TV & Radio Guide

Tuesday 22nd May 2012

BBC 2 South West / 9:00 - 10:00pm

Great Ormond Street

Buying Time, Series 2, Episode 3

Cameras follow Great Ormond Street Hospital's doctors as they come face-to-face with the most difficult ethical dilemmas on a daily basis.

Wednesday 23rd May 2012

Channel 5 / 8:00 - 9:00pm

Emergency Bikers

Documentary series. In Birmingham, biker paramedic Steve battles to save a heroin addict after an overdose, while fellow paramedic Mark races to the scene of a crash as a van driver loses control outside a busy city centre station. Biker cop Martin 'Smithy' Smith plays detective in North Yorkshire as he pieces together a mystery accident. A car has collided with two horse riders, sending them and their horses tumbling into a ditch. One horse is so badly hurt it might have to be put down.

Thursday 24th May 2012

BBC 1 South West / 1:45 - 2:45am

Great Ormond Street

A Chance at Life, Series 2, Episode 2

Documentary series based at the pioneering London children's hospital. An intimate portrait of two surgeons in Great Ormond Street's General Surgery unit. Navigating between ground-breaking success and devastating failure, they must balance the risk of surgery against the chance of success. Treating children with extraordinarily complex conditions, some of whom are old enough to be involved in the decision making, the film follows the surgeons, patients and their families as they embark on a journey of preparation towards their operation and into the unknown.

Thursday 24th May 2012

Channel 4 / 10:00 - 11:05pm

24 Hours in A and E

Episode 2

The new series of the RTS award-winning 24 Hours in A&E continues with a heart-warming and emotional episode focusing on some of the youngest patients treated by King's College Hospital A&E. A quarter of all patients treated in King's A&E are children, and this episode follows some of their stories for the first time, as well as one of A&E's youngest and newest recruits, 27-year-old emergency medicine trainee Matt. He's the first member of his family to go to university and pursue a career in medicine. But this shift will prove to be a challenging one for Matt and the team. The first trauma is 16-year-old riding enthusiast Ellie who's been airlifted to King's from Kent after she was thrown from her horse and crushed against a fence. Ellie arrives with no feeling down her left side and the team's first concern is that she may have serious spinal injuries.