Storyville
Season 20 Episode 12 - Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (1)
Paolo Macchiarini is one of world's most famous surgeons. He hopes to revolutionize medicine by creating a new type of synthetic organ - a vision that could save many lives. But the Italian surgeon has also been accused of using terminally ill patients as human guinea pigs as well as falsifying his science. Is he a genius - or is he behind one of medicine's biggest scandals? This series gains access to Macchiarini's closed world of organ transplants, animal experiments and stem-cell research. From his base at one of the world's most prestigious medical institutions - the Karolinska Institute, home of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm, Sweden - the series explores the fallout from his work across the world, from London to Russia. It poses a fundamental ethical question - how far can you risk a human life in the name of cutting-edge science?
Episodes in Season 20
The Golden Age of Circus: The Show of Shows
85 min
The Great Gangster Film Fraud
85 min
A Death Row Tale: The Fear of 13
85 min
The Toughest Horse Race in the World: Palio
85 min
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
85 min
The Black Panthers
85 min
Bolshoi's Babylon
85 min
My Nazi Legacy
85 min
Being Evel Knievel
85 min
Unlocking The Cage
85 min
Moazzam Begg: Living the War on Terror
85 min
Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (1)
85 min
Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (2)
85 min
Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (3)
85 min
Chasing Asylum - Inside Australia's Detention Camps
85 min
Weiner - Sexts, Scandals and Politics
85 min
Jim - The James Foley Story
85 min
Brides for Sale - Sonita
85 min
The Cult that Stole Children - Inside the Family
85 min
Forever Pure - Football and Racism in Jerusalem
85 min
