Steven Todd
Director
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life (2018)
Season 4
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.
Released Jan. 8, 2018
Episode 58 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
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Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Production Companies: Dragonfly Film and Television Productions
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English,
Spanish,
Portuguese
S4E1 - Worth the Risk
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.
Nov. 11, 2021, midnight
S4E2 - Total Dedication
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.
Nov. 18, 2021, midnight
S4E3 - Putting It Back Together Again
Surgeons at Royal Papworth and Addenbrooke's hospitals must put their patients back together again after removing life-threatening lung and facial tumours.
Nov. 25, 2021, midnight
S4E4 - Courage
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.
Dec. 2, 2021, midnight
S4E5 - Quality of Life
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.
Dec. 9, 2021, midnight
S4E6 - Major Trauma - #Surgeons
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.
Dec. 16, 2021, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 58 min.
Season Runtime: 58 min.
Released: Jan. 8, 2018
Last Air Date: April 2, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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