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Series 1

1. Sobriety, Touch, Camellia Sinensis, Trust

Comedy meets medical science with virtual reality injections, sobriety and trust.

• 28 mins

Series 1

2. Cytosponge, Fresh Air, Showmanship, Alkaline Breathing

Comedy meets medical science with a pill on a string and medieval surgery.

• 28 mins

Series 1

3. Breast Medicine

A breast special featuring a life-saving AI algorithm, luck and injectable radiation.

• 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.

• 29 mins

Series 1

5. Laughter, Other People, Inclusion, Tissue Engineering

Drumming rats, Henry VIII's disabilities, laughter and a world-first heart operation.

• 27 mins

Series 1

6. CT Scans, Inhalation, Faith, Attention

Guest Ria Lina champions CT scans.

• 28 mins

Series 1

7. Failure, Detection, Herpes, Climate Change

Cancer-curing Herpes, Victorian clockwork saws and a neurologist playing detective.

• 28 mins

Series 1

8. Doing Less, Gardening, The Smartphone, Expertise

Can you learn to see through your tongue?

• 28 mins

Series 1

9. Autopsies, Light, Escapism, Henrietta Lacks

Can autopsies really be the best medicine?

• 28 mins

Series 1

10. Epidurals, Embroidery, Play, Death

From birth to death via embroidery and play, what will Kiri choose as the Best Medicine?

• 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!

• 1 min

Series 2

1. MV140, Origami Surgical Capsules, Denial, Defibrillators

Ingestible origami robots battle against a revolutionary pineapple-flavoured UTI vaccine.

• 28 mins

Series 2

2. Sweating In Nature, Animals, Transplantation, Horticulture

Zoe Lyons sweats outside, whales inspire a heart treatment and transplants transform lives

• 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’?

• 28 mins

Series 2

4. CAR T-cells, Ritual, Water, Crying

Revolutionary reprogrammed cells that kill cancer, or could crying be the best medicine?

• 28 mins

Series 2

5. Books, Poetry, Scandal, Writing

Kiri opens the book on literary medicines in this special from the Hay Festival.

• 28 mins