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2015 · 1 season · Drama

6.9 Modest

Series finished

Drama

The Major Trauma Centre is a state-of-the-art unit which treats only the most gravely ill or seriously injured. Whether that patient lives or dies is determined by knife-edge decisions and procedures, but can the diverse team of medical professionals knit together and rise to the challenge? Our team hold a life in their hands but in every case they face the agonisingly real fear that it could slip through their fingers.

Country of origin: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Year: 2015

Created by: Jed Mercurio
Channel: Sky One
Studio: Hat Trick Productions

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References

The series title is stylised in a time-clock format as CR:IT:IC:AL, reflecting the show's real-time structure.

Origins

The show was created by Jed Mercurio and focuses on a fictional major trauma centre, City General Hospital, where each episode covers the effort to save one patient's life within a single hour.

Trivia

Each episode is structured to unfold in close to real time, covering roughly one hour of critical treatment for a single patient.

Reception

The series was cancelled on 15 July 2015 after averaging only 192,000 viewers per episode.

Reception

Reviews were largely positive about the show's ground-breaking style and structure, though some critics said they preferred a more traditional medical drama format.

Reception

In Australia, the series premiered on BBC First on 28 July 2015, following its original UK broadcast on Sky 1.

Themes

nurse hospital doctor emergency medical drama

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