Critical: Between Life and Death

Netflix — Launch 23rd July 2025

Episodes — 6 episodes 

Executive Producers — Spencer Kelly & Lucie Duxbury

Co-Executive Producers — Rebecca Arnold & Louise Bartmann 

Series Producers — Andrew Fitzpatrick & Mahi Iftikhar 

Series Directors — Jermaine Blake & Toby Paton 

Production Executive — Jack White

Line Producer — Charlotte Permutt 

Senior Production Manager — Janine Melton 

Senior Producers — Zara Margham & Scarlett Smithson

Head of Production — Melissa Hameed 

In London, a major trauma happens every 60 minutes, and for the NHS, each call is a race against time. Critical: Between Life and Death gets inside the minds of the dedicated trauma teams that hold our lives in their hands when the worst happens.

From the makers of the award-winning 24 Hours in A&E and with exclusive access, 40 cameras are embedded for 21 days across the entire London Major Trauma System. The documentary series goes over the shoulder and under the scalpel to reveal not only the life-saving interventions but also the personal, emotional, and sometimes traumatic reasons that inspire those on the NHS frontline to do a job where every second counts.

“Hypnotic Viewing”

Radio Times

“Stirring, moving and heart-in-mouth nerve-racking”

The Guardian