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Brian Cox and Robin Ince host an irreverent look at the world through scientists' eyes.

Brian Cox and Robin Ince host a witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists' eyes.

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Things Can Only Get Better?

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Will the latest advances in biomedical sciences ever lead us to the perfect body?

Physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince look at whether the latest advances in biomedical sciences will ever lead us to the perfect body.

In the last of the current series, physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince look at the notion of perfection and whether the latest advances in the biomedical sciences could ever lead us to the perfect body. What are the limitations of science, and can we visualise a future where we transcend the human form that evolution has led us to, and would we want to?

Producer: Alexandra Feachem.

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Witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists eyes. With Brian Cox and Robin Ince

Brian Cox and Robin Ince take a witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists' eyes

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