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5: Bloody Beginnings | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

Michael Mosley looks at how surgery dragged itself kicking and screaming out of the dark ages, transforming itsel...

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...

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...

Amino acids and sweetcorn | The Secrets of Your Food

James explains what our amino acids are and how a certain type of sweetcorn can be a good source for them.

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'...

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 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 ...

The 1890s | The Victorian Slum

A group of people move into a recreated Victorian slum. The slum dwellers have moved into the 1890s, when Britain was slowly recovering from a...

Childhood experience and violent crime | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Scientists explain how different childhood experiences and socialisation can lead to an indiv...

3: The Final Push | Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You

A look at the final months in the womb, when cartilage hardens to form the skeleton. Produced in partn...

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...

Discovery of penicillin | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicine

Fleming initially discovered the antibacterial properties of mould that would lead to the disc...

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

Dr Michael Mosley explores how scientists went from finding antidotes to poisons to applying poisons as cur...

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.

The large intestine | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

A camera travels through the last part of the digestive system and explores the role of the ...

Fatty food and the body | Horizon

Michael Mosley eats a Scottish breakfast and gets a lesson in how fats stay in your bloodstream.

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...

4: Can We Have Unlimited Power? | The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

Michael Mosley shows how the most power-hungry generation that has ever lived has harnessed ...