24 Hours in A&E
24 Hours in A&E is a TV show on Channel 4. Cameras film around the clock in some of Britain's busiest A&E departments, where stories of life, love and loss unfold every day. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 168 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in September 2024.
Last episode
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1:00:0024 Hours in A&E
Neil is flown in by helicopter after a head-on road collision, and Matias needs help after trapping his hands in a train door and being dragged along the platform. (S3 Ep3/21)
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1:05:00Grandmother Rose, who's 80, has fluid on her lungs and is having trouble breathing, and 55-year-old trucker Kevin has serious injuries after his lorry rolled down a verge. (S3 Ep2/21)
Series 2
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1:05:00Andrew, who's 26, has been knocked off his motorbike. Sam, who's 20, has been kicked and punched in the head outside a nightclub. And Henry's been hiccuping for three days. (S2 Ep14/14)
1:05:00This episode from King's Hospital is about difficult diagnoses, from a nine-year-old girl with sudden memory loss to a woman whose symptoms may have a psychological cause. (S2 Ep13/14)
Series 21 1:00:00
1:00:00Some of the most memorable stories from south London's St George's Hospital, including Sir John and his devoted son, and three-year-old Shane with a suspected broken leg.
Series 2 1:05:00
1:05:00A look at the bond between parents and children, including the youngest patient yet to be featured on the series, and what happens when the roles are reversed due to illness. (S2 Ep12/14)
1:05:00Staff nurse Sophie has only been at King's for three weeks. One of her patients is James, a chef who accidentally stabbed himself in the thigh while chopping tomatoes. (S2 Ep10/14)
1:05:00This episode focuses on mothers and daughters, including Jackie, who's trying to come to terms with her terminally ill mother Josephine's mortality. (S2 Ep9/14)
Series 3 1:05:00
1:05:00This episode looks at how life can change in the blink of an eye. A woman fights for her life after a shocking random act of violence. And Tom, who's 12, has been hit by a car. (S3 Ep1/21)
Series 2 1:05:00
1:05:00This dramatic and eye-opening episode focuses on a single Saturday night at King's, where the patients include a stabbing victim with the knife still in place. (S2 Ep8/14)
1:00:00This episode focuses on some of the elderly patients who are treated at King's College Hospital, including 83-year-old William, who hasn't seen a doctor for 40 years. (S2 Ep7/14)
1:05:00A powerful and cautionary episode following the work of King's College Hospital's A&E department on the night when Whitney Houston died. (S2 Ep6/14)
1:00:00Nineteen-year-old fitness fanatic Josh is flown to King's after being injured in a canal barge accident. And two best friends are recovering from a Sunday night out clubbing. (S2 Ep5/14)
1:05:00This episode explores the ways in which men deal with pain and injury, from a cyst on the knee to a dislocated shoulder that takes a five-strong team to pull back into place. (S2 Ep4/14)
1:05:00This episode focuses on some of the youngest patients treated by King's College Hospital A&E, and meets 27-year-old emergency medicine trainee Matt. (S2 Ep2/14)
1:00:00King's College Hospital in London has one of Britain's busiest A&E departments. In this episode, two cyclists arrive in A&E, and a retired docker takes a shine to nurse Laura. (S2 Ep1/14)
Series 21 55:00
55:00A look back at some memorable stories from down the years, including Sam, a motorcyclist who crashed into a bus and was thrown under a car, leaving him bent double with multiple fractures.
1:00:00A look back at some memorable moments at St George's Hospital in south London, including a father-and-son BMX disaster, a robbery gone wrong, and a man who plunged 15 feet onto concrete.
1:05:00Series 3, Episode 6
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This episode focuses on a young girl who fell dangerously at a diving pool, and the difficult work of the hospital's security team. (S3 Ep6/21) 1:00:00Series 3, Episode 4
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John, who's 53, has crashed his motorbike but doesn't want to worry his partner, who's on holiday. Ronald, who's 84, has been bitten by his dog. Gary has a bleed on the brain. (S3 Ep4/21)