Where to watch Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines (2013) in the UK
Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines (2013) is available to watch free in the UK on BBC iPlayer. Last verified on 17 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.
In this "entertaining medical series" (The Sunday Times, U.K.), Dr. Michael Mosley shows how drugs have revolutionized medicine and changed the course of human history. Unfolding over a period of 200 years, it's an extraordinary tale of daring, self-experimentation, revelation, genius, and outright luck.
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Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines (2013) is available free (with adverts or a TV licence) on BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom.
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