Meet the teams going head to head to become Britain’s Best Junior Doctors

Jo Brand takes charge of hosting duties and our in-house medical expert Dr Helen Lawal is on hand to offer her wealth of expertise.

The series begins this month on BBC Two as the BBC commemorates the 70th anniversary of the NHS.

Battling it out are eight teams consisting of three junior doctors from different teaching hospitals across the country. Showcasing medical excellence, each episode consists of five compelling rounds which will reveal the wonders of modern medicine and the human body. Each episode sees two hospitals go head to head, with the two highest-scoring winning teams from the week returning for Friday’s final. The winners will be taking home the coveted golden stethoscope and the prestigious title of Britain’s Best Junior Doctors.

Commissioned for BBC Two by Kate Phillips, Controller, Entertainment Commissioning, the commissioning editor is Kalpna Patel-Knight. Made by Shiver, the ITV Studios’ label, the series is produced by Steve Biggs with Richard Hastings as executive producer.

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Heading up Team Kettering is Becky. She is currently on rotation in Acute Medicine and loves being a doctor. Jordan, a former powerlifter for Great Britain, is currently on rotation in Paediatrics and eventually wants to become a neurosurgeon. Mayank used to be a semi-pro squash player but is pursuing his dreams of becoming a doctor.

Representing University Hospitals of Leicester are good friends James, Jon and Will, who met on their very first day of training.

James is currently on rotation in ITU (Intensive Care Unit) which he admits is very challenging but says he is learning a lot. Jon is currently on the Liver Ward at LRI (Leicester Royal Infirmary) after completing a stint in psychiatry and Essex-born Will is currently on rotation in Infectious Diseases.

Kim, Laura and Aswin are representing Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Before studying medicine, Kim completed a degree in anatomy and is currently on rotation in Gastroenterology. Aswin is currently on rotation in General Surgery with his specialist area being anaesthetics. Finally, team leader Laura loves all things drama and performance. She is taking the team's appearance on Britain’s Best Junior Doctors very seriously and is in it to win it.

Representing Poole Hospital are doctors Jen, Christian and their captain Rosie.

Born and raised in Poole, Rosie was actually born in the hospital that she now works in, and is currently on rotation in Geriatrics. Jen has three degrees under her belt and a PhD after studying for 12 years. She is currently on rotation in Paediatrics and would like to specialise in haematology. Christian went straight into medical school aged 18.

Representing Royal Liverpool Hospital are doctors Chris, James and Lewis.

Lewis is currently working in Addiction Services where he deals with patients with drug and alcohol issues. His strongest areas are infectious diseases and cardiology. James is currently on rotation in the Renal Transplant ward, and his strongest areas are infectious diseases and public health.

Finally, Chris is currently on rotation in Colorectal Surgery and his strongest areas of medicine are infectious diseases and cardiology.

North London’s Whittington Hospital team consists of doctors Hannah, Helen and Gracie. Hannah says her greatest strength, topic-wise, is neurology. Helen is currently on rotation in Respiratory but is hoping to specialise in psychiatry. Gracie is currently on rotation in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and her strongest area when it comes to medicine is gastroenterology, which she hopes to specialise in upon completing her foundation year.

Taunton’s Musgrove Park Hospital is made up of doctors Matt, Laura and their captain Cait.

Cait is on colorectal and is interested in surgery/acute medicine. Matt and Laura are both on respiratory together. Matt is interested in paediatrics and Laura would like to do anaesthetics.

The three doctors representing Royal Stoke University Hospital are Laura, Zubair and Harriet. These three friends each have different speciality areas: Harriet has a passion for anatomy, Zubair is currently in Cardiology and Laura’s specialist area is gynaecology.