Louis Theroux explores the world of plastic surgery by traveling to Los Angeles and even experiencing a procedure first-hand. Plastic surgery has become exceedingly popular over the years and many individuals are making appoi...
Sugar Crash is a documentary that examines the health concerns around eating too much sugar. It takes a close look at sugar consumption in Ireland, and examines its long-term health effects since the end of World War II. At t...
America’s Medicated Kids follows Louis Theroux as he visits one of America’s leading psychiatric centres in Pennsylvania. Having to cope with the challenging behaviour of their children, many parents are turning t...
Forks over Knives is a film about nutrition featuring Dr. Caldwell Esseltyn and T. Colin Campbell, a primary researcher on the famed 1980s nutritional China-Cornell-Oxford Project. The documentary centres on the findings of t...
The Way of All Flesh by Adam Curtis tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, who died of cervical cancer in 1951, and how her cells led to significant breakthroughs in medical research. Before Lack’s death, cells were extracted fr...
The Future of Food by Deborah Koons Garcia tells the story behind genetically engineered food that ends up on grocery store shelves in the US. It investigates how these items can be unlabeled and patented, criticizing the fac...
In Fat Head, comedian Tom Naughton examines and attempts to refute Morgan Spurlock’s documentary Super Size Me, critically examining the science and information put forward in that film. Having watched it as part of his...
Running from September 2017 to December 2018, the BBC Four Pandemic App was the biggest science experiment of its kind powered by citizens. Exploring the fascinating ambition of the scientists behind the app, Contagion: The B...
Many people have thought about vegan, but a small percentage of people follow through. Why? The reason is that it’s hard. It’s not just cutting out meat. There is a lot more to pay attention to. In the documentary...
Every woman’s pregnancy is a different story. 40 Weeks takes an intimate look into what happens during each week of the pregnancy. It features stories from various different women, all with different lifestyles, backgro...
Food can bring comfort to many people, but what happens when a person’s love of food completely takes over their life? The Man Who Ate Himself to Death takes a look into the story of Ricky Naputi, a man whose relationsh...
course, it didn’t always used to be this way. Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease and Pushing Drugs takes a deep dive into the hugely profitable pharmaceutical industry to explore how DTC (direct-to-consumer) marketing a...