
Season 1
2018 • 3 Episodes
Season 1 of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life premiered on January 8, 2018.
Three-part documentary following surgeons, theatre staff and patients of the surgical unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where 700 operations are carried out every week.
Season 2
2019 • 6 Episodes
Season 2 of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life premiered on April 9, 2019.
Surgeons perform extraordinarily complex and risky procedures to transform and save their patients’ lives. The pressure is intense as they push the boundaries of modern medicine.
Season 3
2020 • 4 Episodes
Season 3 of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life premiered on October 6, 2020.
Surgeons perform extraordinarily complex and risky procedures to transform lives.
Season 4
2021 • 6 Episodes
Season 4 of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life premiered on November 11, 2021.
Surgeons at Royal Papworth and Addenbrooke’s hospitals perform complex procedures to save lives. But this comes with great risk and the surgeons bear the ultimate responsibility.
Season 5
2023 • 6 Episodes
Season 5 of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life premiered on January 18, 2023.
Surgeons at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge perform complex procedures to save lives. But this comes with great risk, and the surgeons bear the ultimate responsibility.
Season 6
2024 • 6 Episodes
Season 6 of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life premiered on March 27, 2024.
Surgeons at University Hospital Southampton perform complex procedures to transform and save their patients’ lives. But pushing the boundaries of medicine comes with great risk.
Series 7
2025 • 6 Episodes
Season 7 of Surgeons: At the Edge of Life premiered on February 26, 2025.
The surgeons of NHS Lothian perform high-risk procedures for patients across Edinburgh and beyond, bearing the ultimate responsibility for transforming and saving lives.