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Now Wash Your Hands

Wednesday 9 January 2008 13:30-14:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Repeated: Sunday 13 January 2008 23:00-23:30 (Radio 4 FM)

Dominic Arkwright chairs the lively discussion series.

Is the current obsession with personal hygiene a good thing or are we turning ourselves into feeble creatures with no defences against the real world? Nicky Taylor gave up washing altogether for six weeks as part of a social experiment. Val Curtis is an expert on disgust and its place in the evolution of human behaviour and hygiene. Comedian Phil Hammond is a GP with scathingly frank views on the nation's health.

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