Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands


Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands is a BBC Three television series looking at how a group of foundation doctors cope with life on the wards. Three series have been broadcast to date, all narrated by Jason Done.
The first, broadcast in 2011, focused on seven foundation doctors at Newcastle General Hospital and Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne, three of which were newly qualified FY1s and four being FY2s. The second series was broadcast in 2012 and followed six FY1s and two FY2s at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. A third series, filmed at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, was broadcast in 2013 and followed five FY1 doctors and two FY2 doctors.
On 9 March 2011 the show achieved BBC Three's highest ever ratings for a factual entertainment programme, when 1.44 million people watched the third episode of the first series.

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Series one

The first series of six episodes ran from 22 February to 29 March 2011. The series followed a group of seven junior doctors at the Newcastle General Hospital and Royal Victoria Infirmary. On 13 October 2011, BBC Three aired a follow-up special, entitled Junior Doctors – One Year Check Up.
  • Adam Beaini, age 24, F1
  • Katherine Conroy, age 24, F1
  • Lucy Holmes, age 24, F1
  • Jon Barclay, age 24, F2
  • Suzi Batchelor, age 24, F2
  • Andy Kong, age 25, F2
  • Keir Shiels, age 28, F2

    Series two

The second series consisted of seven episodes and ran from 24 January to 6 March 2012. The series followed a group of eight junior doctors at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. On 3 December 2012, BBC Three aired a follow-up special, entitled Junior Doctors – One Year Check Up.
  • Sameer Bahal, age 25, F1
  • Akira Fukutomi, age 25, F1
  • Lucy Hollingworth, age 25, F1
  • Priya Mangat, age 25, F1
  • Milla Marinova, age 26, F1
  • Andy Steval, age 23, F1
  • Ben Allin, age 26, F2
  • Amieth Yogarajah, age 27, F2

    Series three

The third series consisted of seven episodes and ran from 17 January to 28 February 2013. The series followed a group of seven junior doctors at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. An eighth junior doctor, Carol Sondhi, 27, from Malawi was filmed for the series but did not feature in the opening episode.
  • Edward Bennison, age 28, F1
  • Tom Morris, age 25, F1
  • Emily Phipps, age 25, F1
  • Tristan Townsend, age 28, F1
  • Jennifer Whiteley, age 25, F1
  • Oliver Harris, age 25, F2
  • Kiera Vaughan, age 25, F2

    Series four

Series 4, renamed Junior Doctors: Blood, Sweat and Tears, began on 25 October with seven new doctors at Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital.

Series five

Series 5, renamed Junior Doctors: On the Front Line, began on 22 September 2019 with six new doctors at Salford Royal Hospital.
  • Nicholas Ronan, age 28, F1
  • Howra Ktayen, age 24, F1
  • Sofia Arkhipkina, age 24, F1
  • Zohaib Khawaja, age 25, F1
  • Luke Mcevoy, age 26, F2
  • Thomas Gubbin, age 26, F2

    Spin-off

A spin-off, Junior Paramedics: Your life in Their Hands, was broadcast from February to April 2014. The show follows nine junior paramedics, Lucy Wright, Bryn Griffiths, Stephanie Cook, Lucy Mellor, Max Brufton, Amy Allen, Ashley Strawbridge, Victoria Hilditch and Nick Bailey on a six-week placement with East Midlands Ambulance Service.

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