01: Grow | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

S01E05: Skin | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Health documentary series with anatomist Alice Roberts. The body's biggest organ is under scrutiny - the skin. Alice finds o...

S02E05: The Ear, Nose and Throat | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Dr Alice Roberts gets an insight into what it is like to be deaf with specially designed headphones, and...

02: Survive | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Chris and Xand van Tulleken look at what keeps the human body alive, including reflexes, damage repair mechanisms...

Anatomy of the lungs | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice dissects a pigs to demonstrate how our human lungs work.

S01E02: 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 ...

Diabetes, Glucose and Insulin | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice demonstrates the affect of sugar on the blood and how insulin is formed.

S02E03: The Liver | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

With one in ten of us likely to experience a problem with our liver at some point in our lives, Dr Alice Roberts offers...

S02E07: 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 tha...

06: Who Are We? | The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

The twin sciences of brain anatomy and psychology have offered different visions of who we are. Now these sc...

A sperm's journey | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice details the tough journey each sperm endures in an attempt to fertilise an egg.

Collagen | Secrets of Skin

Collagen makes up 90% of the skin dermis. Professor Ben Garrod talks to a scientist studying collagen whose research has some ground-breaking appl...

Cosmetic Treatments - Part 1 | The Truth About...

In this first of two episodes, Michael Mosley and Mehreen Baig investigate non-invasive facial procedures - and how they ca...

Kidneys, Urine and Hydration | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice explains what the kidneys do in relation to urine and how drinking certain things can affect our hydra...

S01E01: Kidneys | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Health documentary series with anatomist Dr Alice Roberts. In this episode, she puts three rugby players through their pa...

S01E04: Eyes | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Health documentary series with anatomist Dr Alice Roberts. She checks out the pros and cons of laser eye surgery and gets a ...

S01E06: 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...

S02E01: 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 ad...

S02E02: 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 t...

Smoker looks at lung tumour | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Smoker Lisa is shown a recently removed tumour from a smokers lung to see the damage smoking can have.

03: Learn | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

This episode explores how our experiences shape our minds and bodies as we journey from the most helpless to the mo...