Best Medicine
- Radio panel show
- BBC Radio 4
- 2022 - 2023
- 11 episodes (1 series)
Panel show pilot hosted by Kiri Pritchard-McLean about the inspiring past, present and future of medicine.
- Due to return for Series 2
Series 1
1. Sobriety, Touch, Camellia Sinensis, Trust
Tuesday 10th 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.
2. Cytosponge, Fresh Air, Showmanship, Alkaline Breathing
Tuesday 17th 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.
3. Breast Medicine
Tuesday 24th 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.
4. Surgical Microrobots, Backlash, The Immune System, Keeping An Open Mind
Tuesday 31st 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.
5. Laughter, Other People, Inclusion, Tissue Engineering
Tuesday 7th 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.
6. CT Scans, Inhalation, Faith, Attention
Tuesday 14th 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.
7. Failure, Detection, Herpes, Climate Change
Tuesday 21st November 2023
Featuring Dr Lindsey Fitzharris, Dr Aravinthan Varatharaj, Professor Kevin Harrington and Dr Matt Winning.
8. Doing Less, Gardening, The Smartphone, Expertise
Tuesday 28th November 2023
Featuring Shaparak Khorsandi, Dr Paul Craddock, Professor Jamie Ward and Professor Roger Kneebone.
9. Autopsies, Light, Escapism, Henrietta Lacks
Tuesday 5th December 2023
Featuring Kristoffer Hughes, Professor Anil Seth, Professor Olivette Otele and Ali Plumb.
10. Epidurals, Embroidery, Play, Death
Tuesday 12th December 2023
Featuring Ria Lina, Dr Paul Craddock, Dr Guddi Singh and Subhadra Das.