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Gabriel Weston uncovers extraordinary cases that are bringing new discoveries about the human body. In this episode, we meet a man who injects himself with deadly snake venom.

Surgeon Gabriel Weston uncovers the rare and extraordinary cases that are bringing new discoveries about the human body and leading to the medical cures of the future.

In this episode, we take a look at the human body's amazing capacity for survival. We meet a man who injects himself with deadly snake venom, a woman who leads a normal life with only half a brain, a girl who collapses 50 times a day and the only man in the world to be completely cured of HIV.

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Tue 25 Mar 202515:55
BBC Two Wales HD & Wales only

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Credits

PresenterGabriel Weston
Executive ProducerJacqueline Smith
ProducerEmma Hatherley

Broadcasts

  • Wed 1 Mar 201721:00
    BBC Two except Wales
  • Wed 1 Mar 201723:20
    BBC Two Wales
  • Tue 7 Mar 201700:15
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland
  • Thu 20 Jul 201701:15
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Tue 18 Aug 202015:15
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Tue 25 Mar 202515:00
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
  • Tue 25 Mar 202515:55
    BBC Two Wales HD & Wales only

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