BBC Focus Magazine

[M Paul Lloyd]

After Life: The Strange Science of Decay
Oh this is so up my street... I am genuinely quite excited.

Today 21:00 BBC Four
Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Ever wondered what would happen in your own home if you were taken away, and everything inside was left to rot? The answer is revealed in this fascinating programme, which explores the strange and surprising science of decay.
For two months in summer 2011, a glass box containing a typical kitchen and garden was left to rot in full public view within Edinburgh Zoo. In this resulting documentary, presenter Dr George McGavin and his team use time-lapse cameras and specialist photography to capture the extraordinary way in which moulds, microbes and insects are able to break down our everyday things and allow new life to emerge from old.
Decay is something that many of us are repulsed by. But as the programme shows, it's a process that's vital in nature. And seen in close up, it has an unexpected and sometimes mesmerising beauty.

More here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012w66t

[M Paul Lloyd]

Well I thought it was brilliant, I have seen a lot of the individual things over the years but to bring them all together in a controlled environment and then see some real science coming out of it was excellent.

Anyway it's repeated on Thursday 29 Dec 2011 21:00 BBC Four or if you follow the link above you can still catch it on the iplayer thing.

[Thinker]

I watched the iPlaer clips with interest. Some of which was rather disgusting, but at the same time fascinating. I loved the time lapse of the chicken shrinking and then expanding due to bacteria.