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Now Wash Your Hands

4 Extra Debut. Dominic Arkwright, Nicky Taylor, Val Curtis and Phil Hammond on whether we're too obsessed with personal hygiene. From January 2008.

Dominic Arkwright chairs the lively discussion series.

Is the current obsession with personal hygiene a good thing or are we turning ourselves into feeble creatures with no defences against the real world? Nicky Taylor gave up washing altogether for six weeks as part of a social experiment. Val Curtis is an expert on disgust and its place in the evolution of human behaviour and hygiene. Comedian Phil Hammond is a GP with scathingly frank views on the nation's health.

30 minutes

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Thu 14 Jul 201600:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Wed 9 Jan 200813:30
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  • Sun 13 Jan 200823:00
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  • Thu 14 Jul 201600:30
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