Series · Documentary
The Wonderful Machine (1990)
★ 10.0 · 1 votes1 season · 8 episodesDocumentary1990
A long journey in 8 episodes to discover the human body, with Piero Angela who closely observes our organism, focusing each time on a theme: the eye, the ear, taste and smell, the stomach and the intestine, liver, bones, lungs and heart. How does our "wonder machine" work? To make each explanation direct and clear, the program uses films, animations and photographs developed with the scanning electron microscope.
- Creator
- Piero Angela, Piero Motta, Italo Burrascano
- Writers
- Lorenzo Pinna, Pietro Motta, Marco Visalberghi
- Network
- Rai 1
- Country
- Italy
- Language
- Italian
- First aired
- October 25, 1990
- Status
- Ended
- Original title
- La macchina meravigliosa
Cast
Piero Angela
Episodes
0/8 watched- Episode 1: The Ear57 min · Oct 25, 1990
- Episode 2: The Eye1 h 7 min · Nov 1, 1990
- Episode 3: Taste and Smell48 min · Nov 8, 1990
- Episode 4: The Stomach and Intestines59 min · Nov 15, 1990
- Episode 5: The Liver1 h 4 min · Nov 22, 1990
- Episode 6: The Bones1 h 6 min · Nov 29, 1990
- Episode 7: The Lungs1 h 4 min · Dec 6, 1990
- Episode 8: The Heart1 h 3 min · Dec 13, 1990
