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In the space of a few centuries, we have moved from a world where disease, violence or hunger could strike anyone at any age to one where, in many countries, food availability is a bigger problem than food insecurity. Why have the causes of our deaths changed so much? How did it happen that a century ago people died mainly from infectious diseases, while today the leading causes of death in industrialised countries are heart disease and stroke?

In his book, Professor Andrew Doig of the University of Manchester takes an in-depth look at the portrait of death throughout human history, looking at specific causes - from infectious to genetic diseases, from violence to diets.

Executive: Michael Tyshyn
Duration: 13:30:00