Body Hack Season 1
Join Todd Sampson as he tackles some of the biggest challenges of his life using science as his guide.
Todd Sampson takes on some of the biggest challenges of his life as he embarks on an epic investigation some of the world’s most extraordinary people.
Using science as his guide, Todd deconstructs and decodes how these incredible people are able to survive their extreme lives, what they do differently from the rest of us and what we can all learn from them. In true Todd Sampson style, he won’t just observe them, he will hack into their world and try to become them.
This series features Todd stepping into the cage as a professional Mixed Marital Arts fighter living as a hunter-gatherer with the Hadza tribe in Tanzania overcoming injury to train with the legendary French Foreign Legion taking on one of the world’s most dangerous jobs as a Bollywood stuntman confronting his fear of water to free dive with the Bajau people in Malaysian Borneo and climbing as a Himalayan Sherpa at extreme altitude.
This is an adventure that celebrates our incredible human potential with CGI unpacking the science and taking viewers deep into the mysteries of th human body. Todd demonstrates that with the right knowledge, skills and mindset, we can adapt to almost anything.
Cast
Episodes
Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
45mJoin Todd Sampson as he tackles some of the biggest challenges of his life using science as his guide.
Hadza Hunter-Gatherer
43mTodd joins a traditional African nomadic tribe to live as a hunter-gatherer.
French Foreign Legion Soldier
45mTodd joins a combat course with a platoon of soldiers in the Amazon rain forest.
Himalayan Sherpa
43mTodd travels to the Himalayas to work with Sherpas 6,000m above sea level.
Bajau Freediver
43mTodd learns the traditional methods of free-diving fishing from the Bajau people.
Bollywood Stuntman
42mTodd spends a week in a Bollywood stunt gym before shooting his own sequence.