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
Composers	David Ayers Felix Tod
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer	Ludo Graham
Producers	Sophie Elwin-Harris Ian A. Hunt Richard Farish
Production company	BBC Cymru Wales
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	18 March (2010-03-18) – 22 April 2010 (2010-04-22)

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. 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.

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

External links

• Museum of Life at BBC Online
• Museum of Life at IMDb