Operation Ouch!

Operation Ouch! is a British children's educational television series about the human body. It shows what happens in A&E, what doctors sometimes have problems with and great experiments. The show is hosted by twin brothers Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken. Series 5 was named "Operation Ouch! Hospital Takeover".

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Reality
Kids
Family
Documentary
Created By

First Aired on

Oct 03, 2012

17 seaons till Jul 12, 2023

Popularity: 31.3901
4 votes
Networks
(GB)
Production

Maverick Television (GB)

Status: Returning Series

In Production

Last episode: Soaked to the Skin!

Seasons & episodes

Total 17 seasons, 189 episodes

Season 1

Aired

13 Episodes
  • Episode 1Marvellous Muscles min

    Identical twins Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken experiment and explore their way through the fascinating world of medicine and biology. Chris and Xand will let the viewer in to their exclusive world of medicine and explain the awesome things our bodies can do. The doctors experiment on their muscles to show how they work. Dr Chris meets some wriggly maggots that are helping to heal a sore foot, and Dr Xand goes on call with an emergency ambulance team. Meanwhile, over in accident and emergency, one patient has some grit in his head after a fall in the playground and another has injured his neck after performing a karate kick.

  • Episode 2Your Brilliant Brain min

    Identical twins Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken experiment and explore their way through the fascinating world of medicine and biology. The doctors show what really happens when you sneeze! Dr Chris gets his hands on a real human brain and Dr Xand goes on call with an emergency ambulance team. Meanwhile, over in accident and emergency, one patient has a hook caught in their hand and another thinks he's lost a toenail up his nose.

  • Episode 3Secret Lifesavers min

    The doctors demonstrate how our body movements are controlled by confusing their own brains. Dr Chris lets a blood-sucking leech feed on his arm and Dr Xand goes on call with an emergency ambulance team. Meanwhile, over in accident and emergency, a patient has locked their jaw wide open and another needs stitches after a particularly nasty fall.

  • Episode 4The Coolest Feet in Town min

    The doctors see how much pain they can take in their laboratory, Dr Xand investigates how our shoes can dramatically change the way we walk and Dr Chris goes on call with an emergency ambulance team. Meanwhile, over in accident and emergency, a patient comes in with a suspected hand fracture and another may lose his fingernail after trapping his finger in a car door.

  • Episode 5Your Connected Body min

    Dr Chris inserts a special medical tube into Dr Xand's nose and down to his belly to prove that the nose, mouth and stomach are all connected. Dr Xand takes things to the extreme as he endures a room colder than Antarctica to find out how our bodies cope in freezing temperatures. And Dr Chris is in the operating theatre to see an incredible robot surgeon perform a real-life surgery. Meanwhile, over in accident and emergency, one patient has a broken elbow after a game of leapfrog goes horribly wrong, and another has managed to get a stone stuck in his ear.

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