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Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

Series 5

Every Moment Counts

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 5 months

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.

Contributors

Narrator:
Shaun Dooley
Director:
Ben Ryder
Series Producer:
Emily Bunt
Executive Producer:
Daniel Barry
Executive Producer:
Ros Ponder

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 5 months

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.

Contributors

Narrator:
Shaun Dooley
Director:
Ben Ryder
Series Producer:
Emily Bunt
Executive Producer:
Daniel Barry
Executive Producer:
Ros Ponder

Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

Series 5

Make or Break

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 5 months

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.

Contributors

Narrator:
Shaun Dooley
Director:
Ben Ryder
Series Producer:
Emily Bunt
Executive Producer:
Daniel Barry
Executive Producer:
Ros Ponder

Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

Series 5

One Step at a Time

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 5 months

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.

Contributors

Narrator:
Shaun Dooley
Director:
Ben Ryder
Series Producer:
Emily Bunt
Executive Producer:
Daniel Barry
Executive Producer:
Ros Ponder

Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

Series 5

Major Trauma - Back from the Brink

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 5 months

Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s Major Trauma Centre must operate on a single mum who has a severed spinal cord and a critically injured motorcyclist. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Shaun Dooley
Director:
Ben Ryder
Series Producer:
Emily Bunt
Executive Producer:
Daniel Barry
Executive Producer:
Ros Ponder

Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

Series 5

Back to Life

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 5 months

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.

Contributors

Narrator:
Shaun Dooley
Director:
Ben Ryder
Series Producer:
Emily Bunt
Executive Producer:
Daniel Barry
Executive Producer:
Ros Ponder