Saving Lives in Leeds

Life-changing operations, difficult dilemmas. Lifting the lid on the heart-rending, hard-headed decisions doctors must make before tackling the day job of changing people’s lives. An observational documentary filmed on the shoulder of patients and consultants as they prepare for and go through life changing surgery. Capturing the life and death decisions and moments that the NHS tackle daily, balancing access and relationships under enormous pressure.

I had the enormous privilege of filming a double hand transplant, with patient Jamie Mines, the first of its kind to be filmed for TV. The series was told across 8 one hour episodes, produced with Label1 for the BBC