Breathtaking
Series 1/Episode 1
Monday 19 February 2024
ITV1 / STV / ITVX / STV Player
21:00
Writer: Dr. Rachel Clarke
Writer: Jed Mercurio
Writer: Prasanna Puwanarajah
Director: Craig Viveiros
Executive Producer: Dr. Rachel Clarke
Executive Producer: Jed Mercurio
Executive Producer: Prasanna Puwanarajah
Series 1/Episode 1
Monday 19 February 2024
ITV1 / STV / ITVX / STV Player
21:00
Writer: Dr. Rachel Clarke
Writer: Jed Mercurio
Writer: Prasanna Puwanarajah
Director: Craig Viveiros
Executive Producer: Dr. Rachel Clarke
Executive Producer: Jed Mercurio
Executive Producer: Prasanna Puwanarajah
New three-part drama following NHS medics during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Weeks before the United Kingdom's first national lockdown, acute medicine consultant Dr. Abbey Henderson and her team struggle with the first wave of COVID-19 patients. Running out of PPE, staff, and beds, Abbey is forced to make difficult healthcare decisions as her colleagues begin to be infected with COVID-19. When lockdown is finally imposed, the pandemic stretches Abbey and the team to their limits as they confront government policy in relation to care home discharges and inadequate PPE.
They try their best to save patients but are forced to endure the trauma of loss and tragedy caused by COVID-19. As winter arrives, a new wave hits the hospital, this time with COVID-19 deniers surfacing too, which causes the team to reach their breaking point. Scarred and enraged, Abbey cannot maintain her silence any longer and decides to risk everything by speaking out.
In the lead up to the United Kingdom's first COVID-19 national lockdown, acute medicine consultant Dr. Abbey Henderson, and NHS staff, struggle to cope with the rising number of CoronaVirus patients as the disease ravages the ward.
Running out of tests, unable to use PPE, and with staff beginning to get sick, Abbey, registrar Ant, medical student Emma and the team must adapt quickly to try to stop the spread.
However, unclear, everchanging government guidelines force them to make difficult healthcare decisions with devastating consequences.-
Weeks before the United Kingdom's first national lockdown, acute medicine consultant Dr. Abbey Henderson and her team struggle with the first wave of COVID-19 patients. Running out of PPE, staff, and beds, Abbey is forced to make difficult healthcare decisions as her colleagues begin to be infected with COVID-19. When lockdown is finally imposed, the pandemic stretches Abbey and the team to their limits as they confront government policy in relation to care home discharges and inadequate PPE.
They try their best to save patients but are forced to endure the trauma of loss and tragedy caused by COVID-19. As winter arrives, a new wave hits the hospital, this time with COVID-19 deniers surfacing too, which causes the team to reach their breaking point. Scarred and enraged, Abbey cannot maintain her silence any longer and decides to risk everything by speaking out.
In the lead up to the United Kingdom's first COVID-19 national lockdown, acute medicine consultant Dr. Abbey Henderson, and NHS staff, struggle to cope with the rising number of CoronaVirus patients as the disease ravages the ward.
Running out of tests, unable to use PPE, and with staff beginning to get sick, Abbey, registrar Ant, medical student Emma and the team must adapt quickly to try to stop the spread.
However, unclear, everchanging government guidelines force them to make difficult healthcare decisions with devastating consequences.-
CAST
Joanne Froggatt as Dr. Abbey Henderson
Bhav Joshi as Dr. Ant Vyas
Thom Petty as Dr. Neil Westland
Stephanie Street as Dr. Joanne Alba
Philip Arditti as Dr. Metin Ozkul
Donna Banya as Emma Mutamba Irungu
George Georgiou as Dr. Huw Shelby
Tamer Doghem as Yussuf Ahmad
Naomi Denny as Chantelle Gregory
Lucy Montgomery as Clare Boxall
Joseph Charles as Archie Williams
Christopher Hatherall as Nick Henderson
Eleanore-Beatriz Viveiros as Robyn Henderson
Mark Dexter as Mr. Mike Prentiss
Georgia Goodman as Divina Aquino
Henry Meredith as Tommy Henderson
Tammy Heath as Alison Frampton
Mary Woodvine as Cressida Frost
Afro Parsie as Dr. Rossi
Roxanne Scrimshaw as Mrs. Ahmad
Stacey Gregg as HCA June
Tadgh Snodgrass as ITU Junior Doctor
Gerard Gilroy as Paramedic 1
Alice McCarthy as Paramedic 2
Mark Weinman as ED Nurse
Amber Muldoon as Fit Tester
Bhav Joshi as Dr. Ant Vyas
Thom Petty as Dr. Neil Westland
Stephanie Street as Dr. Joanne Alba
Philip Arditti as Dr. Metin Ozkul
Donna Banya as Emma Mutamba Irungu
George Georgiou as Dr. Huw Shelby
Tamer Doghem as Yussuf Ahmad
Naomi Denny as Chantelle Gregory
Lucy Montgomery as Clare Boxall
Joseph Charles as Archie Williams
Christopher Hatherall as Nick Henderson
Eleanore-Beatriz Viveiros as Robyn Henderson
Mark Dexter as Mr. Mike Prentiss
Georgia Goodman as Divina Aquino
Henry Meredith as Tommy Henderson
Tammy Heath as Alison Frampton
Mary Woodvine as Cressida Frost
Afro Parsie as Dr. Rossi
Roxanne Scrimshaw as Mrs. Ahmad
Stacey Gregg as HCA June
Tadgh Snodgrass as ITU Junior Doctor
Gerard Gilroy as Paramedic 1
Alice McCarthy as Paramedic 2
Mark Weinman as ED Nurse
Amber Muldoon as Fit Tester
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