Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic (2011)
Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic reveals how medicine may be practiced in the future. The show uses Skype video calling to offer members of the public appointments with Dr Christian Jessen and Dr Dawn Harper, along with guest specialists, during the live broadcast. Focusing on live diagnosis and consumer healthcare, the doctors arm callers and viewers with practical advice and information on what treatments and services are available to them both on the NHS and privately. Alongside the live cases there are consumer items featuring tests on over-the-counter medicines and insight into popular procedures such as laser eye-surgery.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2013-04-23The return of the health programme in which viewers can book an online appointment with doctors Christian Jessen and Dr Dawn Harper, who give diagnoses from the studio while on air. There is a live smear test and a chance to see how the results are analysed in a lab, as well as an opportunity to have a consultation with urologist and penis expert Paul Anderson. Pixie McKenna presents a film investigating the cause of an embarrassing condition, and there is a look at the latest medical developments and ground-breaking research being carried out across the UK.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2013-04-30Doctors Christian Jessen and Dawn Harper present more on-air appointments via webcam, with gynaecologist Gabrielle Downey and dentist James Russell providing consultations. Plus, there's a live testicle check for a group of men dedicated to promoting early detection of cancer, and Pixie McKenna presents another film investigating the cause of an embarrassing condition.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2013-05-07In the studio this time the doctors are talking breasts, offering viewers a unique opportunity to have a consultation with one of Britain's top breast surgeons, Patrick Mallucci, while some ladies join the doctors for a breast check. Dr Pixie looks inside the body's most embarrassing excretions, from poo to pus, and this time it's mucus. And Dr Christian Jessen takes a closer look at how men's bodies age, with six naked male volunteers aged between 20 and 70.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2013-05-14Dr Christian uses a camera to examine a man's anus and prostate, while Dr Pixie shows us how to have a healthy bottom. The show discovers why it's worth hanging out in a STI clinic. And there's the chance to sort out any bladder bother with one of Britain's top urologists, Mr Zaki Amallah.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2013-05-21Dr Christian, Dr Dawn and Dr Pixie open their clinic once again in Britain's only live televised surgery. Penis expert Paul Anderson puts men straight with their willy worries, while Dr Dawn asks the ladies, how familiar are you with your own vagina? She puts a group to the test; can they recognise their own genitals in a plaster cast line up? Plus a chance to sort any wobble worries with one of Britain's leading obesity specialists, Mr Shaw Somers. And Dr Christian is fat busting in an interactive fat check the whole nation can do.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date:Health programme in which viewers can watch or call in for an appointment with Dr Christian Jessen and Dr Dawn Harper, as they diagnose cases from the studio while live on air. Members of the public receive medical advice and health tips from professionals, while there are also reviews on over-the-counter medicines and insight into popular procedures.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date:Christian Jessen and Dawn Harper open the clinic once again, as Pixie McKenna deals with erectile dysfunction and the doctors find out what semen is made of in the studio lab. Gynaecologist Gabrielle Downey and breast surgeon Patrick Mallucci are also on hand to help with problems.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date:Christian Jessen and Dawn Harper reveal what pus is made of and offer viewers the chance to take an online test for obsessive compulsive disorder. Patients also seek treatment for sores, infections and open wounds, and consultant urologist Paul Anderson provides advice on penis problems.
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Episode 9 - What Happened Next #2
Release Date: 2013-11-04