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''The Human Face'' is a 4-part
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series that examines the science behind facial beauty, expression, and fame. Actor and comedian John Cleese investigated
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and sexuality and their relation to the human
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stories.
Paul Ekman Paul Ekman (born February 15, 1934) is an American psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco who is a pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions. He was ranked 59th out of ...
served as scientific adviser.


Plot


Part One: Face to Face

Original airdate: 7 March 2001 This episode looks at how the face communicates without speech, focusing on expressions, disguise and the mysterious art of face-reading.


Part Two: Here’s Looking at You!

Original airdate: 14 March 2001 This episode investigates family resemblances, facial recognition and the purpose of the face and its features, going back to five hundred million years ago. It also speculates about the multi-racial face of the future and showed surgeons in
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preparing for the world's first facial transplant.


Part Three: Beauty

Original airdate: 21 March 2001 This episode studies whether human
physical attractiveness Physical attractiveness is the degree to which a person's physical features are considered aesthetically pleasing or beautiful. The term often implies sexual attractiveness or desirability, but can also be distinct from either. There are many ...
is a matter of personal taste, looking at standards of beauty that are shared worldwide: a pretty face suggests fertility, while ugliness suggests poor health. Big eyes, smooth skin and symmetrical features are valued, and can lead to a better job, more money, and better sex.


Part Four: Fame

Original airdate: 25 March 2001 This episode looks at the ubiquity of famous faces on billboards, magazines, and movie screens, and the messages they carry about sex, politics, glamour and power. Considering Diana, Princess of Wales,
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, it tells the story of the face as icon, from
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mummies to Hollywood stars.


Cast

* John Cleese as himself (Host) *
Elizabeth Hurley Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965) is an English actress and model. As an actress, her best-known film roles have been as Vanessa Kensington in ''Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' (1997) and as the Devil in ''Bedazzled (2000 ...
as Various roles * David Attenborough as himself *
Candice Bergen Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom ''Murphy Brown'' (1988–1998, 2018). She is also kno ...
as herself * Pierce Brosnan as himself *
Mali Finn Mali Finn (March 8, 1938 – November 28, 2007), born Mary Alice Mann, was an American casting director and former English and drama teacher. She cast numerous actors in successful films, including Edward Furlong, Brad Renfro, Leonardo DiCaprio, ...
as herself * Charles Fleming as himself *
William Goldman William Goldman (August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist before turning to screenwriting. He won Academy Awards for his screenplays '' ...
as himself * Kevyn Major Howard as himself *
Michael Palin Sir Michael Edward Palin (; born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, television presenter, and public speaker. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. Since 1980, he has made a number of travel documentaries. Palin w ...
as Applicant/peasant * Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran as himself * Vail Reese as himself *
Joan Rivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona—heavi ...
as herself * Michael Rix as himself *
Prunella Scales Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales (''née'' Illingworth; born 22 June 1932) is an English former actress, best known for playing Sybil Fawlty, wife of Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), in the BBC comedy '' Fawlty Towers'', her nomination for a ...
as Pet shop owner/wife * Carrie Armel as herself * David Matsumoto as himself *
Cynthia Breazeal Cynthia Breazeal is an American robotics scientist and entrepreneur. She is a former chief scientist and chief experience officer of Jibo, a company she co-founded in 2012 that developed personal assistant robots. Her most recent work has focus ...
as herself * Dacher Keltner as himself * Victoria Wright as herself *
John Gottman John Mordechai Gottman (born April 26, 1942) is an American psychologist, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington. His work focuses on divorce prediction and marital stability through relationship analyses. The lessons d ...
as himself *
Paul Ekman Paul Ekman (born February 15, 1934) is an American psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco who is a pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions. He was ranked 59th out of ...
as himself * Ronald Zuker as himself * Paul Nassif as himself * Lisa Fuerst as herself * Mitchell Fuerst as himself * Jim Cooke as himself * Cindy Cooke as herself * Tommy Cooke as himself * Dr. Keith Kendrick as himself * Tim Watts as himself * David Rodriguez as himself * Rosita Rodriguez as herself * Jennifer Thompson as herself * Mike Gauldin as himself * Dr. Michelle de Haan as herself * Sarah Doukas as herself * Dr. Stephen Marquardt as himself * Dr.
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as himself * Zara Brocklesby as herself * Dr. John Manning as himself * Henry de Lotbiniere as himself * Rick Edwards as himself * Ryan Martin as himself * Michael Ricks as himself * Jeanne Magagna as herself * Dr. Bruce Charlton as himself * Roger Hargreaves as himself * Krista Smith as herself


References


External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Human Face, The BBC television documentaries 2001 British television series debuts 2001 British television series endings Facial expressions Works by John Cleese 2000s British documentary television series