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Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life Episodes
Series 6: 5. We Can Rebuild You
Consultant cardiac surgeon Amit Modi is faced with the case of 70-year-old grandmother Jeanette, who is in desperate need of surgery, as her aorta - the body’s biggest art ...
24-04-2024
BBC 2
Series 6: 4. Hope
As one of the country’s largest hospitals, surgeons at University Hospital Southampton carry out over 34,000 operations every year, many of which are the last hope for the ...
18-04-2024
BBC 2
Series 6: 3. The Best Laid Plans
University Hospital Southampton provides care for close to three million people across the south of England every year, treating patients with the most complex surgical needs. \ ...
11-04-2024
BBC 2
Series 6: 2. All For One
At University Hospital Southampton, surgeons perform life-saving surgery. Maxillofacial consultant Sanjay Sharma and his colleague Madan 'Ethu' Ethunandan's next case is particu ...
04-04-2024
BBC 2
Series 6: 1. A Risk Worth Taking
University Hospital Southampton is one of the country’s leading medical centres, where surgeons and their patients take calculated risks and face challenging lifesaving op ...
28-03-2024
BBC 2
Series 5: 6. One Step At A Time
Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Major Trauma Centre must operate on two road accident victims who have suffered life-changing injuries so serious they could lead to an amputation.
02-03-2023
BBC 2
Series 5: Episode 5
Addenbrooke’s surgeons perform life-changing scoliosis surgery to straighten the spine of their 17-year-old patient but face the risk of causing paralysis.
20-02-2023
BBC 2
Series 5: Episode 4
Addenbrooke’s surgeons take on two high-risk operations; surgery to excise tumours near the spinal cord and a procedure to remove a dangerous mass off the body’s lar ...
14-02-2023
BBC 2
Series 5: Episode 3
Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s operate against the clock to remove a kidney from a husband and transplant it into his wife, who is in end-stage kidney failure.
07-02-2023
BBC 2
Series 5: 2. Every Moment Counts
Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Hospital perform brain surgery on a patient who is awake and attempt to repair a section of the body’s biggest blood vessel that’s th ...
31-01-2023
BBC 2
Series 5: 1. Major Trauma - Back From The Brink
The specialists at Addenbrooke’s work against the clock to treat three patients who are suffering from life and limb-threatening injuries. \n\nA critically injured motorcy ...
24-01-2023
BBC 2
Series 4: Episode 6
The major trauma team in Addenbrooke's are up against the clock to treat some of the country's most critically injured patients. Chef Adrian is rushed to hospital in the early h ...
29-12-2021
BBC 2
Series 4: Episode 5
Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge is an internationally renowned university teaching hospital and a centre of excellence for a number of specialities. The surgeons here ...
22-12-2021
BBC 2
Series 4: Episode 4
Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge takes on some of the most challenging medical cases in the country. Its surgeons carry out operations that require such expertise, that ...
15-12-2021
BBC 2
Series 4: Episode 3
Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth hospitals in Cambridge are renowned for the expertise of their surgical staff. At both centres, surgeons undertake some of the most comple ...
08-12-2021
BBC 2
Series 4: Episode 2
Cambridge is home to two of the country’s most groundbreaking hospitals - Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth, where surgeons take on some of the most challenging medic ...
01-12-2021
BBC 2
Series 4: Episode 1
Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth hospitals in Cambridge are renowned for carrying out some of the most challenging operations in the country. At both centres, surgeons und ...
24-11-2021
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 4
The third series of this groundbreaking series concludes with operations at neighbouring Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth hospitals in Cambridge, where the surgeons have t ...
13-11-2020
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 3
Transplant surgeons Marius Berman and Pedro Catarino take on one of the most difficult transplant procedures at Royal Papworth - the double lung transplant. With donor organs in ...
06-11-2020
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 2
Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth hospitals are two of the country’s leading centres of medical excellence, and they are situated just metres apart on the Cambridge B ...
30-10-2020
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 1
The highly acclaimed series Surgeons: At the Edge of Life returns to reveal the extraordinary and pioneering work of some of the country’s top surgeons. In the UK, three m ...
23-10-2020
BBC 2
Series 2: 1. One False Move
Most people will have an operation in their lifetime, but very few of us know what happens once we have been put to sleep. This groundbreaking series returns behind the closed d ...
01-05-2019
BBC 2
Series 1: 3. The Pioneers
The groundbreaking three-part series concludes with the extraordinary stories of clinical trials being carried out at the surgical unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingha ...
22-11-2018
BBC 2
Series 1: 2. Last Chance Saloon
The second episode follows some of the country's most daring and skilled surgeons as they perform fiendishly complicated life-saving surgery. Going beyond the theatre doors at t ...
15-11-2018
BBC 2
Series 1: 1. The Longest Day
Most people will have an operation in their lifetime, but few of us have a clue what really happens once we are put to sleep. This series goes beyond the theatre doors of the su ...
08-11-2018
BBC 2