The Diagnosis Detectives

TV Show · Documentary

Michael Mosley assembles 12 of the UK's leading medical experts to diagnose patients with life-changing symptoms that have baffled other doctors. Each expert specialises in a different field and each has their own analysis about what might be wrong. By combining their knowledge, and using cutting-edge technology to test their theories, they'll try to solve these complex medical mysteries and finally give their patients the answers they desperately need.

2020 · 59m
Starring Michael Mosley
Director Michelle Coombes

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Paul & Judy
    Paul's dreams of a happy retirement have been ruined by a mystery condition that has caused his face to swell, and Judy's problems began back in 2007 when she started struggling to swallow food and being sick.
    59 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Neil and Katie
    The experts are shocked when Michael presents them with the case notes for the first of this week's patients. 64-year-old army veteran Neil has been living with a devastating skin condition since 2016.
    59 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Hayley and Lotte
    Michael Moseley challenges a team of doctors to diagnose a young woman struggling with dramatic weight gain and hair loss and another who has suddenly lost her sight in one eye.
    59 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Carys and Andrew
    A team of top doctors try to diagnose a man suffering multiple seizures every day and a young woman who has lived with a constant fever for nine years.
    59 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Michael Mosley
    Host
  • M‌C
    Michelle Coombes
    Director
  • B‌H
    Bex Hevingham
    Producer
  • G‌S
    Glenn Swift
    Producer
  • R‌P
    Ros Ponder
    Producer
  • H‌H
    Howard Holloway
    Producer

About

The Diagnosis Detectives

Documentary

Michael Mosley assembles 12 of the UK's leading medical experts to diagnose patients with life-changing symptoms that have baffled other doctors. Each expert specialises in a different field and each has their own analysis about what might be wrong. By combining their knowledge, and using cutting-edge technology to test their theories, they'll try to solve these complex medical mysteries and finally give their patients the answers they desperately need.

Information

Studio
BBC Two
Released
2020

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English (United Kingdom)

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Africa, Middle East, and India

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
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Asia Pacific

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  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
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  • Turkmenistan
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  • Bolivia (Español)
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  • Cayman Islands
  • Chile (Español)
  • Colombia (Español)
  • Costa Rica (Español)
  • Dominica
  • República Dominicana
  • Ecuador (Español)
  • El Salvador (Español)
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala (Español)
  • Honduras (Español)
  • México
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