Series 5
(2020)
Overview
The story of the NHS in unprecedented times. Series 5 charts the day-to-day life of seven NHS Trusts across the city of Liverpool.
Cast
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes
Episode 1 9.0
February 13, 2020
On Merseyside, operating theatres shut but emergencies continue to arrive as patients are caught up in an extraordinary…
Episode 2 9.0
February 20, 2020
In Aintree Hospital’s major trauma centre, a 15-strong team are trying to save the life of a young man who has been sta…
Episode 3 9.0
February 27, 2020
Heart disease remains the biggest killer in the UK and every 5 minutes, across the country, someone has a heart attack.…
Episode 4 9.0
March 5, 2020
As medical advances save children who a decade ago may not have survived, Alder Hey Children's Hospital faces the chall…
Episode 5 9.0
March 12, 2020
With NHS `bed blocking' numbers are at their highest level since 2017, Liverpool's hospitals are struggling to discharg…
Episode 6 9.0
March 19, 2020
In accident and emergency at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, a woman is brought in after experiencing an unexplained seiz…
Episode 7 9.0
March 26, 2020
Alder Hey Children's Hospital is home to a world-renowned craniofacial department, one of only four in the UK treating …
Episode 8 9.0
April 2, 2020
The final episode looks at radical new treatments and surgeries offering cancer patients hopes of survival, including t…