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Best Medicine

Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined by funny and fascinating comedians, doctors, scientists and historians to celebrate medicine's inspiring past, present and future.

Radio 4,20 episodes

Episodes

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Series 2
7. Bonus Episode - Extra Dose
A Petri dish of funny and fascinating extra unheard bits from Series 2.
24 Dec 2024,40 mins,
Series 2
6. Pain Management, Organoids, Prosthetic Leg Covers
Pain management takes on tiny beating hearts in a dish and prosthetic legs.
24 Dec 2024,28 mins
Series 2
5. Books, Poetry, Scandal, Writing
Kiri opens the book on literary medicines in this special from the Hay Festival.
17 Dec 2024,28 mins
Series 2
4. CAR T-cells, Ritual, Water, Crying
Revolutionary reprogrammed cells that kill cancer, or could crying be the best medicine?
10 Dec 2024,28 mins
Series 2
3. Sleep, FMTs, Dr Charles Drew, Stem Cell Transplantation
Laura Smyth on sleep, strangers become blood brothers, and what exactly is a ‘crapsule’?
03 Dec 2024,28 mins
Series 2
2. Sweating In Nature, Animals, Transplantation, Horticulture
Zoe Lyons sweats outside, whales inspire a heart treatment and transplants transform lives
26 Nov 2024,28 mins
Series 2
1. MV140, Origami Surgical Capsules, Denial, Defibrillators
Ingestible origami robots battle against a revolutionary pineapple-flavoured UTI vaccine.
19 Nov 2024,28 mins
Series 2
Best Medicine: Series 2 - time for your second dose!
Kiri Pritchard-McLean is back with your second dose of Best Medicine!
12 Nov 2024,1 min
Series 1
10. Epidurals, Embroidery, Play, Death
From birth to death via embroidery and play, what will Kiri choose as the Best Medicine?
12 Dec 2023,28 mins
Series 1
9. Autopsies, Light, Escapism, Henrietta Lacks
Can autopsies really be the best medicine?
05 Dec 2023,28 mins
Series 1
8. Doing Less, Gardening, The Smartphone, Expertise
Can you learn to see through your tongue?
28 Nov 2023,28 mins
Series 1
7. Failure, Detection, Herpes, Climate Change
Cancer-curing Herpes, Victorian clockwork saws and a neurologist playing detective.
21 Nov 2023,28 mins
Series 1
6. CT Scans, Inhalation, Faith, Attention
Guest Ria Lina champions CT scans.
14 Nov 2023,28 mins
Series 1
5. Laughter, Other People, Inclusion, Tissue Engineering
Drumming rats, Henry VIII's disabilities, laughter and a world-first heart operation.
07 Nov 2023,27 mins
Series 1
4. Surgical Microrobots, Backlash, The Immune System, Keeping an Open Mind
Micro-robots and the immune system are among the medicines championed in this episode.
31 Oct 2023,29 mins
Series 1
3. Breast Medicine
A breast special featuring a life-saving AI algorithm, luck and injectable radiation.
24 Oct 2023,27 mins
Series 1
2. Cytosponge, Fresh Air, Showmanship, Alkaline Breathing
Comedy meets medical science with a pill on a string and medieval surgery.
17 Oct 2023,28 mins
Series 1
1. Sobriety, Touch, Camellia Sinensis, Trust
Comedy meets medical science with virtual reality injections, sobriety and trust.
10 Oct 2023,28 mins
Pilot: Bubbles, Dancing, Masks, GoodSAM
Pilot: Comedy meets science with cancer-curing microbubbles, dancing & a life saving app.
03 Oct 2023,28 mins
Introducing Best Medicine
Kiri Pritchard-McLean dissects funny and fascinating medicine with experts and comedians.
26 Sep 2023,3 mins