-
How to Build a Bionic Man
-
Channel 4
A team of roboticists are creating the first ever complete bionic man. Where could this technology lead?
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 48
A team of roboticists are creating the first ever complete bionic man. Where could this technology lead?
The second run of the BAFTA Award-winning series reveals the anatomy of some of nature\'s most successful predators.The experts travel to South Africa to dissect a 900kg, 15-foot-long great white shark.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 50
The second run of the BAFTA Award-winning series reveals the anatomy of some of nature\'s most successful predators.The experts travel to South Africa to dissect a 900kg, 15-foot-long great white shark.
-
Inside Nature's Giants - The Racehorse
-
Channel 4
The team explore how this animal has been biologically engineered for speed. They dissect an elite racehorse to reveal the extraordinary spring system that propels it to 45mph, its super-sized organs and built-in turbo-booster.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 50
The team explore how this animal has been biologically engineered for speed. They dissect an elite racehorse to reveal the extraordinary spring system that propels it to 45mph, its super-sized organs and built-in turbo-booster.
-
Inside Natures Giants - The Crocodile
-
Channel 4
Veterinary scientist Mark Evans joins experts in anatomy, evolution and behaviour in a bid to get under the skin of the crocodile.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 30
Veterinary scientist Mark Evans joins experts in anatomy, evolution and behaviour in a bid to get under the skin of the crocodile.
In a special episode of Inside The Human Body, all the family can join Michael Mosley as he takes us on a fantastic voyage through the wonders of the human body. Using state-of-the-art graphics, based on real images and scientific research, he reveals the ingenious inner workings of your body, starting with the extraordinary story of how a sperm and egg fuse to create life.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
In a special episode of Inside The Human Body, all the family can join Michael Mosley as he takes us on a fantastic voyage through the wonders of the human body. Using state-of-the-art graphics, based on real images and scientific research, he reveals the ingenious inner workings of your body, starting with the extraordinary story of how a sperm and egg fuse to create life.
In this episode, Michael Mosley traces our development from birth to adulthood, and reveals that the human brain is so sophisticated it takes more than twenty years to mature.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
In this episode, Michael Mosley traces our development from birth to adulthood, and reveals that the human brain is so sophisticated it takes more than twenty years to mature.
Series exploring the wonders of the human body. Using spectacular graphics based on real images and the latest scientific research, Michael Mosley takes viewers on a voyage through the workings of the inner human universe.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
Series exploring the wonders of the human body. Using spectacular graphics based on real images and the latest scientific research, Michael Mosley takes viewers on a voyage through the workings of the inner human universe.
In this episode, Michael Mosley shows how existence is a struggle and how, minute by minute, from your first breath to your last, your body performs countless small miracles to keep you alive.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
In this episode, Michael Mosley shows how existence is a struggle and how, minute by minute, from your first breath to your last, your body performs countless small miracles to keep you alive.
In the final episode of Inside The Human Body, Michael Mosley reveals the ingenious ways in which your body defends itself against a hostile world - where sunlight shatters your DNA and every breath contains microbes that can kill.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
In the final episode of Inside The Human Body, Michael Mosley reveals the ingenious ways in which your body defends itself against a hostile world - where sunlight shatters your DNA and every breath contains microbes that can kill.
Capturing a single day in the NHS, filmed by 100 camera crews spread across the country. In just this one day, 1300 people will die, 2000 will be born and 1.5 million will be treated.Looking at what the NHS does in just one day to ask what is expected of it in the future.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
Capturing a single day in the NHS, filmed by 100 camera crews spread across the country. In just this one day, 1300 people will die, 2000 will be born and 1.5 million will be treated.Looking at what the NHS does in just one day to ask what is expected of it in the future.
Anxious parents await news from a critical scan and an ex-boxing champ battles his demons.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
Anxious parents await news from a critical scan and an ex-boxing champ battles his demons.
A top surgeon performs a high risk brain operation while the patient is still awake.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
A top surgeon performs a high risk brain operation while the patient is still awake.
The story of a tetraplegic coming to terms with a changed relationship with his daughter.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
The story of a tetraplegic coming to terms with a changed relationship with his daughter.
A patient is taken out to help assess whether he's well enough to return to the community
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
A patient is taken out to help assess whether he's well enough to return to the community
A look at the increasing demands on the NHS and the very real costs of those demands.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
A look at the increasing demands on the NHS and the very real costs of those demands.
Taking a look at the NHS beyond the hospital environment.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
Taking a look at the NHS beyond the hospital environment.
A day in the life of the NHS. Looking at the UK's single biggest killer, heart disease.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
A day in the life of the NHS. Looking at the UK's single biggest killer, heart disease.
-
My New Hand
-
Christian Hills
Documentary telling the story of Britain's first hand transplant, carried out by surgeons at Leeds Infirmary on Boxing Day night 2012, from the moment Professor Simon Kay and his team decided to go ahead to the moment the patient was able to move the transplanted hand.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 60
Documentary telling the story of Britain's first hand transplant, carried out by surgeons at Leeds Infirmary on Boxing Day night 2012, from the moment Professor Simon Kay and his team decided to go ahead to the moment the patient was able to move the transplanted hand.
Dr Michael Mosley discovers why we want to control pain and how we ultimately did it.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- English subtitles
- 60
Dr Michael Mosley discovers why we want to control pain and how we ultimately did it.
Exploring early attempts to tackle infection and how we used microbes to fight back.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- English subtitles
- 60
Exploring early attempts to tackle infection and how we used microbes to fight back.
How scientists went from finding antidotes to poisons to applying poisons as a cure.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- English subtitles
- 60
How scientists went from finding antidotes to poisons to applying poisons as a cure.
In the wake of the swine flu outbreak, virologist Dr Mike Leahy uses over 50 years of BBC archive to explore the history of pandemics - infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- English subtitles
- 60
In the wake of the swine flu outbreak, virologist Dr Mike Leahy uses over 50 years of BBC archive to explore the history of pandemics - infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites.
Panorama investigates the global advance of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and the threat they pose to modern medicine and millions of patients worldwide. Reporter Fergus Walsh travels to India and finds restricted, life-saving antibiotics on sale without prescription and talks to NHS patients whose recovery depends on them.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 30
Panorama investigates the global advance of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and the threat they pose to modern medicine and millions of patients worldwide. Reporter Fergus Walsh travels to India and finds restricted, life-saving antibiotics on sale without prescription and talks to NHS patients whose recovery depends on them.
Panorama reports on the cancer patients who are pioneering a new generation of drug treatments. Patients given just months to live are keeping the disease at bay for years; for some there is even talk of a cure.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- English subtitles
- 60
Panorama reports on the cancer patients who are pioneering a new generation of drug treatments. Patients given just months to live are keeping the disease at bay for years; for some there is even talk of a cure.
Margo MacDonald, the firebrand, independent politician, is one of Scotland's most popular public figures. But she also has Parkinson's Disease and, earlier this year, she spoke openly of her desire to choose the moment of her death. Now, in this deeply personal film, she uncovers the truth about assisted dying, meeting those with illnesses like hers who are desperate to die, and exploring how British law could be changed to allow them to choose when they can.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 30
Margo MacDonald, the firebrand, independent politician, is one of Scotland's most popular public figures. But she also has Parkinson's Disease and, earlier this year, she spoke openly of her desire to choose the moment of her death. Now, in this deeply personal film, she uncovers the truth about assisted dying, meeting those with illnesses like hers who are desperate to die, and exploring how British law could be changed to allow them to choose when they can.
Jeremy Vine reveals the problem of sexual bullying in our schools and hears from experts, parents and teachers - but most importantly from the kids themselves - on what we can do to tackle it.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 28
Jeremy Vine reveals the problem of sexual bullying in our schools and hears from experts, parents and teachers - but most importantly from the kids themselves - on what we can do to tackle it.
On 5 July 1948 the National Health Service was brought into existence, making free public health care available to all, funded by the tax system. To mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS, the BBC will be presenting a series of programmes and features. This programme will look at the increasing involvement of the private sector in the Health Service asking what it means of the future
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 30
On 5 July 1948 the National Health Service was brought into existence, making free public health care available to all, funded by the tax system. To mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS, the BBC will be presenting a series of programmes and features. This programme will look at the increasing involvement of the private sector in the Health Service asking what it means of the future
Panorama's John Sweeney investigates the row behind Shaken Baby Syndrome following the conviction of childminder Keran Henderson.
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 30
Panorama's John Sweeney investigates the row behind Shaken Baby Syndrome following the conviction of childminder Keran Henderson.
Jeremy Vine, Sophie Raworth and Fergus Walsh travel through the UK and the world to expose the myths and the dangers of swine flu. Who is most vulnerable? How do you avoid it? And can the NHS cope?
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- English subtitles
- 30
Jeremy Vine, Sophie Raworth and Fergus Walsh travel through the UK and the world to expose the myths and the dangers of swine flu. Who is most vulnerable? How do you avoid it? And can the NHS cope?
Panorama talks to pilots who have almost passed out at the controls and passengers who say they've been made ill by toxic fumes. The air breathed on airliners is drawn past the engines and can become polluted by any leaks of engine oil. 'Fume events' are rare but there are no accurate figures of just how many occur each year. Panorama wanted to discover what was really in the air passengers, crew and pilots breathe on planes
- TV-Recordings
- Medical Sciences
- No subtitles
- 29
Panorama talks to pilots who have almost passed out at the controls and passengers who say they've been made ill by toxic fumes. The air breathed on airliners is drawn past the engines and can become polluted by any leaks of engine oil. 'Fume events' are rare but there are no accurate figures of just how many occur each year. Panorama wanted to discover what was really in the air passengers, crew and pilots breathe on planes