Monday nights, 10.30pm on SBS. Pretty much what the subject says.
They are the first televised human dissections by artist/Dr Gunther von Hagen. Same guy that invented the plastination technique and creates the human artworks - rather controversial, you might remember the pregnant lady or the man on the horse.

Anyway very interesting stuff, last week was a documentary just on von Hagen and his history, current empire etc, and now the anatomy series is on. Worth a look.

Couple of linkies for you...

http://www.koerperwelten.com/en/pages/home.asp

http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/A/anatomy/anatomy.html

I watched a bit of this last night and it was HARDCORE. It would be creepy enough without Dr Gunther, arguably one of the spookiest looking dudes on television, but the effect is somewhat multiplied when you see him slicing up a vertical cadaver with a scalpel.

It looked really interesting but I was exhausted so couldn't watch it all; will be making an effort next week though.

yeh watched a bit of it last night, seen it all before..but interesting non the less. I did notice a few 'squeemish' looks from a couple audience members though. I want them to have a live female model next time... :)

The girl who was doing the anatomical drawings on the live model was very talented.

Dr Gunther, arguably one of the spookiest looking dudes on television

hehe yeh hell yeah, the black hat, the thick german accent, creepy features...he rocks. Wes Craven could use him anytime.

I saw the first ep last week and it looked pretty cool. And I agree, that guy is one creepy motherf***er.

^ Last week was even creepier, in his Chinese body factory, surrounded by his little minions working like production lines.

interesting s***. Call me a layman if you must but I didn't know that most of the movement in the hand comes from muscles in the upper forearm. The scraping of steel on bone was a little disturbing for me. Next week is the intestinal track sounds cool.

Didn't know about this show but might see if I can tune in this week.

I did anat at uni and it was awesome! Amazing stuff :).

take a trip to the anatomical pathology museum at Herston lads :)

boys have a penis and girls have a vagina.

I work part-time for 6-8hrs a week in the Anatomy labs at UQ as a prosector (who prepares specimens for undergrad students anatomy classes). It's a sweet deal and get paid crap loads for it. Last nights show was pretty cool, even though I see the stuff most weeks. That dude is a freakin gun at dissecting.

I attempted to watch a little bit of this, but got to grossed out when they removed the spinal column.

thyroid, roid in the thighs. hameroid, roid in the hamstring.

anatomy 101.

wow looks like a cool prog.

Last night : Uber cool plastination of the blood vessels. Incredible.

Dr Gunther von Hagen had an exabition here a few years back which i went to. was intresting. the fetus's where a bit much tho.

Dr Gunther von Hagen had an exabition here a few years back which i went to. was intresting. the fetus's where a bit much tho.

was he the dude who was doing the demos on the dead bodies and upset everyone everywhere he went?

^ Sounds like a fairly accurate assumption.

Being an art student Ive got alot of media articles from when the works were first made public, alot of people were very unhappy with the whole concept.

He's obviously a Nazi.

Yeah you can tell just by looking at him.

i love sbs and their willingness to cross all kinds of weird and wacky boundaries.

I'll def check that out.