The seven junior doctors discover that their first day on the job is a matter of life and death. Desperate to make a good impression, they soon learn that even the simplest task isn't easy, while one finds that his medical training in Italy could never have prepared him for the demands of a British emergency department.

The junior doctors discover the dark side of Liverpool and learn how to deal with the realities of patients addicted to alcohol and drugs. Keira's stitching skills are put to the test when a man with a four-inch head wound comes in to the Emergency Department.

The junior doctors discover that balancing a social life and the demanding hours of being a doctor is tough. Young dad Tristan spends more time with his patients than at home with his two-year-old daughter, working long hours to pay the rent, while Ed and Oli struggle to find the time to revise for their exams.

The junior doctors face a tough time on the wards and discover that there's plenty that medical school could never have prepared them for. Jen has to deal with the death of her favourite patient, while Emily's day goes from bad to worse when a prisoner she is treating escapes.

After three months the junior doctors prepare for the end of their first attachments, so it's time to prove they can make decisions and stand on their own two feet.

Highlights from the series about life on the wards for newly-qualified doctors, including new footage covering the Junior Doctors' first four months in the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. The programme follows their first tentative steps on the wards, dealing with life and death situations through to the end of their first placements.