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After Life-The Science of Decay After Life is a BBC Four documentary bringing the process of decay to life. A full-scale, typical kitchen and garden, contained in a purpose-built box, is installed and on display to visitors at Edinburgh Zoo until late September 2011.

Visitors are able to witness everyday foods and substances decompose over the two month period in a life-size demonstration of one of nature's most fundamental but least understood processes.

Events in the box will be recorded using the latest technology in time-lapse photography and microscopy for a feature-length programme on BBC Four later in the year. The programme is a co-production with Discovery and BBC Worldwide, and will be screened internationally.

Presenting the programme is Oxford University's Dr George McGavin (BBC, Lost Land Of The Tiger). McGavin said of the project.

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The sealed 6m x 6m box is to be constructed by specialist engineers in an enclosed lecture hall, with input from expert scientific consultants. Only approved BBC personnel will be allowed to enter the box, via a double-door system, for filming purposes.

Events in the box will be augmented with specially shot documentary pieces for the programme that explore the wider aspects of decomposition and our attitudes to it. There will also be support for the project from BBC Learning.

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^ What myself and the team want to do is reveal the extraordinary science of decay. Nature's ability to recycle the building blocks of life is often overlooked but this process is central to the survival of every species on the planet - without it there would be no cycle of life. I want to show the viewers just how beautiful, elegant and essential the processes of decomposition really are.

[1] What myself and the team want to do is reveal the extraordinary science of decay. Nature's ability to recycle the building blocks of life is often overlooked but this process is central to the survival of every species on the planet - without it there would be no cycle of life. I want to show the viewers just how beautiful, elegant and essential the processes of decomposition really are.

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