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Great Ormond Street - Episode Guide

Season 1

Pushing the Boundaries

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2010

Pushing the Boundaries

Great Ormond Street Hospital's doctors face ethical dilemmas every day. This episode focuses on the work of the largest children's cardiac unit in the UK.

Caught in the Machine

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2010

Caught in the Machine

Great Ormond Street Hospital's doctors face ethical dilemmas every day. This episode focuses on the work of Great Ormond Street Hospital's Intensive Care Unit.

An Imperfect Cure

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2010

An Imperfect Cure

The last episode follows the staff of Great Ormond Street Hospital's renal department as they treat children for a condition which has no complete cure.

Season 2

A Difficult Line

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: May 8, 2012

A Difficult Line

Documentary series. A look at Great Ormond Street Hospital's oncology department, as doctors attempting to treat children with cancer face challenging decisions.

A Chance at Life

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: May 15, 2012

A Chance at Life

Documentary series based at the pioneering London children's hospital. An intimate portrait of two surgeons in Great Ormond Street's general surgery unit.

Buying Time

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: May 22, 2012

Buying Time

A look at the work of Great Ormond Street's heart transplant team and the revolutionary artificial heart that keeps the patients alive until they can have a transplant.

A Delicate Balance

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: May 29, 2012

A Delicate Balance

Documentary series. Following Great Ormond's intensive care and respiratory doctors as they deal with the difficult ethical decisions involved in complex cases.

Decisions for Life

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Jun 12, 2012

Decisions for Life

Documentary series. Following the doctors and surgeons of Great Ormond's Cardiothoracic Department as they treat new born babies with complex heart problems.

Experimental Surgery

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2012

Experimental Surgery

Documentary series. Following the hospital's cardiothoracic surgeons as they perform some of the most difficult and innovative surgery in paediatric medicine.

Season 3

Fix My Genes

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Jul 14, 2015

Fix My Genes

Documentary series. In the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, doctors strive to save the lives of three children with life-threatening congenital diseases.

Fight to Breathe

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2015

Fight to Breathe

Documentary series. This episode looks at children whose lungs are failing. In severe cases, their only hope of survival is to undergo a double lung transplant.

Mend My Brain

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Jul 28, 2015

Mend My Brain

Documentary series. This episode looks at children with serious diseases of the brain, and the doctors who have no option but to try seriously risky treatments.

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