Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret

★ BAFTA - Specialist Factual, 2012

Forensic scientists in a British pathology lab set out to mummify the body of Torquay taxi driver Alan Billis, who volunteered himself, using methods reconstructed from ancient Egyptian embalming. Their step-by-step experiment tests whether the techniques that preserved pharaohs still work on a modern body.

Why it's free: Free on Timeline, the Little Dot Studios channel licensed to distribute this Channel 4 documentary.