Xand van Tulleken
Birthday: Born in 1978-08-18 in UK
Deathday: Alive
Alexander 'Dr Xand' van Tulleken is a British doctor and TV presenter. Along with his identical twin brother, Christoffer 'Dr Chris' van Tulleken, they are best known for presenting the children's TV series "Operation Ouch!" and have hosted a range of programmes on issues such as diet, binge drinking and health.
TV Credits
Question Time
Character: Self - Panellist
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience....
Would I Lie to You?
Character: Self
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts....
Horizon
Character: Self - Presenter
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before....
Dr Xand's Con or Cure
Character: Self - Presenter
From cons to cures, scams to scares and sifting fakes from facts. Dr Xand van Tulleken and Ashley John-Baptiste’s health consumer show, dedicated to righting the wrongs of ‘bad medicine’....
The Great Smog: Winter of '52
Character: Self - Presenter
Dr Xand Van Tulleken and Raksha Dave investigate the Great Smog of 1952 - the deadliest environmental disaster ever recorded and one of the world's worst peacetime catastrophes. Lasting just over four days, the Great Smog plunged London into a terrifyingly murky gloom - the acrid pollution seeping into homes, leaving Londoners gasping for breath, shutting down transport and emergency services, and overwhelming hospitals and undertakers alike....
The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed
Character: Self
In this major three-part series, Chris and Xand van Tulleken uncover the latest secrets of our bodies....
Morning Live
Character: Self
Kym Marsh and Gethin Jones present a weekday morning magazine programme featuring a lively and entertaining mixture of topical discussion and expert advice....
Who Do You Think You Are?
Character:
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past....
The Vikings
Character: Self
Dr Xand van Tulleken and archaeologist Raksha Dave tell the brutal story of one of the most bloody and savage conquests in English history....
Horizon
Character: Presenter
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before....
The Great Plague
Character: Presenter
Xand van Tulleken, Raksha Dave and John Sergeant trace the spread of the Great Plague of 1665 week by week and discover parallels with the coronavirus....
Tsunami
Character: Self - Presenter
Dr Xand van Tulleken and Raksha Dave tell the dramatic story of the Boxing Day Tsunami, which killed more than 250,000 people....
The Twinstitute
Character: Himself - Presenter
Doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken put competing health theories to the test with the help of 30 other pairs of identical twins....
Expedition Volcano
Character: Himself - Presenter
Chris Jackson, Xand Van Tulleken and Aldo Kane take part in an extraordinary expedition to one of the world's most dangerous, spectacular and least known volcanoes....
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character: Self - Participant
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction...
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Character: Self - Expert
Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?...
How to Lose Weight Well
Character:
Dr Xand van Tulleken, Hala El-Shafie and Stacie Stewart attempt to uncover the secrets behind the most popular and over-used diets on the market today....
8 Out of 10 Cats
Character: Self
8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas"....
HealthCheck UK Live
Character:
Your trusted guide through the challenge of keeping mentally and physically healthy while quarantined at home due to Covid-19....
Operation Ouch!
Character: Himself - Presenter
Operation Ouch! is a British children's educational television series about the human body. It shows what happens in A&E, what doctors sometimes have problems with and great experiments. The show is hosted by twin brothers Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken. Series 5 was named "Operation Ouch! Hospital Takeover"....
Horrible Histories
Character:
Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others....
The Last Leg
Character: Self
Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days....
Richard Osman's House of Games
Character: Self - Contestant
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games....
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Character: Self – Doctor and Broadcaster
The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics....
The Great Stink of 1858
Character: Self - Presenter
Dr Xand van Tulleken tells how an extraordinary heatwave struck London in the summer in 1858 and a terrible stench began to rise from the River Thames....
Movie Credits
The Great Fog of 1952
Character: Self - Presenter
In the 1950s, a devastating fog descended on London and enveloped the capital for several days, leaving Londoners lost in their own streets in one of the UK's biggest peacetime catastrophes....
Dying For Help
Character: TV presenter
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Surviving the Virus: My Brother & Me
Character: Self
Doctors and twins Chris and Xand van Tulleken's experiences through the Covid-19 pandemic have far more personal consequences than either could have imagined....
The Gunpowder Plot: Countdown to Treason
Character: Presenter
Xand Van Tulleken and Tracy Borman examine the plot to kill James I by blowing up the House of Lords when the king would be present for the State Opening of Parliament. They follow Robert Catesby and his co-conspirators as they assemble their gang to carry out the attack, revealing just how dangerous it was to smuggle two and a half tons of gunpowder beneath the House of Lords, and show how the assassination of so many people in Parliament was meant to be the beginning of an audacious coup to ta...