Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

One False Move

The series returns to the operating theatres of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. A neurosurgeon has to wake his

Pushing the Boundaries

Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon Tim Martin and his operating partner Sat Parmar are planning a marathon operation on fo

A Risk Worth Taking?

Surgeons at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital carry out radical operations to help change patients’ lives, inclu

A New Beginning?

At Birmingham Children’s Hospital, surgeons must transplant a kidney from a father to his two-year-old son, while a th

Getting Better

A surgeon performs the most complex operation in his field: removing a woman’s oesophagus and using her own stomach to

Every Second Counts

Surgeons take on major trauma operations at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. They have just minutes to save a wo

The Pioneers

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

Marathon Day

Addenbrooke's and Royal Papworth hospitals in Cambridge are renowned for the expertise of their surgical staff. At both

No Room for Error

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

The Surgeon's Dilemma

Surgeons have to balance the considerable risks of a procedure against the risks of not treating their patients' conditi

Worth the Risk

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

Total Dedication

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

Putting It Back Together Again

Surgeons at Royal Papworth and Addenbrooke's hospitals must put their patients back together again after removing life-t

Courage

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

Quality of Life

Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Hospital perform a complex procedure to help a patient swallow again and remove a tumour tha

Major Trauma - #Surgeons

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

Major Trauma - Back from the Brink

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

Every Moment Counts

Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Hospital perform brain surgery on a patient who is awake and attempt to repair a section of

Back to Life

Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s operate against the clock to remove a kidney from a husband and transplant it into his wife

Danger Zone

Addenbrooke’s surgeons take on two high-risk operations; surgery to excise tumours near the spinal cord and a procedur

Make or Break

Addenbrooke’s surgeons perform life changing scoliosis surgery to straighten the spine of their 17-year-old patient bu

One Step at a Time

Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Major Trauma Centre must operate on two road accident victims who have suffered life-changin

A Risk Worth Taking

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

All for One

At University Hospital Southampton, surgeons perform life-saving surgery: taking out a patient’s eye and the tumour be

Best Laid Plans

Hope

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

We Can Rebuild You

Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton perform high risk spinal surgery and attempt to repair a patient’s aorta -

Make or Break

Three surgeons operate together on a motorcyclist at University Hospital Southampton’s major trauma centre after a cra

A Lot to Lose

Surgeons attempt a rare and high-risk transplant to transform their 21-year-old patient’s life, and perform a complex

In the Balance

All or Nothing

Surgeons at NHS Lothian take on high risk surgery to repair a failing heart and take extreme measures to prevent the ret

Rebuild and Renew

Surgeons attempt to save a patient’s life and her ability to smile, by removing a tumour in her cheek and reconstructi

The Finest Margins

Surgeons at NHS Lothian remove a recurring brain tumour from a 25-year-old patient and attempt a rare ‘off pump’ car

Nothing Left to Chance

Doctors at NHS Lothian perform high-risk surgery to save their patient’s sight, and three specialists work together to

Sacrifice to Survive

One patient’s rare penis cancer requires a partial amputation, and another patient with severe endometriosis must have

Life on the Line

Surgeons face a difficult dilemma in the middle of a life-saving bile duct cancer operation. A chest sarcoma proves more

Replace and Renew

A surgeon must remove part of his patient’s tongue and reconstruct it to save her from an aggressive cancer, and surge

Back from the Brink

Surgeons drain all of their patient’s blood from his body to replace damaged arteries. A patient’s fertility is at r

The Price We Pay

A surgeon must remove his patient’s voice box to save his life, while another takes on a life-changing procedure for a

One False Move

A surgeon has one chance to tackle a life-threatening tumour in his patient’s liver and diaphragm. A neurosurgeon must