Intensive Scares

Latest Episodes

• Season 1 Episode 3: Killer Bug

  Report on the battle to control MRSA, the superbug that killed nine people and affected more than 500 during its first outbreak in the 1980s and is present in almost every hospital in the UK. The micro-organism is costing millions as it doubles the recovery time of any patient who contracts it and has a disturbing ability to resist antibiotics. Victims of the illness discuss their ordeals, while the London Teaching Hospital's Infection Control Team reveal the measures needed to battle the bug and explain how few institutions are performing the basic anti-infection procedures necessary

• Season 1 Episode 2: Born Pre

  Problems that can be caused by premature birth, featuring a man who is capable of displaying extraordinary feats of memory but cannot remember what happened to him minutes earlier, and a 10-year-old girl who can't see anything less than one metre away. The programme also looks at the cases of a boy incapable of making friends, and another who appears to be absolutely fine, despite suffering severe brain damage, and follows the progress of a tiny baby, born at 28 weeks, in London's University College Hospital, as his mother comes to terms with the uncertainties facing him

• Season 1 Episode 1: Heart Ache

  Series looking at how heart-bypass surgery can affect people, ranging from memory loss and concentration problems to depression and mood swings. The first instalment meets Mo, whose failing memory prevents her from going out alone any more, Andrew, whose marriage is crumbling because of his uncontrollable anger, chess champion Joe, who is no longer able to analyse complex moves, and Yvonne, who has lost her sense of direction. It is hoped that a new operating technique pioneered by University College London could help prevent such side-effects in the future