Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

2018–present

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

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First aired: 8 Jan 2018
Episode length: 58 min
Also known as: 手术室的故事, Cirugías: al borde de la vida, At the Edge of Life
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Editor: Gary Scott
Executive producers: Daniel Barry, Ross Harper
Producer: Fiona Wilson
Elsewhere: TMDB

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Shaun Dooley
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Seasons · 43 episodes

Season 1
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
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
2020
Surgeons perform extraordinarily complex and risky procedures to transform lives.
Season 4
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
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
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
Season 7 · 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
Season 8 · 2026
Meet the world-leading surgeons pushing science - and the human body - to its limits.