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Surgeons: At the Edge of Life — Storyline
Documentary series going beyond the theatre doors of Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where surgeons push medical boundaries to the limits.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Shaun Dooley
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2018-01-08 |
| Seasons | 8 |
| Episodes | 43 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Rating | 7.2/10 (3 votes) |
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: The Longest Day (2018-01-08) — Specialist maxillofacial surgeons Tim Martin and Sat Parmar prepare for a marathon operation on 53-year-old Teresa. Four weeks ago, Teresa was diagnosed with a fast-growing cancero
- E2: Last Chance Saloon (2018-01-15) — The surgeons take on unpredictable, high risk operations. They need to stop a patient's heart, chill his body and drain out all his blood before they can operate to save his life.
- E3: The Pioneers (2018-01-22) — The extraordinary stories of clinical trials being carried out at the surgical unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
Season 2
- E1: One False Move (2019-04-09) — The series returns to the operating theatres of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. A neurosurgeon has to wake his patient up during an operation to remove his brain tumour.
- E2: Pushing the Boundaries (2019-04-16) — Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon Tim Martin and his operating partner Sat Parmar are planning a marathon operation on former police officer Loretta. They believe they are the first
- E3: A Risk Worth Taking? (2019-04-23) — Surgeons at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital carry out radical operations to help change patients’ lives, including the hospital’s largest ever removal of excess tissue.
- E4: A New Beginning? (2019-04-30) — At Birmingham Children’s Hospital, surgeons must transplant a kidney from a father to his two-year-old son, while a three-year-old girl needs a life-changing heart procedure.
- E5: Getting Better (2019-05-07) — A surgeon performs the most complex operation in his field: removing a woman’s oesophagus and using her own stomach to replace it. Another team tackles a hard-to-reach tumour.
- E6: Every Second Counts (2019-05-14) — Surgeons take on major trauma operations at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. They have just minutes to save a woman with a life-threatening bleed on her brain.
Season 3
- E1: The Pioneers (2020-10-06) — David Jenkins, a world-leading surgeon at Royal Papworth, performs one of surgery's most technically demanding, and extraordinary, operations. Called a pulmonary endarterectomy (PT
- E2: Marathon Day (2020-10-13) — 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 complex operati
- E3: No Room for Error (2020-10-20) — 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 such short sup
- E4: The Surgeon's Dilemma (2020-10-27) — Surgeons have to balance the considerable risks of a procedure against the risks of not treating their patients' conditions at all. Maureen has an enlarged aorta which could be fat
Season 4
- E1: Worth the Risk (2021-11-11) — Operations where even a small mistake is catastrophic. Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth hospitals remove a life-threatening tumour and repair a young patient’s aorta.
- E2: Total Dedication (2021-11-18) — Operations to transform patients’ lives. Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth take on a high-risk spine procedure and perform open heart surgery on an 80-year-old patient.
- E3: Putting It Back Together Again (2021-11-25) — Surgeons at Royal Papworth and Addenbrooke's hospitals must put their patients back together again after removing life-threatening lung and facial tumours.
- E4: Courage (2021-12-02) — Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Hospital take on life changing surgery that takes two specialist surgeons two days to perform and involves removing all the organs in the patient’s pelvis
- E5: Quality of Life (2021-12-09) — Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Hospital perform a complex procedure to help a patient swallow again and remove a tumour that is threatening a patient’s vision.
- E6: Major Trauma – #Surgeons (2021-12-16) — Addenbrooke’s major trauma team and surgeons treat some of the country's most critically injured patients. Multiple teams must decide whether a man's damaged arm can be saved.
Season 5
- E1: Major Trauma – Back from the Brink (2023-01-18) — Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Major Trauma Centre must operate on a single mum who has a severed spinal cord and a critically injured motorcyclist.
- E2: Every Moment Counts (2023-01-25) — 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 threatening to burst.
- E3: Back to Life (2023-02-01) — 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.
- E4: Danger Zone (2023-02-08) — 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 largest vein.
- E5: Make or Break (2023-02-15) — 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.
- E6: One Step at a Time (2023-02-22) — 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.
Season 6
- E1: A Risk Worth Taking (2024-03-27) — Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton take on high-risk surgery to remove life-threatening tumours.
- E2: All for One (2024-04-03) — At University Hospital Southampton, surgeons perform life-saving surgery: taking out a patient’s eye and the tumour behind it and removing an 83-year-old man’s cancerous bladder.
- E3: Best Laid Plans (2024-04-10) — Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton operating on two patients – removing rare tumours and correcting a patient’s bowed legs – must alter their plans to avoid catastrophe.
- E4: Hope (2024-04-17) — Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton face complex surgery to reconstruct a patient’s jaw and remove a cancerous oesophagus.
- E5: We Can Rebuild You (2024-04-24) — Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton perform high risk spinal surgery and attempt to repair a patient’s aorta – the body’s biggest artery – that’s threatening to burst.
- E6: Make or Break (2024-05-01) — Three surgeons operate together on a motorcyclist at University Hospital Southampton’s major trauma centre after a crash leaves the patient with life-changing injuries.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Surgeons: At the Edge of Life have? 8 season(s) with 43 episodes.
Where can I watch Surgeons: At the Edge of Life? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
