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

A bacterial infection | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice demonstrates what happens when you get a bacterial infection.

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.

Alice experiences an ''empathy'' pregnancy | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alices tries on an "empathy" belly to experience being pregnant.

Anatomy of a stomach | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice dissects a pigs stomach to show how a human one works. She also tests her own stomach acid.

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...

Antibodies and vaccines | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice explains what an antibody is and how they relate to getting vaccinated.

Bones and Osteoporosis | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice talks to a bone expert and finds out the problems they can face as they age.

Bowel cancer and 'transit time' | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice does a test with Les eating sweetcorn to see how long it takes for them to digest the food until ex...

Breasts and checking for lumps | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice and Rachel get a lesson in checking breasts for lumps.

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 a virus works | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice demonstrates (with donuts) how a virus works differently to bacteria.

How an erection works | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice demonstrates how blood is essential to an erection.

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

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

Lifting and treating back pain | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice speaks to Scientists Trish and Mike who explain how we do damage to our backs when lifting heavy ite...

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.

Lymph nodes | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice explains how the lymph nodes use white blood cells to help the body fight infection and disease.

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

Alice describes the makeup of the male reproductive organ.

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

Alice examines an MRI of her own female reproductive anatomy.

Muscles and nerves | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice dissects some muscles and describe how they work in partnership with nerves for movement.

Ovaries and eggs | Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young

Alice explains how many eggs a woman has from birth.

Northamptonshire | Digging for Britain

Looking at the skeletons from 2023's Leicester Cathedral excavation, the burials become source material for a groundbreaking scientifi...

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

The first part looks at the origins of the ancient civilisation in the Alps of central Eu...

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...

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...

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

Alice examines an MRI of her own female reproductive anatomy.