Surgeons: Life in Their Hands - Season 1

Actor James has been suffering from persistent headaches. An MRI scan of his brain reveals multiple aneurysms, which could burst at any time.

This episode catches up with Jolene, who's undergone marathon surgery to remove a recurrence of a rare type of cancer.

A 44-year-old mum from Orange is confronted with a life-changing diagnosis of a rare abdominal cancer, which was only discovered by chance when she was trying for a second baby.

A 25-year-old adventurer and rock climber with lifelong liver disease needs a transplant or his devoted family will lose him within months.

Single mum Tracy faces a life-and-death battle with a rare and aggressive brain cancer. The programme also follows Kylie, the coordinator of the RPA team, who is revolutionising emergency stroke care.

When Kyle's first kidney transplant from an organ donated by his older brother fails, he gets a second chance at life when his sister Jess offers to donate one of hers.

Nurse Sharon's life is turned upside down when she's diagnosed with colorectal cancer and she faces a complex operation.

The emergency team swing into action, knowing there's no time to waste, when university student Jack suffers a potentially life-threatening lung collapse, known as a pneumothorax.