Operation Ouch!
British television series
Operation Ouch! is a British comedy children's television series on the human body, showing what happens in A&E, the problems that doctors encounter and various medical experiments. The first series of Operation Ouch! aired on CBBC in October 2012 and ABC Australia in 2013. The show is hosted by twin brothers and doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken.
Since 2016 the program has a Dutch version, called Topdoks. In June 2019 the programme's production company, Maverick Television, announced that an American version was in development.
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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 and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.
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