Breathtaking: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Weeks before the UK's first national lockdown, acute medicine consultant Dr Abbey Henderson and her team struggle with the first wave of Covid-19 patients. Running out of PPE, staff, and beds, Abbey is forced to make difficult healthcare decisions as her colleagues begin to be infected with Covid-19. When lockdown is finally imposed, the pandemic stretches Abbey and the team to their limits  as they confront government policy in relation to care home discharges and inadequate PPE.

They try their best to save patients but are forced to endure the trauma of loss and tragedy caused by Covid-19. As winter arrives, a new wave hits the hospital, this time with Covid-19 deniers surfacing too, which causes the team to reach their breaking point. Scarred and enraged, Abbey cannot maintain her silence any longer and decides to risk everything by speaking out.

Series details

• Title: Breathtaking
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Medical
• Premiere date: 2024-02-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2024-02-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: ITVX
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 47 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 70136
• IMDb ID: tt28509857
• TVDB ID: 437614

Cast and credited roles

• Joanne Froggatt — Dr. Abbey Henderson

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-02-19; final listed air date 2024-02-19; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Breathtaking on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.