With 10 million operations taking place across the UK every year, this new medical series for BBC Two focuses on the pioneering work taking place inside a single NHS precinct – the operating theatres of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

The series lifts the lid on the latest medical advances, pioneering technology, and complex logistical systems that are brought together by leading surgical teams in order to save – and change – patients’ lives.

The series features life-saving operations which have scientific innovation at their heart. With compelling testimony from pioneering surgeons who reveal what it means to hold someone’s life in your hands and what the operations they perform tell us about the state of the nations’ health.