SUPER DOCTORS

NOTE - This programme contains some graphic images of surgical procedures

Professor Robert Winston looks at the new, cutting edge surgical robots in the UK and around the world in this new series on the BBC.

Part 1 of 3 :
Professor Robert Winston looks at the life-and-death decisions made every day on the edge of medical knowledge, as doctors (and patients' loved ones) take a risk with highly experimental procedures. The first programme examines the sci-fi-esque field of robotic surgery, where an MRI-compatible robot operates on a human brain and the extraordinary "da Vinci robot" does keyhole surgery on children.

Part 2 of 3
In the second of this three-part series examining new medical frontiers, Professor Robert Winston looks at stem cells and scientist's attempts to harness them. We follow a patient offering himself as a guinea pig in the first British trial for stem cells as a treatment for heart attacks and heart disease. And we look at the plight of desperate patients and families, willing to try anything to save the lives of loved ones.