24 Hours in A&E

Peggy, who is 89, is rushed in with a suspected stroke. Sally has sliced her finger opening a jar. Charlie, 60, is back for the second time in a week after previously being discharged following a crash.

35-year-old Colin has been stabbed by a home intruder. Nancy, 87, collapsed at home, where she lives alone. And Robert, a former lawyer who's lost his family and home to alcoholism, is brought to A&E very drunk.

Working a 12-hour night shift the team have to treat some young men with stab wounds and as their friends wait in the A&E waiting room the tension begins to increase.

22-year-old Claire is in A&E after being knocked off her bike. 73-year-old John is admitted after a routine health screening revealed a potentially-deadly abdominal aortic aneurysm. 92-year-old Eileen has fallen and spent the night on the floor at home.

Colin, 32, has been attacked with a knife and cut his arm. Father and son Morris and Colin sustain life-threatening injuries from gatecrashers to their family party. Catherine, 21, lost consciousness at a party.

William has broken his leg in three places, after being crushed by a cherry picker. Nick has fallen from a 10-metre ladder onto concrete. Darren has put his arm through a window while cleaning it.

Stuart, 59, has come into A&E with a suspected heart attack. 78-year-old Reginald has a life-threatening gut condition. Richard has twisted his knee moon-walking in a club.

Staff at King's battle to save an 18-year-old who's been stabbed in a street fight. Omar, who is 88, is brought into A&E after experiencing severe stomach pains. Hany has tried to overdose on drugs.

74-year-old Ted and his wife Irene are in the A&E department for the tenth time this year. Ted is suffering with terminal bladder cancer, but his condition has got much worse.

Clive, who is 61 and an alcoholic, has come in with a suspected stroke. Joseph, 16, has had a stroke after collapsing at school. A regular patient who suffers from schizophrenia is admitted for the 19th time in a year.