Fear Response | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

An Introduction to Homeostasis | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

We live on a knife edge, and we are amazingly good at doing it. Chris van Tulleken gives a sim...

How the body maintains temperature | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Spec references J247: B3.3b. Experiment to observe change in temperature and how it affect...

How the body responds to extreme temperatures | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Chris van Tulleken uses a miniature thermometer to explore what happens to his ...

How the immune system fights pathogens | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Spec references J247: B6.3l J250: B6.3i. Researchers study microbes in extreme environ...

Natural killer cells | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

How white blood cells, especially 'natural killer cells' fight viruses in our bodies.

Survive | The Human Body: Secrets Of Your Life Revealed

Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken discover the everyday miracles that keep you alive. They explore the extraordinary le...

The body's complex repair system | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

How our bodies respond and repair when we are injured.

The body's response to extreme cold | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

How do our bodies react and respond when we dive into freezing water?

Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic

Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates a mysterious virus that could cause the next pandemic, one scientists think will be deadlier than Cov...

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...

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...

How the body responds to extreme temperatures | The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed

Chris van Tulleken uses a miniature thermometer to explore what happens to his ...

Burning Calories | The Truth About…

Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates how much energy is in popular foods by setting them on fire.

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

Scientists give some of the dieter's a purposefully stressful driving test and then...