Season 1
(2008)
Overview
From the pioneering work of Galen on Roman gladiators to the latest advances in plastic surgery, this five-part series illustrates the evolution of surgical techniques—a story as much of mishaps and misadventures as it is of successes and amazing advances. Filmed in America and Europe and presented by the charismatic and medically trained Michael J. Mosley. Contains surgical scenes of a graphic nature. A BBC Production. 5-part series.
Cast
as Presenter
Episodes
Into The Brain 0.0
August 20, 2008
A look at the area of the body where surgery has been most frightening - the brain. Just over 100 years ago, cutting i…
Bleeding Hearts 0.0
August 27, 2008
Michael Mosley has a go at heart surgery and meets a man with no heartbeat. With a family history of heart problems, p…
Spare Parts 0.0
September 3, 2008
Transplant surgery development, from a Nazi sympathiser to new life-saving operations. These days, transplant surgery…
Fixing Faces 0.0
September 10, 2008
Michael Mosley examines plastic surgery, from 16th-century bondage to 21st-century botox. Thought of as a modern pheno…
Bloody Beginnings 0.0
September 17, 2008
How surgery was dragged out of the dark ages, transforming from butchery into a science. Presenter Michael Mosley find…