Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other previously undreamed of operations possible. But getting here has not been a simple story of selfless men working tirelessly in the pursuit of medical advancement. Instead it's a bloodstained tale of blunders, arrogance, mishap and murder. In trying to keep us alive, surgeons have all too often killed us off, and life-saving solutions have often come from the most surprising places. Blood and Guts is an incredible story of stolen corpses, medical fraud, lobotomized patients – and every now and then courageous advances that have saved the lives of millions around the world. You may think twice before going under the knife…

Series details

• Title: Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Medical, History
• Premiere date: 2008-08-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-09-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Four
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11536
• IMDb ID: tt2234442
• TVDB ID: 83068

Cast and credited roles

• Michael Mosley — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-08-20; final listed air date 2008-09-17; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

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