Trauma
TV Show · Thriller · Drama

A thriller miniseries by Mike Bartlett, the multi-award winning creator of Doctor Foster, `Trauma' focuses on the lives of two fathers, Dan and Jon, whose different lives collide after Dan's 15-year-old son, Alex, is stabbed and dies in the trauma department attended by Jon. Doctor Who star John Simm portrays the grieving Dan Bowker, a factory manager struggling to cope with an increasingly unraveling life, and Adrian Lester stars as family man Jon Allerton, an educated, high achieving, and confident trauma surgeon. Dan believes that Jon is responsible for the death of his teenage son, and striving for justice, begins to unpick the very fabric of Jon's life in the fast-paced three-part miniseries.

2018 · 45m
Starring Adrian Lester, Jade Anouka, Lyndsey Marshal
Director Marc Evans

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    Trauma centres on two fathers, Dan and Jon, whose very different lives collide when Dan's teenage son tragically dies under the care of trauma consultant Jon in a Central London hospital.
    45 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    Dan is dismissed from his job at the hospital coffee shop after Jon submits multiple complaints. Dan and Susie's relationship is on the rocks as he becomes obsessed with Jon and finding out exactly what happened the night his son died.
    45 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    Having been failed by the authorities, Dan takes matters into his own hands to get to the truth.
    46 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    In episode 4 - a trauma of a different kind. We meet father of two John Walsh on the morning of a crucial operation to remove extremely rare tumors from his spine. Forty people around the world have been diagnosed with the type of tumors that John has, and of them John is the only remaining survivor.
    50 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Adrian Lester
    Jon Allerton
  • Jade Anouka
    Alana Allerton
  • Lyndsey Marshal
    Susie Bowker
  • Jemima Rooper
    Nora Barker
  • John Simm
    Dan Bowker
  • Albie Marber
    Alex Bowker
  • J‌G
    James Gasson
    Mark Bowker
  • Calvin A. Dean
    Dave Saunders
  • M‌R
    Mia Rodgers
    Jasmine Marks
  • Steven Elder
    Steve Beckett
  • Phillipa Peak
    Denise Cain

About

Trauma

Thriller

A thriller miniseries by Mike Bartlett, the multi-award winning creator of Doctor Foster, `Trauma' focuses on the lives of two fathers, Dan and Jon, whose different lives collide after Dan's 15-year-old son, Alex, is stabbed and dies in the trauma department attended by Jon. Doctor Who star John Simm portrays the grieving Dan Bowker, a factory manager struggling to cope with an increasingly unraveling life, and Adrian Lester stars as family man Jon Allerton, an educated, high achieving, and confident trauma surgeon. Dan believes that Jon is responsible for the death of his teenage son, and striving for justice, begins to unpick the very fabric of Jon's life in the fast-paced three-part miniseries.

Information

Studio
BritBox
Released
2018
Rated
Caution
Region of Origin
United Kingdom
© 2018 ITV Productions

Languages

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English (United Kingdom)
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