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Channel 4’s 24 Hours in A&E leaves London for new Leeds home

The show marks its 10th year by permanently relocating up north

Georgina Pellant - 2nd August 2021

Channel 4's 24 Hours In A&E is moving all of its production work over to Leeds as it prepares to film in a new hospital up north.

For nearly a decade, the documentary series has given British viewers an unprecedented look inside the country's busiest local A&E departments as cameras film round the clock for 28 days, 24 hours a day

Now the show will be moving its filming out of London in favour of the north, bringing all of its production to Leeds and teaming up with a new hospital across the way in Nottingham.

The show was first broadcast from King’s College Hospital in south London in 2011 before moving to another London hospital in 2014.

Now the whole 24 Hours in A&E crew is set for a big move up north.

Bosses announced plans to relocate filming from London to the Queen’s Medical Centre teaching hospital in Nottingham this autumn in a move that will permanently relocate the documentary series to West Yorkshire.

The news comes as the Bafta-winning show nears its tenth anniversary.

Dr Keith Girling, medical director at Nottingham University Hospitals, said: “We are incredibly excited that Channel 4 have chosen the Queen’s Medical Centre as the new home of their twice Bafta-nominated and Royal Television Society award-winning 24 Hours In A&E.

“We have one of the biggest major trauma centres in the country, and our emergency department treats over 6,000 patients every day, so there will be plenty of interesting patient and staff stories to watch.

“This will give us a real opportunity to show the dedication, passion and skill of our teams and the care and kindness shown to our emergency patients.

“We know there is a huge amount of pride in what we do, and we will be able to show the world (literally) the amazing individuals that make up Team NUH.”

For the past few years, a greater amount of 24 Hours in A&E's production work has already been taking place from Leeds in step with the channels relocation of its headquarters to the city in 2019.

Now, the final piece of the puzzle is falling into place as production company The Garden move the last bit of behind-the-scenes work out of London and into a new Yorkshire outpost.

Dr Phil Moss, consultant in emergency medicine at St George’s, said: “24 Hours in A&Ehas been an incredible experience for St George’s.

“It has been a privilege to have hosted such a hugely popular documentary series since 2014 which gives the public an inside view into the everyday life of working in a busy south London emergency department.

“Its success wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work and support of our brilliant team at St George’s who go above and beyond in their roles every day.

“We have truly become known as being the home of 24 Hours In A&E and while we will be sad to see it go, we are so proud of what it has achieved in its seven-year period at St George’s and we wish it continued success in Nottingham.”

Feature image - Channel 4.