Children's Hospital

TV Show · Documentary

A documentary series set in the brand new Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, now the largest hospital for children in the UK.

2010 · 22m
Starring Lorraine Kelly, John Thomson

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Jack Norfolk
    We meet seven-year-old Jack Norfolk who faces his 22nd operation. He need surgery on his hip bone which has been damaged by disease. Also, in A and E, a child has an orange pip stuck in her nose, and a five-year old has a nasty gash on his head.
    22 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Charlie Reynolds
    One-year-old Charlie, who is profoundly deaf, undergoes a ground-breaking implant operation to restore his hearing. Professor Richard Ramsden has come out of retirement to perform this pioneering five-hour surgery. Will Charlie's hearing be restored? Meanwhile, a 17-day-old baby is rushed in with breathing problems, and 3-year-old Ruby may have broken her toe.
    22 min
  • EPISODE 3
    DJ Lockley
    14-year-old DJ Lockley has lived on a kidney machine for nine hours a day, six days a week for six months. He needs a new kidney, which his mother has agreed to donate, but there is a risk his body could reject it. In Accident and Emergency, seven-year-old Jake is worried he may lose his fingernail, and Professor Simon Carley uses an alternative form of pain relief for a four-year-old who has cut his head open.
    22 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Oliver Pulo
    Oliver has relied on a breathing tube in his windpipe to keep him alive, but this means he cannot speak. However, Consultant ENT Surgeon Mike Rothera thinks Oliver's windpipe could now be strong enough for the tube to be removed.
    22 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Emily Fish Part 1
    Six-year-old Emily Fish has a rare blood disorder which affects only one in a million children. She needs a bone marrow transplant to survive, but this involves weeks in hospital and a gruelling regime of chemotherapy. In A&E, a 14-year-old boy has convinced himself he has to have his leg amputated, and a baby has a rash all over its body.
    22 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Reuben M & Jack Norfolk
    After undergoing 22 operations, seven-year-old Jack Norfolk finds out if he needs more surgery, while in A and E, a youngster who has broken his wrist in every place possible receives treatment..
    22 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Lorraine Kelly
    Narrator
  • John Thomson
    Narrator

About

Children's Hospital

Documentary

A documentary series set in the brand new Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, now the largest hospital for children in the UK.

Information

Studio
BBC One
Released
2010

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English (United Kingdom) (SDH)

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  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
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  • Mozambique
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  • Niger (English)
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  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

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  • Fiji
  • 香港
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
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  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
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  • Colombia (Español)
  • Costa Rica (Español)
  • Dominica
  • República Dominicana
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