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The Invisible Enemy
S1 Ep1
1.0
18th Sep 1974
1: The Invisible Enemy by MARTIN WORTH In the 1840s the Vienna General Hospital was one of the great centres of European medicine, yet many mothers died of ' childbed fever.' Ignaz Semmelweis set out to find the cause of this disease. Music composed by DUDLEY SIMPSON Designer DEREK DODD Cameraman NAT CROSBY Film editor DAN RAE Producer PETER GOODCHILD Director JOHN GLENISTER
A Germ is Life
S1 Ep2
25th Sep 1974
2: A Germ is Life by MARTIN WORTH In the small French town of Arbois stand the graves of Louis Pasteur's three young daughters. Two had died from typhoid, one from an inoperable tumour - a stark reminder of the background to his struggle to find the cause of disease. Music composed by DUDLEY SIMPSON Producer PETER GOODCHILD Director PETER JONES
Men of Little Faith
S1 Ep3
2nd Oct 1974
3: Men of Little Faith by JOHN WILES The early 1870s. Although a revolution is under way in the understanding of disease, ignorance and opposition to the new ideas exist at all levels. Can Pasteur or Koch find a practical outcome of their experiments that will convince the sceptics? Music composed by DUDLEY SIMPSON Film editor ROY FRY Producer PETER GOODCHILD Director PETER JONES
Certain Death
S1 Ep4
9th Oct 1974
4: Certain Death by BRUCE NORMAN On 6 July 1885 young Joseph Meister was brought to Pasteur's laboratory. He had been savaged by a rabid dog and bitten 14 times. Death from rabies seemed certain, unless Pasteur would treat him with an untried and possibly lethal vaccine. Music composed by DUDLEY SIMPSON Film editor CLARE DOUGLAS Producer PETER GOODCHILD Director SIMON LANGTON
The Tuberculin Affair
S1 Ep5
16th Oct 1974
5: The Tuberculin Affair by MARTIN WORTH 1890 was the year Germany was to play host to the world's most eminent doctors at an International Congress. For eight years Koch had been working slowly towards a cure for tuberculosis. Now the pressure was on him to produce results that would surpass the French success with rabies. Music composed by DUDLEY SIMPSON Producer PETER GOODCHILD Director SIMON LANGTON
The Search for the Magic Bullet
S1 Ep6
23rd Oct 1974
6: The Search for the Magic Bullet by MARTIN WORTH At the turn of the century two men, one in London, the other in Frankfurt, were embarking on research which each hoped would provide the cures so sorely needed. At the time it would have been impossible to say which would succeed. Music composed by DUDLEY SIMPSON Cameraman JOHN ELSE Designer COLIN SHAW Producer PETER GOODCHILD Director DENIS POSTLE
The first episode of Microbes and Men aired on September 18, 1974.
The last episode of Microbes and Men aired on October 23, 1974.
