Name: Breathtaking
Released: 2024-02-19T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Joanne Froggatt, Christopher Hatherall, Bhav Joshi

TV Show · Drama

Follows an NHS doctor in the eye of the storm during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, showing how frontline medical staff endured fear and frustration as they desperately tried to save the lives of patients.

2024 · 45m

Starring Joanne Froggatt, Christopher Hatherall, Bhav Joshi

Director Craig Viveiros

EPISODE 1

Containment

In the lead-up to the UK's first Covid-19 national lockdown, acute medicine consultant Abbey Henderson and NHS staff struggle to cope with rising numbers of Covid-19 patients.
EPISODE 2

Delay

Abbey moves away from her family to protect them; as patients get sicker, Abbey and the team take on the Covid-19 pandemic, stretching each of them to their limits.
EPISODE 3

Mitigation

The team deal with a new Covid-19 winter wave; the pressure becomes unmanageable; Abbey takes action to voice the pandemic's full effect on the NHS.