Power has a price. Returners have great talents, but what do they lose as a result?
The murderer is revealed, with an unexpected twist.
Confident soldier Paul is the opposite of what former girl band member Natalie would usually go for, but will she fall for his charm? And will weightlifting octogenarian Dave charm elegant Clare?
Mairéad and the lads take the family car on a road trip to pick up her unpredictable mother, but disaster strikes.
Sun and sand are the new dream, but how can the lads afford it? Enter Billy Murphy with a daring whiskey heist idea.
Two sisters share an extraordinary bond as one donates her womb to the other to enable her to give birth, making British medical history.
From a toxic cup used aboard Capt. James Cook’s ship to the organized care inside Roman army hospitals, ancient medicine balanced danger with innovation. Newly discovered bamboo scrolls from China add another mystery, hinting at the origins of traditional practices and the physician said to have shaped them.
Go inside a world where healing blends belief and ritual. A Roman incantation promises protection from malaria, hundreds of unusual remedies are carved into China’s Longmen Grottoes, and a medieval Polish grave filled with fossilized squid raises questions about magic, medicine and meaning.
From Europe’s obsession with powdered mummy to Austrians who ingested arsenic for beauty and strength, history is filled with startling cures. Meanwhile, in Guatemala, an ancient Mayan sweat bath carved with a deity exposes healing practices centered on mothers and childbirth. These remedies reveal medicine’s most unexpected paths.
Grim medical tools recovered from the pirate ship Queen Anne’s Revenge expose the harsh realities of medicine at sea. In Peru, ancient skulls marked by trepanation reveal sophisticated surgical practices. Evidence from Lewis and Clark’s expedition uncovers the use of “thunderbolts,” a powerful drug carried to survive the American frontier.
In medieval courts, fear of poison fuels the rise of bezoar stones as prized antidotes. In Egypt, electric catfish inspire bioelectrical healing long before modern science. And in China’s Turpan region, a burial wrapped in cannabis plants uncovers ritual practices and ancient knowledge.
Across continents and centuries, healers find bold solutions. Medieval barber-surgeons perform bloodletting and surgery, Elizabethan physicians read the stars to guide treatment, and ancient Indian innovators defy taboos to advance surgery, anatomy and Ayurvedic medical knowledge.
A Chinese emperor gambles on a glittering elixir promising eternal life, while a fearless Renaissance anatomist challenges ancient medical doctrine. As the black death spreads across continents, desperate physicians search for answers in a race against unimaginable devastation.
From gold dental bands in Etruscan tombs to the blood stained remains of a medieval hospital in Scotland, archaeologists reveal the gritty realities of ancient care. A crafted Egyptian prosthetic adds a final twist, raising new questions about innovation in early medicine.
Royal cures, ancient disease and early surgery reveal medicine’s darkest hopes.
Off the coast of Italy, a Roman shipwreck preserves the oldest known medical tablets ever studied. In the Levant, poppy-shaped vessels reveal early use of opium, while deep in the caves of Borneo, a 31,000-year-old skeleton with a healed amputation challenges long-held beliefs about prehistoric surgery and medical care.
"Come on down!" The Price Is Right features a wide variety of games and contests with the same basic challenge: Guess the prices of everyday (or not-quite-everyday) retail items.
Dr Hawley Crippen flees to Canada but is caught and hanged for his wife Cora's murder in 1910. A discovery in 2007 suggests that the remains aren't hers.
The world's largest electronic music festival brings 500,000 dance enthusiasts into the city. Night conductor Errol rides along on a special DJ train, while safety and service staff Menno and Baran are busy dealing with a troublemaker who is under the influence
Xu Miyu’s perfect marriage shatters on her 10th anniversary, prompting her to rediscover herself and choose divorce. Starting over as a hotel cleaner at Purong Hotel, she crosses paths with Ji Feng, the hotel’s new GM and her former acquaintance. As they face workplace challenges together, love blossoms, and they transform Purong Hotel into a rising city landmark.