Psychology

Paul Merson: Football, Gambling and Me

Former footballer Paul Merson sets out to understand why his life has been so blighted by gambling and asks if enough is being done to...

Addicted to Gambling | Panorama

The amount we lose to the betting companies has almost doubled in a decade, but are the bookies doing enough to protect problem gamblers?

03: Sex, Sugar and Screens | Darren McGarvey's Addictions

Addiction doesn't need drink or drugs to ruin lives. Darren meets the people who are struggling every day with life...

Gambling in Las Vegas | Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux heads to Las Vegas to take a look at the pastime that made it famous and meet the gamblers, the high rollers and the casi...

Video games and plasticity | Horizon

Playing video games can lead to brain plasticity and improve navigation.

Are Video Games Really That Bad? | Horizon

Horizon explores the differing opinions on video games. They frequently stand accused of causing violence and addiction in young p...

Video games and violent crime | Horizon

Levels of violent crime have been steadily declining since the introduction of video games.

Video games and aggression | Horizon

Levels of aggression have been shown to increase after playing violent video games.

Video games and attention | Horizon

Professor Daphne Bavelier is researching how playing video games can actually enhance visual attention in the real world.

Addicted to Bacon and Burgers | Freaky Eaters

Nutritionist Charlotte Watts and psychological coach Felix Economakis help people with food phobias and addictions, getting the...

How Violent Are You? | Horizon

What makes ordinary people commit extreme acts of violence? Michael Portillo investigates the dark side of human nature and discovers what it ...

Milgram's obedience study | Horizon

Watch a modern replication of Milgram's famous obedience study and see how the participants react to the situation.

Video games and plasticity | Horizon

Playing video games can lead to brain plasticity and improve navigation.

Are Video Games Really That Bad? | Horizon

Horizon explores the differing opinions on video games. They frequently stand accused of causing violence and addiction in young p...

The Waldrup case (1) | Horizon

Jim Fallon explains the link between biology and violent criminal behaviour in terms of brain damage and the role of the MAOA gene.

Brain injuries and aggression | Horizon

An example of how brain injuries can lead to changes in personality and increased aggression.

Imitation of aggression | The Brain: A Secret History

Bandura's work challenged views of the time and showed that aggression is often imitated.

Video games and violent crime | Horizon

Levels of violent crime have been steadily declining since the introduction of video games.

Reinforcement and aggression | Horizon

Michael Portillo investigates the role of socialisation and reinforcement of aggression in different cultures.

Video games and aggression | Horizon

Levels of aggression have been shown to increase after playing violent video games.

13: The Violent Mind | The Mind Machine

A woman with low blood sugar has violent thoughts; and a normally mild man, contaminated by insecticide, brutally murders a stranger....

The Waldrup case (2) | Horizon

The Waldrup case - the first time that the gene-environment interaction was used as a defence strategy for murder.

Video games and attention | Horizon

Professor Daphne Bavelier is researching how playing video games can actually enhance visual attention in the real world.

01: Mind Control | The Brain: A Secret History

Michael Mosley traces the sinister ways science has been used to try to control our minds, finding that its pursuit has led to...

Inside Our Autistic Minds...: Episode 1 | Inside Our Minds

Chris helps an autistic comedian reveal to her mum what's really going on inside her head and gives a non-speaking...

Building Your Brain | Inside the Human Body

Michael Mosley examines the human brain from birth to adulthood and shows why it takes 20 years to mature.

The marshmallow study | Horizon

Watch a re-enactment of the marshmallow study and learn what this simple test can predict.

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on teenage brains | The Life Scientific

Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research on the developing teenage brain.

Inside Our Autistic Minds...: Episode 2 | Inside Our Minds

Chris helps an autistic football fan explain to his friends why change can be disastrous and a rapper, hypersensit...

Synaptic pruning | Inside the Human Body

Michael Mosley explains how during brain development, synaptic pruning occurs and what this means for behaviour

What Makes Us Clever? | Horizon

Dallas Campbell delves into the Horizon archive to discover how our understanding of intelligence has transformed over the last century. From...

Inside Our Dyslexic Minds | Inside Our Minds

Chris helps a school counsellor explain to her brothers how being dyslexic impacts her life and makes a builder from south Wales...

Risk-taking | Inside the Human Body

Meet Stephanie, her teen brain allows her to take more risks when car racing compared to competitors.

Measuring intelligence | Horizon

What is intelligence and how can we measure it?

Autism and facial expressions | Word of Mouth

Michael Rosen discusses emotional cues and facial expressions with his guests.

Advantage Home

Matthew Syed explores the puzzling but powerful phenomenon of home advantage in sport, talking to experts in sports psychology and to leading sportspeople.

Inside Our ADHD Minds | Inside Our Minds

Chris helps a tour guide with ADHD reveal to his parents what's really going on inside his head, and a project manager come to terms...

The words we use about getting older and why they matter | Word of Mouth

How we talk about getting older can affect how we age, both mentally and physically. Michael asks Dr...

How babies learn language | Word of Mouth

Professor Julian Pine talks to Michael about how babies and young children learn words and sentences, and how they put them to use.

Risk taking and stigma | The Life Scientific

Listen to the important work being carried out on teenage brain development and risk taking, especially the efforts needed to re...

Autism and Communication | Word of Mouth

Michael Rosen finds out what the rest of society can learn about communication from people on the autism spectrum, by getting an ins...

The Slumber Games | The Investigation

BBC Scotland investigates new research suggesting that modern technology is disrupting teenagers' body clocks, resulting in poor health...

Playing the Game: Taking Risks | The Learning Zone

Program about taking risks with children, growing up, learning when to develop and when to encourage the child to ''take a...

The Forgotten Children

Ten years ago after thousands of babies were discovered living in appalling conditions in Romanian orphanages, many British couples rushed to adopt th...

Building Your Brain | Inside the Human Body

Michael Mosley examines the human brain from birth to adulthood and shows why it takes 20 years to mature.

Romanian orphans | The Forgotten Children

The context behind the Romanian orphans and the process of adoption.

Episode 1 | The Secret Life of Twins (1999)

Prof Robert Winston examines science of identical twins to reveal human genetics and behaviour. Looks at risky start to life expe...

Synaptic pruning | Inside the Human Body

Michael Mosley explains how during brain development, synaptic pruning occurs and what this means for behaviour

Episode 1 | The Secret Life of Twins (2009)

Investigating the world of identical twins, this programme looks at what science can learn from the uncanny similarities between ...

01: Becoming You | Babies: Their Wonderful World

This episode explores how changes in the first two years of life make us individuals, how tablet use affects our babies and ...

Maternal deprivation | Disowned and Disabled

Bowlby's explanation of attachment theory and the impact of maternal deprivation.

Romanian Orphanage Babies: 21 Years On | All in the Mind

How have the Romanian orphanage babies, adopted 21 years ago, recovered from their appalling early treatment? Claudi...

Romanian Orphanage | Challenge Anneka

Anneka Rice faces her most daunting challenge ever - to restore a Romanian orphanage into a home for 600 children in just one week. Thi...

Convoy to Romania | West on Two

In January, a BBC team accompanying a relief convoy to Romania came across a castle in Transylvania where handicapped children were being kep...

Romanian Orphanages | Newsround

One of the first reports on the discovery of the Romanian Orphanage tragedy.

Romanian Orphanages | Blue Peter

Romanian Orphanage appeal.

Children of the Castle | Current Account

A Bristol-based BBC film crew discovered 250 handicapped youngsters in squalid conditions in a 14C Romanian castle during the revolu...

Romania: Exodus of the Orphans | Focal Point

A year on from Romania's 'Christmas Revolution', the country is still in turmoil. With its economy in ruins, there appears to be...

Harlow's monkeys | The Brain: A Secret History

Discussion of how Harlow's research showed for the first time what love and attachments were really based on.

Risk-taking | Inside the Human Body

Meet Stephanie, her teen brain allows her to take more risks when car racing compared to competitors.

Nowhere Else to Go | Disowned and Disabled

The first of two films traces the way care of disowned and disabled children changed in the decades after the Second World War, us...

The Teenage Brain | Medical Matters

Teenage behaviour has always been something of a mystery to parents. Edi Stark discovers what recent neuroscience has uncovered about the...

Episode 2 | The Secret Life of Twins (2009)

How the differences between identical twins can help science understand what makes us all who we are, including the possible gene...

03: Broken Brains | The Brain: A Secret History

Michael Mosley ends his look at the history of experimental psychology by exploring how experiments on abnormal brains can re...

02: Emotions | The Brain: A Secret History

Dr Michael Mosley investigates how scientists have struggled to understand that most irrational and deeply complex part of our min...

Split brain patients | The Brain: A Secret History

These split brain patients showed Sperry that each hemisphere of the brain has a different role to play and a separate con...

03: Who Is in Control?

David explores how almost every action we take, every decision we make, every belief that we hold is driven by parts of the brain we have no access to.

Taxi drivers and plasticity | The Brain with David Eagleman

An introduction to the Marshmallow study and what this shows about delayed gratification.

Nature vs nurture | The Brain with David Eagleman

The interplay between genetics and the environment, do we truly have free will over our behaviour?

05: Why Do I Need You?

This episode looks at how the human brain relies on other brains to thrive and survive.

An introduction to Freud's work | The Brain with David Eagleman

A brief introduction to Freud's work and the role of the unconscious mind in mental health.

The Knowledge | Modern Times

Follow trainee taxi drivers as they undergo one of the most difficult memory tests, The Knowledge.

Can leading questions distort memory? | The Brain with David Eagleman

Professor Elizabeth Loftus summarises her famous study about leading questions and distorting memory.

04: How Do I Decide?

This episode takes a journey through the unseen world of decisions, and how they get made.

01: What Is Reality?

David takes us on a journey that explores how the brain, locked in silence and darkness without direct access to it, conjures up the world we all take f...

02: What Makes Me?

David explores how the brain conjures up the world we take for granted. This episode shows how the brain gives rise to thoughts, emotions, memories and pe...

Right hemisphere removal | The Brain with David Eagleman

Professor Casey explains her research into delayed gratification and the impact this has on behaviour.

06: Who Will We Be?

Dr Eagleman journeys into the future, and asks what's next for the human brain and for our species.

Impact of sleeping less | Start the Week

Discussion about sleep erosion over time and the biological and psychological impacts of people sleeping less than our ancestors use...

Visual inattention | The Human Senses

Watch in real time an experiment showing how we don't register all of the visual information that we receive through our eyes.

Streetwise | Modern Times

This film looks at the tough training regime undertaken by black cab drivers as they prepare for one of the hardest examinations they will ever take.

Visual attention | The Brain with David Eagleman

When we view an object or scene, we don't take a mental photograph. Instead, our brain is choosing to focus attention on a f...

Vision | The Human Senses

Why are humans so good at spotting some things while at other times, cannot see what's right in front of them?

Improving Your Mental Health | The Truth About...

Professor Tanya Byron and Alex Scott uncover the latest science on how to improve your mental health and wellbeing - and re...

How Mad Are You? Part 1 | Horizon

Ten volunteers have come together for an extraordinary test. Five are 'normal' and the other five have been officially diagnosed as mentall...

Mental: A History of the Madhouse

Documentary telling the story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums and what it says about society's changing attitudes to mental illn...

Social media and wellbeing | The Truth About...

The positive and negative impact of social media use on mental health and wellbeing.

OCD: A Monster in my Mind | Horizon

Horizon meets the people living with OCD, looks at the therapy available and asks what neuroscience can offer by way of a cure.

The Voices in My Head

Documentary using audio reconstruction to take viewers into the world of three people who hear voices as a result of mental illness.

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'...

How Mad Are You? Part 2 | Horizon

With five 'normal' volunteers and five who have been officially diagnosed as mentally ill, Horizon asks if you can tell who is who.

Episode 1 | Extreme OCD Camp

Six young British people with OCD journey to the American wilderness for treatment. After bonding over their experiences, the group arrives in t...

Mental Health Special | Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

The team investigate the best way to beat stress, how sleep affects mental health and why laughing can be as good as exercise ...

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...

Food and wellbeing | The Truth About...

The role of food and psychobiotics for improving wellbeing.

Diagnosing mental illness | The Trap

An introduction to the diagnosis of mental illness with links to the development of the DSM and the subjectivity found in Rosenhan's st...

Fish and Snakes | The Panic Room

Factual entertainment series about phobias and a radical way to overcome them. Gareth has a morbid fear of fish, while Ruth has a serious ph...

Episode 2 | Extreme OCD Camp

Six young British people with OCD travel to the American wilderness for treatment. The group have to camp out and cope without any of the amenit...

Head Case: Treat Yourself to Better Mental Health

The reality of living with depression, anorexia, anxiety, bipolar disorder and addiction is revealed through the eyes of th...

Dannys Mental Health | Big Boys

When Dannys mental health takes a negative turn, hiss friends find small ways to help him through.

Psychologists vs psychiatrists | Health Matters

Listen to professionals explain the difference between their roles of psychologists and psychiatrists in the treatment of men...

Exercise and wellbeing | The Truth About...

How exercise can increase mood and improve cognitive stimulation.

Little Hans | Mind Changers

A phobia of horses developed by a boy living in Vienna in 1904 seemed unlikely evidence for the Oedipus complex. But for Sigmund Freud, this was ...

Video games and plasticity | Horizon

Playing video games can lead to brain plasticity and improve navigation.

Are Video Games Really That Bad? | Horizon

Horizon explores the differing opinions on video games. They frequently stand accused of causing violence and addiction in young p...

Charlotte Church: Inside My Brain

Charlotte Church embarks on a journey to explore the cutting edge of mental health research and learn more about the relationship between o...

Teenage brain development | Brainwaves

Focusing on role of the pre-frontal cortex and the limbic system in brain development and risk taking behaviour.

The Sally Anne test | Horizon

Professor Uta Frith demonstrates the Sally Anne test which examines a child's theory of mind

02: Brainpower | Growing Babies

Laverne Antrobus investigates foetal and infant neuropsychology as she tries to explain the curiosities of baby cognition and discover how th...

10 Things You Need to Know About Sleep

Documentary revealing the science behind why so many people find it difficult to nod off, and offering practical tips on the best ways...

The Big Personality Test: Episode 1 | Child of Our Time

Documentary special in which the Child of Our Time children explore their personalities, while Robert Winston and Sop...

Depth perception in babies | Babies: Their Wonderful World

The visual cliff tests the importance of crawling for development of depth perception.

S02E02:...about Brains | James May's Things You Need to Know

Do you really know what is happening inside your head? James May cranks open your cranium to find out about beha...

S02E01: Mindbending | Dara O'Briain's Science Club

Dara O Briain and his team of experts explore how much our brains give away about us and discover how illusions and machin...

Genetic basis of intelligence | Discovery

Professor Robert Plomin explains the twin study method and how it is used to explore the genetic basis of intelligence

Autism and facial expressions | Word of Mouth

Michael Rosen discusses emotional cues and facial expressions with his guests.

Phineas Gage | Mind Changers

Discover the story of Phineas Gage and how his tragic accident led to the idea of localisation of function.

Video games and violent crime | Horizon

Levels of violent crime have been steadily declining since the introduction of video games.

Video games and aggression | Horizon

Levels of aggression have been shown to increase after playing violent video games.

How You Really Make Decisions | Horizon

Horizon uncovers the truth about decision making, revealing the intuitive part of your mind is a lot more powerful than you may realise.

Autism and Communication | Word of Mouth

Michael Rosen finds out what the rest of society can learn about communication from people on the autism spectrum, by getting an ins...

Autism and emotional processing | Growing Children

The presenter and an autistic individual discuss their interpretation of a portrait painting, showing a difference with em...

Why do children lie? | Deeply Human

Explore the role of white lies and when children start to tell them.

Head Case: Treat Yourself to Better Mental Health

The reality of living with depression, anorexia, anxiety, bipolar disorder and addiction is revealed through the eyes of th...

Unintentional blindness | Health Check

An explanation of how unintentional blindness occurs, for example with the case of the invisible gorilla.

The Dark Side of Ballet Schools | Panorama

Panorama investigates claims of bullying and body shaming at two of the UK's top ballet schools, The Royal Ballet School in London...

Episode 1 | Don't Call Me Crazy

17-year-old Beth often seems happy and extrovert, but suffers from depression, self-harms and has an eating disorder.

The Adolescent Brain | Brainwaves

Pennie Latin examines how our brains evolve and develop as we go through adolescence and how these changes manifest themselves in our behav...

Using Favourite Sporting Memories Therapeutically | Health Check

Using sporting memories therapeutically; Why oxytocin might help treat anorexia; Therapists' dreams about th...

Addicted to Bacon and Burgers | Freaky Eaters

Nutritionist Charlotte Watts and psychological coach Felix Economakis help people with food phobias and addictions, getting the...

Why Did I Go Mad? | Horizon

Following three people living with voices, hallucinations and paranoia to explore what causes them, examining the impact of social, biological an...

The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History

Dr George McGavin and Dr Zoe Laughlin chronicle the history of rubbish and explore how what we throw away tells us about the w...

Sleep Deprivation | The Twinstitute

Identical twins put health theories to the test. Twins test the best way to beat fatigue and discover the effect of smartphones on IQ.

The Secret Life of Your Bodyclock | Horizon

Why are people more likely to have a heart attack at eight in the morning or crash their car on the motorway at two in the aftern...

Inequalities when accessing green spaces | Landscapes of the Mind

Exploring the positive impact of being in green spaces but also the inequalities of access to these and the...

Pitching designs to instil recycling behaviour | Beat the Boss

Teams compete to design a product that will increase recycling behaviour in children.

05: Giving Up Smoking | The Twinstitute

Twins test the best way to kick a habit, see if hand-washing keeps you healthy and try to improve concentration.

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...

43615 | The One Show

Former football manager and King of the Jungle Harry Redknapp is on the show. Lucy Siegle talks about local councils' alternative recycling methods.

Running on Empty: The Secret of Sleep | Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

Dr Phil Hammond discovers the physical and psychological effects of a lack of sleep, explores the problems of ...

Night flight | Working in the Dark

Flight attendants, night shift and jet lag.

Secrets of the Body Clock with Terry Wogan

Sir Terry Wogan discovers why timing is everything as he explores the human body clock, a ticking timepiece that lives in our brai...

06: Learn a Language | The Twinstitute

Identical twins test the best way to learn a new language, attempt to look younger and test an easy way to lower your calorie count.

04: Better Brain | The Twinstitute

Twins find out if its possible to get a better brain, repel mosquitoes and get fit just by watching TV!

03: HIIT versus Easy | The Twinstitute

This episode explores the best way to get fit, beat nausea, and discovers if you can enhance brain performance.

01: Get Thin Fast | The Twinstitute

Identical twins put competing health theories to the test. This episode tests the best way to lose weight, improve memory and beat pain w...

Recycling scheme in Swansea | The One Show

A recycling revolution - introducing official warnings and fines for those who do not recycle properly.

The impact of shift work | Horizon

Couples who are struggling with their sleep are helped by a sleep expert.

The impact of jet lag | Horizon

Experimenters are inducing jet lag by waking Aldo up several hours early, what will the impacts be?

How does lack of light affect our body clock? | Horizon

Aldo is now living in the bunker with very limited artificial light to see the effects on his body clock.

Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?

Chris Daw and Ayesha Nayyar look at what role our prisons should play in the fight against crime.

Can Criminals Say Sorry?

Former EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella explores the use of restorative justice in Britain today and finds out what happens when offenders and their ...

What Makes a Psychopath? | Horizon

Presented by professor Uta Frith, this is an in-depth exploration of the psychopathic mind, including one of the most notorious psychopath...

01: DNA | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

The story of the hunt to find the killer of two teenage girls in 1980s Leicestershire which led to an extrao...

01: Conflict | The Experiment (2002)

1/4 prt documentary series in which 14 men are divided into inmates & guards & locked up for 8 days in purpose-built jail. The effects o...

The Prison Restaurant

Documentary going behind-the-scenes at The Clink, a restaurant located within the walls of HMP High Down Prison and mostly staffed by convicted criminals.

Kids Behind Bars

Documentary about youngsters in prison and correctional institutions in Britain and around the world. Some children are serving heavy sentences for petty of...

A Different Brain | Louis Theroux

Louis takes a look at the issues that some of the estimated one million people in the UK living with the long-term effects of a brain injur...

Special: The James Bulger Case | Public Eye

Public Eye special on the James Bulger case on the day that Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were found guilty of his murder. Pre...

The Bulger Killers: Prisoners of Their Past | Panorama

Eight years after they killed two-year-old James Bulger , Jon Venables and Robert Thompson have, at the age of 18, bee...

The Stanford Prison Experiment

In 1971, a group of American student volunteers adopted the roles of prisoners and guards in a specially controlled environment - it was quick...

Timothy Evans and Derek Bentley | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

The narrator discusses the introduction of the defence of diminished responsibility in Eng...

S01E03: Crime and Poverty | David Wilson's Crime Files

Criminologist David Wilson discusses and offers compelling arguments for the links between systemic poverty and extrem...

Eyes of the Detective: the Murder of James Bulger

A personal account of the murder, as seen through the eyes of the senior investigating officer Albert Kirby. The film follo...

Punishment or rehabilitation? | Would That Work Here?

Discussion about the differences between the prison system in Norway and the UK - are prisons meant for punishment, reh...

Restorative justice as rehabilitation | Can Criminals Say Sorry?

The restorative justice approach can lead to cooperation and reform. A former criminal talks how the process...

The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

Michael Mosley uses the BBC archives to chart scientists' progress as they probed the mind of the murderer to try to understand why pe...

Banged up and Left to Fail?

Student Natalie, who was repeatedly in and out of the criminal justice system during her teens, explores the impact being locked up has had on yo...

03: Interrogation | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

The story of how a 1970s miscarriage of justice involving three teenage boys would lead to a radic...

The problems of fingerprint analysis | Panorama

Details of the police cases where a fingerprint was incorrectly identified and an innocent person blamed for a crime they did...

S08E01: The Divide of the Sexes | Child of Our Time

Now eight, the kids are struggling to make sense of gender roles. In the home they see their parents striving for equalit...

The Boy who was Turned into a Girl | Horizon

At age 6 months, a bungled circumcision left David Reimer without a penis and David became Brenda. Thirty years later, has Dr Jo...

Episode 1 | The Secret Life of Twins (1999)

Prof Robert Winston examines science of identical twins to reveal human genetics and behaviour. Looks at risky start to life expe...

Episode 1 | The Secret Life of Twins (2009)

Investigating the world of identical twins, this programme looks at what science can learn from the uncanny similarities between ...

Sleep Deprivation | The Twinstitute

Identical twins put health theories to the test. Twins test the best way to beat fatigue and discover the effect of smartphones on IQ.

Eliud Kipchoge: My Sub Two-Hour Marathon

Athletics legend Eliud Kipchoge talks exclusively to BBC Sport about how he became the first athlete to run a marathon in less than ...

01: Learning the Difference | Why Men Don't Iron

This eye-opening series will illustrate how the major sex differences in the brain affect our daily lives. It will pull toge...

05: Giving Up Smoking | The Twinstitute

Twins test the best way to kick a habit, see if hand-washing keeps you healthy and try to improve concentration.

Episode 2 | The Secret Life of Twins (2009)

How the differences between identical twins can help science understand what makes us all who we are, including the possible gene...

Episode 3 | The Secret Life of Twins (1999)

Prof Robert Winston, examining science of identical twins, with a look at differences that occur inspite of biological similariti...

Male Rape: Breaking the Silence

It is estimated that one in six men are victims of rape, but only 10% of these men report the crime to the police. This film tells the storie...

Is Your Brain Male or Female? | Horizon

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

06: Learn a Language | The Twinstitute

Identical twins test the best way to learn a new language, attempt to look younger and test an easy way to lower your calorie count.

03: HIIT versus Easy | The Twinstitute

This episode explores the best way to get fit, beat nausea, and discovers if you can enhance brain performance.

04: Better Brain | The Twinstitute

Twins find out if its possible to get a better brain, repel mosquitoes and get fit just by watching TV!

01: Get Thin Fast | The Twinstitute

Identical twins put competing health theories to the test. This episode tests the best way to lose weight, improve memory and beat pain w...

Male Rape | Open Space

Martin Dockrell of Survivors, a support group for men who have been sexually abused breaks the silence surrounding male rape with the help of men who ...

02: The Brain at Work | Why Men Don't Iron

This programme reveals how biology plays a role in men's drive to succeed more than it does for women.

Episode 2 | The Secret Life of Twins (1999)

Robert Winston uses the behavioural similarities exhibited by twins who were separated at birth and reunited in adulthood to exam...

The Heist

Derren Brown recruits participants to attend a ''motivational seminar'' where he manipulates them into robbing a security van in broad daylight. A reenactment of a...

01: Mind Control | The Brain: A Secret History

Michael Mosley traces the sinister ways science has been used to try to control our minds, finding that its pursuit has led to...

What Makes a Psychopath? | Horizon

Presented by professor Uta Frith, this is an in-depth exploration of the psychopathic mind, including one of the most notorious psychopath...

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on teenage brains | The Life Scientific

Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research on the developing teenage brain.

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence | Science Cafe

Adam Walton explores artificial intelligence, discussing both it's potential to transform our world and the ethical questi...

01: Learning the Difference | Why Men Don't Iron

This eye-opening series will illustrate how the major sex differences in the brain affect our daily lives. It will pull toge...

Little Hans | Mind Changers

A phobia of horses developed by a boy living in Vienna in 1904 seemed unlikely evidence for the Oedipus complex. But for Sigmund Freud, this was ...

Walter Mischel's Marshmallow Study | Mind Changers

Claudia Hammond meets Walter Mischel, the psychologist whose Marshmallow Test has become one of the longest-running and mo...

Freud's theory of the unconscious mind | Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

An overview of Freud's work and the unconscious with a rare audio recording of Freud himself.

03: Freud | Genius of the Modern World

Bettany Hughes travels to Vienna on the trail of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. Freud's influence surrounds us. In our v...

04: How Do I Decide?

This episode takes a journey through the unseen world of decisions, and how they get made.

05: Giving Up Smoking | The Twinstitute

Twins test the best way to kick a habit, see if hand-washing keeps you healthy and try to improve concentration.

The Oedipus complex | Genius of the Modern World

Freud saw in himself that the Oedipus complex can have an impact on behaviour.

Freud's study of Little Hans | Mind Changers

Freud's famous Little Hans case is discussed and evaluated in terms of its subjectivity.

Phineas Gage | Mind Changers

Discover the story of Phineas Gage and how his tragic accident led to the idea of localisation of function.

Skinner and operant conditioning | Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

An introduction to Skinner's work that focused on the use of operant conditioning to shape behaviour in...

Teenage Brain | The Infinite Monkey Cage

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Rory Bremner, Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Prof Matthew Cobb to discover the science behind...

Human, All Too Human | Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

This programme mines the BBC archive to hear the great minds of the 20th century in their own words - the likes of ...

How You Really Make Decisions | Horizon

Horizon uncovers the truth about decision making, revealing the intuitive part of your mind is a lot more powerful than you may realise.

Bad Ideas of The 20th Century

In this programme, we focus on the investigation and evolution of Freudian ideas, particularly psychoanalysis.

03: Who Is in Control?

David explores how almost every action we take, every decision we make, every belief that we hold is driven by parts of the brain we have no access to.

A Different Brain | Louis Theroux

Louis takes a look at the issues that some of the estimated one million people in the UK living with the long-term effects of a brain injur...

Episode 1 | Eyewitness

In an experiment with the Greater Manchester Police, the problem of eyewitness recollection is dramatically brought into focus.

02: Becoming Social | Babies: Their Wonderful World

Episode two looks at why we are born to respond to faces, what makes babies laugh and how we learn to empathise with others.

Living without a Memory

Debbie, Sally and George are three people who didn't lose their memories gradually, theirs were stolen by illness, almost overnight. This one-off doc...

The Knowledge | Modern Times

Follow trainee taxi drivers as they undergo one of the most difficult memory tests, The Knowledge.

Unintentional blindness | Health Check

An explanation of how unintentional blindness occurs, for example with the case of the invisible gorilla.

04: How Do I Decide?

This episode takes a journey through the unseen world of decisions, and how they get made.

02: What Makes Me?

David explores how the brain conjures up the world we take for granted. This episode shows how the brain gives rise to thoughts, emotions, memories and pe...

Elizabeth Loftus and Eye Witness Testimony | Mind Changers

Claudia Hammond meets Elizabeth Loftus, the psychologist whose research into eye witness testimony and the fallibi...

Psychology of The Traitors | Morning Live

Dr T join us for The Celebrity Traitors finale preview and explains the psychology behind the decisions the contestants make.

My Brain: After the Rupture

The incredible story of broadcaster, journalist, musician and author Clemency Burton-Hill's recovery following a devastating brain haemorrhage in...

Episode 2 | Dementia & Us

This episode looks at the effects on those with dementia as the pandemic hits and Britain goes into lockdown. As social interaction helps keep the ...

Episode 1 | Dementia & Us

The first in a groundbreaking two-part series following four people with dementia and their families over the course of two whole years.

Episode 3 | Eyewitness

Having many witnesses to a crime helps the police piece together the facts. But what happens when the only witness is also the victim?

Episode 2 | Eyewitness

When bystanders get caught up in a bungled armed robbery and one of them is kidnapped, what effect do weapons and fear have on their memories?

Visual inattention | The Human Senses

Watch in real time an experiment showing how we don't register all of the visual information that we receive through our eyes.

Streetwise | Modern Times

This film looks at the tough training regime undertaken by black cab drivers as they prepare for one of the hardest examinations they will ever take.

Loftus' reconstructive memory experiment | Mind Changers

Professor Elizabeth Loftus discusses her study about leading questions and memory.

Vision | The Human Senses

Why are humans so good at spotting some things while at other times, cannot see what's right in front of them?

Are You Good or Evil? | Horizon

Horizon meets researchers studying psychopathic killers to try to determine what makes people good or evil. One such scientist believes he ha...

Improving Your Mental Health | The Truth About...

Professor Tanya Byron and Alex Scott uncover the latest science on how to improve your mental health and wellbeing - and re...

How Mad Are You? Part 1 | Horizon

Ten volunteers have come together for an extraordinary test. Five are 'normal' and the other five have been officially diagnosed as mentall...

Social media and wellbeing | The Truth About...

The positive and negative impact of social media use on mental health and wellbeing.

The Voices in My Head

Documentary using audio reconstruction to take viewers into the world of three people who hear voices as a result of mental illness.

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'...

How Mad Are You? Part 2 | Horizon

With five 'normal' volunteers and five who have been officially diagnosed as mentally ill, Horizon asks if you can tell who is who.

Mental Health Special | Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

The team investigate the best way to beat stress, how sleep affects mental health and why laughing can be as good as exercise ...

Symptoms of depression | Head Case: Treat Yourself to Better Mental Health

Young people talking about their symptoms and experiences of living with depression. Disclaimer: s...

Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency

Roman Kemp explores the mental health and suicide crisis affecting young men. When Roman lost his best friend, he had no idea he was struggl...

Charlotte Church: Inside My Brain

Charlotte Church embarks on a journey to explore the cutting edge of mental health research and learn more about the relationship between o...

Food and wellbeing | The Truth About...

The role of food and psychobiotics for improving wellbeing.

Diagnosing mental illness | The Trap

An introduction to the diagnosis of mental illness with links to the development of the DSM and the subjectivity found in Rosenhan's st...

Head Case: Treat Yourself to Better Mental Health

The reality of living with depression, anorexia, anxiety, bipolar disorder and addiction is revealed through the eyes of th...

01: Anxiety | Bedlam

The first programme, Anxiety, follow patients through the 18-bed Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit at Bethlem Royal Hospital. This national unit treats...

Dannys Mental Health | Big Boys

When Dannys mental health takes a negative turn, hiss friends find small ways to help him through.

Exercise and wellbeing | The Truth About...

How exercise can increase mood and improve cognitive stimulation.

Episode 1 | Mind over Marathon

Two-part film in which a group of ten unlikely runners living with different mental health issues are brought together by Nick Knowles to trai...

A World of Their Own | Horizon

Filmed at Friern Barnet mental hospital in North London, a look at the work of the consultant psychiatrists whose job is to come to a diagnosi...

Sectioned

With unprecedented access to Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, this documentary follows three people who have been sectioned on their journey through the menta...

The Voices in My Head

Documentary using audio reconstruction to take viewers into the world of three people who hear voices as a result of mental illness.

David Harewood: Psychosis and Me

David Harewood had a psychotic breakdown and was sectioned in his 20s. David traces his steps, meeting young people living with psychosis an...

Why Did I Go Mad? | Horizon

Following three people living with voices, hallucinations and paranoia to explore what causes them, examining the impact of social, biological an...

Madness on Trial | Horizon

Hilary Henson narrates the program which looks at schizophrenia and how madness is diagnosed.

Migration and schizophrenia | Horizon

Explanation of the theory that migration is the main cause of the observed racial bias in the diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Anti-psychotic medication | Horizon

The main treatment for schizophrenia is anti-psychotic medication which reduces symptoms of psychosis.

Racial bias of diagnosing schizophrenia | Black Britain

Explanation of potential factors that lead to the racial differences seen in the diagnosis of schizophrenia

Dopamine and schizophrenia | Horizon

Research suggests that high levels of dopamine can lead to psychosis in schizophrenia.

A World of Their Own | Horizon

Filmed at Friern Barnet mental hospital in North London, a look at the work of the consultant psychiatrists whose job is to come to a diagnosi...

01: To Define True Madness | Madness

Dr Jonathan Miller begins by exploring what we understand by the word ''madness''.

Inner speech and schizophrenia | Horizon

Professor Charles Fernyhough explains the role of inner speech and how it is linked to the dopamine hypothesis.

The file drawer effect | All in the Mind

Medical doctors discuss the problem with many drug trials and the issue of the file drawer effect of not publishing negative trials.

05: In Two Minds | Madness

Jonathan Miller tackles the question whether madness is an illness - whether of the mind or the brain and should it be the proper concern of medic...

The Pathway from Madness | Horizon

Program explores the developments of the treatment of schizophrenia.

Voices | Black Britain

Statistics show that black males are ten times more likely to be diagnosed as having schizophrenia than white men. This program investigates the pligh...

Black Schizophrenia | Horizon

A study, which claims that Afro-Caribbeans in UK are 10 times more likely to develop schizophrenia than others, is contested by other experts a...

03: Broken Brains | The Brain: A Secret History

Michael Mosley ends his look at the history of experimental psychology by exploring how experiments on abnormal brains can re...

02: Emotions | The Brain: A Secret History

Dr Michael Mosley investigates how scientists have struggled to understand that most irrational and deeply complex part of our min...

The Heist

Derren Brown recruits participants to attend a ''motivational seminar'' where he manipulates them into robbing a security van in broad daylight. A reenactment of a...

01: Mind Control | The Brain: A Secret History

Michael Mosley traces the sinister ways science has been used to try to control our minds, finding that its pursuit has led to...

The Hospital That Didn't Care

Joel Mapp presents a special BBC investigation looking at how hundreds of patients died after what an inquiry called appalling suffering at Sta...

The Stanford Prison Experiment

In 1971, a group of American student volunteers adopted the roles of prisoners and guards in a specially controlled environment - it was quick...

You Do As You Are Told | Horizon

Jonathan Miller introduces a 1973 episode of Horizon, which documents the results of Stanley Milgram's study on Obedience. In an endpiece, J...

How did Milgram's participants feel? | The Brain: A Secret History

Dr Michael Mosley speaks to a participant from the original Milgram study to find out how they felt about ...

S11E01: Changing Minds | Child of Our Time

Professor Robert Winston and professor Tanya Byron discover how teenagers' changing brains means that what they choose to do at si...

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on teenage brains | The Life Scientific

Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research on the developing teenage brain.

Case Study: Kitty Genovese | Mind Changers

When a young woman was brutally killed in an attack in New York in 1964, not one of 38 witnesses called for help. The case led to ...

Real footage from Milgram's study | Horizon

Milgram discusses his famous obedience experiment alongside actual footage from the study.

Living with Autism | Horizon

Professor Uta Frith shows how another kind of reality exists for people with autism and if many of us could be a little bit autistic.

05: Why Do I Need You?

This episode looks at how the human brain relies on other brains to thrive and survive.

Evil place vs good people | The Stanford Prison Experiment

Zimbardo explains the conclusions that he came to from the Stanford prison experiment about whether it was the sit...

Footage from the Stanford prison experiment | The Stanford Prison Experiment

Real footage and interview with a participant showing what it was like to be in the Stanford pri...

The bystander effect | Mind Changers

The bystander effect and how fewer people than you might think intervene when they witness a crime taking place.

Teenage Brain | The Infinite Monkey Cage

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Rory Bremner, Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Prof Matthew Cobb to discover the science behind...

06: Who Will We Be?

Dr Eagleman journeys into the future, and asks what's next for the human brain and for our species.

S01E02 | The Human Zoo

Michael Blastland explores the way human beings think, behave and make decisions. The status quo bias - do you prefer things, whether personal or poli...

The impact of exercise on mental wellbeing | True North

Dame Kelly and the found of Park Run, Paul Sinton-Hewitt, discuss the importance that exercise can have on mental as ...

Catch Me If You Can | Panorama

Mark Daly investigates serious allegations of doping in athletics, involving some of the biggest stars in the sport.

S01E03: Psychology of Survival | Ray Mears' Extreme Survival

Ray examines how determination and a positive mental attitude can be the most important tools in a survival situ...

What keeps athletes motivated? | Esther

Discussion of how win orientation, self efficacy and different fears affect motivation.

Advantage Home

Matthew Syed explores the puzzling but powerful phenomenon of home advantage in sport, talking to experts in sports psychology and to leading sportspeople.

The home advantage in sport | Advantage Home

Multiple factors linked to home advantage including the impact of the audience.

What effect does an audience have on performance? | Inside Culture

Sports personalities discuss the positive and negative effect of audience on performance.

The importance of movement and dance on wellbeing | Science Cafe

Author, Caroline Williams, discusses the ways in which movement and dance is related to wellbeing.

The evolutionary link between movement and wellbeing | Science Cafe

Author, Caroline Williams, discusses the reasons why movement is important for survival and emotional hea...

The impact of dance on wellbeing | Mental Muscle

An interview with Peter Lovatt aka Dr Dance.

Audiences and Spectacle | Inside Culture

Do audiences matter, and what is their role? Mary talks to sports stars about how the loss of the crowd affects their performance, a...

Dame Kelly: The Power of Parkrun - Our Lives | True North

Dame Kelly Holmes explores the rise of parkrun and the mental health benefits of running, in the build-up to the la...

The Heist

Derren Brown recruits participants to attend a ''motivational seminar'' where he manipulates them into robbing a security van in broad daylight. A reenactment of a...

Mental Health Special | Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

The team investigate the best way to beat stress, how sleep affects mental health and why laughing can be as good as exercise ...

Running on Empty: The Secret of Sleep | Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

Dr Phil Hammond discovers the physical and psychological effects of a lack of sleep, explores the problems of ...

How to Sleep Better

Interactive special hosted by Professor Robert Winston aims to help people discover if they're sleep deprived, and if lifestyle affects quality of rest.

Against the Clock | Body Hits

Dr John Marsden explores the science behind sleep deprivation and stress, including a look at new parents Claire and Ade who have twins, and in...