Health and Social Care

Chris Packham: Asperger's and Me

Chris Packham invites us inside his autistic world to try to show what it is like being him. Chris explores the question of whether Asperger...

Religion and LGBTQ education | The People's News

Different Scots consider the impasse of religion on education and the phenomenon of religious parents taking their children ...

Physiotherapist struggles with her own health | Saving Our Nurses

Esther worries about her own health in relation to doing a good job. She also receives some positive feedback.

First days nursing on an A&E Ward | Saving Our Nurses

Newly qualified Nurse Lauren is observed working in A&E.

Realities of nursing in A&E | Saving Our Nurses

Jasmin has a tough time working in the A&E department as a nurse.

Introduction to care work | Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience

Rhod Gilbert finds out what it takes to be a carer, firstly getting a lesson in ''manual handling'' and assisted w...

Beginning training to be a midwife | The Midwives

A student midwife gets hands-on experience at Birmingham Women's Hospital - one of the busiest maternity units in the country.

Caesarean section | The Midwives

A student midwife deals with a woman who, due to complications, has to have a Caesarean section.

Home check up | The Midwives

Student midwife Melissa gets first-hand experience going to visit mums and mums-to-be in their homes.

Major trauma pathway (Part 1) | Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

How various teams within a hospital work seamlessly together resulting in the best outcome for the patient.

Major trauma pathway (Part 2) | Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

How various teams within a hospital work seamlessly together resulting in the best outcome for the patient.

A Day at the Home | Further Education

A TeachersTV production showing the day of a carer in a retirement home.

S2E6 | GPs: Behind Closed Doors

Observational documentary series going behind the scenes at a GP practice in Putney. This week, the mental health of patients and GPs at the ...

Episode 1 | The Big Hospital Experiment

Fourteen young people start their first week volunteering for a radical social experiment at the Royal Derby Hospital to deliver pati...

Episode 2 | The Big Hospital Experiment

14 young people begin their second week volunteering at The Royal Derby Hospital and are challenged by the realities of life and death.

Episode 3 | The Big Hospital Experiment

The young volunteers begin their third week at the Royal Derby Hospital, and senior nurse Karen gives them more responsibilities as s...

S2E4: Cerrie Burnell | Matron, Medicine and Me

Cerrie Burnell, who was born with an arm which ends near the elbow, looks at how the NHS has served disabled people across its...

Episode 1 | Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks

Rose gets off to a rocky start. Many of her old-timers haven't set foot in a classroom in 50 years. But she finds a way ...

Episode 2 | Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks

Rose invites children from the local deaf school to test her old-timers, everyone is invited to sign for their supper, a...

S1E5 | 24 Hours in A&E

This episode reveals what can happen when something goes wrong with the brain. Including 65-year-old Charlie, who has not been the same since crashing...

Amino acids and sweetcorn | The Secrets of Your Food

James explains what our amino acids are and how a certain type of sweetcorn can be a good source for them.

Louis meets Earl, who lives with the long-term effects of a brain injury | Louis Theroux

Louis talks to Earl about how his personality has changed since having a serious bra...

Fitness and age experiment | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Dr Alice Roberts explores the benefits of exercise on the human body and takes part in an exercise challenge t...

How does cancer work? | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Dr Alice Roberts explains what cancer is and how it affects our cells.

Stroke patient story (Part 1) | Your Body Uncovered with Kate Garraway

Kate and Guddi meet Paul, a dad of two who has been dealing with the aftermath of a severe stroke.

Stroke patient story (Part 2) | Your Body Uncovered with Kate Garraway

Stroke victim, Paul, is guided through augmented reality images to show him what happened during the s...

S1E2: Lungs | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Health documentary series with anatomist Dr Alice Roberts. Shock tactics are deployed to make one confirmed smoker realise ju...

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

Health documentary series with anatomist Dr Alice Roberts. This week she tests a heart under stress.

S1E6: Brain | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Health documentary series with anatomist Dr Alice Roberts. In this final episode, she looks at the most complex organ - the b...

S2E1: Male Reproductive Organs | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

In the first of a new series, Dr Alice Roberts explains how the male reproductive organs work and has advi...

S2E2: Female Reproductive Organs | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Dr Alice Roberts turns her attention to the female reproductive organs where she uses an MRI scanner to ...

S2E7: Bones, Muscles and Joints | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Dr Alice Roberts investigates what a "slipped disc" actually looks like and what happens to a joint that'...

Episode 1 | The Life in My Head: From Stroke to Brain Attack

Robert McCrum, who survived a severe stroke in 1995, goes on a journey into his own brain to understand more abo...

Episode 2 | The Life in My Head: From Stroke to Brain Attack

Robert McCrum, who survived a severe stroke in 1995, goes through an intensive two-week rehabilitation course to...

Episode 1 | Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls

Ed immerses himself in life at St Cecilia's, a typical family-run mid-sized care home, to understand the realities facing th...

Episode 2 | Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls

After living and working in a care home, Ed turns his attention to paid and unpaid home care and shadows a professional care...

Crisis in Care - Part 1: Who Cares? | Panorama

Panorama reveals the failings of our social care system, as our population gets older and more of us need help with day-to-day...

Using a hoist and other caring tasks | Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls

Ed learns first hand how a hoist is used by the carers to take someone out of bed and into a chai...

Episode 1 | Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls

Ed immerses himself in life at St Cecilia's, a typical family-run mid-sized care home, to understand the realities facing th...

Episode 2 | Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls

After living and working in a care home, Ed turns his attention to paid and unpaid home care and shadows a professional care...

Crisis in Care - Part 1: Who Cares? | Panorama

Panorama reveals the failings of our social care system, as our population gets older and more of us need help with day-to-day...

Using a hoist and other caring tasks | Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls

Ed learns first hand how a hoist is used by the carers to take someone out of bed and into a chai...

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.

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 ...

Improving Your Mental Health | The Truth About...

Professor Tanya Byron and Alex Scott uncover the latest science on how to improve your mental health and wellbeing - and re...

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...

Symptoms of depression | Head Case: Treat Yourself to Better Mental Health

Young people talking about their symptoms and experiences of living with depression. Disclaimer: s...

Dannys Mental Health | Big Boys

When Dannys mental health takes a negative turn, hiss friends find small ways to help him through.

Talking about mental health | Diaries of a Broken Mind

Different people talk about how hard it is to talk about their mental health problems and disorders.

Mental health first aid | Happy Man

The importance of having mental health first aid trained people in our communities with a spotlight on a project involving trained barber...

Mental health lecture | Diaries of a Broken Mind

A woman with dissociative identity disorder gives a lecture about her life, involving students in role-play to comprehend he...

Mental health disorders | Diaries of a Broken Mind

A woman suffering from agoraphobia details her condition and films herself leaving the house. Other guests talk about 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...

The impact of dance on wellbeing | Mental Muscle

An interview with Peter Lovatt aka Dr Dance.

Psychologists vs psychiatrists | Health Matters

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

Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency

Roman Kemp explores the mental health and suicide crisis affecting young men. When Roman lost his best friend, he had no idea he was struggl...

Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood

Joe Wicks discovers how his parents' mental health issues affected him as a child, and the shocking scale of the problem of parental mental he...

How Mad Are You? Part 1 | Horizon

Ten volunteers have come together for an extraordinary test. Five are 'normal' and the other five have been officially diagnosed as mentall...

How Mad Are You? Part 2 | Horizon

With five 'normal' volunteers and five who have been officially diagnosed as mentally ill, Horizon asks if you can tell who is who.

Seeking treatment | Diaries of a Broken Mind

Seeking treatment for mental health disorders can be daunting and also hard to know where to start. Some of the guests talk thro...

Professor Green, Rapper | HARDtalk

Stephen Sackur speaks British rapper Professor Green. He has been very honest about his struggles with mental health and is determined to ...

Mind Control | Happy Man

Jack meets men who are using alternative methods to take their mental health into their own hands.

The experience of a young carer | Newsround

This news report tells the story of a young carer, her experiences and the support there is for people in similar situations.

Home visit | Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience

Rhod Gilbert does a home visit as a carer for someone who has had Parkinson's disease for 17 years.

Caring for an elderly resident | Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience

Rhod helps wash and clothe 90-year-old Merv as a carer for the day and finds it to be a rewarding experience.

Looking inside the body with a CT scan | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Dr Alice Roberts looks inside the body with a CT (computerized tomography) scan.

S1E3: Ortise Williams | Matron, Medicine and Me

Former JLS star Oritse Williams uses his experience of caring for his mum's MS to examine how the NHS has taken care of the n...

2016: 7: My Amazing Twin | Horizon

Adam Pearson presents a personal film about genetics. He and his twin brother are genetically identical and both have neurofibromatosis 1 ...

Food addiction experience | Darren McGarvey's Addictions

Addicts who have given up alcohol and drugs talk about how food can still be a drain on their lives.

The NHS and the 70-year fight against infection | Matron, Medicine and Me

Fern Britton describes the evolution of the NHS' fight against infection with antibiotics and vacci...

History of gambling | Darren McGarvey's Addictions

Darren discusses the history of gambling, its affect on the economy but also the negative effect it has on individuals.

Gambling experience and advertising | Darren McGarvey's Addictions

Darren meets an ex-gambler who hits home its realities. They also introduce a group who are targeting the ...

1: Booze | Darren McGarvey's Addictions

Darren McGarvey explores Scotland's dangerous love affair with alcohol. He meets doctors, scientists, and problem drinkers to underst...

Post birth complications | The Midwives

A doctor helps the student with the delivery using a ventouse, a suction cup placed on the baby's head. Mum also encountered some iss...

Running a pregnancy clinic | The Midwives

Student Melissa is watched by her mentor as she delivers an ante-natal class with some expectant mothers.

Making Babies

Documentary following three couples as they each undergo a round of IVF. We find out what it is really like to put your hopes of having a baby in the hands of ...

Episode 1 | Misbehaving Mums to Be

Midwives help pregnant women who binge drink, chain smoke and overeat shape up before they give birth, including bar owner Juliet, 20-a-da...

Episode 2 | Misbehaving Mums to Be

Midwives help pregnant women shape up before they give birth, including Natalie, who is drastically undereating and is relying on a diet o...

Episode 3 | Misbehaving Mums to Be

Midwives help pregnant women shape up before giving birth. Pregnant Amy still smokes 15 cigarettes a day, while Sophie is growing a baby o...

Episode 4 | Misbehaving Mums to Be

Midwives help pregnant women shape up before giving birth. Carrie smokes 20 cigarettes a day and despite being three months pregnant, she'...

Episode 5 | Misbehaving Mums to Be

Midwives help pregnant women kick bad habits. Chelsy is smoking 20 a day, Litala has a problem with portion control and Laura worries that...

Episode 6 | Misbehaving Mums to Be

Midwives help pregnant women kick bad habits. Victoria works 60 hours a week despite being five months pregnant, while asthmatic Ceri-Anne...

Episode 7 | Misbehaving Mums to Be

Catch-up on the series in which eighteen unhealthy pregnant women were challenged to give up their mischievous ways for the sake of their ...

S1E4: Fighting for Life | The Midwives

The series following the work of midwives in the busy labour wards at St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, tracks the specialist midwives w...

S1E5: Room Service | The Midwives

A look at Wirral Women and Children's Hospital. The midwives here look after the mothers who can't or won't be at home in the days before o...

S1E6: Bringing Home Baby | The Midwives

Following the community midwives of Manchester's Saint Mary's Hospital, who visit the homes of new parents to offer help and make sur...

S2E1: Expect the Unexpected | The Midwives

At St Mary's Hospital in Manchester, Lesley needs to constantly monitor Neelam whose pregnancy is complicated as she has type 1 di...

S2E2: Old Mum, Young Mum | The Midwives

This episode focuses on the midwives at Birmingham Women's Hospital and explores what it means to be an old mum or a young mum.

S2E4: A Baby at Any Cost | The Midwives

Featuring the midwives of Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester, who help mums and dads through high risk pregnancies or cases where mums...

S2E5: No Pain, No Gain | The Midwives

Featuring the midwives of University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff and focusing on women who have chosen - or have no other choice - an ...

S2E7: It's Complicated | The Midwives

This episode follows the midwives at the University Hospital of Wales as they look after mums who need additional support and care.

Misleading ready-meals | What's Really in Our Food?

Loose rules about what can be put on food packaging can become misleading when describing where parts of the food has com...

Food labelling and design | What's Really in Our Food?

A design company skirts around the truth of what can be put on food packaging.

Metabolic rate myths | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

Nutritionist Susan Jebb shows how the dieters metabolic rate has reduced in line with the them losing...

The importance of breakfast | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

Geneticist Giles Yo outlays the importance of breakfast with a simple experiment.

Reward and the search for food | Food on the Brain

A study on mice and rats have revealed that there is reward in the seeking of sugar, not just the eating of it.

Sugar in processed foods | Diet: A Horizon Guide

The introduction of sugar into processed foods improved the taste and had a dire effect on a generation's health.

Saturated fats and fibre | Diet: A Horizon Guide

Susan Jebb looks back at when Horizon brought light to the different types of fats we were eating and the affect this had on...

Foods with a low glycaemic index | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

The "feasters" are split and are given different lunches with varying GI (glycaemic index...

Fasting, fats and ketones | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

The "cravers" are put on a strict intermittent fasting diet which has a considerable effect on t...

Group-support and stress-eating | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

The "emotional eaters" are given another stress test and encouraged to think positively an...

A meal for ''feaster's'' | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

An example meal for people who "feast". Once they start, they don't stop so it is recommended the...

Soup and feeling full | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

A test is done where the dieters eat cooked vegetables and then, on another day, soup to see which o...

Carbohydrates and energy | The Secrets of Your Food

James defines what carbohydrates are and why they are essential for our everyday.

Eggs and protein | The Secrets of Your Food

Michael explains the chemical makeup of a standard chicken egg and why they are a great source of protein.

Eggs, muscles and wrestling | The Secrets of Your Food

Michael describes how beneficial a cooked egg is for the body especially when exercise is a constant.

Calcium, lactose and yogurt | The Secrets of Your Food

James explains why calcium is good for our bones and how yogurt can even be a source of it for those with lactose into...

Vitamins and mushrooms | The Secrets of Your Food

When you can't get enough sunlight to top up your vitamin D levels, mushrooms can act as a good alternative source.

Clotted cream, fat and taste receptors | The Secrets of Your Food

Michael explains how the structure of fatty foods can affect how it tastes in our mouth and therefore what...

Mushrooms, Sun and Vitamin D | Britain's Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You?

Alice reveals how mushrooms have a similar membrane to our skin that soak up vitamin D when...

Lunch choices and calorie counts | Britain's Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You?

With some surprising results, Alice does a test with different lunch choices to show wh...

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...

Bread and salt | Britain's Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You?

Alice reveals how much bread we eat as a nation and a worrying statistic about its salt levels.

Cheese, calcium and fats | Britain's Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You?

Alice does a test with someone eating a low and high dairy diet to see the effects of shedding ...

Apples and polyphenols | Britain's Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You?

Alice finds out that some types of apples are significantly better for us than others; simply the...

Bananas and potassium | Britain's Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You?

Alice divulges some facts about one of the nations favourite fruits, the banana.

Exercise and weight loss | Horizon

Michael Mosley explores the intricacies of losing weight by doing exercise and how what we eat plays a big part.

Fatty food and the body | Horizon

Michael Mosley eats a Scottish breakfast and gets a lesson in how fats stay in your bloodstream.

Exercise and fat intake | Horizon

Michael Mosley eats the same Scottish breakfast he had yesterday, but this time he went for a long walk the night before. This time the fat...

High intensity training | Horizon

Michael Mosley experiments with the evolving concept of HIT workouts, where the exercise is pushed into small bursts of effort.

What Are We Feeding Our Kids?

Is ultra-processed food causing obesity in children, and could it even be addictive? Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates as he undergoes an expe...

Irresistible: Why We Can't Stop Eating

Chris van Tulleken takes a personal view at why ultra-processed foods are so irresistible and how they have come to dominate food cult...

Britain's Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You?

Professor Alice Roberts discovers which are Britain's most popular fresh foods and uses the latest science to uncover the ...

S2E8: The Whole Body | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Dr Alice Roberts explores the benefits of exercise on the human body and takes part in an exercise challenge to exam...

What's Really in Our Food?

Food is the most important thing we buy, but can we trust what we are eating? Reporters Tom Heap and Simon Boazman set off on a mission to find ou...

Episode 1 | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

Dr Chris van Tulleken and Professor Tanya Byron join a team of experts to put 75 overweight volunteers on diets ...

Episode 2 | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

Experts put overweight volunteers on diets designed to tackle the specific reasons why they eat too much. It is ...

Episode 3 | What's The Right Diet For You? A Horizon Special

Experts put overweight volunteers on diets tackling the specific reasons why they eat too much. In the final two...