Best Medicine Series 1 episode guide

Best Medicine

Radio panel show
BBC Radio 4
2022 - 2024
17 episodes (2 series)

Panel show pilot hosted by Kiri Pritchard-McLean about the inspiring past, present and future of medicine.

Continues on Tuesday on Radio 4 at 6:30pm with Series 2, Episode 2
Catch-up on Series 2, Episode 1

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Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Ed Freshwater, Felicity Ward, Ally Barrow, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Seyi Rhodes

1. Sobriety, Touch, Camellia Sinensis, Trust

Tuesday 10^th October 2023

Joining Kiri this week are haptic technology specialist Dr Ally Barrow with the power of touch and a demonstration of virtual reality injections, mental health nurse Ed Freshwater speaks about a powerful treatment for mental illness, journalist and broadcaster Seyi Rhodes explores what happens when trust is lost in medicine, and comedian Felicity Ward offers sobriety as her best medicine.

Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Jack Hartnell, Tolullah Oni, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Rebecca Fitzgerald, Thanyia Moore

2. Cytosponge, Fresh Air, Showmanship, Alkaline Breathing

Tuesday 17^th October 2023

Kiri Pritchard-McLean witnesses a demonstration of a revolutionary pill on a string that detects throat cancer. She also examines fresh air, and showmanship in medieval surgery.

Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Sarah Kerruish, Jordan Gray, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Lindsey Fitzharris, Samantha Terry

3. Breast Medicine

Tuesday 24^th October 2023

Comedian Jordan Gray champions boob jobs, historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris shares her own breast cancer recovery story, and Sarah Kerruish unveils MIA, a life-saving AI algorithm.

Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Sukh Ojla, Christos Bergeles, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Elinor Cleghorn, Daniel Davis

4. Surgical Microrobots, Backlash, The Immune System, Keeping An Open Mind

Tuesday 31^st October 2023

Surgical Micro-Robots than can transport the surgeon to locations that are impossible to operate on and the internal beauty of the immune system go head to head in this episode.

Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Nabil Abdulrashid, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Phillipa Vincent-Connolly, Adam Kampff, Massimo Caputo

5. Laughter, Other People, Inclusion, Tissue Engineering

Tuesday 7^th November 2023

Drumming rats, life-saving laughter, disability in Henry VIII's court and a revolutionary heart operation using placenta cells compete for the title of tge best medicine.

Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Kate Bottley, Caroline Rance, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, John James, Subarna Chakravorty, Ria Lina

6. CT Scans, Inhalation, Faith, Attention

Tuesday 14^th November 2023

Ria Lina wants everyone to get a CT scan, historian Caroline Rance debunks dodgy inhalation practices, Rev Kate Bottley offers up Faith and Kiri learns about Sickle Cell.