2001
Examines the long and bitter struggle for understanding that ultimately led to modern antibiotics, and then drug-resistant bugs. It's a journey that takes us from the mountains of Peru to the world's largest mass grave in London, England, and into the Centres for Disease Control, where the most dangerous bugs on the planet are caged.
2001
Examines the strange and terrible history of mental illness; from trepanning, the first known surgical procedure used to release 'demons' from the skull; to modern remedies such as Prozac, the wonder drug for depression. Also a visit to an ancient Belgium town with a history of sanctuary for those suffering from mental illness; it gives a modern diagnosis for a Roman megalomaniac, it details the fascinating and morbid origins of lobotomy treatment, and shows what the inside of Bedlam was really like.