The Wonderful Machine — Season 1, Episode 5: The Liver
Documentary • 64 min • 1 season, 8 episodes • ★ 10.0/10
Episode synopsis
Piero Angela is "special correspondent" to discover the characteristics and functioning of the liver, a real "biochemical factory", whose various "departments" are explored. A decisive organ for the proper functioning of our "wonderful machine".
About The Wonderful Machine
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.