Inside the Operating Theatre - Episode Guide

In the first episode, Sarah has come to day surgery to have her umbilical hernia repaired. After she gave birth, her belly button never went back in. But before she even gets to the anaesthetic room, general surgeon Mr Redwood realises the problem is bigger than first thought.

Four-year-old Dylan is struggling to hear which means he shouts instead of talks. It's painful and could be a build-up of ear wax. Ear, nose and throat surgeon Mr Beynon- Philips needs to find out what's going on so Dylan's mum can get some peace.

And Geoffrey needs an operation to save his sight. The stakes are high: a similar operation two weeks ago failed, so he's back and pinning all his hopes on what happens.

Ex-Army man Mervyn, who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, has a procedure to get rid of constant back pain; and Gemma has major foot surgery to tighten a painful ligament and 7-year-old Nancy has an operation to attempt to straighten a severe squint.

The team tackle a dramatic operation where Frank's heart is stopped and restarted; Zoe has a stent replaced in her ureter which was damaged by her treatment for cervical cancer; and Robert is in the hospital to have his painful haemorrhoids banded.

3-year-old Isaac has an operation on his tongue; operating theatre staff member David has a prostate biopsy carried out by his colleagues; and Lynette has several toes straightened and one part-amputated by the hospital's newest surgeon.

Nigel has keyhole surgery to repair his hernia - but things go wrong when he's back on the ward. Carol has a pin removed from her ankle, which was previously fractured.

A four-year-old girl has her droopy eyelid lifted, a rugby player gets his broken nose reset and a woman has an operation on her wrist after almost a year of agony.

Nick has an ultrasound taken from inside his body to find out if he needs open-heart surgery, and Irene has gel removed from her eye to make her see again.

Teenager Nathan has two twisted teeth extracted, Bob has keyhole surgery for a groin hernia, and 96-year-old Peggy entertains the team while having a growth removed from her toe.

Today, four-year old Arabella has come to have squints in both eyes realigned; Colin is having his gallbladder removed; and Rita really hopes she won't need hearing aids any more after she gets grommets inserted in her ears.

Sarah has an operation to repair the hernia she got after giving birth; Geoffrey is desperate to save his sight after his retina becomes detached; and four-year-old Dylan's ear wax blockage is so bad he needs a general anaesthetic to have it sucked out.

Dr Fox's fiancée Sally is having an operation to remove her wisdom teeth – leaving him in the visitor's chair, Brian is having a double hernia repaired and Joyce has the first of two cataract operations to help her see properly.

Peter has been flown home from holiday for an urgent operation to repair a detached retina, Tony has a leaky vein which has caused an ulcer in his leg, and 14-yearold Izzy has a canine tooth which hasn't descended properly and needs exposing.

Lyn has an investigation of her womb after a recent biopsy revealed abnormal cells, Steve is worried about only getting a local anaesthetic before his varicose veins are removed and 23-year-old gym fanatic Rhys is having a hernia repaired.

Julia has a camera investigation of her womb to find out the reason for her heavy bleeding, Emma has a rare painful foot condition so needs an operation to remove a section of bone and Peter's having his badly broken nose reset.

Today, 21-year-old Ben has lost 11 stone but now needs his gallbladder removed as a result, AJ is in agony with compressed nerves in her toes and needs an operation to free them and David is in hospital to have a carcinoma removed from his eyelid.

Former RAF servicewoman Connie is in hospital to have a polyp removed from her womb, Carl will be wide awake while he has keyhole operation to remove torn cartilage from his knee and Brad is having a varicose vein stripped from his leg.

8-year-old Luke is having an operation to straighten his squint, Brian needs an ultrasound taken from inside his lung to confirm whether he has cancer and new mum Paige is having her wisdom teeth removed.

15-year-old Thomas has 4 baby teeth that haven't fallen out and need removing, Les is having his urethra widened so that a camera can pass into his bladder to check his cancer hasn't returned and Lesley needs an operation to stop her persistent nose bleeds.