Saving Lives: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Saving Lives explores the difficult decisions clinicians must make every day in deciding who is treated next and the real impact this has on the lives of patients and their families – and the staff who care for them. All set against the backdrop of the longest national waiting list for specialist clinical care or surgery in NHS history.

Series details

• Title: Saving Lives
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Medical
• Premiere date: 2023-03-01
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 66798
• IMDb ID: tt26760824
• TVDB ID: 431826

Cast and credited roles

• Rakie Ayola — Narrator
• Katherine Kelly — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-03-01; final listed air date 2023-04-19; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2024-08-20; final listed air date 2024-09-24; episode order: 6.
• Season 3: premiered 2025-04-09; final listed air date 2025-05-14; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Saving Lives 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.