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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

Miranda Raison as Self - Narrator (voice)
Miranda Raison

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Episodes

Episode 1 poster

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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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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…