- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Claire Webb
Science long ago decided this age-old battle: the head does the thinking and the decision-making, the heart is merely a nifty pump. Yet for personal reasons explained at the end of this ruminative documentary, David Malone believes what the ancient Egyptians, Aristotle and centuries of lovelorn bards believed: that the heart is the seat of our emotions.
Here he investigates when and why we started seeing it as merely mechanical, and he’s astounded to discover that some scientists
have started to backtrack, and are carrying out cutting-edge research
to prove that humans can die of a broken heart after all.
About this programme
David Malone explores the heart's conflicting histories as an emotional symbol and a physical organ. He also investigates new discoveries that shed new light on its structures, capacities and role, and questions whether these developments allow the heart to displace the brain as the organ regarded as being what makes someone truly human.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Presenter
- David Malone
Crew
- Director
- David Briggs
- Executive Producer
- Marcus Herbert
- Producer
- David Briggs
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