Embarrassing Bodies: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Embarrassing Bodies Season 4.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Thailand
Mar 5, 2012 · 30 min
Tropical disease specialist Dr James Logan joins the team. Dawn and James travel to Thailand to look for embarrassing souvenirs Brits could be bringing home with them after a trip
Thailand (2)
Mar 12, 2012 · 30 min
James continues his experiment of living with hookworm inside his intestine. Christian attempts to help a woman who had some botched cosmetic surgery in Thailand. Pixie talks to a
Ibiza
Mar 19, 2012 · 30 min
Christian is on the party island of Ibiza attempting to tackle the issues of too much sun, sea and sex. Back home, Dawn meets a man whose buried penis is causing problems going to
Skegness
Mar 26, 2012 · 30 min
This week Christian attempts to help a patient with a vasectomy. Dawn talks to a woman whose bowel condition has left her with really bad stomach scars. The seaside tour stops at S
Stockton
Apr 2, 2012 · 30 min
52 year old Patrick visits Dr Pixie about problems with anal leakage. Dr Pixie refers him to a consultant surgeon to find out what the cause is. The consultant discovers that Patri
Tamworth
Apr 9, 2012 · 30 min
The team are in Tamworth this week , where Pixie attempts to help a man whose bottom wound hasn't healed in six years. Christian talks to a woman with a mysterious whistle. Pixie p
Brighton
Apr 16, 2012 · 30 min
Ian sees Dr Pixie about some side effects he has suffered after slimming down. He weighed 27 stone and his rapid decline in weight has left him with a lot of excess skin on his che
Wickerman Festival
Apr 23, 2012 · 30 min
Caro visits Dr Christian at the clinic. For eight years Caro’s eyelid has been closed over. It started bleeding from the corner and has become progressively worse: lumpier, redder
Lumps And Bumps
Apr 30, 2012 · 30 min
Nine months after they first met, the team catch up with the woman who had two large cysts on her head. Dr Dawn is in the Costa del Sol to see a man with a massive hernia. Dr Pixie
Best Of Breasts
May 7, 2012 · 30 min
The team revisits memorable cases, including a man leaking milk. There's also transgender Jenny-Anne on her wedding day. And Dr Dawn and Dr Pixie show how to self check for breast
Under the Skin
Jul 11, 2012 · 30 min
The doctors catch up with some of the show's most sensitive and scabby cases, all of them concerning the skin, from oozing, smelly underarms to a bottom wound that wouldn't heal. D
Under the Knife
Jul 24, 2012 · 30 min
The doctors catch up with some of the people who have come to the clinic looking for post-op help. For many ailments, surgery is the only answer. But sometimes surgery goes wrong.
About Face
Aug 2, 2012 · 30 min
The doctors catch up with some of the most memorable problems involving the face. Dr Christian continues the story of a woman who opts for radical surgery hoping to see the end of
Live from the Clinic
Aug 9, 2012 · 30 min
n May and June of this year, nearly a hundred patients consulted Dr Christian Jessen and Dr Dawn Harper for medical advice over the internet. What Happened Next? catches up with a
Changing Sex
Aug 21, 2012 · 30 min
Dr Christian revisits two women who have gone to extreme measures to dramatically change their bodies. Their very different personal stories provide an insight into what it means t
Stand up to Cancer
· 30 min
The doctors Stand Up to Cancer, taking an emotional medical journey with cancer patients. Dr Christian meets Josh, who tragically lost half his face following the diagnosis of a ra