Episode 1

A patient in a critical condition is rushed into theatre from North Wales. He's had a stroke and the on-call trauma team have no time to lose. The stroke has caused his brain to swell, and they need to remove part of his skull to save his life.

Forty-eight-year-old Christine has fallen downstairs, breaking her neck, it's a severe and life-threatening injury. Can the Consultant Neurosurgeon act in time to remove the shattered disc and save her from paralysis?

Anthony is living with a ticking timebomb in his brain. It's called an AVM, a tangle of abnormal blood vessels that threatens his life every day. He's at the centre to have it removed but it's 6cm deep inside his brain and it's going to be a complex surgery to disconnect it.