The Critical List | Preview (Channel 4)

Documentary following the critical list team at the Royal Blackburn Hospital, as they juggle urgent life or death cases.

The series provides extraordinary access to an NHS emergency surgery suite, allowing viewers to see the work staff do to keep surgeries running, the quality of care provided, and the human stories at the heart of it. 

In this opening episode, operating theatre coordinator Niki is juggling the busiest month in five years for A&E. Patients are brought in with a suspected burst colon, self-inflicted injuries, and a dental abscess, while an 11-year-old boy is only hours away from potentially losing a testicle.

The Critical List begins Monday 21st April at 9pm on Channel 4.