4: Behaviour | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

1: Vaccines | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Documentary series about the effect of medicine on life expectancy. How the development and delivery of the smallp...

2: Medical Drugs | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Documentary series about the effect of medicine on life expectancy. How knowledge gained from the discovery o...

3: Data | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Documentary series about the effect of medicine on life expectancy. Before a vaccine or an effective treatment can com...

Edward Jenner's First Vaccination | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

The story of Edward Jenner's discovery that deliberately infecting someone with cowpox could...

Finding Existing Drugs that Work Against COVID-19 | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Looking for drugs to treat COVID-19, a team of scientists established one of...

How the COVID-19 Vaccine Works | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Dr Kizzmekia Corbett, part of the team that developed one of the COVID-19 vaccinations, explain...

Ring Vaccination and the Eradication of Smallpox | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

In the late 1960s, William Foege was running out of smallpox vaccine in Niger...

The Development of Anti-Retroviral Drugs to Treat HIV | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

The story of how Professor David Ho worked in a team to develop the firs...

The Development of Anti-Viral Drugs | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

The story and science behind Gertrude Elion and George Hitching's development of a revolut...

The Discovery of Penicillin | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

The story of how Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin.

The Power of Soap | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

How scientists and doctors finally realised the power of soap in preventing the spread of diseases, and how ...

The Scientists Using AI to find New Solutions to Antibiotic Resistance | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

How can the antibiotic resistance crisis be addressed? ...

Variolation; the fore-runner to vaccination | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Around 1700, an enslaved man who was trafficked to Boston brought with him the kno...

Social housing development | A House Through Time

A new block of social housing is built next to 10 Guinea Street, in space left from the Blitz.

1: The Making of Britain | Union with David Olusoga

David Olusoga tells the story of attempts to form a united Britain in the 17th and early 18th centuries, a period defined...

The Development of Anti-Viral Drugs | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

The story and science behind Gertrude Elion and George Hitching's development of a revolut...

The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files

How black immigrants who made Britain their home came face to face with the government's 'hostile environment'. David Olusoga exposes...

The Industrial Revolution | Civilisations

David Olusoga the social, cultural and scientific changes of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, as depicted in art.

Controversial argument for the benefits of the British Empire | A Timewatch Guide

David Olusoga discusses controversial argument in favour of British colonial rule in India...

Revolution of African-American slaves | Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga investigates American Independence and the revolution of the African slaves.

West India Docks and the sugar economy | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

David Olusoga visits the West India Docks in London and discusses the impact of slavery on the Brit...

French troops from Sub-Saharan West Africa | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

David Olusoga investigates the WW1 experiences of French troops from Sub-Saharan W...