24 Hours in A&E

A 22-year-old motorcyclist is rushed in after a crash on a dual carriageway. An 86-year old is in AandE with a suspected ruptured aortic aneurysm - a life-threatening condition.

Follow the stories of three patients and how they cope when life takes an unexpected turn.

John has a suspected aneurysm, Jamie's motorbike has collided with a car on a motorway slip road and carpenter Noel has partially amputated his thumb using a bandsaw at work.

A 14-year-old is rushed in after falling head first off her bike, a 56-year-old man can't breathe due to an ear infection and a plasterer has had a serious accident at work.

James is rushed to St George's after a head-on car crash. Margaret's had a fall, but her daughter has tales to tell of her mother's adventurous life in London in the swinging '60s.

Barbara arrives at St George's with a dangerously high heart rate, John woke up and couldn't feel his leg and Suzy has come to A and E after being badly bitten by her dog.

Following three patients who have miraculously survived when the odds were stacked against them, including a motorcyclist who was thrown under a car after crashing into a bus. Elsewhere, cameras follow ex-paratrooper Martin, who has sustained multiple injuries to his neck, pelvis and legs after his paraglider was blown into the hillside during a flight, and 10-month-old Erin, who has a build-up of wax in her ear following a fever.