Eugenics: Science's Greatest Scandal

Eugenics: Science's Greatest Scandal (2019)

EndedDocumentary showNature, History

Eugenics: Science's Greatest Scandal explores the history and modern versions of eugenics, the attempt to manipulate our genetic inheritance, to change human evolution and to breed a "better" human. The series will reveal the roots of eugenics in the liberal, progressive world of Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London which held great sway in Britain and America and shaped the way our societies were structured and organised to this day.

Network
Scheduleevery Thursday at 21:00 (60 min)

Last Episode

Episode 2
Season 1Episode 260 min

Episode 2

Science journalist Angela Saini and disability rights activist Adam Pearson uncover the shocking story of eugenics, the controversial idea that the human race can be improved by selective breeding. It is commonly thought that eugenics disappeared after the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust, but the presenters discover how eugenic practices, such as the sterilisation of the poor, continued on a global scale for many more years. The presenters meet the victims of this ideology, including a woman who was sterilised.

The presenters ask if eugenic-style attitudes towards the poor and disabled continue to shape today's society, and explore if breakthroughs in medicine, such as screening and gene editing, will combine with prejudice against the disabled to bring a form of eugenics back. They weigh the undoubted benefits of modern medicine with the possibility of their misuse in the name of human enhancement. They look into the story of the first attempts to edit the genomes of humans in China and explore the latest science on the issue of what's more important—nature or nurture.

Oct 10, 2019

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E02Episode 2Oct 10, 2019
S01E01Episode 1Oct 3, 2019
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Cast

Adam Pearson

Adam Pearson

plays himself
Angela Saini

Angela Saini

plays herself
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Presenter

Presenter

played by Adam Pearson
Presenter

Presenter

played by Angela Saini
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Also known as

  • You, Me and Eugenics

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