What Makes a Human? | Horizon

Alan Goldman and patient handover | Horizon

Dr Alan Goldman explains the handover system he has developed in the ICU, that is influenced by Formula One pit crews.

Alternate day fasting | Horizon

Michael Mosley finds out about alternate fasting where you have specific food on one day and anything you like on the other.

Defeating the Superbugs | Horizon

Meeting the scientists who are tracking the emergence of 'superbugs' - dangerous bacteria resistant to antibiotics - around the world.

Eat, Fast and Live Longer | Horizon

Michael Mosley examines the science behind fasting, as he sets himself the ambitious goal of living longer, staying younger and losing we...

Fracking: The New Energy Rush | Horizon

Iain Stewart investigates a controversial energy rush for the natural gas found deep underground, sometimes right under the places pe...

The Age Of Big Data | Horizon

Horizon tests the limits of the data revolution, crime prediction in LA, financial formulas in the city of London and a South African attempt t...

Using Data to Predict Crime | Horizon

How the data revolution is being harnessed by the police. An exploration of how the Los Angeles Police Department are using data to pre...

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 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...

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...