Best Medicine Series 2 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.

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Series 2

1. MV140, Origami Surgical Capsules, Denial, Defibrillators

Tuesday 19^th November 2024

Daliso Chaponda is in denial, Mr Bob Yang shares a pineapple UTI vaccine, Dr Dana Damian unfolds Origami Surgical Capsules, and Thomas Martin is hard to beat with Defibrillators.

Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Fotios Sampaziotis, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Zoe Lyons, James Wong, Matt Morgan

2. Sweating In Nature, Animals, Transplantation, Horticulture

Tuesday 26^th November 2024

Zoe Lyons gets sweaty in nature, Dr Matt Morgan explains how giraffes and whales inspire medical innovation, Dr Fotios Sampaziotis shares life-saving liver treatmentsm, ethnobotanist James Wong unearths the benefits of horticulture and how it can benefit health and bring hope.

Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Nicholas Embleton, Lindsay Hall, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Laura Smyth, Subhadra Das

3. Sleep, FMTs, Dr Charles Drew, Stem Cell Transplantation

Tuesday 3^rd December 2024

Laura Smyth dreams of sleep, Prof Nicholas Embleton's life is saved by a stem cell donor and Prof Lindsay Hall pitches Faecal Matter Transplants (yes, you read that right).

Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Fatiha El-Ghorri, Lindsey Fitzharris, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Ben Perry, Claire Roddie

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

Tuesday 10^th December 2024

Fatiha El-Ghorri celebrates water, Dr Lindsey Fitzharris finds comfort in ritual, Rev Ben Perry connects through crying, and Dr Claire Roddie trains CAR T-cells to kill cancer.

Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Neil Frude, Shabnam Parkar, Ignacio Lopez, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Paul Craddock

5. Books, Poetry, Scandal, Writing

Tuesday 17^th December 2024

Joining Kiri this week in a literary special recorded at the Hay Festival is comedian Ignacio Lopez who heals family wounds through writing. Dr Paul Craddock explains how one of the most prestigious medical journals started as a scandal magazine, Miss Shabnam Parkar shares how poetry helps her perform surgery, and Professor Neil Frude walks Kiri through library bookshelves for mental health treatments.

Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Desiree Burch, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Abdullah Khan, Mark Williams

6. Pain Management, Organoids, Prosthetic Leg Covers

Tuesday 24^th December 2024

Desiree Burch discovers ways to cope with pain, Dr Abdullah Khan explores tiny beating hearts in a dish, and Dr Mark Williams tells Kiri how losing his leg led to finding his purpose.

Special: Bonus Episode - Extra Dose