The Miracle of Life" was an episode produced by NOVA describing the human reproductive process. The episode won multiple awards including the Peabody and an Emmy award.[1]Photographed by Lennart Nilsson, the program was originally aired in Sweden as "The Saga of Life."[2]The BBC acquired the episode for the documentary series Horizon and it aired on October 11, 1982.[3]The original Swedish version was broadcast on November 25, 1982.[2]
The NOVA episode was written and produced by Bebe Nixon and narrated by Anita Sangiolo and aired on February 15, 1983.[4]
A sequel called "Life's Greatest Miracle" aired on November 20, 2001 on PBS using microimagery taken by Lennart Nilsson and was narrated by John Lithgow.[5]
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