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| S5 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| S6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 8.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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About
Documentary series going beyond the theatre doors of Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where surgeons push medical boundaries to the limits.
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Season 12018
8.243242h 57m
Three-part documentary following surgeons, theatre staff and patients of the surgical unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where 700 operations are carried out every week.
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Season 22019
8.93962h 57m
Surgeons perform extraordinarily complex and risky procedures to transform and save their patients’ lives. The pressure is intense as they push the boundaries of modern medicine.
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Season 32020
8.31643h 57m
Surgeons perform extraordinarily complex and risky procedures to transform lives.
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Season 42021
—0659m
Surgeons at Royal Papworth and Addenbrooke’s hospitals perform complex procedures to save lives. But this comes with great risk and the surgeons bear the ultimate responsibility.
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Season 52023
9.366659m
Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge perform complex procedures to save lives. But this comes with great risk, and the surgeons bear the ultimate responsibility.
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Season 62024
8.6276
Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton perform complex procedures to transform and save their patients’ lives. But pushing the boundaries of medicine comes with great risk.
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Series 72025
—061h 58m
The surgeons of NHS Lothian perform high-risk procedures for patients across Edinburgh and beyond, bearing the ultimate responsibility for transforming and saving lives.
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Series 82026
—062h 52m
Meet the world-leading surgeons pushing science - and the human body - to its limits.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Shaun Dooley Self - Narrator
Steven Jeffery Self - Consultant Burns and Plastic Surgeon, Self - Consultant Burns and Plastics Surgeon
Tim Martin Self - Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
Sam Ford Self - Consultant Sarcoma Surgeon
Richard Laing Self - Surgical Registrar
David Gourevitch Self - Clinical Lead, Sarcoma Unit
Sat Parmar Self - Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
Hilary Fanning Self - Director of Research Development
Richard Irving Self - Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon
Ruth Waters Self - Consultant Plastic Surgeon
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