GPs: Behind Closed Doors
Season 5
GP's Behind Closed Doors politely executes what Britain's hard working GP's endure in regards to consulting patients and problems on a daily basis. It showcases the emotional struggles and hardship of not only the patients being consulted, but also the hard working GP's behind it all.
Where to Watch Season 5
43 Episodes
- Episode 4E4
Episode 4The observational documentary series returns, this time giving an insight into the work of staff at Horfield Health Centre in Bristol. Touching, honest and hilarious, the show takes a look at the stresses, strains and joys of working in and using the health service in modern Britain. Valentine's mental health issues put up obstacles as she navigates male-to-female gender-reassignment, Vera is worried her sore shoulder may be because of a cancerous tumour and David needs advice about some facial pain, and how to light a gas oven safely! - Episode 8E8
Episode 8The observational documentary series returns, this time giving an insight into the work of staff at Horfield Health Centre in Bristol. Touching, honest and hilarious, the show takes a look at the stresses, strains and joys of working in and using the health service in modern Britain. Dr Cordell has some advice for a young agoraphobia sufferer, Dr Pelly is concerned a young patient may have meningitis, and Julie has to take a blood sample from someone with a severe fear of needles. - Episode 9E9
Episode 9The observational documentary series returns, this time giving an insight into the work of staff at Horfield Health Centre in Bristol. Touching, honest and hilarious, the show takes a look at the stresses, strains and joys of working in and using the health service in modern Britain. A middle-aged man seeks help to relieve the increasing pain he is feeling in his foreskin, David seeks support following the death of his mother, and a young woman receives some practical advice on how to manage her bulimia. - Episode 10E10
Episode 10The observational documentary series returns, this time giving an insight into the work of staff at Horfield Health Centre in Bristol. Touching, honest and hilarious, the show takes a look at the stresses, strains and joys of working in and using the health service in modern Britain. Dr Pelly sees regular patient David who is suffering from the repercussions of mouth cancer. - Episode 12E12
Episode 12The observational documentary series returns, this time giving an insight into the work of staff at Horfield Health Centre in Bristol. Touching, honest and hilarious, the show takes a look at the stresses, strains and joys of working in and using the health service in modern Britain. Dr Lee checks over Kerry, who was knocked off her bike, and discovers something that was missed by the A + E surgeons - Kerry has a broken collarbone, which needs immediate attention. And Dr Graham has a consultation with a recovering addict suffering with chronic pain who is also struggling with the demands of being a mother to several children. - Episode 18E18
Episode 18Observational documentary series filmed inside a busy health centre in Bristol. Dr Ahmed reassures an anxious teen before suggesting he may benefit from counselling, Dr Ramshaw advises a teenager who fainted and banged her head after returning from a holiday, and Dr Pelly treats a youngster on medication for ADHD who is complaining of severe headaches. - Young Mums and ToddlersE20
Young Mums and ToddlersThe GPs focus there energies onto their most precious and demanding patients - children and babies. Polly is just a few months old and her family are worried as she has a habit of opening her eyes extremely wide to the point where her eyeballs vibrate, Dr Bolam examines Jonathan whose family are concerned that he has meningitis, and Alfie has an irregular heartbeat that needs monitoring. - Episode 22E22
Episode 22It's Christmas at Horfield Health Centre in Bristol. Dr Ahmad is trying to find out why her patient Robert is complaining of dizzy spells, Dr Lee thinks her patient Jane's lack of appetite could be a sign of something sinister, and Dr Pelly's patient James is complaining of ringing in his ears. - Episode 23E23
Episode 23New Year brings in some patients hoping to make fresh starts. Dr Ramshaw has some encouraging words for Nicola who is trying to lose weight, Dr Cordell asks a patient to be open about his drinking habits, and Ali worries about how he can control his temper while giving up smoking. - Episode 24E24
Episode 24A former prisoner visits the surgery with a long list of health concerns, and Dr Anna Graham focuses on the most urgent, infected cigarette burns inflicted by other inmates. Meanwhile, a young patient with a painful rash around his mouth and chin is treated by Dr David Jewell, and a woman comes in to receive the results of a smear test - Episode 28E28
Episode 28Cases include a new mum worried about passing on thrush in her breast to her baby, a woman seeking genetic testing due to a family history of breast cancer, a little girl who has been acting strangely since incurring a neck injury, a man about to become a full-time carer, a young woman with IBS and a man with a perpetually runny nose. - Episode 31E31
Episode 31It's Eating Disorders Awareness Week, and Michelle has come in to see Dr Pelly about her bulimia. Other patients include a man whose psychiatric illness led him to smash out his teeth, a young man who thinks he has asthma and a sculptor worried that he may have deep vein thrombosis. - Episode 32E32
Episode 32Cases include a man with back pain caused by lifting a TV, a Muslim whose dizzy spells are caused by the way that he prays, a blind man with whiplash, a teenage insomniac, a cancer survivor with infected cellulitis, a lady with an excruciating pain in her abdomen and a woman worried about painful lumps. - Episode 34E34
Episode 34Documentary series filmed inside a busy NHS health centre in Bristol. A couple arrive for a post-natal check up. A patient has surgical staples removed, and another is showing symptoms of sepsis. A fit young man has an itchy annoying rash all over his body, and finally another man is visiting the doctor because his skin and eyes have turned yellow.. - Episode 35E35
Episode 35Documentary series filmed inside a busy NHS health centre in Bristol. The pitfalls of exercise are exposed, with the doctors attending to a bodybuilder who has sustained a barbell injury, and a bowls fiend with severe wrist pain. But for Nicola, who suffers from fibromyalgia, the gym is working wonders. - Episode 40E40
Episode 40David suffers from Parkinson's, but is still getting out and about most evenings. Sean is thrilled with his rhinitis diagnosis - he finally has something to explain his ongoing ENT issues. Ann worries her new medication is to blame for her chest pains, but Dr Edge puts her mind at rest. - Episode 41E41
Episode 41Mental health is a vital public issue for doctors to address. Dr McLaren meets a young man seeking help because he is hearing voices. Dr Hardy meets a new patient who has a number of handwritten notes that he can't remember compiling, while Dr Pelly is delighted that a patient is responding well to treatement for schizophrenia. - Episode 42E42
Episode 42The future of the NHS depends on the next generation of GPs. Taking centre stage is student Craig, who sits in on a number of consultations before taking his own. Dr Pelly arranges for a patient to be seen at a neurology clinic, while Dr Ramshaw suspects a patient is suffering from an infection in her sinuses. - Episode 43E43
Episode 43Patients include an ex-prisoner who has fallen back into drug addiction, a man with an extremely painful groin, a pregnant lady with painful ears, and a young woman suffering from extreme tiredness, dizziness and episodes of uncontrollable shaking. Plus, the doctors consider the many challenges facing general practice in Britain and what the future might hold.