The world's worst diseases
The world's worst diseases
TV ShowReturning Series

The world's worst diseases

5.0 / 10
2019
2 seasons
20 episodes

Typhus, malaria, polio and measles - throughout history, humanity has been affected by terrible, contagious and sometimes fatal diseases. Erik Ekstrand takes us on a terrifying journey where he lets two guinea pigs try out some of the worst plagues that have plagued Sweden. We go back to, among other things, the Viking Age, the Stone Age and the 1950s. Every week a new disease is tested.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Kolera

    06-10-201918m

    The year is 1834 and Nouveline and Mario have just moved from the country to the big city of Stockholm. Unfortunately, the nasty disease cholera is ravaging the town and Nouveline...

  • Ep 2

    2.Spetälska

    13-10-201918m

    In the 13th century, it is the church that decides most things in Swedish society, and it is precisely during a church visit that Anna and Max find out that they have been affected...

  • Ep 3

    3.Skörbjugg

    20-10-201918m

    In the 18th century, many battles are fought at sea and Sixten and Mario are kidnapped to become part of the crew of a warship. On the boat they are forced to work hard and after a...

  • Ep 4

    4.Spanska sjukan

    27-10-201918m

    The year is 1918 and Isabelle and Max visit a theater hoping to be entertained. Well, they get it, when the entire staff is sick and they instead get infected with the super-danger...

  • Ep 5

    5.Rakit

    03-11-201918m

    Because they live in a dark cabin in 19th-century Småland, Anna and Sixten suffer from the deficiency disease rickets. Their bones soften and their bodies are deformed, and it beco...

  • Ep 6

    6.Smittkoppor

    10-11-201918m

    In 1741, Isabelle and Mario enjoy themselves at a fancy masquerade ball together with the nobility, but unfortunately they get smallpox. At this time, the doctors have no idea how...

  • Ep 7

    7.Tuberkulos

    17-11-201918m

    When Anna and Max move from the country into the city at the beginning of the 20th century, they are forced to take a job with a tailor in order to make a living. After only a shor...

  • Ep 8

    8.Karies

    24-11-201918m

    In the 1550s, sugar was something that only the very rich could afford, so when Nouveline and Sixten are invited to the home of King Gustav Vasa, they take the opportunity to feast...

  • Ep 9

    9.Dysenteri

    01-12-201918m

    In the middle of the 30-year war, in 1630, Anna and Nouveline are recruited into the Swedish army. Dysentery is rampant among the soldiers and it is not long before both Anna and N...

  • Ep 10

    10.Pesten

    08-12-201918m

    In the season finale, Isabelle and Max find themselves in the harsh life of the Middle Ages. In 1350, at the same time that Isabelle and Max meet a group of jesters in the forest,...

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