What Makes a Human? | Horizon

Alan Goldman and patient handover | Horizon

Dr Alan Goldman explains the handover system he has developed in the ICU, that is influenced by Formula One pit crews.

Alternate day fasting | Horizon

Michael Mosley finds out about alternate fasting where you have specific food on one day and anything you like on the other.

Defeating the Superbugs | Horizon

Meeting the scientists who are tracking the emergence of 'superbugs' - dangerous bacteria resistant to antibiotics - around the world.

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...

Fracking: The New Energy Rush | Horizon

Iain Stewart investigates a controversial energy rush for the natural gas found deep underground, sometimes right under the places pe...

The Age Of Big Data | Horizon

Horizon tests the limits of the data revolution, crime prediction in LA, financial formulas in the city of London and a South African attempt t...

Using Data to Predict Crime | Horizon

How the data revolution is being harnessed by the police. An exploration of how the Los Angeles Police Department are using data to pre...

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.

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.