Operation Ouch!

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Operation Ouch! (2012)

Operation Ouch!

Hosted by twins, Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken, this series is packed with incredible facts about the human body as the twins experiment and explore their way through the fascinating world of medicine and biology.

Series, 2012, Children


Operation Ouch! - TV Showtimes

Friday, March 6

11:47pm

Operation Ouch! ‘Do Try This At Home: Lungs’

ABC Kids/Family

Operation Ouch!

'Do Try This At Home: Lungs'

ABC Kids/Family, 11:47pm, Fri, 6 Mar 2026, 14 minutes

REPEAT

Dr Chris & Dr Xand have brought their lab into Xand's kitchen! In today's episode, the doctors look at lungs, and show you an experiment to measure how much air they can hold.

Series, Australia, English, Children, Season 1 Episode 2


Saturday, March 7

4:24am

Operation Ouch! ‘Operation Ouch! Does Space’

ABC Entertains

Operation Ouch!

'Operation Ouch! Does Space'

ABC Entertains, 4:24am, Sat, 7 Mar 2026, 28 minutes

REPEAT

Blast off! Dr Chris boards a weightless flight and Dr Xand meets an astronaut to explore what happens to the human body in space. How do you sneeze, poo and wee in zero gravity?

Series, 2023, Australia, English, Children, Season 11 Episode 14


11:42pm

Operation Ouch! ‘Do Try This At Home: Taste’

ABC Kids/Family

Operation Ouch!

'Do Try This At Home: Taste'

ABC Kids/Family, 11:42pm, Sat, 7 Mar 2026, 13 minutes

REPEAT

Dr Chris & Dr Xand have brought their lab into Xand's kitchen! In today's episode, the doctors look at your sense of taste, and show you an experiment to put your taste buds to the test.

Series, Australia, English, Children, Season 1 Episode 3


Sunday, March 8

4:24am

Operation Ouch! ‘Let's Talk About Cancer’

ABC Entertains

Operation Ouch!

'Let's Talk About Cancer'

ABC Entertains, 4:24am, Sun, 8 Mar 2026, 28 minutes

REPEAT

The doctors are talking cancer and answering all the big questions: What is it? Why do people get it? How can it be treated? And how can you help someone going through it?

Series, 2023, Australia, English, Children, Season 11 Episode 15


Monday, March 9

9:30am

Operation Ouch! ‘It's Hairy!’

ABC Entertains

Operation Ouch!

'It's Hairy!'

ABC Entertains, 9:30am, Mon, 9 Mar 2026, 28 minutes

REPEAT

Can you lift a car with a ponytail? The doctors put the strength of human hair to the test and find out what makes different colours and types of hair.

Series, 2023, Australia, English, Children, Season 11 Episode 1


Tuesday, March 10

9:35am

Operation Ouch! ‘How Can You See in the Dark?’

ABC Entertains

Operation Ouch!

'How Can You See in the Dark?'

ABC Entertains, 9:35am, Tue, 10 Mar 2026, 28 minutes

REPEAT

How do you see in colour? And how can your eyes see in the dark? Time for Dr Xand to become Night Vision Man! Plus, in an Ouch! first, we see a camera go inside Dr Chris' lungs!

Series, 2023, Australia, English, Children, Season 11 Episode 2


Wednesday, March 11

9:33am

Operation Ouch! ‘Magnificent Mucus’

ABC Entertains

Operation Ouch!

'Magnificent Mucus'

ABC Entertains, 9:33am, Wed, 11 Mar 2026, 28 minutes

REPEAT

The doctors reveal the power of mighty mucus in keeping bacteria and air particles out of your airways. And in the emergency department, Maisie has a bead stuck up her nose!

Series, 2023, Australia, English, Children, Season 11 Episode 3


11:38pm

Operation Ouch! ‘Do Try This At Home - Urine’

ABC Kids/Family

Operation Ouch!

'Do Try This At Home - Urine'

ABC Kids/Family, 11:38pm, Wed, 11 Mar 2026, 14 minutes

REPEAT

Dr Chris and Dr Xand look at the bladder and show you how to make a wee machine in today's DO try this at home experiment.

Series, 2021, Australia, English, Children, Season 2 Episode 9


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