Dr. Chris and Dr. Xand Van Tulleken investigate what mental health is and why things can sometimes go wrong. They’ll uncover the science behind some of the most common triggers for mental health problems, and explore how you can get help and what you can do protect yourself and others. Four young people, including Jordan Stephens from music duo Rizzle Kicks, share their personal experiences with mental health problems and what they’re doing to get through.
Languages: English
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Operation Ouch! Dr. Chris & Dr. Xand Investigate: Alcohol
Taking their lead from young people’s questions, Dr Chris and Dr Xand Van Tulleken investigate what alcohol is, why so many people love to drink it, and why it can be dangerous. To reveal the science of what’s going on inside and outside the body when you drink alcohol, Dr Xand has one drink too many while Dr Chris performs a revealing range of medical tests on him. From being unable to drive a car safely, to getting angry and unruly with his twin brother, things are not looking pretty.
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Deadly Diseases
From the cruel common cold to shocking smallpox, we cough up the disgusting details of snot, sneezes, and viruses.
Lucy arrives at the studio and really isn’t very well. The show starts but, pretty soon, things are going wrong again! Professor McTaggart takes over from Mark to present the show.
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Abominable Blood
Lovely icky red blood. What is it and why do we need it? How does it transport important things around the body?
Bob the robot just has his first aid badge to get so that he can go to the robot jamboree. The trouble is he hates blood. Mark is stopped just in time by blood expert Charles Drew as he is about to give someone a blood transfusion from a dog!
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Chemical Chaos
Explosions, atoms, and fiendish forces that bubble, bang, and bump! What makes things explode?
Lucy has made a mistake in the show’s script and now everyone thinks the show is about ‘elephants!’ It’s a disaster, especially as they have legendary scientist Marie Curie on the show.
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Space, Stars, and Slimy Aliens
What happens to our bodies in space? Can we live on other planets? Who invented the telescope and how can we make one at home?
Mark receives a letter from the head of the channel saying that he is going to be sacked if anything else goes wrong on the show! Lucy, Bob, and Professor McTaggart try and make sure that, for once, everything goes smoothly. Everything seems to be going well until legendary astrologer Galileo arrives and is keen to start selling his telescopes… Lucy is outraged and decides to teach him a lesson!
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Wasted World
Gruesome greenhouse gasses and deadly toxic waste. Why do we recycle and what would happen if we stopped? Is global warming really bad news?
The team try and find out what’s going on with the climate, although the show nearly ends in disaster (again) when they discover there is a bear roaming free in the studio! Guest Star: Bear Grylls
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Operation Ouch! – S06E10
The Doctors head into the lab with the Sphinctermatic 8.0 to deomstrate how two rings of muscle help you control an important bodily function.
In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a hospital hairdresser.
During Ouch & About On Call, Dr. Chris explains why the doctors had to cut open a girl’s broken arm to fix it and how your appendix works, while Dr. Xand explains why your muscles get tired when you’re exercising.
Dr. Chris goes to the park to investigate the many species of mosquitos that live there and see if any of them are carriers of disease.
In Accident & Emergency, one patient needs surgery to repair his broken wrist and another patient has a painful and itchy eye.
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Operation Ouch! – S05E08
The Doctors head into the lab to film a burp from inside Xand’s throat to explain why we burp and why it’s important that we do it.
In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a member of an ambulance crew.
During Ouch & About On Call, Dr. Chris explains why you can’t eat or drink before a surgery and what a tracheostomy is, while Dr. Xand explains how your eyes can trick your brain.
The Doctors investigate how the Radiology Department helps when diagnosing medical problems.
In Accident & Emergency, one patient has cut her hand while doing some arts and crafts and another patient has dislocated her jaw… again!
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Operation Ouch! – S05E09
The Doctors head into the lab to explain where your pancreas is located in your body and what it does.
In Operation Takeover, the Doctors discover the importance and difficulty of being a hospital postman.
In the Ouch Patients segment, we have followed four children along their daily lives throughout the season to learn what it’s like to be a regular hospital outpatient. In this episode we check in for the final time with Haiden, Ruby, Holly, and Tola to see how their hospital visits have helped them.
Dr. Xand investigate how a special glass called bioglass is used to repair bones.
In Accident & Emergency, one patient has been airlifted to the hospital with a wound in his chest after falling on a fence and another patient has scraped her chin when she fell off her bicycle.