Brave new babies?

Episode of Series “Horizon”.
Introduces some of the new developments in genetic engineering including gene mapping, cloning and embryo manipulation. Argues that we should sort out our attitude to genetic engineering now before biology catches up with science fiction.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

co-producer

David Dugan

Oliver Morse

production company

British Broadcasting Corporation

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1982

Appears in

Group of items

Horizon

Explore

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508596

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical ethics

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Genetic engineering

Television

Television → Television series

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/98734--brave-new-babies/ |title=Brave new babies? |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=22 December 2024 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

United Kingdom, 1982

Please note