This program focuses on the work of Great Ormond Street's Cardiothoracic Department as they treat new born babies with complex heart problems. Many are diagnosed before they are even born and improvements in surgical techniques mean that more of these babies are surviving. Short term survival rates are on the rise, however a long life expectancy is the real measure of success. Surgeons and doctors, together with parents, must decide whether or not...

Great Ormond Street Hospital is the last chance for children in the UK whose lungs are failing because of cystic fibrosis and other conditions. In a few very severe cases each year, their only hope of survival is to undergo a double lung transplant. This program follows the perilous but potentially life-changing process of giving a child new lungs. Charlie is 9-years-old and has cystic fibrosis. For most of his life he has managed to cope, but in...

At the Great Ormond Street Hospital, Drs. Martin Elliott and Victor Tsang perform advanced surgery not carried out elsewhere in the U.K. This film follows the stories of four children as the doctors attempt to save their lives: the parents of 8-month-old Aicha, who is given only a few months to live, convince the team to reconsider its decision to avoid further treatment; the parents of 8-month-old Natalie are offered surgery that might save their...

A disturbed babysitter experiences a sexual awakening while using LSD to alternatively treat a seemingly 'sick' child from a family with dark secrets of their own.

"The Fairway Players, an amateur theater group, are in the middle of rehearsals for their production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons when tragedy strikes the family of director Martin Hayward and his wife, Helen. Their young granddaughter is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and faces an experimental treatment that costs a tremendous sum, so their fellow castmates rally to raise the money to give her a chance at survival. But not everybody is convinced...

Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

Con su hijo enfermo y nadie quien mantenga la familia, Sara no sabe a quién pedir ayuda. En el momento de mayor debilidad, aparece una amiga quien le introduce en la profesión más antigue, la prostitución. With a sick child and nobody to support her family, Sara finds herself desperate for work. She turns to her 'friend' who introduces her to prostitution.

"What if the dumbest idea ever turned your life upside down? At thirteen, Jimmy was popular, at the top of his class, and the leading scorer on his basketball team. But all that changed when chicken pox forced him to miss the championship game. Things went from bad to worse when he got pneumonia and missed even more school. Before Jimmy knew it, his grades were sinking and nothing seemed to be going right. How did Jimmy turn things around, get back...

Manolo (Diego Peretti) está en medio de una crisis de cuarenta. Su matrimonio con Beatriz (Aitana el Sánchez-Gijón) está al borde del derrumbamiento, la rutina de su trabajo es insoportable, y su relación con sus dos niños y con la vida sí mismo es funesta. Sin embargo, por casualidad él entra corriendo en Antonio (Andoni Hernández), un muchacho de 15 años de Islas Canarias que están enfermas por el cáncer, pero quien tiene una vitalidad...

Tourists flock to the cabin of eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell, who believes herself to be living off manna from heaven, and a journalist is sent to cover the sensation. Lib Wright, a veteran of Florence Nightingale's Crimean campaign, is hired to keep watch over the girl.