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Series 3 (30-minute Versions): Episode 5
Behind the scenes at the UK’s most remote hospital.\n\nIn this episode, a 95-year-old navy veteran is winched from the deck of a cruise ship, having lain undiscovered in h ...
23-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 3 (30-minute Versions): Episode 4
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland. In this episode, Nurse Chloe starts her first shift as a toddler arrives having difficulty brea ...
22-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 3 (30-minute Versions): Episode 3
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland. In this episode, an oil rig worker from Tyne and Wear is rushed to A&E with a suspected stroke.
21-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 3 (30-minute Versions): Episode 1
In this episode, paramedics and the coastguard rescue team help a six foot nine inch Norwegian nicknamed Tiny off his tall ship. The sailor was on his way to the Shetland Folk F ...
20-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 3 (30-minute Versions): Episode 10
Behind the scenes at the UK’s most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland, where the team of doctors and nurses work alongside the islands’ GPs, paramedics, c ...
19-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 3 (30-minute Versions): Episode 9
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.
16-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 3 (30-minute Versions): Episode 8
Behind the scenes at the UK’s most remote hospital.\n\nIn this episode, the latest crop of junior doctors have to put all their training and experience to the test. Dr Sam ...
15-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 3 (30-minute Versions): Episode 7
Behind the scenes at the UK’s most remote hospital. In this episode, A&E staff have to juggle the available space when a patient arrives with mystery abdominal pains. She ...
14-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 2 Cutdowns: Episode 10
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.
13-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 2 Cutdowns: Episode 9
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.
12-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 3 (30-minute Versions): Episode 2
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.
09-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 2 Cutdowns: Episode 7
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.
08-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 2 Cutdowns: Episode 6
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.
06-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 2 Cutdowns: Episode 5
Behind the scenes at the UK’s most remote hospital. A deadly blood clot is discovered in the nick of time, saving a patient’s life.
05-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 2 Cutdowns: Episode 4
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.
02-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 2 Cutdowns: Episode 3
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.
01-07-2021
BBC 1
Series 2 Cutdowns: Episode 2
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.
29-06-2021
BBC 1
Series 2 Cutdowns: Episode 1
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland.
28-06-2021
BBC 1
Series 3 (30-minute Versions): Episode 6
Behind the scenes at the UK’s most remote hospital. In this episode, patients from Britain’s most remote community – Fair Isle, south of Shetland – wait ...
20-04-2021
BBC 1
Series 1 Cutdowns: Episode 10
School boy Bruce runs too many miles and injures his leg. A football match leads to an awkward injury for teenager Saul, but a football tournament makes a great weekend for Dr L ...
29-01-2019
BBC 1
Series 1 Cutdowns: Episode 9
An elderly lady is rushed into hospital with a suspected stroke. \n\nFormer nurse Kathleen's symptoms are pointing to a stroke but the investigation by the A&E team sheds new li ...
28-01-2019
BBC 1
Series 1: Episode 9
There is an extra special arrival for maternity receptionist Marie Jamieson - her daughter Sonja is expecting her third child. Marie faces an anxious wait, as she is still worki ...
21-12-2018
BBC 1
Series 1: Episode 8
An elderly lady is rushed into hospital with a suspected stroke. Though former nurse Kathleen's symptoms point to a stroke, the investigation by the A&E team sheds new light on ...
20-12-2018
BBC 1
Series 1: Episode 4
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland. Episode four takes a closer look at life for Shetland's new and expectant mothers. In the Gilbe ...
19-12-2018
BBC 1
Series 1: Episode 3
The islands' new crop of junior doctors arrives in Shetland - this episode follows their first days and sees how they adjust to a very different type of medicine from what they ...
18-12-2018
BBC 1
Series 1: Episode 1
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital. At the Gilbert Bain in Shetland, a team of doctors and nurses work alongside GPs, paramedics, coastguard, lifeboat crews and ...
17-12-2018
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 10
Offshore worker Tony is evacuating to the Gilbert Bain with severe abdominal pain. Dr Lalla diagnoses appendicitis and Tony is rushed to theatre, where surgeon Mr Gordon McFarla ...
23-11-2018
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 9
A carrot cake causes a major emergency when an oil rig worker with a nut allergy eats some after his shift. Evacuated to Lerwick, he is treated by the team in A&E. A young man's ...
22-11-2018
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 8
Dr Lalla is frustrated by summer fog which means the air ambulance cannot land. To get his patient to specialist care, he urgently needs the coastguard helicopter - and the fog ...
21-11-2018
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 7
Walter, a 57-year-old man, has been brought in to A&E suffering serious chest pains. Nurse Amanda Brown provides pain medication, but it is confirmed that Walter is having a hea ...
20-11-2018
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 6
The annual fire festival Up Helly Aa gets under way with a traditional visit to the hospital from the squads of men dressed in Viking garb. It is a night to remember for one rev ...
19-11-2018
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 5
The coastguard helicopter takes a 24-year-old oil rig worker to Lerwick for urgent medical treatment. After appendicitis is diagnosed, he's rushed into surgery. A 64-year-old me ...
16-11-2018
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 4
A retired university administrator is treated for serious chest pains. Tests reveal he has had a heart attack and needs specialist surgery - and an air ambulance. Pharmacy techn ...
15-11-2018
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 3
A medical mystery concerns the team in A&E. Gary has been transferred from his North Sea rig to hospital after feeling dizzy with blurred vision. It may be a problem with blood ...
14-11-2018
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 2
Shetland's above-average birth rate gets a further boost with the arrival of the latest islander. A patient with several complex medical problems faces a serious operation. The ...
13-11-2018
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 1
A 19-year-old casualty is stuck 150 feet down cliffs in the north of Shetland. The deteriorating weather makes the rescue extremely challenging, and the team are concerned he ma ...
12-11-2018
BBC 1
Series 1 Cutdowns: Episode 8
There is an extra special arrival for maternity receptionist Marie Jamieson - her daughter Sonja is expecting her third child. Marie faces an anxious wait, as she is still worki ...
29-06-2018
BBC 1
Series 1 Cutdowns: Episode 7
Crofter Andy has an accident with his sheep shears while shearing some of his forty sheep. Nurse Lauren needs to treat Andy's injury so that he can return to his flock. \n\nAnd ...
28-06-2018
BBC 1
Series 1 Cutdowns: Episode 6
The coastguard is scrambled to rescue a Danish cook who has been taken seriously ill on an oil rig supply vessel far out in the North Sea. The helicopter team have to work close ...
27-06-2018
BBC 1
Series 1 Cutdowns: Episode 5
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital. In this episode, fisherman Brian has to be evacuated by helicopter after inhaling some dangerous chemicals. The coastguard la ...
26-06-2018
BBC 1
Series 1 Cutdowns: Episode 4
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland. \n\nThis episode takes a closer look at life for Shetland's new and expectant mothers. In the G ...
25-06-2018
BBC 1
Series 1 Cutdowns: Episode 3
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital. In this episode the island's new crop of junior doctors arrive in Shetland - we see their first days and how they adjust to a ...
22-06-2018
BBC 1
Series 1 Cutdowns: Episode 2
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland. \n\nThis episode follows a GP with Britain's most unusual commute, as he takes to the skies to ...
21-06-2018
BBC 1
Series 1 Cutdowns: Episode 1
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital. At the Gilbert Bain in Shetland, a team of doctors and nurses work alongside GPs, paramedics, coastguard, lifeboat crews and ...
18-06-2018
BBC 1
Series 1: Episode 10
At the Gilbert Bain hospital on Shetland, nurses and doctors go the extra mile to care for any and all emergencies. Schoolboy Bruce runs too many miles and injures his leg. A fo ...
18-12-2017
BBC 1
Series 1: Episode 7
Crofter Andy has an accident with his sheep shears while shearing some of his forty sheep. Nurse Lauren needs to treat Andy's injury so that he can return to his flock. \n\nElse ...
13-12-2017
BBC 1
Series 1: Episode 6
The coastguard is scrambled to rescue a Danish cook who has been taken seriously ill on an oil rig supply vessel far out in the North Sea. The helicopter team have to work close ...
12-12-2017
BBC 1
Series 1: Episode 5
Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital. In this episode, fisherman Brian has to be evacuated by helicopter after inhaling some dangerous chemicals. The coastguard la ...
11-12-2017
BBC 1
Series 1: Episode 2
An oil worker with a severely injured back is helicoptered off his rig miles off shore and brought to the hospital. The team have to use all their skills and resources to stabil ...
06-12-2017
BBC 1