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Chapter 1
24 Hours in A&E
The people behind Channel 4’s hit documentary series tell us how they capture the real-life drama of a London emergency room, where heroes emerge and how tender moments are revealed when injury and tragedy rear their ugly heads.
12 minutes
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Chapter 2
The medical advisers who bring Shortland Street’s hospitals to life
Reporter Anna Pearson heads to the set of New Zealand’s hit medical drama ‘Shortland Street’ to meet the nurses who advise actors on how to treat their fictional patients – a job that involves a lot of fake blood, pretend CPR and a fair amount of pig skin.
6 minutes
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Chapter 3
‘Taste of Life’: The Cambodian medical drama made for a good cause
‘Taste of Life’ was a British/Cambodian production that was commissioned to raise awareness about HIV in the Southeast Asian country. Scriptwriter Matthew Baylis tells Monocle how you write a medical drama with a practical message and how you adapt a western format for an eastern audience.
6 minutes
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