Jenner’s Marvellous Medicine | A History of the World

Jenner’s Marvellous Medicine | A History of the World

History | BBC One | 2010 | 29'05''

Professor Mark Horton tells the epic story of the world's greatest medical discovery. Edward Jenner's vaccination...

3: Darwin | Great Britons (2002)

3: Darwin | Great Britons (2002)

History | BBC Two | 2002 | 56'03''

Andrew Marr presents the case for Charles Darwin as the greatest Briton, reporting from the Galapagos Islands, where Darwin first witnessed ...

0: Goes Back in Time | Operation Ouch!

0: Goes Back in Time | Operation Ouch!

Conflict and Warfare | CBBC | 2014 | 28'31''

Dr Chris and Dr Xand turn back the clock and look at what medicine was like in the First World War. They meet a Paralympian runner who...

5: Medicine and Surgery | History File

5: Medicine and Surgery | History File

History | BBC Two | 1998 | 23'58''

Programme concentrates on looking at medicine and surgery, and looks at the rise of surgery and inventions such as X-rays, the stethos...

2: Medicine and Science | History File

2: Medicine and Science | History File

History | BBC Two | 1998 | 24'08''

Schools prog on history.

5: Medicine, Technology and The Individual | History File

5: Medicine, Technology and The Individual | History File

History | BBC Two | 1989 | 19'13''

The principal of the germ theory of disease is credited to Louis Pasteur. But why was it taken up and acted on, so ...

4: Medicine and Long Term Change | History File

4: Medicine and Long Term Change | History File

History | BBC Two | 1989 | 18'48''

Paul Viragh presents programme on medicine and long-term change - Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood is usually ...

3: Medicine, Women and Society | History File

3: Medicine, Women and Society | History File

History | BBC Two | 1989 | 19'02''

Only one in four GP's in Britain is a woman. How were women excluded from medicine during the Middle Ages, & what problems did ...

2: Medicine, Public Health and Government | History File

2: Medicine, Public Health and Government | History File

Ancient Civilizations | BBC Two | 1989 | 18'57''

With the fall of the Roman Empire came the collapse of the public health system which they had initiated. What broug...

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

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

Antibiotics and drug development | BBC Four | 2013 | 58'59''

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

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

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

Antibiotics and drug development | BBC Four | 2013 | 58'56''

Dr Michael Mosley explores our earliest attempts to tackle infection and how scientists, chemists and doctors ...

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

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

Antibiotics and drug development | BBC Four | 2013 | 59'23''

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

Ian Hislop: When Bankers Were Good

Ian Hislop: When Bankers Were Good

History | BBC Two | 2011 | 59'02''

Ian Hislop presents a film about Victorian financiers known for their spectacular philanthropy, including Samuel Gurney, George Peabody, A...

Workers or Shirkers? Ian Hislop’s Victorian Benefits

Workers or Shirkers? Ian Hislop’s Victorian Benefits

History | BBC Two | 2016 | 59'07''

Ian Hislop presents an entertaining and provocative look at Victorian attitudes to the poor, exploring the views o...

Mad George III | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Mad George III | Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

History | BBC Four | 2013 | 6'41''

Lucy Worsley discusses the bad health and supposed madness of George III.

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