Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates a mysterious virus that could cause the next pandemic, one scientists think will be deadlier than Covid-19. This is a global hunt to uncover ‘Disease X’.
Confessions of a Brain Surgeon
Top brain surgeon Henry Marsh is facing his own life-threatening diagnosis. He reveals the huge risks and emotional impact of a job filled with difficult life-and-death decisions.
The Cancer Detectives
The story of how the life-saving cervical cancer test became an ordinary part of women’s lives is as unusual and remarkable as the coalition of people who ultimately made it possible.
Take Care of Maya
When nine-year-old Maya Kowalski was admitted to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in 2016, nothing could have prepared her or her family for what they were about to go through. As the medical team tried to understand her rare illness, they began to question the basic truths that bound the Kowalskis together.
Tablets for Depression
Although antidepressants are prescribed with increasing frequency, their efficacy is the subject of debate. It’s known that placebos can be just as effective in cases of mild-to-moderate depression. Nevertheless, in Germany you’re now eight times more likely to be prescribed the medication than in the 1990s.
The Truth About Fat
Could it be that body fat has more to do with biological processes than personal choices?
The Last Cruise
The Last Cruise documents the experiences of people onboard the now-infamous Diamond Princess cruise ship, where an uncontained COVID-19 outbreak at the start of the pandemic became a global spectacle and a faraway symbol of the new virus and its potential to upend any sense of normalcy.
Making Sense of Cancer with Hannah Fry
When she’s diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 36, Hannah Fry explores the issues surrounding how we screen for- and treat cancer, asking if we could be overmedicalising it.
More life – Decoding the secret of aging
Can the aging process be reversed – or even halted, altogether?
Vitamin Pills: Miracle or Myth?
Nearly half of us take a vitamin or mineral supplement every day, but what are these pills sold on every high street actually doing? Digging deeper than the eye-catching words on the packaging, Dr Giles Yeo investigates who really needs a supplement by putting our diets to the test.
Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston’s Casebook
Surgeon Gabriel Weston introduces us to people from across the globe with the world’s most unique bodies.
China’s COVID Secrets
The untold story of the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and how China responded. Chinese scientists and doctors, international disease experts and health officials reveal missed opportunities to suppress the outbreak and lessons for the world.