Health & Wellbeing

Fallout
The Future for the Environment
Could Covid-19 change individual behaviour and our collective attitude to climate change?
22 Apr 2020,43 mins
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Supersize Surgeries
Penny Marshall asks if new super-sized polyclinics will mean the end of the family GP.
17 Mar 2009,30 mins
The Simulated Patient
Documentary looking at an unusual aspect of medical training.
24 Mar 2008,30 mins
What Has Sat-Nav Done to Our Brains?
Timandra Harkness scrutinises sat nav. How does it affect our brains and well-being?
17 Dec 2019,28 mins
Stretch and Listen!
Derrick Evans, aka Mr Motivator, tells the global story of fitness on the radio.
25 Jun 2020,28 mins
The Price of Life
Anita Anand meets the people putting a price on life. How do they justify their decisions?
04 May 2020,28 mins
Fighting Talk: How Language Can Make Us Better
What impact does the language we use around cancer have on those living with the disease?
30 Mar 2020,28 mins
Your Call Is Important to Us
New universal credit claimants tell us about their lives on hold.
29 Jun 2020,28 mins
Dads and the Delivery Room
Today we expect dad to be at the birth. Fi Glover asks, ‘Is this always the best idea?’
24 Dec 2019,28 mins
Happy Little Trees
An exploration of young people's mental health and their attraction to TV artist Bob Ross.
11 May 2020,28 mins
The New Anatomy of Melancholy
Omnibus: Cures
A 400-year-old guide to melancholy. What can it teach us today?
22 May 2020,57 mins
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Make a Difference: Berkshire
1,000 miles on a specially designed bicycle
A family from Newbury are going to cycle from Lands End to John O'Groats.
4 mins
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Unit of Hope
Real stories about Wales' new mother-and-baby unit treating postpartum psychosis.
15 Mar 2022,27 mins
The Stem Cell Hard Sell
Lesley Curwen investigates the hope, hype and potential harm of stem cell treatments
07 Jan 2020,37 mins
A Small Matter of Hope
Life's getting better. So why don't we believe it? Fraser Nelson finds out.
30 Dec 2019,28 mins
The Wonder Cure?
Matthew Hill investigates the drug Champix and its possible links to psychiatric illness.
27 Apr 2009,30 mins
Patient Undone
Prof Deborah Bowman reveals how a cancer diagnosis has changed her view of medical ethics.
16 Apr 2019,28 mins
Do Not Resuscitate
Recalling her father’s DNR notice, Yasmeen Khan investigates clinical resuscitation.
18 May 2021,28 mins
The Migrant Medics
Is it fair for the rich world to cherry-pick the best doctors from poorer countries?
18 May 2020,28 mins
Inside Intuition
What exactly is intuition? Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates 'gut feelings'. From 2007.
17 Aug 2007,30 mins
Make a Difference: Lincolnshire
The goat who changes lives
A rescued goat's journey from recovery to bringing comfort in the community.
17 Sep 2026,2 mins
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The Defeat of Sleep
Pallab Ghosh investigates the potential effects of anti-sleep drugs on society.
16 Apr 2007,30 mins
Make a Difference: Leicester
The volunteers helping animals
Volunteer Beth Platts and Ady Dayman clean kennels at the Dogs Trust in Loughborough.
05 Jun 2026,4 mins
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Broad Spectrum
Helen Keen had a diagnosis of autism as an adult: she explores how it appears in women.
08 Sep 2020,28 mins
China and the Virus
Has the Covid-19 epidemic weakened or strengthened the grip of China’s Communist Party?
13 Apr 2020,28 mins
AL Kennedy's Migraine
AL Kennedy talks to migraineurs and neurologists about this debilitating illness.
03 Apr 2017,30 mins