Medicine Men

Episode 1 The Hot Zone 06 July 2008

The Hot Zone

In the first programme, Chris and Xand travel to one of the most disease-ridden places on Earth to live with the Bayaka Pygmies in the Congo Basin. This densely forested region of equatorial Africa is renowned as the incubator for the most deadly viruses known to man, including Ebola and HIV. Over the course of a month, the brothers try to understand how the Bayaka have managed to thrive for tens of thousands of years in such an unforgiving environment. Finally, however, it is the simple need to eat that presents them with their greatest challenge…

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• rupert.raby says:

  21 January | 13:36

  I'm going to miss this show. Anyone know if it will be on More4?

• DimensionRaider says:

  22 January | 21:52

  This is absolutely incredible television. It is so well narrated and presented that I think these two highly intelligent brothers have a very bright future. I'm thinking our generations Attenboroughs - and I don't say things like that lightly.

• ananeves says:

  22 January | 22:30

  What a shame that we do not get to know what happened to the baby when they left...

• Ally_London says:

  23 January | 12:24

  It was great to hear/see one of the brothers start out thinking they were going in to improve life for the Bayaka and then leave feeling humbled by the experience and respectful of the relationship the tribe have with their physical environment.

• lika says:

  24 January | 16:11

  I enjoyed the program very much. It was very well presented and very very interesting. I can hardly wait the next episode and i hope we get to know what hapened to the baby! Well done to the twins who have taken such a big challange. Generally, WELL DONE!!

• poppy says:

  25 January | 16:38

  Amazing programme. Can't wait until next week for the next one. Was slightly uncomfortable when they delayed helping the baby - yet fully understood why they couldn't just charge in. Well done to all invovled in the making of the programme.

• elaine says:

  29 January | 19:42

  This was stunning tv, thank you for taking me deep into the Congo Basin. You guys are amazing,so young and yet so wise. It was a tad uncomfortable watching; knowing that you could help the baby,but it was so very important that you stood back and waited for the other chap to do what he had to do, before you offered your help. Ths is the very best of British TV. I am looking forward to watching the rest of the series.

• horty says:

  05 February | 23:01

  dont you mean attenbrothers hahaha

• Jade says:

  07 February | 13:12

  im absaloutley devasted i missed this episode? does anyone know where i can see it again or if there will be any repeats? I'm hooked.

• Roxanne says:

  12 February | 19:43

  Chris and Xand just did just about everything i have ever wanted to do in one episode!! they built a shelter, slept under it,climbed up a tree in an attempt to find honey...wow! Though i did find the parts with the Baby and mother upsetting, things like that happen all the time and living in our world, we are almost oblivious.