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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Series 2, Episode 5 - Books, Poetry, Scandal, Writing
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.
Broadcast details
Note: This episode has not yet been broadcast. Details are liable to change.
- Date
- Tuesday 17th December 2024
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Catch-up
Cast & crew
| Kiri Pritchard-McLean | Host / Presenter |
| Shabnam Parkar | Guest |
| Ignacio Lopez | Guest |
| Neil Frude | Guest |
| Paul Craddock (as Dr Paul Craddock) | Self |
| Kiri Pritchard-McLean | Writer |
| Ben Rowse | Writer |
| Pravanya Pillay | Writer |
| Edward Easton | Writer |
| Nicky Roberts | Writer |
| Mel Owen | Writer |
| Ben Worsfield | Producer |
| Tashi Radha | Producer |
| Andy Jones (as Andrew Jones) | Composer |