The human body. Part 7, The end of life.

The last in a 7-part series in which Robert Winston looks in detail at the life of the human body in chronological order from birth to death. This part is about the dying process. One of the central features is the story of Herbie, a man dying of a fatal tumour in his stomach, who allows his final few weeks alive and the moment of his death to be filmed. People who have had near-fatal heart attacks describe the experience and a heart bypass operation is shown. Other people describe near-death experiences, the features of which are being mirrored by a team of scientists experimenting with using a powerful centrifuge to induce loss of consciousness. The series ends with the death of Herbie and his funeral.