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24 Hours in A&E

British medical television series

British medical television series

FieldValue
image24 Hours in A&E.png
captionTitlecard used from 2011–14
genre
narratedAnthony Philipson
composerRichard Spiller
countryUnited Kingdom
languageEnglish
num_episodes348 (326 regular ones + 22 specials)
producerSpencer Kelly
location
runtime47 minutes (60 when including adverts)
companyThe Garden
networkChannel 4
first_aired
last_airedpresent
related24 Hours in Police Custody
num_seasons35

24 Hours in A&E is a British factual medical documentary programme, airing on Channel 4, set in a teaching hospital in inner London. Initially it was filmed in King's College Hospital in Denmark Hill, Camberwell, but in the seventh series, the setting was changed to St George's Hospital in Tooting, Wandsworth. For season 30 the setting changed again, this time moving out of London to Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham. Cameras film round the clock for 28 days, 24 hours a day in A&E (Accident and Emergency). It offers unprecedented access to one of Britain's busiest A&E departments.

Overview

24 Hours in A&E gives viewers behind the scenes access to King's College Hospital in Camberwell and St George's Hospital Accident & Emergency Department, in Tooting, SW London. In season 30, the series relocated to Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham. Series one aired every Wednesday at 21:00 and consisted of 14 one-hour episodes. The filming took place over 28 days using 70 fixed cameras and is the largest documentary series Channel 4 has ever made.

The series enables viewers to see the challenges that A&E staff face as they treat the patients that come through the doors every day.

The episodes show how the staff work as a team to treat those patients present involved in a full range of minor and serious conditions, both medical (suspected heart attack, aortic abdominal aneurysm, stroke) and trauma (from household accidents to road traffic collisions). The fly-on-the-wall footage is intercut with subsequent interviews with staff, patients and relatives giving their perspectives and background on the events shown.

Filming for the second series ended in March 2012. It began broadcasting on 16 May 2012, again appearing in the Wednesday 21:00 slot. The seventh series was filmed in St George's Hospital, Tooting. The first episode of this series was broadcast on 30 October 2014 at 21:00.

Episodes

Series overview

Series 1 (2011)

Series 2 (2012)

Series 3 (2013)

Series 4 (2013)

Series 5 (2014)

Series 6 (2014)

Series 7 (2014)

Series 7 started on 30 October 2014 with a new cast and new hospital. The new series was set at St Georges Hospital in Tooting London.

Series 8 (2015)

Series 9 (2015)

Series 10 (2015-16)

Series 11 (2016)

Series 12 (2016-17)

Series 13 (2017)

Series 14 (2018)

Series 15 (2018)

Series 16 (2018)

Series 17 (2019)

Series 18 (2019)

Series 19 (2019)

Series 20 (2020)

Series 21 (2020)

Series 22 (2020)

Series 23 (2021)

Series 24 (2021)

Series 25 (2021)

Series 26 (2022)

Series 27 (2022)

Series 28 (2022)

Series 29 (2022)

Series 30 (2023)

Series 30 started on 3 January 2023 with a new cast and new hospital. The new series was set at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.

Series 31 (2023)

Specials

Awards and nominations

YearAwardsCategoryResultRefs
2012Royal Television Society AwardsDocumentary Series

References

References

  1. "24 Hours in A&E - Channel". Channel 4.
  2. "Channel 4 commissions 30 episodes of 24 Hours in A&E at new hospital {{!}} Channel 4".
  3. KingsPath. (7 March 2012). "Filming completed for series 2 of Channel 4's '24 Hours in A&E'". KingsPath.
  4. (21 March 2012). "RTS programme awards 2012: full list of winners". The Guardian.
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