About this season
Documentary series which follows patients at the Walton Centre in Liverpool as they undergo brain surgery.
Episodes (4)
1. Episode 1
Aired 6 February 2014 • 45 min
Dene is rushed into the hospital having suffered with a sudden headache and doctors are forced to operate despite his brain scan being unlike anything that they have seen before. Helga hopes that the doctors will be able to stop her painful cluster headaches.
2. Episode 2
Aired 13 February 2014 • 45 min
Simon and Alex have both been diagnosed with having brain tumours. Lisa is brought in for some sophisticated surgery to try to cure her epilepsy.
3. Episode 3
Aired 20 February 2014 • 45 min
A patient faces being kept awake during brain surgery.
4. Episode 4
Aired 27 February 2014 • 45 min
We follow 24-year-old Bradley, who must decide whether to undergo radical surgery.