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The Real Thing Season 1

November. 01,1983
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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?

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The Real Thing

1983

Six-part series.

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Director
Mick Jackson
Cast
James Burke
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BBC Studios
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The Real Thing Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 5 - The View from Within
First Aired: November. 29,1983

Looks at the complexity of the brain handling the simplest activity. James Burke's consciousness steps out of his body for a while to demonstrate how it acts as 'Mission Controller' for his own private universe.

Episode 4 - The Memory Lingers On
First Aired: November. 22,1983

From the stage set of 'The Mousetrap', James Burke examines the memory and asks: does it stay the same, how does it influence everyday actions and is the script for the future already written - from memory?

Episode 3 - Time Out of Mind
First Aired: November. 15,1983

In order to answer the question 'When is reality?' James Burke finds himself in a Salvador Dali-like landscape and examines what motivates man, why light can never stand still and why one man's 'now' can be another man's 'then'

Episode 2 - This Way Up
Episode 1 - The Private Eye
First Aired: November. 01,1983

James Burke employs a detective to illustrate how the senses pick up clues from the outside world, how the brain solves the mystery and decides what is out there. Illustrates how easy it is to fool the best detective and asks: 'What is reality?'

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