James, 63, is losing feeling and function in his hands and fingers. Surgeons must act fast to remove disc and bone from his neck. It's up to them to save James from an uncertain future.

Documentary following life at Liverpool's Walton Centre for neurology and neurosurgery, beginning with a patient who must faces brain surgery while awake.

Fifty-eight-year-old Rachel has been rushed in after collapsing at a nearby A&E department, with a bleed on the brain. She needs urgent help as she has a ruptured brain aneurysm. Father of three Scott is losing feeling and function in his legs, and without surgery he could face paralysis. Surgeons must act fast to remove a tumour that is sitting on his spinal cord.