Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life

TV Show · Documentary

Filmed across a year at Royal Marsden Hospital, a three-part documentary exploring the pioneering and life-saving operations surgeons are performing to give patients the best chance at life. We follow surgeons as they face some of the most complex and challenging oncological cases in the world, as they make the ultimate decision: whether they can or can't treat the cancer by operating. For some patients, a cure will be found against the odds, but for others, the intervention comes too late.

2022 · 47m
Director Ben Rumney

Season 1

  • Series 1 Episode 1
    EPISODE 1
    Series 1 Episode 1
    Behind the scenes at the world-leading Royal Marsden Hospital, as surgeons attempt pioneering cancer treatments, including a high-risk bid to save a woman's voice box and a complex procedure to save a patient's arm.
    47 min
  • Series 1 Episode 2
    EPISODE 2
    Series 1 Episode 2
    Peter has a fast-growing tumour and needs throat reconstruction in order to save his life. Janet's pancreatic cancer is wrapped around a vital vein an it is not clear if the growth can be removed.
    46 min
  • Series 1 Episode 3
    EPISODE 3
    Series 1 Episode 3
    A patient with throat cancer needs a new windpipe to save his voice. A rare cancer means Melissa's entire reproductive system must be removed for her to stay alive.
    46 min
  • Series 2 Episode 1
    EPISODE 1
    Series 2 Episode 1
    A look behind the scenes at cancer hospital Royal Marsden, where aspiring midwife Anthea has a difficult tumour that could lead to arm amputation. And Cameron's testicular cancer has returned, several years after he'd had both his testicles removed.
    47 min
  • Series 2 Episode 2
    EPISODE 2
    Series 2 Episode 2
    Ex-navy pilot Rich has a massive 16cm tumour running from his jaw to his heart. Meanwhile, nearly all the organs in Tracy's pelvis need removal to combat her stage four bowel cancer.
    47 min
  • Series 2 Episode 3
    EPISODE 3
    Series 2 Episode 3
    Lauren, who's 30, has had a rare cancer called myxoid-liposarcoma since she was eight. Consultant surgical oncologist Myles Smith hopes that he can remove the latest tumour and answer why it keeps coming back.
    47 min

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Cast & Crew

  • B‌R
    Ben Rumney
    Director
  • K‌P
    Katharine Patrick
    Producer
  • J‌W
    James W Newton
    Producer
  • J‌A
    Joy Ash
    Producer
  • A‌G
    Amy Gibbs
    Producer

About

Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life

Documentary

Filmed across a year at Royal Marsden Hospital, a three-part documentary exploring the pioneering and life-saving operations surgeons are performing to give patients the best chance at life. We follow surgeons as they face some of the most complex and challenging oncological cases in the world, as they make the ultimate decision: whether they can or can't treat the cancer by operating. For some patients, a cure will be found against the odds, but for others, the intervention comes too late.

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Studio
C4
Released
2022

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English (United Kingdom) (AD, AAC)

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English (United Kingdom)

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