S01E06 | 24 Hours in A&E

Duration: 46'33''

Synopsis

This episode includes 35-year-old Colin, who was stabbed after being woken at gunpoint, 86-year-old Nancy, who has fallen over at home and former lawyer Robert, who collapsed in the street drunk. He has lost his family and home after years of alcoholism.

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