Surgeons Returns!

Surgeons returns! Series three of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life was filmed at Royal Papworth and Addenbrooke’s during 2019 and early 2020, before the coronavirus pandemic.

Every hour-long episode will feature two operations - one from each hospital, showcasing some of the most advanced surgery carried out anywhere in the world.

Both hospitals in Cambridge are renowned for the expertise of their surgical staff. At these centres, surgeons undertake some of the most complex operations, where technical skill is paramount because even the smallest slip of the scalpel would result in catastrophe.

Surgeons: At the Edge of Life starts Tuesday 6th October 2020 at 9pm on BBC Two, narrated by Shaun Dooley