The Battle to Beat Polio
Health-Medical Documentary hosted by Stephanie Flanders, published by BBC in 2014 - English narration
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Stephanie Flanders, former BBC economics editor, has a very personal interest in the battle to beat polio. Her father, Michael Flanders, one half of the world-famous singing duo of the 50s and 60s, Flanders and Swann, was paralysed by the infection when he was 21. He used a wheelchair for the rest of his life, and died early at 53 through complications caused by the disease. Stephanie was just six.
But the desperate search for a vaccine was far from straightforward. Stephanie discovers that it is the story of decades of battling between good and bad science, celebrity scientists with giant egos, prepared to take enormous risks to be first with a vaccine, and countless innocent victims. By the end, Stephanie realises there might have been a polio vaccine years earlier, and hundreds of thousands might have been spared, including her Dad.
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* Video Codec: x264 CABAC
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* Video Bitrate: CRF 20 (~2358Kbps)
* Video Resolution: 1280x720
* Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
* Frame Rate: 25 FPS
* Audio Codec: AAC-LC
* Audio Bitrate: Q=0.42 VBR 48KHz (~132Kbps)
* Audio Channels: 2
* Run-Time: 59 mins
* Number of Parts: 1
* Part Size: 1.04 GB
* Source: HDTV
* Encoded by: JungleBoy
Links
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1) Further Information
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0445c5d
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