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Brian Cox and Robin Ince embrace failure in its many forms, with a frank look at the importance of making mistakes. They examine the flaws in Charles Darwin\u2019s theory of evolution with the anthropologist Alice Roberts, as she tells them no idea is totally watertight. And sometimes scientific error even leads to important discoveries \u2013 just ask the heart patients who took a pill that did nothing for their medical condition but did boost their libido and which we now know as Viagra. But other failures in the field of medicine have had more serious consequences, and Dr Chris van Tulleken questions why we\u2019re not better at drug development for the poorest parts of the world.

New episodes will be released on Wednesdays. If you\u2019re in the UK, listen to the full series on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3K3JzyF

Producer: Marijke Peters\nExecutive Producer: Alexandra Feachem

Episodes featured:\nSeries 15: Science\u2019s Epic Fails\nSeries 11: Serendipity\nSeries 25: What Have We Learnt From Covid?