45 minSeason 1 • Episode 13
LatestDevastated by news of Fiona's engagement, Glen races off, only to be involved in a life-or-death emergency.
The Major Trauma Centre is a state-of-the-art unit which treats only the most gravely ill or seriously injured. Whether that patient lives or dies is determined by knife-edge decisions and procedures, but can the diverse team of medical professionals knit together and rise to the challenge? Our team hold a life in their hands but in every case they face the agonisingly real fear that it could slip through their fingers.
Direction
Single-take surgery sequences that refuse to breathe.
Writing
Jargon-forward scripts—Mercurio trusts your intelligence.
Creator
Jed Mercurio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mercurio consulted real trauma protocols from King's College Hospital; some consultants appear as uncredited surgical hands.
Sky cancelled it despite critical praise—too expensive, too niche, no comforting formula. The final episode's unresolved team fracture was never intended as a finale.
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