Breathtaking

A doctor in the eye of the storm. Based on Rachel Clarke's unflinching memoir, this moving three-part drama follows doctors on the frontline in NHS hospitals as the COVID-19 crisis unfolds. Weeks before the UK’s first national lockdown, acute medicine consultant Dr. Abbey Henderson and her team are struggling to manage the first wave of COVID-19 patients coming through the hospital doors. Running out of PPE, staff, and beds, Abbey is forced to make difficult decisions, leading to members of staff contracting COVID-19. As lockdown is finally introduced, Abbey and the team grapple with the pandemic stretching them to their limits, coming up against government policy in relation to care home discharges and adequate PPE. They try their best to fight the virus but are forced to repeatedly endure the emotional trauma of loss and tragedy caused by COVID-19. As winter arrives, a new wave hits the hospital, this time with COVID deniers surfacing too, causing the team to hit their breaking point. Emotionally traumatized and embittered, Abbey cannot contain her feelings about lack of support any longer, risking her life and career to make real change.