Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

TV Series

2018 min TMDB 7.0

EN 7 Seasons

Documentary

Documentary series going beyond the theatre doors of Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where surgeons push medical boundaries to the limits.

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TV Series

Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

2018 min TMDB 7.0

EN 7 Seasons

Documentary

Documentary series going beyond the theatre doors of Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where surgeons push medical boundaries to the limits.

Watch Now

2018-01-08

Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

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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.

Episode 1: The Longest Day

Specialist maxillofacial surgeons Tim Martin and Sat Parmar prepare for a marathon operation on 53-y...

2018-01-08 55min

Episode 2: Last Chance Saloon

The surgeons take on unpredictable, high risk operations. They need to stop a patient's heart, chil...

2018-01-15 55min

Episode 3: The Pioneers

The extraordinary stories of clinical trials being carried out at the surgical unit at the Queen Eli...

2018-01-22 55min

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.

Episode 1: One False Move

The series returns to the operating theatres of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. A neurosurg...

2019-04-09 55min

Episode 2: Pushing the Boundaries

Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon Tim Martin and his operating partner Sat Parmar are planning a mara...

2019-04-16 55min

Episode 3: A Risk Worth Taking?

Surgeons at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital carry out radical operations to help change patien...

2019-04-23 55min

Episode 4: A New Beginning?

At Birmingham Children’s Hospital, surgeons must transplant a kidney from a father to his two-year-o...

2019-04-30 55min

Episode 5: Getting Better

A surgeon performs the most complex operation in his field: removing a woman’s oesophagus and using...

2019-05-07 55min

Episode 6: Every Second Counts

Surgeons take on major trauma operations at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. They have just mi...

2019-05-14 55min

Surgeons perform extraordinarily complex and risky procedures to transform lives.

Episode 1: The Pioneers

David Jenkins, a world-leading surgeon at Royal Papworth, performs one of surgery's most technically...

2020-10-06 55min

Episode 2: Marathon Day

Addenbrooke's and Royal Papworth hospitals in Cambridge are renowned for the expertise of their surg...

2020-10-13 55min

Episode 3: No Room for Error

Surgeons Marius Berman and Pedro Catarino take on one of the most difficult transplant procedures at...

2020-10-20 55min

Episode 4: The Surgeon's Dilemma

Surgeons have to balance the considerable risks of a procedure against the risks of not treating the...

2020-10-27 55min

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.

Episode 1: Worth the Risk

Operations where even a small mistake is catastrophic. Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth...

2021-11-11 55min

Episode 2: Total Dedication

Operations to transform patients’ lives. Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth take on a high...

2021-11-18 55min

Episode 3: Putting It Back Together Again

Surgeons at Royal Papworth and Addenbrooke's hospitals must put their patients back together again a...

2021-11-25 55min

Episode 4: Courage

Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Hospital take on life changing surgery that takes two specialist surgeons...

2021-12-02 55min

Episode 5: Quality of Life

Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Hospital perform a complex procedure to help a patient swallow again and r...

2021-12-09 55min

Episode 6: Major Trauma - #Surgeons

Addenbrooke’s major trauma team and surgeons treat some of the country's most critically injured pat...

2021-12-16 55min

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.

Episode 1: Major Trauma - Back from the Brink

Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Major Trauma Centre must operate on a single mum who has a severed spinal...

2023-01-18 59min

Episode 2: Every Moment Counts

Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Hospital perform brain surgery on a patient who is awake and attempt to re...

2023-01-25 59min

Episode 3: Back to Life

Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s operate against the clock to remove a kidney from a husband and transplant...

2023-02-01 58min

Episode 4: Danger Zone

Addenbrooke’s surgeons take on two high-risk operations; surgery to excise tumours near the spinal c...

2023-02-08 59min

Episode 5: Make or Break

Addenbrooke’s surgeons perform life changing scoliosis surgery to straighten the spine of their 17-y...

2023-02-15 58min

Episode 6: One Step at a Time

Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Major Trauma Centre must operate on two road accident victims who have suf...

2023-02-22 58min

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.

Episode 1: A Risk Worthing Taking

Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton take on high-risk surgery to remove life-threatening tum...

2024-03-27 59min

Episode 2: All for One

At University Hospital Southampton, surgeons perform life-saving surgery: taking out a patient’s eye...

2024-04-03 58min

Episode 3: The Best Laid Plans

Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton operating on two patients - removing rare tumours and co...

2024-04-10 58min

Episode 4: Hope

Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton face complex surgery to reconstruct a patient’s jaw and...

2024-04-17 58min

Episode 5: We Can Rebuild You

Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton perform high risk spinal surgery and attempt to repair a...

2024-04-24 59min

Episode 6: Make or Break

Three surgeons operate together on a motorcyclist at University Hospital Southampton’s major trauma...

2024-05-01 58min

The surgeons of NHS Lothian perform high-risk procedures for patients across Edinburgh and beyond, bearing the ultimate responsibility for transforming and saving lives.