Operation Ouch!

is a British comedy children's television series on the human body, showing what happens in A&E, what doctors sometimes have problems with and experiments.

[3][needs update] In order to educate children about medicine and biology, doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken perform experiments on the human body to see how they work and investigate medical treatments and technology.

[1][4] In addition, they follow paediatric accident and emergency personnel and patients at Alder Hey Children's Hospital and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and the Liverpool hospital[1][4] The doctors also join West Midlands Ambulance Service and Midlands Air Ambulance rapid response teams on the road and in patients' homes as they assist with medical emergencies.

The hosts, Chris and Xand van Tulleken, were trained in medicine at the University of Oxford, and both graduated in 2002:[6] Chris is a practicing medical doctor while Xand focuses on research and teaching.

[citation needed] In December 2016, a 2-hour live special was broadcast on the CBBC website hosted by Karim Zeroual.