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BBC Two · Running
Saving Lives
Medical · 2023
Last aired: S3 E6, New Sounds · 2025-05-14
Saving Lives explores the difficult decisions clinicians must make every day in deciding who is treated next and the real impact this has on the lives of patients and their families – and the staff who care for them. All set against the backdrop of the longest national waiting list for specialist clinical care or surgery in NHS history.
Season 3
E1
Unchartered Territory
2025-04-09 · 60 min
Stuart Quine is under pressure during complex, pioneering robotic surgery, and Indu Deglurkar treats a martial arts competitor shocked to learn he needs open-heart surgery.
E2
Chance to Change a Life
2025-04-16 · 60 min
A nine-year-old boy faces a complex operation after his condition worsens while on the waiting list. Neurosurgeon Kat Whitehouse tackles a large brain tumour in a retired miner.
E3
Worst-Case Scenario
2025-04-23 · 60 min
An operation to cure a woman's extreme facial spasm has challenging results for surgeon George. A six-week-old baby needs an urgent operation to allow him to feed again.
E4
Best Laid Plans
2025-04-30 · 60 min
Cancelled operations mean surgeon Lewis must change his plans fast or risk losing precious theatre time. A father of two undergoes complex neurosurgery to save his eyesight.
E5
From Agony to Hope
2025-05-07 · 60 min
A man enduring excruciating facial pain undergoes surgery to transform his life. Surgeon Tom battles to remove a large, rare tumour that's pressing on a patient's heart.
E6
New Sounds
2025-05-14 · 60 min
A child whose hearing has significantly reduced has a life-changing operation to insert cochlear implants. Surgeon Dheeraj uses the ‘beating heart' technique to save a father.
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Rakie Ayola
Narrator
Katherine Kelly
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