
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
Documentary series going beyond the theatre doors of Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where surgeons push medical boundaries to the limits.
- Status: Returning Series
- Original Language: en
- In Production: Yes
- Number of Seasons: 7
- Number of Episodes: 37
- First Air Date: 2018-01-08
Seasons

Season 1: Season 1
Air Date: 2018-01-08
Episode Count: 3
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.
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Season 2: Season 2
Air Date: 2019-04-09
Episode Count: 6
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.
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Season 3: Season 3
Air Date: 2020-10-06
Episode Count: 4
Surgeons perform extraordinarily complex and risky procedures to transform lives.
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Season 4: Season 4
Air Date: 2021-11-11
Episode Count: 6
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.
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Season 5: Season 5
Air Date: 2023-01-18
Episode Count: 6
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.
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Season 6: Season 6
Air Date: 2024-03-27
Episode Count: 6
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.
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Season 7: Series 7
Air Date: 2025-02-26
Episode Count: 6
The surgeons of NHS Lothian perform high-risk procedures for patients across Edinburgh and beyond, bearing the ultimate responsibility for transforming and saving lives.