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The Unshockable Dr Ronx

Ever feel like your GP doesn't get you? Put off by long waiting times? Dr Ronx has a solution.

Ever feel your GP doesn鈥檛 get you? Put off by long waiting times? Dr Ronx has a solution.

In this show, filmed before government and medical guidelines for Coronavirus were implemented, this A&E medic is swapping their scrubs for the streets. They are tackling one town at a time, putting the call out for people who are reluctant to go to the doctor鈥� and taking the doctor to them instead.

In Croydon, Ronx sees patients in boxing gyms, nail salons and cafes, and even heads home with some of them in their search for solutions. As they hear from people who say they leave the GP frustrated or think the doctor won鈥檛 be able to help them, they spreads their message: it doesn鈥檛 have to be that way.

In Ronx鈥檚 consultations, nothing is off limits. They diagnoses and treat everything from smelly discharge to mental health, excess sweating to spotty crotches, and fungal nails to gender identity concerns. Dr Ronx meets a young trans man who is suffering excruciating pain from the binder that flattens his chest, a woman whose hairstyle is making her go bald, a student whose depression is leading to some seriously risky behaviour, and a man who spends hundreds of pounds on his trainers but needs to pay a bit more attention to his feet. He is grateful to discover that his verruca can be treated with a dab of superglue.

Ronx isn鈥檛 afraid to get up close and personal in a way Dr Google never could, and they draw on their own experience of mental health and identity issues to offer advice on a level and without judgement. Whether it鈥檚 tips on how to shave pubic hair safely or straight talking about a drink problem, Ronx鈥檚 prescriptions are dispensed with heart and care, in their signature unflappable鈥� and unshockable style.

39 minutes

Last on

Wed 17 Jun 2020 00:35
大象传媒 One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:03

    Elderbrook

    Capricorn

  • 00:04

    KATO & Sigala

    Show You Love (feat. Hailee Steinfeld)

  • 00:06

    Sigala

    Came Here For Love (feat. Ella Eyre)

  • 00:15

    Mabel

    Begging

  • 00:16

    Skepta

    Shutdown

  • 00:16

    Sigrid

    Schedules

  • 00:20

    Sigrid

    Fake Friends

  • 00:23

    Giggs

    Play It Loud

  • 00:24

    Wiley

    50/50

  • 00:27

    Ramz

    Family Tree

  • 00:28

    Zak Abel

    Unstable

  • 00:30

    Not3s

    My Lover

Credits

Presenter Ronx Ikharia
Director Josh Jacobs
Producer Liban Mohammed
Producer Tom Jenner
Series Producer Jon Cahn
Executive Producer Ninder Billing
Production Company The Garden Productions

Broadcasts

  • Tue 16 Jun 2020 23:15
    大象传媒 One except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
  • Wed 17 Jun 2020 00:35
    大象传媒 One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only

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