At Coventry’s University Hospital, Critical Care is at full capacity, and two neurosurgeons must find a solution to treat both of their patients with only one bed available. Show more
With a UK lockdown baby boom, this episode follows University Hospital Coventry’s maternity and specialist research unit as it deals with the more complex and high-risk pregnancies. Show more
University Hospital Coventry fights to restore services, but with their critical care unit at capacity, a decision is taken to ration intensive care beds for major operations. Show more
University Hospital Coventry’s gynaecological oncology department faces rising referrals, a growing backlog and complex cases as the hospital’s theatre capacity attempts to return to normal. Show more
The story of the collaboration between Turner Prize-winning artist Wolfgang Tillmans and the English National Opera, as they reimagine Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. Show more
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Ordinary people share the objects that have helped define their lives since homosexuality was decriminalised, including a rare collection of the first openly gay magazine. Show more
Ordinary people share the objects that have helped define their lives since homosexuality was decriminalised, including naval discharge papers and even a pair of Ugg boots. Show more
Two years after Hospital revealed the challenges of Covid-19 at the Royal Free London, we revisit the trust as it grapples with the longest waiting lists in its and the NHS’s history. Show more
Fresh-faced civilians get a shock to the system at the British army’s Infantry Training Centre. How many of them have what it takes to become an infantry soldier? Show more
Recruits fight to keep their place in the army while the instructors reveal the reality of modern warfare. Show more
Can the young men and women pass their toughest fitness test so far? One recruit goes from flying high to jeopardising a place in the platoon. Show more
Just over half of the infantry recruits remain - but who will make it to the end and become a soldier? Show more
The remaining infantry recruits face tough discipline and exhausting physical tests as they strive to prove they can take on one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Show more
Surgeon Naved Alizai operates on two children needing urgent liver surgery, and endocrine consultants Sheila Fraser and Emma Collins prepare to remove a tumour from a patient’s neck.
Neurosurgeon Ryan Mathew must rebuild a man’s missing skull, and consultant Sheila Fraser removes a football-sized tumour from a patient’s abdomen, suspected to be cancerous.
Plastic surgeon Chris West stops an anxious cancer patient from leaving, and neurosurgeon Kenan Deniz operates on a rare tumour behind a patient’s ear that could paralyse her face.
Cardiac Surgeon Betsy Evans operates on her longest-waiting patient, and Professor Simon Kay aims to perform hand surgery on a teenage patient whose fingers are bent inwards.
At Leeds General Infirmary, Professor Simon Kay stands ready to perform a rare double hand transplant; in neurosurgery, Kenan Deniz has two patients needing urgent brain surgery.
Surgeon Kostas Papagiannopoulos must investigate a suspicious growth on a patient’s lung, and cardiologist Andrew Hogarth treats a patient with a life-threatening infection.
On Merseyside, operating theatres shut but emergencies continue to arrive as patients are caught up in an extraordinary hospital move. Show more