The Real Thing
TV Show| Title | The Real Thing |
| User score | 9 |
| Release date | Nov 1, 1983 |
| Release date of last episode | Dec 6, 1983 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | James Burke |
| Production country | United Kingdom |
| Production companies | BBC Studios |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 6 |
| Run time | 21 min. |
Asking how you tell what's real and what isn't sounds like an obvious question. But in this series of six programmes, James Burke shows that the more you think about it the harder it is to answer. After all, what have you got, apart from your five senses, to prove those senses are giving you the real thing?
Latest episodes
List of episodesS1.E6 ∙ Life Sentence
Dec 6, 1983
S1.E5 ∙ The View from Within
Nov 29, 1983
S1.E4 ∙ The Memory Lingers On
Nov 22, 1983
S1.E3 ∙ Time Out of Mind
Nov 15, 1983
S1.E2 ∙ This Way Up
Nov 8, 1983
S1.E1 ∙ The Private Eye
Nov 1, 1983
