What's Up Docs? Doctors' Notes: Smiling Special at Hay Festival
Can a smile really give your brain the same reward as two thousand bars of chocolate? Will putting a pencil in your mouth make you feel happy? And how do you fake the perfect smile when realising you've failed to win a BAFTA for the eighth time?! Expect some science and some silliness and a dog that looks like a loaf of bread.
Featuring Professor Ben Garrod from the University of East Anglia, Dr Magdalegna Rychlowska from Queen's University, Belfast, Sinead Rushe from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and jack the African street dog.
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Presenters: Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken
Guest: Professor Ben Garrod, Dr Magdalegna Rychlowska, Sinead Rushe
Producer: Rami Tzabar
Executive Producer: Jo Rowntree
Editor: Kirsten Lass
Assistant Producers: Maia Miller-Lewis and Grace Revil
Tech Lead: Reuben Huxtable
Social Media: Leon Gower
Digital Lead: Richard Berry
Composer: Phoebe McFarlane
Sound Design: Melvin Rickarby
At the BBC:
Assistant Commissioner: Greg Smith
Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4.
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