24 Hours in A&E

The great success of 24 Hours is how it depicts moments of high drama in otherwise ordinary lives, a contrast that is particularly sharp here, as all three patients and their families – and the medics who treat them – reveal, one after another, the personal traumas that have shaped them.

As always, there’s levity too – this time from Rita and Gerry, married for 61 years. They clearly adore each other, but are far from soppy; when emergency care practitioner Declan asks them how they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, Rita replies: “We probably had a row or two!”