24 Hours in A&E

24 Hours in A&E

British television series following the hard and dedicated work of the NHS doctors and nurses battling to keep Britain alive and well.

Genre: Documentary

Cast:Anthony PhilipsonAnthony PhilipsonPeggy Coldwells


1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Code Red

Wed, May 11, 2011

Senior consultant Malcolm Tunnicliffe and his team face a battle to save a 'Code Red' - a patient with potentially fatal injuries - brought into A&E by helicopter.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Red Phone

Wed, May 18, 2011

This episode includes 31-year-old Brendan, who has had a head-on collision between his motorbike and a car, a teenager with injuries after punching a wall and the team struggling to revive two patients in their eighties.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Back in Resus

Wed, May 25, 2011

This episode includes an 11-year-old, critically injured after being hit by a van and the arrival of three trauma patients in quick succession: one shot in the face, another stabbed in the chest, and the third knifed in the head.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Booze Has Ruined My Life

Wed, Jun 1, 2011

This episode focuses on the consequences of alcohol on A&E departments. It includes a 39-year-old who has fallen and broken his neck after a few drinks, 56-year-old David, a long-term alcoholic who collapsed in the street and hit his head and a 26-year-old who has been arrested after a day of heavy drinking, sent to King's as he cut his hand putting it through a window.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Brain Attack

Wed, Jun 8, 2011

This episode reveals what can happen when something goes wrong with the brain. Including 65-year-old Charlie, who has not been the same since crashing his cab two days ago and 89-year-old Peggie, who was rushed in with a suspected stroke.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Woken at Gunpoint

Wed, Jun 15, 2011

This episode includes 35-year-old Colin, who was stabbed after being woken at gunpoint, 87-year-old Nancy, who has fallen over at home and former lawyer Robert, who collapsed in the street drunk. He has lost his family and home after years of alcoholism.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ For Penetrating Trauma

Wed, Jun 22, 2011

This episode focuses on the stabbings dealt with by King's College Hospital. It includes 17-year-old Levi, who was stabbed after a fight in the street, and two other young men from different areas, with stab wounds. Also, a young woman, punched in the face, turns up at King's, as well as a man who has had too much to drink at the House of Commons.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Triple A

Wed, Jun 29, 2011

This episode includes 77-year-old John, who's been sent to King's after a routine health screening revealed a potentially deadly 'Triple A' (abdominal aortic aneurism) - a dramatic swelling of the main artery that could burst at any moment.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Sport and Drink

Wed, Jul 6, 2011

The medical team faces a range of sport and drink-related injuries on a busy Saturday. But the evening takes a dramatic turn when a father and son are rushed into A&E with life-threatening injuries after being attacked by gatecrashers at a family birthday party. Also, two 19-year-old girls are waiting for treatment after falling when the bar they were dancing on collapsed, while bricklayer Colin has been badly cut by someone trying to mug him.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ It Takes All Sorts

Sun, Jul 10, 2011

In an episode focused on accidents, construction worker William has been trapped under a cherry picker, breaking his leg in three places and crushing his chest, Nick has fallen from a ten-metre ladder onto concrete, landing on his head, resulting in a severe brain injury and Darren has fallen through a window while trying to clean it, cutting his arm badly.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ There are Risks

Wed, Jul 20, 2011

This episode includes 78-year-old Reginald, rushed to hospital after severe stomach pains; doctors suspect that part of his gut may have died, leaving him in a life-threatening situation. Other patients include Richard, who has twisted his knee moon-walking in a club, and a young cyclist brought in unconscious after coming off his bike.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Resus

Wed, Jul 27, 2011

88-year-old Omar is brought in after suffering severe stomach pains and a suspected abdominal aortic aneurism, 33-year-old Hanny is rushed in after attempting to take his life with a lethal cocktail of drugs and staff fight to save an 18-year-old who's been stabbed in a street fight. This episode also looks at the effects of working at King's on some of the non-medical staff.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Can't Say This or That

Wed, Aug 3, 2011

This episode includes 74-year-old Ted, on his 10th visit to A&E this year after being diagnosed with terminal bladder cancer, German doctor Roman, who is still getting used to the cultural differences between practising in Germany and the UK and a 40-year-old-man who's been kicked in the face during a football match needs stitches.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Memory Man

Wed, Aug 10, 2011

Focusing on mental health issues, this episode includes a regular patient to King's who suffers from schizophrenia, admitted after failing to take his diabetes medicine and a young girl seeks refuge with the mental health team. Also visiting King's are 16-year-old Joseph and 61-year-old Clive, both suspected of having a stroke.