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Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands

Specials 2011 - 2012

  • 2011-10-13T20:00:00Z on BBC Three
  • 1h
  • 2h (2 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands is a BBC Three television series looking at how a group of foundation doctors cope with life on the wards. Three series have been broadcast to date, all narrated by Jason Done. The first, broadcast in 2011, focused on seven foundation doctors at Newcastle General Hospital and Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne, three of which were newly-qualified FY1s and four being FY2s. The second series was broadcast in 2012 and followed six FY1s and two FY2s at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. A third series, filmed at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, was broadcast in 2013 and followed five FY1 doctors and two FY2 doctors. On 9 March 2011 the show achieved BBC Three's highest ever ratings for a factual entertainment programme, when 1.44 million people watched the third episode of the first series.
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2 episodes

2011-10-13T20:00:00Z

Special 1 One Year Check Up

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Special 1 One Year Check Up

  • 2011-10-13T20:00:00Z — 1h

The newly qualified doctors featured in the series earlier this year gather to discuss what they have learnt. First years Adam Beaini, Katherine Conroy and Lucy Holmes recall the struggles they faced when they started working on the wards, and second years Jon Barclay, Suzi Batchelor, Andy Kong and Keir Shiels reflect on the challenges the past year has presented

2012-12-03T21:00:00Z

Special 2 One Year Check Up

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Special 2 One Year Check Up

  • 2012-12-03T21:00:00Z — 1h

One year on and about to start new placements, the Junior Doctors from BBC Three's hit series look back at the past 12 months - what they have learned, how they have changed and how they coped with some of the biggest challenges of their lives, from a receipt spike stuck through a patient's hand to their first emergency calls. With previously unseen footage, this programme adds extra insight into what was a very eventful year.

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