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The Big C and Me
The Big C and Me - Ep1
- Broadcast
- 2016 (58 mins)
The Big C & Me follows nine people across the country living with cancer. Filmed over a year we see them experience everything the disease has to throw at them. From diagnosis, through treatment to whatever...
The Big C and Me
The Big C and Me Ep2
- Broadcast
- 2016 (58 mins)
In Episode Two we follow three families whose lives are reshaped by a cancer diagnosis. We meet 83 year old June and her daughters in the consulting room as she learns she has pancreatic cancer. It’s a...
The Big C and Me
The Big C and Me - Ep3
- Broadcast
- 2016 (58 mins)
In the last episode, three people facing up to the reality of life or death with cancer. We meet 33 year old Mark as he receives treatment in the chemotherapy unit at the Christie Hospital in Manchester....
The Truth About Success and Failure in Medicine
Ep1 - The Business of Failure
- Broadcast
- 2016 (26 mins)
In a new four-part series for BBC World Service and The Open University, broadcaster and medic Dr Kevin Fong explores what healthcare can learn from other organisations that succeed and fail. In this...
The Truth About Success and Failure in Medicine
Ep2 - Faster, Better, Cheaper
- Broadcast
- 2016 (26 mins)
Dr Kevin Fong continues to explore the boundaries between the medical profession and other industries for valuable lessons that might be of use to us all. The second programme recounts the ups and downs of...
The Truth About Success and Failure in Medicine
Ep3 - Going Lean: Health in the Toyota Way
- Broadcast
- 2016 (26 mins)
In the third programme in the series, Dr Kevin Fong explores the concept of ‘lean’ in healthcare. He visits Toyota’s largest car assembly plant in the United States and discovers how the company’s...
The Truth About Success and Failure in Medicine
Ep4 - Failing Gracefully
- Broadcast
- 2016 (26 mins)
Dr Kevin Fong concludes his exploration of the boundaries between the medical profession and other industries for valuable lessons that might be of use to us all. In this final episode, Kevin talks to...
Chasing Perfection : From Birth to the Starting Line
Chasing Perfection : From Birth to the Starting Line - EP1
- Broadcast
- 2015 (48 mins)
Sports science has changed immeasurably in the last 20 years, and what the series seeks to explore is how that change has impacted on the world of professional sport, and what role it plays in creating...
Chasing Perfection : From Birth to the Starting Line
Chasing Perfection : From Birth to the Starting Line - EP2
- Broadcast
- 2015 (49 mins)
What is it that defines a champion? In our second episode Michael will be trying to understand what makes the difference between those who line up on the start line and those who end up on the podium time...
The Hunt
The Hardest Challenge - Ep1
- Broadcast
- 2015 (58 mins)
The contests between predators and prey are the most dramatic events in nature; for both it’s a matter of life and death. The Hardest Challenge reveals the extraordinary range of techniques predators use...