Museum of Life (film)

Museum of Life
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Sophie Elwin-Harris Ian A. Hunt Richard Farish
Presented by	Jimmy Doherty Kate Bellingham Liz Bonnin Mark Carwardine Chris van Tulleken
Composer(s)	David Ayers Felix Tod
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ludo Graham
Producer(s)	Sophie Elwin-Harris Ian A. Hunt Richard Farish
Production company(s)	BBC Cymru Wales
Release
Original network	BBC Two
Picture format	16:9 1080i
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	18 March – 22 April 2010

Museum of Life is a 2010 BBC Two documentary, that takes a look behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum, London. It is introduced and co-presented by Jimmy Doherty, who was a volunteer at the Natural History Museum ten years previously.^[1] Other presenters are Kate Bellingham, Liz Bonnin, Mark Carwardine, and Chris van Tulleken.

The six-part program ranges over topics such as the care and maintenance of the museum's 70 million specimens, and the relevance of research by the museum scientists to contemporary problems such as biodiversity loss and the spread of tropical disease.^[2]

Episodes

Episode No.	Title of Episode	Original Air Date
1.	"A Museum in a Modern World"	18 March 2010
2.	"Digging Up the Past"	25 March 2010
3.	"All Creatures Great and Small"	1 April 2010
4.	"Discovery"	8 April 2010
5.	"The Power of Insects"	15 April 2010
6.	"A Collection for the Future"	22 April 2010

References

1. "TV Review: Museum Of Life – BBC2". UK: This is Staffordshire. External link in |publisher= (help)
2. "Museum of Life". UK: Natural History Museum, London.

External links

• Museum of Life at BBC Programmes
  
• Museum of Life at the Internet Movie Database