← Saving Lives in Leeds

Season 1

8 episodes · 2023

  1. 1Episode 1

    01 Mar 2023 · 59 min

    At Leeds General Infirmary, Professor Simon Kay stands ready to perform a rare double hand transplant; in neurosurgery, Kenan Deniz has two patients needing urgent brain surgery.

  2. 2Episode 2

    08 Mar 2023 · 59 min

    Surgeon Naved Alizai operates on two children needing urgent liver surgery, and endocrine consultants Sheila Fraser and Emma Collins prepare to remove a tumour from a patient’s neck.

  3. 3Episode 3

    15 Mar 2023 · 59 min

    Neurosurgeon Ryan Mathew must rebuild a man’s missing skull, and consultant Sheila Fraser removes a football-sized tumour from a patient’s abdomen, suspected to be cancerous.

  4. 4Episode 4

    22 Mar 2023 · 59 min

    Plastic surgeon Chris West stops an anxious cancer patient from leaving, and neurosurgeon Kenan Deniz operates on a rare tumour behind a patient’s ear that could paralyse her face.

  5. 5Episode 5

    29 Mar 2023 · 59 min

    Cardiac Surgeon Betsy Evans operates on her longest-waiting patient, and Professor Simon Kay aims to perform hand surgery on a teenage patient whose fingers are bent inwards.

  6. 6Episode 6

    05 Apr 2023 · 59 min

    Surgeon Kostas Papagiannopoulos must investigate a suspicious growth on a patient’s lung, and cardiologist Andrew Hogarth treats a patient with a life-threatening infection.

  7. 7Episode 7

    12 Apr 2023 · 59 min

    Cardiac surgeon Betsy Evans operates on a patient needing a critical double bypass, and neurosurgeon Ryan Mathew performs awake brain surgery on a patient with a growing tumour.

  8. 8Episode 8

    19 Apr 2023 · 59 min

    Children’s heart surgeon Osama Jaber must perform life-saving surgery on a 15-day-old baby, and neurosurgeon Kenan Deniz operates on a patient suffering from debilitating headaches.