Оригинальный выпуск 18 mars 2008
Предыдущая серия S2008E08 - Are we Alone in the Universe?
Номер S2008E09
Страна Великобритания
Жанр Документальный фильм
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How Much is Your Dead Body Worth?

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Horizon investigates the medical revolution that has created an almost insatiable demand for body parts .

When veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke died in 2004 few suspected that he was yet to uncover his greatest story. What happened to his body as it lay in a funeral home would reveal a story of modern day grave robbery and helped smash a body-snatching ring that had made millions of dollars by chopping up and selling-off over 1000 bodies. Dead bodies have become big business.

Each year millions of people's lives are improved by the use of tissue from the dead. Bodies are used to supply spare parts, and for surgeons to practice on. Horizon investigates the medical revolution that has created an almost insatiable demand for body parts and uncovers the growing industry and grisly black market that supplies human bodies for a price.