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  1. Episode 5: Redesigning Research

    5/5 Bespoke therapy opens up a new avenue in the fight against bacterial infection.

  2. Episode 4: The North Star of Profit

    4/5 At the turn of the 20th century, medicine struggles to keep infection under control.

  3. Episode 3: The Penicillin 'Mistake'

    3/5 Wartime cooperation founders as pharmaceutical bosses pursue the competitive advantage.

  4. Episode 2: A Race Against Death

    2/5 Biologist Liam Shaw explains how the development of penicillin was supercharged by war.

  5. Episode 1: Tiny Beasts

    1/5 Biologist Liam Shaw digs into the history of one of humanity's greatest medical advances.