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The Real Thing Episode Guide
The Private Eye
S1 Ep1
1st Nov 1983
James Burke employs a detective to illustrate how the senses pick up clues from the outside world, how the brain solves the mystery and decides what is out there. Illustrates how easy it is to fool the best detective and asks: 'What is reality?'
This Way Up
S1 Ep2
8th Nov 1983
James Burke goes to the top of the Blackpool Tower and turns upside down to discover how the ears talk to the eyes and how we know which way is down
Time Out of Mind
S1 Ep3
15th Nov 1983
In order to answer the question 'When is reality?' James Burke finds himself in a Salvador Dali-like landscape and examines what motivates man, why light can never stand still and why one man's 'now' can be another man's 'then'
The Memory Lingers On
S1 Ep4
22nd Nov 1983
From the stage set of 'The Mousetrap', James Burke examines the memory and asks: does it stay the same, how does it influence everyday actions and is the script for the future already written - from memory?
The View from Within
S1 Ep5
29th Nov 1983
Looks at the complexity of the brain handling the simplest activity. James Burke's consciousness steps out of his body for a while to demonstrate how it acts as 'Mission Controller' for his own private universe.
Life Sentence
S1 Ep6
6th Dec 1983
James Burke considers whether language is the way in which reality is shared.
The first episode of The Real Thing aired on November 01, 1983.
The last episode of The Real Thing aired on December 06, 1983.
