Once Upon a Time... Life (1987)

Animation · Family

Attention please! Are you ready for an adventurous tour through the human body? With a lot of humour, our physical appearance is being introduced from head to toe along cells and organs in an educational way. The heart, blood, nerves and kidneys, each single one is a miracle which renders life possible.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (6,170 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 -0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: FR
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

7.55 avg 26 episodes 7.4 → 7.7 25 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	La cellule	7.4	128
2	La naissance	7.4	117
3	Les sentinelles du corps	7.7	106
4	La moelle osseuse	7.6	94
5	Le sang	7.6	95
6	Les petites plaquettes	7.6	87
7	Le coeur	7.5	85
8	La respiration	7.5	80
9	Le cerveau	7.6	80
10	Les neurones	7.4	76
11	L'oeil	7.3	75
12	L'oreille	7.3	74
13	La peau	7.8	74
14	La bouche et les dents	7.6	74
15	La digestion	7.5	73
16	L'usine du foie	7.4	68
17	Les reins	7.5	70
18	Le système lymphatique	7.5	71
19	Les os et le squelette	7.6	67
20	Les muscles et la graisse	7.6	69
21	La guerre des toxines	7.7	66
22	La vaccination	7.9	72
23	Les hormones	7.4	70
24	Les chaînes de la vie	7.6	70
25	Réparations et transformation	7.7	69
26	Et la vie va...	7.7	70