John Watson and Little Albert | The Brain: A Secret History

Emotions | The Brain: A Secret History

Dr Michael Mosley investigates how scientists have struggled to understand that most irrational and deeply complex part of our minds -...

Harlow's monkeys | The Brain: A Secret History

Discussion of how Harlow's research showed for the first time what love and attachments were really based on.

Imitation of aggression | The Brain: A Secret History

Bandura's work challenged views of the time and showed that aggression is often imitated.

Treating phobias | The Brain: A Secret History

Dr Michael Mosley revisits a patient who underwent systematic desensitisation for his phobia of dogs.

Emotions | The Brain: A Secret History

Dr Michael Mosley investigates how scientists have struggled to understand that most irrational and deeply complex part of our minds -...

Harlow's monkeys | The Brain: A Secret History

Discussion of how Harlow's research showed for the first time what love and attachments were really based on.

Imitation of aggression | The Brain: A Secret History

Bandura's work challenged views of the time and showed that aggression is often imitated.

Treating phobias | The Brain: A Secret History

Dr Michael Mosley revisits a patient who underwent systematic desensitisation for his phobia of dogs.

1: Into the Brain | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

Documentary series looking at the brutal, bloody and dangerous history of surgery begins with the area of the body w...

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...

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...

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...

Clotted cream, fat and taste receptors | The Secrets of Your Food

Michael explains how the structure of fatty foods can affect how it tastes in our mouth and therefore what...

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'...

Chemical weapons | Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility

Introducing the idea of chemical and biological weapons, leading onto pathogens.

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 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...

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...

Testosterone, serotonin and violence | The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Professor Dabbs and Dr Higley provide evidence of the role of testosterone and serotonin in vio...

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...

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

The discovery of vaccines has helped scientists to tackle a variety of viruses.

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.

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

Michael Mosley discovers what pain is and how we were able to control it with the discovery of morphine at th...

What does your stomach look like from the inside? | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

Michael Mosley finds out what happens inside our stomachs by s...

Fatty food and the body | Horizon

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

Split brain patients | The Brain: A Secret History

These split brain patients showed Sperry that each hemisphere of the brain has a different role to play and a separate con...

6: Who Are We? | The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

The twin sciences of brain anatomy and psychology have offered different visions of who we are. Now these sci...