Overview

• The six-episode documentary was filmed over 21 days using 40 embedded cameras across King’s College, Imperial, St George’s, Barts and the London Ambulance Service to capture real-time trauma care.
• Consultant surgeon Ibraheim El-Daly reveals that production crews were present for nearly every procedure, with microphones only switched off during private moments.
• Episode one revisits the June 2024 fairground ride crash at the Lambeth Country Show and follows the treatment and recovery of four patients with life-threatening injuries.
• Dr Chris Streather, NHS London Medical Director, calls the capital’s trauma network one of the world’s most advanced and praises the series for its unfiltered insight.
• Early viewers describe an emotional and immersive experience, noting the graphic medical scenes and intense portrayal of life-saving emergency medicine.