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The ERA Video Streaming Platform | Biology | Infection and Response

The immune system and vaccination

Boosting Your Immune System | The Truth About…

Boosting Your Immune System | The Truth About…

Biology | BBC One | 2021 | 57'54''

Dr Ronx Ikharia presents the definitive guide, not only to defending yourself against Covid-19, but also boosting your s...

Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic

Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic

Biology | BBC Two | 2025 | 58'53''

Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates a mysterious virus that could cause the next pandemic, one scientists think will be deadlier than Cov...

Infested! Living with Parasites

Infested! Living with Parasites

Biology | BBC Four | 2014 | 59'04''

Dr Michael Mosley explores the bizarre and fascinating world of parasites by turning his body into a living laboratory and deliberately infes...

1: Vaccines | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

1: Vaccines | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Biology | BBC Four | 2021 | 53'07''

Documentary series about the effect of medicine on life expectancy. How the development and delivery of the smallp...

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

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

Biology | BBC Two | 2008 | 29'12''

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

T Cells | Made of Stronger Stuff

T Cells | Made of Stronger Stuff

Biology | BBC Radio 4 | 2021 | 27'27''

Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey through the body's immune system and profile a remarkable white blood ...

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

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

Biology | BBC Two | 2008 | 3'09''

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

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

Biology | BBC Two | 2008 | 4'01''

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

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

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

Biology | BBC Two | 2008 | 1'29''

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

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

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

Biology | BBC Two | 2008 | 2'17''

Alice demonstrates what happens when you get a bacterial infection.

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

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

Biology | BBC Two | 2008 | 2'05''

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

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

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

Biology | BBC Two | 2008 | 2'07''

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

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

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

Biology | BBC Two | 2008 | 2'49''

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

Edward Jenner’s First Vaccination | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Edward Jenner’s First Vaccination | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Biology | BBC Four | 2021 | 3'11''

The story of Edward Jenner's discovery that deliberately infecting someone with cowpox...

How the COVID-19 Vaccine Works | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

How the COVID-19 Vaccine Works | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Biology | BBC Four | 2021 | 3'44''

Dr Kizzmekia Corbett, part of the team that developed one of the COVID-19 vaccinations, explain...

Ring Vaccination and the Eradication of Smallpox | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Ring Vaccination and the Eradication of Smallpox | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Biology | BBC Four | 2021 | 3'44''

In the late 1960s, William Foege was running out of smallpox vaccine in Niger...

Variolation; the fore-runner to vaccination | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Variolation; the fore-runner to vaccination | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Biology | BBC Four | 2021 | 5'24''

Around 1700, an enslaved man who was trafficked to Boston brought with him the kno...

How do vaccines protect the population? | Horizon

How do vaccines protect the population? | Horizon

Biology | BBC Two | 2020 | 2'27''

Hannah Fry demonstrates how vaccines help to protect human populations and provide protection to those that cannot receive ...

Human defence systems | Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell

Human defence systems | Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell

Biology | BBC Two | 2012 | 4'00''

This simulation brings to life the process of a cell's defence against viruses.

Natural killer cells | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Natural killer cells | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Biology | BBC Two | 2017 | 4'55''

How white blood cells, especially 'natural killer cells' fight viruses in our bodies.

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