BBC Commissions Emergency 24/7 from Expectation

Expectation has been commissioned by the BBC for Emergency 24/7 after the ratings success of Murder 24/7.

“Emergency 24/7 offers unprecedented insight into what it truly means to work at the coalface of the NHS today,” said Rachael Barnes, executive producer. “With extraordinary access and the trust of frontline ED staff, the series places viewers right inside the pressure of the emergency department, witnessing life-saving decisions and calculations in real time.”

Expectation is currently in production on a new six-part series for BBC One and BBC iPlayer, from the team behind hit series Murder 24/7. Emergency 24/7 is embedded inside the busy Emergency Department at Southmead Hospital, a Major Trauma Centre in Bristol, to reveal the everyday pressures as well as the complex teamwork required to keep the department running. It follows staff as they look after patients from diagnosis and through their treatment, encountering everything from car crash amputations, stabbings and third-degree burns.

“The success of Murder 24/7 with viewers made us realize that we could use the same dynamic and immersive style to deliver forensic storytelling in a different world: the world of an Emergency Department,” said Colin Barr, creative director of factual at Expectation. “We’re thrilled to be extending the 24/7 brand together with the BBC, and hope that Emergency 24/7 grips and informs audiences in the same way that Murder 24/7 did.”

The executive producers are Barr and Barnes, the series producer is Becky Houlihan, the series director is Leo Machado and the head of production is Jane Nicholson.