Is Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines on BBC iPlayer UK?

Name: Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013
Rating: 8
Cast: Michael Mosley

Yes, Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines (2013) is currently available to stream on BBC iPlayer UK.

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Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines(2013)

Documentary

~60 min/ep

Last verified: 20/04/2026 — This information may be out of date

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1 season, 3 episodes

3 episodes — ~60 min each — Total: ~3 hours

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Synopsis

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.