A bacterial infection | Dr Alice Roberts: Don’t Die Young

Antibodies and vaccines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice explains what an antibody is and how they relate to getting vaccinated.

How a virus works | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice demonstrates (with donuts) how a virus works differently to bacteria.

Lymph nodes | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice explains how the lymph nodes use white blood cells to help the body fight infection and disease.

S2E6: The Immune System | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Dr Alice Roberts endures a terrifying test to see how well her immune system works and swab analysis at a student...

Testing for allergies | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice does a 'scratch test' to see what she is allergic to and what having an allergy actually means.

The immune system and white blood cells | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice describes how the immune system works and what white blood cells do when we're ill.

White blood cells and the 'war' on infection | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice explains how white blood cells fight infection and where they come from.

Northamptonshire | Digging for Britain

Looking at the skeletons from 2023's Leicester Cathedral excavation, the burials become source material for a groundbreaking scientifi...

The perfect human? | Can science make me perfect? With Alice Roberts

What evolution has provided us with is a human body that works as a whole package: you can't replace ind...

Episode 1 | Britain's Biggest Dig

In advance of the construction of HS2, the biggest ever cemetery excavation in Britain reveals the forgotten stories of rich and poor in Ge...

Episode 3 | The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice with Alice Roberts and Neil Oliver

The Roman army turns its attention to an island of rich resources, powerful tribes and dr...

Meat and protein | Britain's Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You?

A woman's brain pattern is examined with regards to hunger and cravings before and after consuming a pr...

The Roman domination of the known world | A Timewatch Guide

Using years of BBC history archive film, Alice Roberts investigates how the domination of the Romans has been rep...

Percy Shelleys corrections | The Secret Life of Books

Alice Roberts looks at an original manuscript of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' which exhibits Percy Shelley's edits.

What Makes a Human? | Horizon

Professor Alice Roberts investigates what exactly makes human beings different from the animal kingdom. What is it that truly makes us human?

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice

Professor Alice Roberts on the natural history of the woolly mammoth, revealing adaptations that helped the species evolve from their or...

S2E5: The Ear, Nose and Throat | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Dr Alice Roberts gets an insight into what it is like to be deaf with specially designed headphones, and e...