S01E06: Brain | Dr Alice Roberts: Don’t Die Young

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

Alice examines a pigs heart and describes how it works in human terms.

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

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

Arteries and alcohol | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice tests the effect of alcohol on her arteries and blood flow.

Asthma, dust and alveoli | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice demonstrates what effect dust can have on someone with asthma.

Cholesterol and different fats | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice finds out about cholesterol and what different types of fat affect it.

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.

High Blood Pressure | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice demonstrates high blood pressure and explains what it means.

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...

Laughter workshop for the heart | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

A Bristol laughter workshop encourages people to laugh which has an interesting effect on your heart.

Lung Structure | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice details the structure of the human lungs.

Oxygen and 'free radicals' | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice talks oxygen and how anti-oxidant foods can help us with dangerous oxygen by-products called 'free radic...

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...

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 ...

S01E03: Heart | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

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

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 ...

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...

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.

Archaeology | Digging for Britain

Alice Roberts shows how archaeology works and how it can try to solve the mysteries of the past.

The perfect human? | Can Science Make Me Perfect? with Alice Roberts

What evolution has provided us with is a human body that works as a whole package: you can't replace ind...

Victorian living conditions | Britain's Biggest Dig

Dr Yasmin Khan discovers the awful living conditions the workers during the Industrial Revolution had put up with.

The Day the Dinosaurs Died

Ben Garrod and Alice Roberts investigate the greatest vanishing act in the history of our planet - the sudden disappearance of the dinosaurs 66 mi...

Episode 2 | The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice with Alice Roberts and Neil Oliver

Series exploring the Celts looks at the golden age of the La Tene Celtic warrior. But by ...

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.

The Roman domination of the known world | A Timewatch Guide

Using years of BBC history archive film, Alice Roberts investigates how the domination of the Romans has been rep...

Is Your Brain Male or Female? | Horizon

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

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice

Professor Alice Roberts on the natural history of the woolly mammoth, revealing adaptations that helped the species evolve from their or...

Anatomy of the Female Reproductive Organs | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice dissects a pigs reproductive organs to demonstrate the anatomical makeup of a woman's equ...