Psychology

3: Sex, Sugar and Screens | Darren McGarvey's Addictions

Addiction doesn't need drink or drugs to ruin lives. Darren meets the people who are struggling every day with life-...

Video games and plasticity | Horizon

Playing video games can lead to brain plasticity and improve navigation.

Video games and violent crime | Horizon

Levels of violent crime have been steadily declining since the introduction of video games.

Video games and aggression | Horizon

Levels of aggression have been shown to increase after playing violent video games.

Video games and attention | Horizon

Professor Daphne Bavelier is researching how playing video games can actually enhance visual attention in the real world.

Gambling in Las Vegas | Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux heads to Las Vegas to take a look at the pastime that made it famous and meet the gamblers, the high rollers and the casi...

Are Video Games Really That Bad? | Horizon

Horizon explores the differing opinions on video games. They frequently stand accused of causing violence and addiction in young p...

Addicted to Gambling | Panorama

The amount we lose to the betting companies has almost doubled in a decade, but are the bookies doing enough to protect problem gamblers?

Paul Merson: Football, Gambling and Me

Former footballer Paul Merson sets out to understand why his life has been so blighted by gambling and asks if enough is being done to...

Addicted to Bacon and Burgers | Freaky Eaters

Nutritionist Charlotte Watts and psychological coach Felix Economakis help people with food phobias and addictions, getting the...

The Waldrup case (2) | Horizon

The Waldrup case - the first time that the gene-environment interaction was used as a defence strategy for murder.

The Waldrup case (1) | Horizon

Jim Fallon explains the link between biology and violent criminal behaviour in terms of brain damage and the role of the MAOA gene.

Brain injuries and aggression | Horizon

An example of how brain injuries can lead to changes in personality and increased aggression.

Video games and plasticity | Horizon

Playing video games can lead to brain plasticity and improve navigation.

Imitation of aggression | The Brain: A Secret History

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

Reinforcement and aggression | Horizon

Michael Portillo investigates the role of socialisation and reinforcement of aggression in different cultures.

Video games and violent crime | Horizon

Levels of violent crime have been steadily declining since the introduction of video games.

Video games and aggression | Horizon

Levels of aggression have been shown to increase after playing violent video games.

Video games and attention | Horizon

Professor Daphne Bavelier is researching how playing video games can actually enhance visual attention in the real world.

Milgram's obedience study | Horizon

Watch a modern replication of Milgram's famous obedience study and see how the participants react to the situation.

Are Video Games Really That Bad? | Horizon

Horizon explores the differing opinions on video games. They frequently stand accused of causing violence and addiction in young p...

How Violent Are You? | Horizon

What makes ordinary people commit extreme acts of violence? Michael Portillo investigates the dark side of human nature and discovers what it ...

Inside Our Autistic Minds...: Episode 2 | Inside Our Minds

Chris helps an autistic football fan explain to his friends why change can be disastrous and a rapper, hypersensit...

Inside Our Autistic Minds...: Episode 1 | Inside Our Minds

Chris helps an autistic comedian reveal to her mum what's really going on inside her head and gives a non-speaking...

Inside Our ADHD Minds | Inside Our Minds

Chris helps a tour guide with ADHD reveal to his parents what's really going on inside his head, and a project manager come to terms...

Inside Our Dyslexic Minds | Inside Our Minds

Chris helps a school counsellor explain to her brothers how being dyslexic impacts her life and makes a builder from south Wales...

Risk taking and stigma | The Life Scientific

Listen to the important work being carried out on teenage brain development and risk taking, especially the efforts needed to re...

Risk-taking | Inside the Human Body

Meet Stephanie, her teen brain allows her to take more risks when car racing compared to competitors.

Synaptic pruning | Inside the Human Body

Michael Mosley explains how during brain development, synaptic pruning occurs and what this means for behaviour

Measuring intelligence | Horizon

What is intelligence and how can we measure it?

Autism and facial expressions | Word of Mouth

Michael Rosen discusses emotional cues and facial expressions with his guests.

The marshmallow study | Horizon

Watch a re-enactment of the marshmallow study and learn what this simple test can predict.

3: Building Your Brain | Inside the Human Body

Michael Mosley examines the human brain from birth to adulthood and shows why it takes 20 years to mature.

Mind Control | The Brain: A Secret History

Michael Mosley traces the sinister ways science has been used to try to control our minds, finding that its pursuit has led to som...

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on teenage brains | The Life Scientific

Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research on the developing teenage brain.

What Makes Us Clever? | Horizon

Dallas Campbell delves into the Horizon archive to discover how our understanding of intelligence has transformed over the last century. From...

The words we use about getting older and why they matter | Word of Mouth

How we talk about getting older can affect how we age, both mentally and physically. Michael asks Dr...

How babies learn language | Word of Mouth

Professor Julian Pine talks to Michael about how babies and young children learn words and sentences, and how they put them to use.

Autism and Communication | Word of Mouth

Michael Rosen finds out what the rest of society can learn about communication from people on the autism spectrum, by getting an ins...

The Slumber Games | The Investigation

BBC Scotland investigates new research suggesting that modern technology is disrupting teenagers' body clocks, resulting in poor health...

Playing the Game: Taking Risks | The Learning Zone

Program about taking risks with children, growing up, learning when to develop and when to encourage the child to ''take a...

Advantage Home

Matthew Syed explores the puzzling but powerful phenomenon of home advantage in sport, talking to experts in sports psychology and to leading sportspeople.

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...

2: Against the Odds | Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You

Michael Mosley looks at our middle weeks in the womb - when we become an individual. Produced in par...

1: The First 8 Weeks | Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You

Michael Mosley presents the story of how you were made, in a series produced in partnership with Th...

1: Becoming You | Babies: Their Wonderful World

This episode explores how changes in the first two years of life make us individuals, how tablet use affects our babies and w...

Maternal deprivation | Disowned and Disabled

Bowlby's explanation of attachment theory and the impact of maternal deprivation.

The effect of deprivation | The Forgotten Children

Learn about the long term effects of the early and extreme deprivation that Romanian orphans experienced.

Romanian orphans | The Forgotten Children

The context behind the Romanian orphans and the process of adoption.

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.

Risk-taking | Inside the Human Body

Meet Stephanie, her teen brain allows her to take more risks when car racing compared to competitors.

Synaptic pruning | Inside the Human Body

Michael Mosley explains how during brain development, synaptic pruning occurs and what this means for behaviour

Harlow's Monkeys | Mind Changers

Claudia Hammond revisits Harry Harlow's surrogate mothers experiment with monkeys, that revolutionised parenting.

9: Ninth and Tenth Month | Baby Monthly

The babies are between nine and ten months old and are beginning to explore their world, react to danger and new faces. Also consider...

3: Building Your Brain | Inside the Human Body

Michael Mosley examines the human brain from birth to adulthood and shows why it takes 20 years to mature.

3: Dyslexia | Growing Children

Laverne Antrobus explores how growing children are affected by the common learning disability of dyslexia through the eyes of children and fam...

2: OCD | Growing Children

Laverne Antrobus explores how child development is affected by obsessive compulsive disorder and how research is unlocking a greater understanding ...

The Forgotten Children

Ten years ago after thousands of babies were discovered living in appalling conditions in Romanian orphanages, many British couples rushed to adopt th...

The words we use about getting older and why they matter | Word of Mouth

How we talk about getting older can affect how we age, both mentally and physically. Michael asks Dr...

Episode 2 | The Secret Life of Twins (2009)

How the differences between identical twins can help science understand what makes us all who we are, including the possible gene...

Episode 1 | The Secret Life of Twins (2009)

Investigating the world of identical twins, this programme looks at what science can learn from the uncanny similarities between ...

Episode 3 | The Secret Life of Twins (1999)

Prof Robert Winston, examining science of identical twins, with a look at differences that occur inspite of biological similariti...

Visual inattention | The Human Senses

Watch in real time an experiment showing how we don't register all of the visual information that we receive through our eyes.

An introduction to Freud's work | The Brain with David Eagleman

A brief introduction to Freud's work and the role of the unconscious mind in mental health.

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...

Right hemisphere removal | The Brain with David Eagleman

Professor Casey explains her research into delayed gratification and the impact this has on behaviour.

Taxi drivers and plasticity | The Brain with David Eagleman

An introduction to the Marshmallow study and what this shows about delayed gratification.

The Knowledge | Modern Times

Follow trainee taxi drivers as they undergo one of the most difficult memory tests, The Knowledge.

Nature vs nurture | The Brain with David Eagleman

The interplay between genetics and the environment, do we truly have free will over our behaviour?

Visual attention | The Brain with David Eagleman

When we view an object or scene, we don't take a mental photograph. Instead, our brain is choosing to focus attention on a f...

Can leading questions distort memory? | The Brain with David Eagleman

Professor Elizabeth Loftus summarises her famous study about leading questions and distorting memory.

3: Brainwaves | Madness

Jonathan Miller demonstrates how, by observing the mad crowded together in large asylums, ''experts'' concluded the causes of madness were to be foun...

Broken Brains | The Brain: A Secret History

Michael Mosley ends his look at the history of experimental psychology by exploring how experiments on abnormal brains can reveal...

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 -...

6: Who Will We Be? | The Brain with David Eagleman

Dr Eagleman journeys into the future, and asks what's next for the human brain and for our species.

5: Why Do I Need You? | The Brain with David Eagleman

This episode looks at how the human brain relies on other brains to thrive and survive.

4: How Do I Decide? | The Brain with David Eagleman

This episode takes a journey through the unseen world of decisions, and how they get made.

3: Who Is in Control? | The Brain with David Eagleman

David explores how almost every action we take, every decision we make, every belief that we hold is driven by parts of...

2: What Makes Me? | The Brain with David Eagleman

David explores how the brain conjures up the world we take for granted. This episode shows how the brain gives rise to thou...

1: What Is Reality? | The Brain with David Eagleman

David takes us on a journey that explores how the brain, locked in silence and darkness without direct access to it, conj...

Vision | The Human Senses

Why are humans so good at spotting some things while at other times, cannot see what's right in front of them?

Streetwise | Modern Times

This film looks at the tough training regime undertaken by black cab drivers as they prepare for one of the hardest examinations they will ever take.

S1E12: Katie Piper - Well-being | Celebrity Supply Teacher

Television presenter and inspirational speaker Katie Piper offers a unique lesson in well-being and how to feel ha...

Importance of nature for wellbeing | One to One

Isabel investigates the importance of connecting with nature on your mental health and wellbeing.

Psychologists vs psychiatrists | Health Matters

Listen to professionals explain the difference between their roles of psychologists and psychiatrists in the treatment of men...

Social media and wellbeing | The Truth About...

The positive and negative impact of social media use on mental health and wellbeing.

Exercise and wellbeing | The Truth About...

How exercise can increase mood and improve cognitive stimulation.

Food and wellbeing | The Truth About...

The role of food and psychobiotics for improving wellbeing.

Chatbots for mental health support | Science Cafe

Dr Mabrouka Abuhmida discusses how chatbots and AI can be used for mental health support, but how can they model the empath...

Treating phobias | The Brain: A Secret History

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

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

Dr Michael Mosley discusses how John Watson performed one of the most famous and controversial experiments in psy...

Systematic desensitisation | Mind Changers

An overview of how to treat phobias with the use of Systematic Desensitisation

Using the DSM to diagnose | D for Diagnosis

The use of the DSM to diagnose mental illness with reference to issues of validity and comorbidity.

The difficulty of diagnosis | Horizon

Mental health professionals are trying to distinguish sane from the insane and highlights the complexity of diagnosis.

Humane treatments for mental health | Mental: A History of the Madhouse

The development of a more humane approach to mental health treatment including drug treatment.

Historical treatments for mental health | Mental: A History of the Madhouse

A comparison of ECT and Lobotomy and acknowledgement of the inhumane treatment within asylums

Diagnosing mental illness | The Trap

An introduction to the diagnosis of mental illness with links to the development of the DSM and the subjectivity found in Rosenhan's st...

Little Hans | Mind Changers

A phobia of horses developed by a boy living in Vienna in 1904 seemed unlikely evidence for the Oedipus complex. But for Sigmund Freud, this was ...

Freud's study of Little Hans | Mind Changers

Freud's famous Little Hans case is discussed and evaluated in terms of its subjectivity.

Episode 2 | Mind over Marathon

Ten runners living with different mental health issues train for the 2017 London Marathon. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry ...

Mind over Marathon

Two-part film in which a group of ten unlikely runners living with different mental health issues are brought together by Nick Knowles to train for the 20...

Happy In Myself | Happy Man

Jack explores ideas of male identity and masculinity. By challenging his perceptions of his own body, can Jack become a more happy man?

S2E2:...about Brains | James May's Things You Need to Know

Do you really know what is happening inside your head? James May cranks open your cranium to find out about behavi...

The Big Personality Test: Episode 1 | Child of Our Time

Documentary special in which the Child of Our Time children explore their personalities, while Robert Winston and Sop...

S2E1: Mindbending | Dara O'Briain's Science Club

Dara O Briain and his team of experts explore how much our brains give away about us and discover how illusions and machines...

Teenage brain development | Brainwaves

Focusing on role of the pre-frontal cortex and the limbic system in brain development and risk taking behaviour.

Genetic basis of intelligence | Discovery

Professor Robert Plomin explains the twin study method and how it is used to explore the genetic basis of intelligence

The Sally Anne test | Horizon

Professor Uta Frith demonstrates the Sally Anne test which examines a child's theory of mind

Autism and facial expressions | Word of Mouth

Michael Rosen discusses emotional cues and facial expressions with his guests.

Autism and emotional processing | Growing Children

The presenter and an autistic individual discuss their interpretation of a portrait painting, showing a difference with em...

Video games and plasticity | Horizon

Playing video games can lead to brain plasticity and improve navigation.

Phineas Gage | Mind Changers

Discover the story of Phineas Gage and how his tragic accident led to the idea of localisation of function.

Why do children lie? | Deeply Human

Explore the role of white lies and when children start to tell them.

Lying and truth telling | GrownUpLand

Here are several examples of lying - but is lying always wrong?

Video games and violent crime | Horizon

Levels of violent crime have been steadily declining since the introduction of video games.

Video games and aggression | Horizon

Levels of aggression have been shown to increase after playing violent video games.

Video games and attention | Horizon

Professor Daphne Bavelier is researching how playing video games can actually enhance visual attention in the real world.

2: Brainpower | Growing Babies

Laverne Antrobus investigates foetal and infant neuropsychology as she tries to explain the curiosities of baby cognition and discover how the...

1: Autism | Growing Children

Child psychologist Laverne Antrobus sets out to discover the different way that the brain works in children with autism and to explore the lates...

Are Video Games Really That Bad? | Horizon

Horizon explores the differing opinions on video games. They frequently stand accused of causing violence and addiction in young p...

Autism and Communication | Word of Mouth

Michael Rosen finds out what the rest of society can learn about communication from people on the autism spectrum, by getting an ins...

The Stages of Life | In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind

Martin Sixsmith investigates the psychological models that are applied to the different sta...

Unintentional blindness | Health Check

An explanation of how unintentional blindness occurs, for example with the case of the invisible gorilla.

Using Favourite Sporting Memories Therapeutically | Health Check

Using sporting memories therapeutically; Why oxytocin might help treat anorexia; Therapists' dreams about th...

Episode 1 | Don't Call Me Crazy

17-year-old Beth often seems happy and extrovert, but suffers from depression, self-harms and has an eating disorder.

Head Case: Treat Yourself to Better Mental Health

The reality of living with depression, anorexia, anxiety, bipolar disorder and addiction is revealed through the eyes of th...

The Adolescent Brain | Brainwaves

Pennie Latin examines how our brains evolve and develop as we go through adolescence and how these changes manifest themselves in our behav...

Addicted to Bacon and Burgers | Freaky Eaters

Nutritionist Charlotte Watts and psychological coach Felix Economakis help people with food phobias and addictions, getting the...

6: Learn a Language | The Twinstitute

Identical twins test the best way to learn a new language, attempt to look younger and test an easy way to lower your calorie count.

5: Giving Up Smoking | The Twinstitute

Twins test the best way to kick a habit, see if hand-washing keeps you healthy and try to improve concentration.

4: Better Brain | The Twinstitute

Twins find out if its possible to get a better brain, repel mosquitoes and get fit just by watching TV!

3: HIIT versus Easy | The Twinstitute

This episode explores the best way to get fit, beat nausea, and discovers if you can enhance brain performance.

1: Get Thin Fast | The Twinstitute

Identical twins put competing health theories to the test. This episode tests the best way to lose weight, improve memory and beat pain wi...

Inequalities when accessing green spaces | Landscapes of the Mind

Exploring the positive impact of being in green spaces but also the inequalities of access to these and the...

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...

Recycling scheme in Swansea | The One Show

A recycling revolution - introducing official warnings and fines for those who do not recycle properly.

The impact of shift work | Horizon

Couples who are struggling with their sleep are helped by a sleep expert.

The impact of jet lag | Horizon

Experimenters are inducing jet lag by waking Aldo up several hours early, what will the impacts be?

How does lack of light affect our body clock? | Horizon

Aldo is now living in the bunker with very limited artificial light to see the effects on his body clock.

How easily do our body clocks keep time? | Horizon

Aldo is trying to keep track of time without any external cues in the bunker.

Beginning of the experiment | Horizon

The experiment begins with Aldo being isolated in a nuclear bunker away from people and outside influences.

The role of SCN and melatonin | Secrets of the Body Clock with Terry Wogan

Our body clock is explained in terms of the brain, the SCN, the hormone melatonin and the percepti...

2: Sleep Deprivation | The Twinstitute

Identical twins put health theories to the test. Twins test the best way to beat fatigue and discover the effect of smartphones on IQ.

Running on Empty: The Secret of Sleep | Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

Dr Phil Hammond discovers the physical and psychological effects of a lack of sleep, explores the problems of ...

Why Did I Go Mad? | Horizon

Following three people living with voices, hallucinations and paranoia to explore what causes them, examining the impact of social, biological an...

30/05/2019 | The One Show

Former football manager and King of the Jungle Harry Redknapp is on the show. Lucy Siegle talks about local councils' alternative recycling methods.

The Secret Life of Your Bodyclock | Horizon

Why are people more likely to have a heart attack at eight in the morning or crash their car on the motorway at two in the aftern...

The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History

Dr George McGavin and Dr Zoe Laughlin chronicle the history of rubbish and explore how what we throw away tells us about the w...

3: Interrogation | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

The story of how a 1970s miscarriage of justice involving three teenage boys would lead to a radica...

2: Double Jeopardy | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

Shocked by the failure to convict her daughter's killer, a mother fights for justice by taking on...

1: DNA | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

The story of the hunt to find the killer of two teenage girls in 1980s Leicestershire which led to an extraor...

Episode 3 | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

Gillian Pachter looks at Ruth's execution and the last-minute attempts to save her life, though Ruth herself was...

Episode 2 | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

In part two, Gillian turns her attention to Ruth's trial, which took just a day and a half. Her lawyer pursued a...

Episode 1 | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

Series re-examining the Ruth Ellis case. Gillian Pachter takes a forensic look at the police investigation and d...

4: Tyranny | The Experiment (2002)

Fifteen men are locked up for eight days in a purpose-built prison so that psychologists can investigate the nature of power. Tonight the ...

3: Rebellion | The Experiment (2002)

3/4-part documentary series in which fifteen men are locked up for eight days in a purpose-built prison to enable psychologists to study...

2: Order | The Experiment (2002)

1/4 prt documentary series in which 14 men are divided into inmates & guards & locked up for 8 days in purpose-built jail. The effects of in...

1: Conflict | The Experiment (2002)

1/4 prt documentary series in which 14 men are divided into inmates & guards & locked up for 8 days in purpose-built jail. The effects of...

Episode 3 | Canny Cops

Heroin addicts Ashlea and Reece been been arrested multiple times, and police have had enough of their repeat offending.

Episode 2 | Canny Cops

A local cop takes on a well-known resident, and a stabbing suspect goes on the run.

Episode 1 | Canny Cops

A local cop takes on a well-known resident and her housemate who's heading to jail for the first time.

1: Victorian Spies | The History Of Surveillance

Jeremy Bentham’s revolutionary prison, the Panopticon, where all inmates were constantly visible, spawned a culture of mug-s...

Introduction to attachment | In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind

The key theories of Lorenz, Bowlby and Harlow are explained in this introduction to...

Punishment or rehabilitation? | Would That Work Here?

Discussion about the differences between the prison system in Norway and the UK - are prisons meant for punishment, reh...

Open prisons and rehabilitation | Would That Work Here?

Focusing on Bastoy, open prisons in Norway follow the principle of normality and preparing for release.

Prison rehabilitation scheme | The Prison Restaurant

A unique rehabilitation scheme where prisoners work as chefs and waiters in a real restaurant inside the grounds of the ...

Restorative justice as rehabilitation | Can Criminals Say Sorry?

The restorative justice approach can lead to cooperation and reform. A former criminal talks how the process...

Evil place vs good people | The Stanford Prison Experiment

Zimbardo explains the conclusions that he came to from the Stanford prison experiment about whether it was the sit...

6: Learn a Language | The Twinstitute

Identical twins test the best way to learn a new language, attempt to look younger and test an easy way to lower your calorie count.

5: Giving Up Smoking | The Twinstitute

Twins test the best way to kick a habit, see if hand-washing keeps you healthy and try to improve concentration.

4: Better Brain | The Twinstitute

Twins find out if its possible to get a better brain, repel mosquitoes and get fit just by watching TV!

3: HIIT versus Easy | The Twinstitute

This episode explores the best way to get fit, beat nausea, and discovers if you can enhance brain performance.

1: Get Thin Fast | The Twinstitute

Identical twins put competing health theories to the test. This episode tests the best way to lose weight, improve memory and beat pain wi...

2: Sleep Deprivation | The Twinstitute

Identical twins put health theories to the test. Twins test the best way to beat fatigue and discover the effect of smartphones on IQ.

2: The Brain at Work | Why Men Don't Iron

This programme reveals how biology plays a role in men's drive to succeed more than it does for women.

1: Learning the Difference | Why Men Don't Iron

This eye-opening series will illustrate how the major sex differences in the brain affect our daily lives. It will pull toget...

Episode 2 | The Secret Life of Twins (2009)

How the differences between identical twins can help science understand what makes us all who we are, including the possible gene...

Episode 1 | The Secret Life of Twins (2009)

Investigating the world of identical twins, this programme looks at what science can learn from the uncanny similarities between ...

Episode 3 | The Secret Life of Twins (1999)

Prof Robert Winston, examining science of identical twins, with a look at differences that occur inspite of biological similariti...

Episode 2 | The Secret Life of Twins (1999)

Robert Winston uses the behavioural similarities exhibited by twins who were separated at birth and reunited in adulthood to exam...

Episode 1 | The Secret Life of Twins (1999)

Prof Robert Winston examines science of identical twins to reveal human genetics and behaviour. Looks at risky start to life expe...

Male Rape | Open Space

Martin Dockrell of Survivors, a support group for men who have been sexually abused breaks the silence surrounding male rape with the help of men who ...

The Boy who was Turned into a Girl | Horizon

At age 6 months, a bungled circumcision left David Reimer without a penis and David became Brenda. Thirty years later, has Dr Jo...

Male Rape: Breaking the Silence

It is estimated that one in six men are victims of rape, but only 10% of these men report the crime to the police. This film tells the storie...

Eliud Kipchoge: My Sub Two-Hour Marathon

Athletics legend Eliud Kipchoge talks exclusively to BBC Sport about how he became the first athlete to run a marathon in less than ...

6: Learn a Language | The Twinstitute

Identical twins test the best way to learn a new language, attempt to look younger and test an easy way to lower your calorie count.

5: Giving Up Smoking | The Twinstitute

Twins test the best way to kick a habit, see if hand-washing keeps you healthy and try to improve concentration.

4: Better Brain | The Twinstitute

Twins find out if its possible to get a better brain, repel mosquitoes and get fit just by watching TV!

3: HIIT versus Easy | The Twinstitute

This episode explores the best way to get fit, beat nausea, and discovers if you can enhance brain performance.

1: Get Thin Fast | The Twinstitute

Identical twins put competing health theories to the test. This episode tests the best way to lose weight, improve memory and beat pain wi...

4: The Watchful Web | The History Of Surveillance

Looks at how, when you surf the net or use a credit card, you leave a data trail as revealing as an animal’s spoor, compris...

Risk taking and stigma | The Life Scientific

Listen to the important work being carried out on teenage brain development and risk taking, especially the efforts needed to re...

Little Hans | Mind Changers

A phobia of horses developed by a boy living in Vienna in 1904 seemed unlikely evidence for the Oedipus complex. But for Sigmund Freud, this was ...

Walter Mischel's Marshmallow Study | Mind Changers

Claudia Hammond meets Walter Mischel, the psychologist whose Marshmallow Test has become one of the longest-running and mo...

Dream analysis | Genius of the Modern World

Freud's interpretation of dreams as being an important window into the unconscious mind.

Evaluation of Freud's theories | Genius of the Modern World

Evaluations of Freud's work, was he too subjective or is there an element of truth in his theories of the subcons...

The Oedipus complex | Genius of the Modern World

Freud saw in himself that the Oedipus complex can have an impact on behaviour.

Freud's theory of the unconscious mind | Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

An overview of Freud's work and the unconscious with a rare audio recording of Freud himself.

Freud's study of Little Hans | Mind Changers

Freud's famous Little Hans case is discussed and evaluated in terms of its subjectivity.

Delayed gratification | Mind Changers

Professor Casey explains her research into delayed gratification and the impact this has on behaviour.

Marshmallows and delayed gratification | Mind Changers

An introduction to the Marshmallow study and what this shows about delayed gratification.

Phineas Gage | Mind Changers

Discover the story of Phineas Gage and how his tragic accident led to the idea of localisation of function.

Skinner and operant conditioning | Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

An introduction to Skinner's work that focused on the use of operant conditioning to shape behaviour in...

4: The Talking Cure | Madness

Episode looks at Freud's theories and the basic tenets of psychoanalysis.

3: Freud | Genius of the Modern World

Bettany Hughes travels to Vienna on the trail of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. Freud's influence surrounds us. In our vo...

Episode 2 | Dementia & Us

This episode looks at the effects on those with dementia as the pandemic hits and Britain goes into lockdown. As social interaction helps keep the ...

Episode 1 | Dementia & Us

The first in a groundbreaking two-part series following four people with dementia and their families over the course of two whole years.

Episode 3 | Eyewitness

Having many witnesses to a crime helps the police piece together the facts. But what happens when the only witness is also the victim?

Episode 2 | Eyewitness

When bystanders get caught up in a bungled armed robbery and one of them is kidnapped, what effect do weapons and fear have on their memories?

Eyewitness

In an experiment with the Greater Manchester Police, the problem of eyewitness recollection is dramatically brought into focus.

Visual inattention | The Human Senses

Watch in real time an experiment showing how we don't register all of the visual information that we receive through our eyes.

Elizabeth Loftus and Eye Witness Testimony | Mind Changers

Claudia Hammond meets Elizabeth Loftus, the psychologist whose research into eye witness testimony and the fallibi...

The Knowledge | Modern Times

Follow trainee taxi drivers as they undergo one of the most difficult memory tests, The Knowledge.

Unintentional blindness | Health Check

An explanation of how unintentional blindness occurs, for example with the case of the invisible gorilla.

Loftus' reconstructive memory experiment | Mind Changers

Professor Elizabeth Loftus discusses her study about leading questions and memory.

2: Becoming Social | Babies: Their Wonderful World

Episode two looks at why we are born to respond to faces, what makes babies laugh and how we learn to empathise with others.

3: Becoming Independent | Babies: Their Wonderful World

Episode three reveals how crawling transforms our understanding of the world, when our memory first develops and how ...

3: Who Is in Control? | The Brain with David Eagleman

David explores how almost every action we take, every decision we make, every belief that we hold is driven by parts of...

4: How Do I Decide? | The Brain with David Eagleman

This episode takes a journey through the unseen world of decisions, and how they get made.

2: What Makes Me? | The Brain with David Eagleman

David explores how the brain conjures up the world we take for granted. This episode shows how the brain gives rise to thou...

A Different Brain | Louis Theroux

Louis takes a look at the issues that some of the estimated one million people in the UK living with the long-term effects of a brain injur...

Vision | The Human Senses

Why are humans so good at spotting some things while at other times, cannot see what's right in front of them?

Streetwise | Modern Times

This film looks at the tough training regime undertaken by black cab drivers as they prepare for one of the hardest examinations they will ever take.

Using Favourite Sporting Memories Therapeutically | Health Check

Using sporting memories therapeutically; Why oxytocin might help treat anorexia; Therapists' dreams about th...

My Brain: After the Rupture

The incredible story of broadcaster, journalist, musician and author Clemency Burton-Hill's recovery following a devastating brain haemorrhage in...

S1E12: Katie Piper - Well-being | Celebrity Supply Teacher

Television presenter and inspirational speaker Katie Piper offers a unique lesson in well-being and how to feel ha...

5: Bombs at Bedtime | A Labour of Love

This program deals with the exhausting burden caused by the disruption of everyday routines that mothers faced during the Second World...

5: Borders - Rural Poverty and Mental Health | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

Darren discovers that levels of ill mental health in the Scottish Borders are above the national av...

Can exercise prevent depression? | All in the Mind

Discussion about a recent meta-analysis that showed exercise had a consistent protective effect against depression.

Exercise and wellbeing | The Truth About...

How exercise can increase mood and improve cognitive stimulation.

Social media and wellbeing | The Truth About...

The positive and negative impact of social media use on mental health and wellbeing.

Food and wellbeing | The Truth About...

The role of food and psychobiotics for improving wellbeing.

Chatbots for mental health support | Science Cafe

Dr Mabrouka Abuhmida discusses how chatbots and AI can be used for mental health support, but how can they model the empath...

Using the DSM to diagnose | D for Diagnosis

The use of the DSM to diagnose mental illness with reference to issues of validity and comorbidity.

The difficulty of diagnosis | Horizon

Mental health professionals are trying to distinguish sane from the insane and highlights the complexity of diagnosis.

Diagnosing mental illness | The Trap

An introduction to the diagnosis of mental illness with links to the development of the DSM and the subjectivity found in Rosenhan's st...

The four humours in nature | In Our Time

Noga Arikha explains how the four humours links to seasons, aging and constellations.

The four humours and mental health | In Our Time

Professor David Wootton describes the four humours and how they relate to mental health

Episode 2 | Mind over Marathon

Ten runners living with different mental health issues train for the 2017 London Marathon. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry ...

Mind over Marathon

Two-part film in which a group of ten unlikely runners living with different mental health issues are brought together by Nick Knowles to train for the 20...

5: In Two Minds | Madness

Jonathan Miller tackles the question whether madness is an illness - whether of the mind or the brain and should it be the proper concern of medici...

3: Brainwaves | Madness

Jonathan Miller demonstrates how, by observing the mad crowded together in large asylums, ''experts'' concluded the causes of madness were to be foun...

2: Out of Sight | Madness

A look at the rise and fall of the asylum. Conceived as a safe haven for the insane, the reality was somewhat more brutal as typified by the mass m...

2: OCD | Growing Children

Laverne Antrobus explores how child development is affected by obsessive compulsive disorder and how research is unlocking a greater understanding ...

Happy In Myself | Happy Man

Jack explores ideas of male identity and masculinity. By challenging his perceptions of his own body, can Jack become a more happy man?

1: To Define True Madness | Madness

Dr Jonathan Miller begins by exploring what we understand by the word ''madness''.

Migration and schizophrenia | Horizon

Explanation of the theory that migration is the main cause of the observed racial bias in the diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Inner speech and schizophrenia | Horizon

Professor Charles Fernyhough explains the role of inner speech and how it is linked to the dopamine hypothesis.

Dopamine and schizophrenia | Horizon

Research suggests that high levels of dopamine can lead to psychosis in schizophrenia.

Anti-psychotic medication | Horizon

The main treatment for schizophrenia is anti-psychotic medication which reduces symptoms of psychosis.

The file drawer effect | All in the Mind

Medical doctors discuss the problem with many drug trials and the issue of the file drawer effect of not publishing negative trials.

Racial bias of diagnosing schizophrenia | Black Britain

Explanation of potential factors that lead to the racial differences seen in the diagnosis of schizophrenia

5: In Two Minds | Madness

Jonathan Miller tackles the question whether madness is an illness - whether of the mind or the brain and should it be the proper concern of medici...

Why Did I Go Mad? | Horizon

Following three people living with voices, hallucinations and paranoia to explore what causes them, examining the impact of social, biological an...

Voices | Black Britain

Statistics show that black males are ten times more likely to be diagnosed as having schizophrenia than white men. This program investigates the pligh...

A World of Their Own | Horizon

Filmed at Friern Barnet mental hospital in North London, a look at the work of the consultant psychiatrists whose job is to come to a diagnosi...

The Pathway from Madness | Horizon

Program explores the developments of the treatment of schizophrenia.

Black Schizophrenia | Horizon

A study, which claims that Afro-Caribbeans in UK are 10 times more likely to develop schizophrenia than others, is contested by other experts a...

Madness on Trial | Horizon

Hilary Henson narrates the program which looks at schizophrenia and how madness is diagnosed.

The Voices in My Head

Documentary using audio reconstruction to take viewers into the world of three people who hear voices as a result of mental illness.

David Harewood: Psychosis and Me

David Harewood had a psychotic breakdown and was sectioned in his 20s. David traces his steps, meeting young people living with psychosis an...

4: The Watchful Web | The History Of Surveillance

Looks at how, when you surf the net or use a credit card, you leave a data trail as revealing as an animal’s spoor, compris...

What effect does an audience have on performance? | Inside Culture

Sports personalities discuss the positive and negative effect of audience on performance.

Can the power of positive thought turn ballerinas into basketball players? | The People Watchers

An experiment showing how powerful words and 'pep talk' can be to motivate i...

Risk taking and stigma | The Life Scientific

Listen to the important work being carried out on teenage brain development and risk taking, especially the efforts needed to re...

Evil place vs good people | The Stanford Prison Experiment

Zimbardo explains the conclusions that he came to from the Stanford prison experiment about whether it was the sit...

Footage from the Stanford prison experiment | The Stanford Prison Experiment

Real footage and interview with a participant showing what it was like to be in the Stanford pri...

Zimbardo explains the experiment | The Stanford Prison Experiment

Zimbardo shows how the Stanford prison experiment was set up and what it aimed to show.

Case Study: Kitty Genovese | Mind Changers

When a young woman was brutally killed in an attack in New York in 1964, not one of 38 witnesses called for help. The case led to ...

Vicarious learning | Mind Changers

Discussion about the importance of vicarious learning and the theory behind Bandura's Bobo doll experiment.

The bystander effect | Mind Changers

The bystander effect and how fewer people than you might think intervene when they witness a crime taking place.

What happened to Kitty Genovese? | Mind Changers

Details about the murder of Kitty Genovese and the 38 witnesses who did not intervene or call for help.

What were Milgram's conclusions? | Horizon

Milgram discusses the conclusions and outcomes from his famous obedience study.

Real footage from Milgram's study | Horizon

Milgram discusses his famous obedience experiment alongside actual footage from the study.

How did Milgram's participants feel? | The Brain: A Secret History

Dr Michael Mosley speaks to a participant from the original Milgram study to find out how they felt about ...

Broken Brains | The Brain: A Secret History

Michael Mosley ends his look at the history of experimental psychology by exploring how experiments on abnormal brains can reveal...

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 -...

Mind Control | The Brain: A Secret History

Michael Mosley traces the sinister ways science has been used to try to control our minds, finding that its pursuit has led to som...

6: Who Will We Be? | The Brain with David Eagleman

Dr Eagleman journeys into the future, and asks what's next for the human brain and for our species.

5: Why Do I Need You? | The Brain with David Eagleman

This episode looks at how the human brain relies on other brains to thrive and survive.

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on teenage brains | The Life Scientific

Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research on the developing teenage brain.

What effect does an audience have on performance? | Inside Culture

Sports personalities discuss the positive and negative effect of audience on performance.

The home advantage in sport | Advantage Home

Multiple factors linked to home advantage including the impact of the audience.

The impact of exercise on mental wellbeing | True North

Dame Kelly and the found of Park Run, Paul Sinton-Hewitt, discuss the importance that exercise can have on mental as ...

The importance of movement and dance on wellbeing | Science Cafe

Author, Caroline Williams, discusses the ways in which movement and dance is related to wellbeing.

The evolutionary link between movement and wellbeing | Science Cafe

Author, Caroline Williams, discusses the reasons why movement is important for survival and emotional hea...

The impact of dance on wellbeing | Mental Muscle

An interview with Peter Lovatt aka Dr Dance.

Audiences and Spectacle | Inside Culture

Do audiences matter, and what is their role? Mary talks to sports stars about how the loss of the crowd affects their performance, a...

Dame Kelly: The Power of Parkrun - Our Lives | True North

Dame Kelly Holmes explores the rise of parkrun and the mental health benefits of running, in the build-up to the la...

Advantage Home

Matthew Syed explores the puzzling but powerful phenomenon of home advantage in sport, talking to experts in sports psychology and to leading sportspeople.

Running on Empty: The Secret of Sleep | Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

Dr Phil Hammond discovers the physical and psychological effects of a lack of sleep, explores the problems of ...

Mental Health Special | Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

The team investigate the best way to beat stress, how sleep affects mental health and why laughing can be as good as exercise ...

How to Sleep Better

Interactive special hosted by Professor Robert Winston aims to help people discover if they're sleep deprived, and if lifestyle affects quality of rest.

Against the Clock | Body Hits

Dr John Marsden explores the science behind sleep deprivation and stress, including a look at new parents Claire and Ade who have twins, and in...

The Heist

Derren Brown recruits participants to attend a ''motivational seminar'' where he manipulates them into robbing a security van in broad daylight. A reenactment of a...