About this season
RPA is an Australian reality television show that is filmed at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and shows the everyday workings of this major hospital in Sydney, Australia. Premiering in 1995, the program is based on the British series Jimmy's which was filmed at St James's University Hospital in Leeds.
Episodes (5)
1. Episode 1
Aired 1 June 2012 • 60 min
In a story reminiscent of RPA's most memorable patient - seven-year old Sylvia was severely burnt when she was a baby. Now, a chance discovery by an Australian speech therapist working in Kenya has bought her to RPA.
2. Episode 2
Aired 6 June 2012 • 60 min
Twenty-six year old Erin arrives in RPA’s Emergency Department in severe pain and struggling to breathe. Plus, a scan has uncovered a tumour on Cevat’s spine that threatens to crush his spinal cord.
3. Episode 3
Aired 20 June 2012 • 60 min
Thirty-five-year-old Shelly has been in hospital for three long months due to a series of strokes threatening to paralyse her. Ian, 81, arrives to RPA as a last resort after open-heart surgery to replace an aortic valve was aborted.
4. Episode 4
Aired 27 June 2012 • 60 min
Twenty-six-year-old Roumi is concerned about a lump in her neck that has been growing rapidly, and Fiona comes to RPA in the hope of a normal life, suffering from debilitating vertigo and deafness in one ear.
5. Episode 5
Aired 11 July 2012 • 60 min
A fishing trip lands Robert in some very hot water when he falls unconscious and has trouble breathing. And 35-year-old Graeme has a rare disease that is attacking bone in some parts of his body.