''Operation Ouch!'' is a British comedy children's television series on the human body, showing what happens in
A&E, what doctors sometimes have problems with and experiments. The first series of ''Operation Ouch!'' aired on
CBBC
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...
in October 2012 and
ABC Australia
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owned ...
in 2013.
The show is hosted by twin brothers and doctors
Chris and Xand van Tulleken and in 2019 a new doctor, Ronx İkharia, was introduced.
Series 9 first aired on CBBC starting May 2020 for one episode, and then resumed on 13 January 2021.
An American remake is currently in development.
Overview
In order to educate children about medicine and biology, doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken perform experiments on the human body to see how they work and investigate medical treatments and technology. The doctors also offer "try this at home" experiments for viewers to participate in.
In addition, they follow paediatric accident and emergency personnel and patients at
Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Alder Hey Children's Hospital is a children's hospital and NHS foundation trust in West Derby, Liverpool, England. It is one of the largest children's hospitals in the United Kingdom, and one of several specialist hospitals within the Liverpool ...
and
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is a children's hospital in Oxford Road, Manchester, England. The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is managed by the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
History
A new hospital was required to ...
and the Liverpool hospital
The doctors also join
West Midlands Ambulance Service
The West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS) is responsible for providing NHS ambulance services within the West Midlands region of England. It is one of ten ambulance trusts providing England with emergency medi ...
and
Midlands Air Ambulance
The Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC), formerly County Air Ambulance, is a charity operating a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands. ...
rapid response teams on the road and in patients' homes as they assist with medical emergencies.
Production
The first series has 13 episodes, the first of which aired in October 2012 on
CBBC
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...
. A second series began in September 2013 and consisted of 10 episodes. A fourth and fifth series was broadcast in 2016 on the CBBC channel in the UK.
The seventh and eighth series were both broadcast on CBBC in 2019. A ninth series began airing on CBBC in 2020 with the first episode focussing on
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, and episodes continued from January 2021. The hosts,
Chris and Xand van Tulleken, were trained in medicine at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
, and both graduated in 2002:
Chris is a practicing
medical doctor
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
while Xand focuses on research and teaching.
In 2019, Ronx İkharia joined the programme.
Episodes run for 30 minutes.
Episodes
Series 1 (2012)
Series 2 (2013)
Series 3 (2015)
Series 4 (2016)
Series 5 – Hospital Takeover (2016)
= Operation Ouch! Hospital Takeover Live (2016)
=
In December 2016, a 2-hour live special was broadcast on the CBBC website hosted by
Karim Zeroual
Karim Zeroual (born 14 November 1993) is a British television presenter and actor.
Early life
Zeroual was born in London to parents of Moroccan heritage and was brought up by his mother. He attended theatre school in London.
Stage and televisi ...
. Guests included
Cel Spellman
Ceallach Spellman ( ; born 31 August 1995) is an English actor and presenter best known for playing Matthew Williams in the revival of ITV (TV network), ITV drama ''Cold Feet'', Harry Fisher in the BBC One school-based drama ''Waterloo Road (TV ...
and
Millie Innes
Millie Innes (born 5 October 2000) is a Scottish actress, known for her roles as Maisy in ''Dani's House'' and Millie McDonald in ''Millie Inbetween''.
Early and personal life
Innes was born in 2000 to parents Julia and Campbell; she has a you ...
.
Series 6 (2017)
Series 7 (2019)
Series 8 (2019)
Do Try This at Home (2020)
Series 9 (2020-21)
References
External links
* {{BBC programme
2012 British television series debuts
2010s British children's television series
2010s British medical television series
2020s British children's television series
2020s British medical television series
BBC children's television shows
BBC medical television shows
English-language television shows
CBBC shows
Television series by All3Media