S1E3: Heart | Dr Alice Roberts: Don’t Die Young

Anatomy of the heart | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice examines a pigs heart and describes how it works in human terms.

Arteries and alcohol | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice tests the effect of alcohol on her arteries and blood flow.

Cholesterol and different fats | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice finds out about cholesterol and what different types of fat affect it.

Laughter workshop for the heart | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

A Bristol laughter workshop encourages people to laugh which has an interesting effect on your heart.

Anatomy of the heart | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice examines a pigs heart and describes how it works in human terms.

Arteries and alcohol | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice tests the effect of alcohol on her arteries and blood flow.

Cholesterol and different fats | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice finds out about cholesterol and what different types of fat affect it.

Laughter workshop for the heart | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

A Bristol laughter workshop encourages people to laugh which has an interesting effect on your heart.

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...

Victorian living conditions | Britain's Biggest Dig

Dr Yasmin Khan discovers the awful living conditions the workers during the Industrial Revolution had put up with.

Salad dressing and calories | Britain's Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You?

Alice demonstrates how a calorie is measured by burning lettuce leaves, one with dressing an...

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...

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...

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.