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Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

Series Overview

In this "entertaining medical series" (The Sunday Times, U.K.), Dr. Michael Mosley shows how drugs have revolutionized medicine and changed the course of human history. Unfolding over a period of 200 years, it's an extraordinary tale of daring, self-experimentation, revelation, genius, and outright luck.

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EndedDocumentary
Original Network
BBC Four
Episodes & Seasons

1 Season • 3 Episodes

60 min per episode

Air Date Window

2013 – 2013

Premiered: Mon, Jul 22, 2013

Created By

Creative Production Team

Latest Aired Episode

Aired: Mon, Aug 5, 2013

Season 1, Episode 3: “Poison”

Dr Michael Mosley ends the series with a look at poisons, exploring the turning points when scientists went from finding antidotes to poisons to applying poisons as a cure - celebrating the eccentrics and mavericks whose breakthroughs were to pave the way for some of the most striking treatments of modern medicine. Of the medicines explored in this series, those that are derived from poisons are perhaps the most extraordinary. The story of turning poisons into medicines encompasses the planet's most deadly substances, in which we turned killers into cures.

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Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Producers

Tina Fletcher-Hill, Steve Crabtree

Department Leadership Roster

Steve Crabtree

Producer

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What is Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines about?

In this "entertaining medical series" (The Sunday Times, U.K.), Dr. Michael Mosley shows how drugs have revolutionized medicine and changed the course of human history. Unfolding over a period of 200 years, it's an extraordinary tale of daring, self-experimentation, revelation, genius, and outright luck.

How many seasons does Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines have?

Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines comprises 1 season available to explore.

Who stars in Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines?

Key cast members in Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines include Michael Mosley.

Who created or directed Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines?

Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines was developed and directed by Not specified.