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24 Hours In A&E

Filmed around the clock with ninety-one cameras for over two six week periods at King's College Hospital in South London, each programme focuses on people treated within the same 24-hour period and offers unprecedented access to one of Britain's busiest A&E departments.
201214 episodes
16+
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Episodes

  1. S2 E1 - Rush Hour
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    May 15, 2012
    47min
    16+
    The first episode is an emotional roller-coaster that kicks off during the morning rush hour. We meet workers who set off on their daily commute only to find themselves fighting for their lives in the skilful hands of the A&E medics.
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  2. S2 E2 - Young Ones
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    May 22, 2012
    47min
    13+
    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.
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  3. S2 E3 - Allergic To Pain
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    May 29, 2012
    47min
    13+
    A warm-hearted and moving episode exploring the different ways that grown men deal with pain and injury. 50-year-old builder Jim arrives in A&E screaming in agony. He's fallen backwards down a two-foot hole at work, but managed to dislocate his shoulder in such an unusual way that even consultant Chris hasn't seen the like in thirty years of emergency medicine.
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  4. S2 E4 - Vital Organs
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    June 5, 2012
    47min
    13+
    24 Hours in A&E continues with a tender and insightful episode focussing on young men in their prime. One is a fitness fanatic who arrives seriously injured after a canal barge accident, while another is a pre-operative transsexual with a sore finger following a night's clubbing.
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  5. S2 E5 - A Moment in Time
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    June 12, 2012
    47min
    16+
    A powerful and cautionary episode following the work of King's College Hospital's A&E department on the night that singing superstar Whitney Houston died aged 47. As staff and patients alike come to terms with Whitney's untimely death, King's is filling up with young people who were having fun with their friends when disaster struck.
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  6. S2 E6 - A Good Life
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    June 19, 2012
    47min
    16+
    An illuminating and poignant episode focusing on some of the elderly patients who are treated at King's College Hospital, including a 93-year-old war veteran who arrives with life-threatening injuries after being knocked over by a hit and run driver just outside the hospital.
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  7. S2 E7 - Saturday Night
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    June 26, 2012
    46min
    16+
    A dramatic and eye-opening episode focusing on a single Saturday night at King's. Running resus for this extraordinary shift are two of the most experienced staff members in the A&E department.
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  8. S2 E8 - Mum
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    July 3, 2012
    48min
    13+
    A powerful and poignant episode focusing on mothers and daughters, and coming to terms with mortality.
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  9. S2 E9 - We Are Family
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    July 10, 2012
    47min
    16+
    An episode focused on one of King's newest recruits and the importance of family in times of crisis.
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  10. S2 E10 - Snow
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    July 17, 2012
    47min
    13+
    Focussing on a parent's nightmare: a young child with severe burns. As snow falls and the hospital prepares for a surge in slips and falls on the ice, five-year-old Daisy is rushed into resus with her dad Damien after her skirt caught alight on their gas fire. She has first and second-degree burns over around 13% of her body.
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  11. S2 E11 - The 'Q' Word
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    July 24, 2012
    47min
    13+
    Focussing on the bond between parents and children - including the youngest patient ever featured on the series - and what happens when the roles have to be reversed due to illness.
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  12. S2 E12 - Cause Unknown
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    July 31, 2012
    48min
    13+
    Focussing on patients whose mysterious illnesses prove tricky to diagnose. Nine-year-old Tino is rushed to resus after slumping over her desk at school. Usually a lively young girl, she can't remember what day it is or her surname. She doesn't even recognise her own mum.
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  13. S2 E13 - Life's Little Hiccups
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    August 7, 2012
    48min
    16+
    The final episode of this series of 24 Hours in A&E focuses on men with very different problems who are all being treated at King's College Hospital's Emergency Department over the course of a busy night shift.
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  14. S2 E14 - The Making Of
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    August 14, 2012
    47min
    13+
    Behind the scenes at King's College Hospital in south London to show how the critically-acclaimed documentary series is made. The film follows the production team as they prepare to film for six weeks around the clock for a new series back in the Emergency Department of the hospital, which is celebrating its centenary this year.
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Content advisory
Violencealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content
Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
David McConnell
Producers
Kirsty CunninghamTom McDonaldNick Curwin
Starring
Anthony Philipson
Studio
The Garden Productions
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