24 Hours in A&E

This show is odd. It's either a hit or a miss-I'm not exaggerating. Some moments and episodes can be slow, boring, poorly edited, and overly dramatic. Others, however, are nothing short of masterpieces.

When this show gets it right, it tells stories of life, death, happiness, and sadness through what are essentially CCTV cameras. The shots are masterful, the editing is skillful and deeply emotional, and the overall execution can be among the very best in non-fiction TV.

However, some episodes can be painfully mediocre, almost as if produced by a different team. That's why I can't give the show a perfect 10/10.

I was having insomnia and looking for a limited episode documentary. Instead I fell head over heels for 24 Hours in A&E. This is just such a wonderful series. Much of it focuses on the staff at the hospitals and how they feel about their jobs and patients. Some stories are sad, some are happy but the loving care the doctors and nurses provide is the story. Highly recommend but you'll bespeaking with a British accent after a few seasons!

I just found this series and started binge watching it. I found seasons 1-6 particularly good. The doctors, introducing themselves to the patients by first name -- definitely not a practice in the U. S. The bedside manner of all the staff was just a treat to watch, so caring & friendly. I was also quite interested in how they mixed in the loved ones talking about their the injured person and how important family was to them. Really very well done. (though why they don't get the patients more pain killers when they perform a procedure is a mystery to me.) When they moved to another hospital in seasons 7+ the staff was quite different. Not as friendly, caring, not really bantering with the patient and the staff. And I do miss the staff at King's, who you get to know well.

Every episode filmed at Kings had me riveted and i binged on each season really craving more. Not sure what happened when they switched hospitals but the difference was impossible to overlook. Nothing about the other episodes even got much of my attention and they began to drag on so badly I knew I was soon going to abandon the rest of the series. The Drs were not as interesting, cases were mainly injuries, etc that most folks could easily figure out and maybe even fix things in a general doctor's office. No need to go sit for hours at a busy AE facility.

After all my complaints I hope folks give the series a try . No need to whine about blood, etc. After all you know that is coming. Gave it a ten several shows in then had to digress because the other facilities really dropped the ball. Will rewatch several seasons as I tended to miss things first round.

I enjoyed binging on this show over this past week. They really showed a good mix of health emergencies. The worker videos was a different aspect and it was great to hear things from their viewpoint. The family interviews/comments was also something other shows have not bothered to add to their documentaries. I liked looking at things from ALL the additional viewpoints.