
    • German

    Cast

    George McGavin

    Himself

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