Children's Hospital (1993)

The first in a new six-part series about life for the staff and patients of the Children's Hospital in Birmingham. The first programme follows seven-year-old Charlotte as she undergoes surgery on her vocal chords.

Tonight eight-week-old baby Fletcher is rushed to the liver unit in a bid to cure his life-threatening condition. Nathan is recovering from brain surgery.

Twelve-year-old Becky - a long-term patient with brittle bone disease - receives some new treatment. One-year-old Harry is rushed in with breathing problems.

Six-year-old Mercedes, who has a rare hereditary heart defect, arrives for pioneering surgery. A boy, aged 12, is rushed to casualty after falling from a school coach.

An 11-year-old boy, unable to move his legs after falling off a seesaw, is airlifted to casualty. Charlotte, aged two and a half, faces delicate surgery on her spinal cord.

Nine-year-old John and his parents rush to the hospital at one o'clock in the morning. A donor liver is on its way, and John could get the transplant he desperately needs.