medical drama

Channel 4 commissions a second series of Rescue: Extreme Medics

The four-part series follows the precarious and life-saving work of the clinicians and call handlers who respond to emergency accidents in some of Scotland’s most wild and inhospitable landscapes. 

The experts need to make time-critical decisions in harsh and extreme conditions across Scotland. 

The series follows the process from the initial 999 call all the way through to when the patient leaves the hospital and resumes their normal life at home. 

How Casualty is breaking all medical records

Casualty’s current series, its 36th (Credit: BBC)

On a mild autumnal Saturday on 6 September 1986, the first week after the summer holidays, the nation collectively sat down in front of the telly. Viewers may have flicked between the four channels available, but most were curious about BBC One’s big new drama, Casualty.

Since the familiar, high-intensity theme tune played out that evening, those 1980s-tastic opening credits may have evolved into something more contemporary but, at its core, Casualty remains the same.

Holby City to end in 2022

The Casualty spin-off medical drama has aired weekly since 1999, following the lives of the fictional Holby City Hospital staff.

"We sometimes have to make difficult decisions to make room for new opportunities,” said the BBC in a statement, “and as part of the BBC's commitment to make more programmes across the UK, we have taken the difficult decision to bring the show to a close in order to reshape the BBC's drama slate to better reflect, represent and serve all parts of the country.”