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- ↑ BBC Three – Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands, Series 1
- ↑ BBC Three – Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands, One Year Check Up
- ↑ BBC Three – Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands, Series 2
- ↑ BBC Three – Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands, One Year Check Up
- ↑ BBC Three – Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands, Series 3
- ↑ "Life at the Royal Liverpool Hospital revealed by new BBC junior doctors documentary".
- ↑ (BBC 3)
