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Genes: Our medical inheritance

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion show. Andrew Marr on medicine and genomes with Siddhartha Mukherjee, Emily Mayhew, Giles Yeo and Aarathi Prasad. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Mayhew
Interviewed Guest:
Giles Yeo
Interviewed Guest:
Aarathi Prasad
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Book of the Week

In the Bonesetter's Waiting Room

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Aarathi Prasad delves into the complex world of Indian medicine, starting with the seven official types. Show more

Book of the Week

In the Bonesetter's Waiting Room

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Writer Aarathi Prasad visits the hospital in the Dharavi slum where the shrine holds sway. Show more

Book of the Week

In the Bonesetter's Waiting Room

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

In Hyderabad, writer Aarathi Prasad meets the family of Hakims (doctors) who reset bones. It all began with a rabbit, so the bonesetter's story goes. Show more

Book of the Week

In the Bonesetter's Waiting Room

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Writer Aarathi Prasad tracks down the fish doctors in Secunderabad, who claim to treat asthma by the most unlikely of methods. Show more

Book of the Week

In the Bonesetter's Waiting Room

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Writer Aarathi Prasad learns of the extraordinary success of Project Prakash, which has brought vision to thousands of blind Indian children. The reader is Sudha Bhuchar. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One EastLatest broadcast: on BBC One Cambridgeshire

Aarathi Prasad explores water-related inventions, including new ways to cross the sea, making filthy water drinkable and designing life-saving apparatus. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Aarathi Prasad
Captain George Manby:
John Dane
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Abbott
Interviewed Guest:
Steve Abbott
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Airy
Interviewed Guest:
Bob Beard
Interviewed Guest:
Derek George
Interviewed Guest:
Judy Nichols
Interviewed Guest:
Johana O'Donoghue
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Pritchard
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Waller
Director:
Clive Dunn
Director of photography:
Chris Sharman
Editor:
Ray Gotts
Writer:
Clive Dunn
Camera Assistant:
Max Knaapen
Production Coordinator:
Annu Kolthammer
Production Assistant:
Cameron Black
Production Assistant:
Annie Woodman
Researcher:
Janine Gauvain
Production Company:
Eye Film and TV