Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery Episode guide
Bloody Beginnings
How surgery was dragged out of the dark ages, transforming from butchery into a science.
First broadcast: 17 Sep 2008
Fixing Faces
Michael Mosley examines plastic surgery, from 16th-century bondage to 21st-century botox.
First broadcast: 10 Sep 2008
Spare Parts
Transplant surgery development, from a Nazi sympathiser to new life-saving operations.
First broadcast: 03 Sep 2008
Bleeding Hearts
Michael Mosley has a go at heart surgery and meets a man with no heartbeat.
First broadcast: 27 Aug 2008
Into the Brain
A look at the area of the body where surgery has been most frightening - the brain.
First broadcast: 20 Aug 2008
