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The Real Thing

The Real Thing

The Real Thing

1980 1 Seasons 6 Episodes ⭐ 8.3 Documentary

Asking how you tell what's real and what isn't sounds like an obvious question. But in this series of six programmes, James Burke shows that the more you think about it the harder it is to answer. After all, what have you got, apart from your five senses, to prove those senses are giving you the real thing?

Asking how you tell what's real and what isn't sounds like an obvious question. But in this series of six programmes, James Burke shows that the more you think about it the harder it is to answer. After all, what have you got, apart from your five senses, to prove those senses are giving you the real thing?

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Private Eye

James Burke employs a detective to illustrate how the senses pick up clues from the outside world, how the brain solves

EP 2

This Way Up

James Burke goes to the top of the Blackpool Tower and turns upside down to discover how the ears talk to the eyes and h

EP 3

Time Out of Mind

In order to answer the question 'When is reality?' James Burke finds himself in a Salvador Dali-like landscape and exami

EP 4

The Memory Lingers On

From the stage set of 'The Mousetrap', James Burke examines the memory and asks: does it stay the same, how does it infl

EP 5

The View from Within

Looks at the complexity of the brain handling the simplest activity. James Burke's consciousness steps out of his body f

EP 6

Life Sentence

James Burke considers whether language is the way in which reality is shared.

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James Burke

James Burke