Release Date

08 Jan, 2018

Runtime

00:58: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

43/8

Synopsis

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

Original Title

Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

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Season 1

08 Jan, 2018

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.

Season 2

09 Apr, 2019

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.

Season 3

06 Oct, 2020

Surgeons perform extraordinarily complex and risky procedures to transform lives.

Season 4

11 Nov, 2021

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.

Season 5

18 Jan, 2023

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.

Season 6

27 Mar, 2024

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.

Series 7

26 Feb, 2025

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

Series 8

06 May, 2026

Meet the world-leading surgeons pushing science - and the human body - to its limits.

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