The team sets to work on a badly beaten man covered from head to toe in lesions and lacerations - and interests are piqued by the discovery of a serial number branded on the patient's arm, suggesting he may be a slave labourer or a victim of trafficking. However, as the man's temperature soars, the doctors realise they may be dealing with a dangerous, and highly infectious, disease - and the trauma centre is forced into lockdown.

Critical Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Series 1, Episode 1
• s01e02 - Series 1, Episode 2
• s01e03 - Series 1, Episode 3
• s01e04 - Series 1, Episode 4
• s01e05 - Series 1, Episode 5
• s01e06 - Series 1, Episode 6
• s01e07 - Series 1, Episode 7
• s01e08 - Series 1, Episode 8
• s01e09 - Series 1, Episode 9
• s01e10 - Series 1, Episode 10
• s01e11 - Series 1, Episode 11
• s01e12 - Series 1, Episode 12
• s01e13 - Series 1, Episode 13

Critical Show Summary

The Major Trauma Centre is a state-of-the-art unit which treats only the most gravely ill or seriously injured. Whether that patient lives or dies is determined by knife-edge decisions and procedures, but can the diverse team of medical professionals knit together and rise to the challenge? Our team hold a life in their hands but in every case they face the agonisingly real fear that it could slip through their fingers.