Best Medicine. Kiri Pritchard-McLean
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
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 4 - Surgical Microrobots, Backlash, The Immune System, Keeping An Open Mind
Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Sukh Ojla, Christos Bergeles, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Elinor Cleghorn, Daniel Davis
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.
Further details
Joining Kiri this week are Dr Christos Bergeles demonstrating surgical micro-robots that can transport the surgeon to areas of the body that are normally impossible to operate on, historian Dr Elinor Cleghorn champions Backlash by bringing us the tale of Victorian medical hero Mary Putnam Jacobi, Professor Daniel Davis champions the beauty of the immune system and comedian Sukh Ojla tells us to keep an open mind.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 31st October 2023
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 7th November 2023 | 10:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Catch-up
Cast & crew
| Kiri Pritchard-McLean | Host / Presenter |
| Christos Bergeles (as Dr Christos Bergeles) | Self |
| Elinor Cleghorn (as Dr Elinor Cleghorn) | Self |
| Daniel Davis (as Professor Daniel Davis) | Self |
| Sukh Ojla | Self |
| Kiri Pritchard-McLean | Writer |
| Ben Rowse | Writer |
| Laura Claxton | Writer |
| Nicky Roberts | Writer |
| Ben Worsfield | Producer |
| Simon Nicholls | Executive Producer |
| Tashi Radha | Assistant Producer |
| Andy Jones (as Andrew Jones) | Composer |