Fast Tales

04: Fixing Faces | Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

Series about the history of surgery continues with a look at the development of plastic surgery, which started over 4...

Lombroso's Theories of Crime | The Mystery Of Murder: A Horizon Guide

When looking at the reasons why people offend, Lombroso, a scientist in the 19th century, believed he h...

The complexity of brain surgery | Inside the Human Body

A little girl, Angelina, requires complex brain surgery in order to alleviate the systoms she is suffering as a resul...

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...

Treating diabetes with an artificial pancreas | Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

In this clip we discover what diabetes is and a new way of treating the condition compared to the trad...

The rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria | Michael Mosley vs The Superbugs

Michael Mosley introduces the problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and Superbugs.

03: Food on the Brain | The Secrets of Your Food

Michael Mosley and James Wong explore the effect that our food has on our most important and, in terms of energy consumption...

Sleep | The Truth About...

We are one of the most sleep-deprived countries in the world. In The Truth About Sleep, insomniac Michael Mosley finds out what happens if we don'...

Chemical weapons | Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility

Introducing the idea of chemical and biological weapons, leading onto pathogens.

The Wonderful World of Blood - with Michael Mosley

Michael Mosley gives up a fifth of his own blood to perform six bold experiments. From starving it of oxygen to injecting ...

The 1860s | The Victorian Slum

A group of 21st-century people move into a recreated Victorian slum. In this episode, the slum dwellers move into the 1860s, when London was t...

01: 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 T...

Is Your Brain Male or Female? | Horizon

Dr Michael Mosley and Professor Alice Roberts investigate whether male and female brains really are wired differently.

Infested! Living with Parasites

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

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

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

Discovery of penicillin | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicine

Fleming initially discovered the antibacterial properties of mould that would lead to the disc...

How respiratory viruses spread | Winter Viruses and How to Beat Them

An explanation of how respiratory viruses can spread by causing us to cough and sneeze.

Digestive powers | Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach

The digestive powers of the gastric juices within the human stomach are tested.

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...

05: What Is the Secret of Life? | The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

How the secret of life has been examined through the prism of the most complex organism know...