An introduction to phagocytes | Inside the Human Body

4: Hostile World | Inside the Human Body

Michael Mosley reveals how the body defends itself, and the innovations behind a hand transplant operation.

The process of healing a wound | Inside the Human Body

Using state-of-the-art graphics, Michael Mosley illustrates what happens inside the body in response to a wound or inj...

The role of T cells and antibodies when fighting an infection | Inside the Human Body

Using state-of-the-art graphics, Michael Mosley explains what happens when a virus ente...

4: Hostile World | Inside the Human Body

Michael Mosley reveals how the body defends itself, and the innovations behind a hand transplant operation.

The process of healing a wound | Inside the Human Body

Using state-of-the-art graphics, Michael Mosley illustrates what happens inside the body in response to a wound or inj...

The role of T cells and antibodies when fighting an infection | Inside the Human Body

Using state-of-the-art graphics, Michael Mosley explains what happens when a virus ente...

2: Bleeding Hearts | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

The series about the history of surgery charts the development of heart surgery. Michael Mosley witnesses a breatht...

Impact of nature on physical and mental health | Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

Michael Mosley discusses the importance of spending time in nature and how this can imp...

The complexity of brain surgery | Inside the Human Body

A little girl, Angelina, requires complex brain surgery in order to alleviate the systoms she is suffering as a resul...

Lombroso's Theories of Crime | The Mystery Of Murder: A Horizon Guide

When looking at the reasons why people offend, Lombroso, a scientist in the 19th century, believed he h...

Treating diabetes with an artificial pancreas | Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

In this clip we discover what diabetes is and a new way of treating the condition compared to the trad...

1: We Are What We Eat | The Secrets of Your Food

Michael Mosley and James Wong reveal the delicious science hidden inside our food. Michael begins by trying the first meal m...

The disadvantages of broad-spectrum antibiotics | Michael Mosley vs The Superbugs

Michael Mosley explains and illustrates how the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics can lead ...

Sleep | The Truth About...

We are one of the most sleep-deprived countries in the world. In The Truth About Sleep, insomniac Michael Mosley finds out what happens if we don'...

The Wonderful World Of Blood - With Michael Mosley

Michael Mosley gives up a fifth of his own blood to perform six bold experiments. From starving it of oxygen to injecting ...

Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility

Michael Mosley investigates Porton Down, Britain's most secretive and controversial military research base. He...

The 1860s | The Victorian Slum

A group of 21st-century people move into a recreated Victorian slum. In this episode, the slum dwellers move into the 1860s, when London was t...

1: The First 8 Weeks | Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You

Michael Mosley presents the story of how you were made, in a series produced in partnership with Th...

Infested! Living with Parasites

Dr Michael Mosley explores the bizarre and fascinating world of parasites by turning his body into a living laboratory and deliberately infes...

Fast Tales

During the most demanding Ramadan for over 30 years, Dr Saleyha Ahsan meets prominent British Muslims undertaking 16 hour fasting days throughout July and talks t...

Pain message | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicine

Painkillers act at different points along the pain pathways to turn the pain response down.

2: Pus | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

Dr Michael Mosley explores our earliest attempts to tackle infection and how scientists, chemists and doctors ...

How respiratory viruses spread | Winter Viruses and How to Beat Them

An explanation of how respiratory viruses can spread by causing us to cough and sneeze.

Digestive powers | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

The digestive powers of the gastric juices within the human stomach are tested.

Eat, Fast and Live Longer | Horizon

Michael Mosley examines the science behind fasting, as he sets himself the ambitious goal of living longer, staying younger and losing we...

Broken Brains | The Brain: A Secret History

Michael Mosley ends his look at the history of experimental psychology by exploring how experiments on abnormal brains can reveal...