Series synopsis
Human: The World Within is an American documentary television series that premiered on PBS on May 5, 2021. It ended on June 2, 2021. It stars Jad Abumrad.
Diverse personal stories from around the world reveal how lives, passions and goals are facilitated by the human body's various complex systems.
Premise
Diverse personal stories from around the world reveal how lives, passions and goals are facilitated by the human body's various complex systems.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Jad Abumrad as Narrator
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 6 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6 | May 5, 2021 | June 2, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Birth Go on a journey with parents who are preparing for babies to see how our bodies create and sustain new life. Through their stories, we learn about what is fundamentally shared and absolutely unique about the experience of birth. |
May 5, 2021 |
| 2 |
Pulse Dive into the world of an ice climber, a bus driver, a woman in labor and a senior dance club to show how the human heart and the circulatory system power our physical and emotional lives and create the pulsing rhythm of our world. |
May 5, 2021 |
| 3 |
Fuel Through the worlds of a religious faster, an ultra-marathon runner, a farmer and a young girl beating allergies, go deep into the world of the human gut, which processes the fuel our bodies need to keep going. |
May 12, 2021 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | PBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 5, 2021 |
| Last aired | June 2, 2021 |
| Runtime | 52 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 22:00:00 |