Surgeons: A Matter of Life and Death had a successful run on Channel 5 on Wednesday nights at 9pm in January and February. With remarkable access to the University Hospitals Birmingham – one of Britain’s leading NHS trusts– the six part series features some of the most ground-breaking surgical procedures being performed in the UK. Going behind closed doors into its 73 theatres, each immersive episode follows surgeons and patients minute by minute in theatre as they battle with the challenges of highly complex cases. Each life saving or life changing operation involves split-second decision-making against a constant risk to life. Tense, dramatic and emotional, the series performed well up against strong competition with average ratings of 1.2 -1.3m over 7 days putting the series in C5’s top 5 shows throughout the 6 part run.
