Series synopsis
Inside the Operating Theatre is a British documentary television series that premiered on U&W on May 21, 2019. It ended on December 18, 2019.
The team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Norfolk deals with everything from hearts to hernias, sterilisations to squints – and many operations in between. This series that shows lives being changed right in front of viewers’ eyes. For the first time ever, an NHS day surgery unit, its dedicated staff, and even its beds have been rigged with cameras to give a unique view of what goes on behind ward curtains, inside the anaesthetic room and under the knife.
Premise
The team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Norfolk deals with everything from hearts to hernias, sterilisations to squints – and many operations in between. This series that shows lives being changed right in front of viewers’ eyes. For the first time ever, an NHS day surgery unit, its dedicated staff, and even its beds have been rigged with cameras to give a unique view of what goes on behind ward curtains, inside the anaesthetic room and under the knife.
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 20 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | May 21, 2019 | July 23, 2019 |
| Season 2 | 10 | October 16, 2019 | December 18, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Seven-year-old Nancy has an operation to straighten her squint and ex-Army man Mervyn, who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, has a procedure to get rid of constant back pain. |
May 21, 2019 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Anne needs an operation to remove a painful bony lump from her foot and mother-of-four Laura decides to have a sterilisation after suffering from post-natal depression. |
May 28, 2019 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The team tackles a dramatic operation where a patient's heart is stopped and restarted. Zoe has a stent replaced in her ureter, which was damaged by her treatment for cancer. |
June 4, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 A girl has an operation to have squints in both eyes realigned, a man has his infected gall bladder removed and an ex-police officer is having a grommet inserted in her ear. |
October 16, 2019 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 A woman has an operation to repair the hernia she suffered while giving birth and a four-year-old's ear blockage is so bad he needs a general anaesthetic to it sucked out |
October 23, 2019 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Dr Fox's fiancée Sally is having an operation to remove her wisdom teeth – leaving him in the visitor's chair, Brian is having a double hernia repaired and Joyce has the first of two cataract operations to help her see properly. |
October 30, 2019 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | U&W |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 21, 2019 |
| Last aired | December 18, 2019 |
| Status | ended |