Surgery Symposium

First-hand accounts from people who had bad experiences when they underwent plastic surgery, including a woman whose filler injection hit an artery in her lips, and a man left with physical and emotional scars after undergoing seven operations for his hair loss. Samantha also shares her story, after she ended up in agonising pain after undergoing a breast reduction procedure.

22-year-old Zinash has a tumour that has taken over her lower jaw.

Annie Price travels to South Korea, the plastic surgery capital of the world, to discover why young women feel compelled to modify very normal parts of their faces.

Liz Bonnin enters the world of wild animal surgery.

The doctor of the hospital is away, and drunken paramedic Gleb Glebych is taking patients. The paramedic believes that surgery is a trifling matter, and with excitement begins to treat the deacon who came to him with a bad tooth.

The doctor of the hospital is away, and drunken paramedic Gleb Glebych is taking patients. The paramedic believes that surgery is a trifling matter, and with excitement begins to treat the deacon who came to him with a bad tooth.

Filmed over six years, 42 people with Parkinson’s take part in a groundbreaking medical trial. Can the results give hope to 10 million Parkinson’s sufferers worldwide?

Sex reassignment surgery is now almost a commonplace procedure, but back in the early 20th century, it was seen as 'science fiction surgery'. When the news broke of a successful first attempt, it was a sensation. This is the gripping story of three extraordinary people: the world's first person to undergo a female to male transition; the former Spitfire pilot who became Britain's first to transition from male to female; and the daring advanced plastic surgeon who carried out these surgeries in the 1940s.

Most people will have an operation in their lifetime, but few of us have a clue what really happens once we are put to sleep. This series goes beyond the theatre doors of the surgical unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where 700 operations are carried out every week, across 42 specialist theatres. Whilst many operations are vital but routine, this series focuses on some of the country's top surgeons as they perform high-stakes surgery that simply wouldn't have been attempted a few years ago, pushing the boundaries of modern medicine to its very limits. Unprecedented opportunities to save lives offer surgeons the chance to develop their astonishing skills - but also carry daunting risks and responsibilities.

Full coverage of a surgical procedure as it happens.