The Real Thing(1980)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1980-03-20
Average Runtime: 21m
Rating: 8.3
Votes: 3
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
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?
Keywords
philosophytimememoryperception
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
The Private Eye
Air Date: 1980-03-20
James Burke employs a detective to illustrate how the senses pick up clues from the outside world, how the brain solv...
E02
This Way Up
Air Date: 1983-11-08
James Burke goes to the top of the Blackpool Tower and turns upside down to discover how the ears talk to the eyes an...
E03
Time Out of Mind
Air Date: 1983-11-15
In order to answer the question 'When is reality?' James Burke finds himself in a Salvador Dali-like landscape and ex...
E04
The Memory Lingers On
Air Date: 1983-11-22
From the stage set of 'The Mousetrap', James Burke examines the memory and asks: does it stay the same, how does it i...
E05
The View from Within
Air Date: 1983-11-29
Looks at the complexity of the brain handling the simplest activity. James Burke's consciousness steps out of his bod...
E06
Life Sentence
Air Date: 1983-12-06
James Burke considers whether language is the way in which reality is shared.
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