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Plastic Surgery Knifemares

2020 · 1 season

A grimly fascinating parade of botched procedures and cautionary tales, watchable in a rubbernecking way but often sobering.

Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sarah Cawood, Rachel Evans, Oli London
Tagline
Pretty. Crazy.
Overview
Plastic surgery is big business, worth more than three billion pounds a year in the UK; but all cosmetic procedures have risks and if the surgery goes wrong the results can be dramatic, life-changing and even deadly.

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Free in the UK
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Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sarah Cawood, Rachel Evans, Oli London
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • guilt
  • morality
  • healing
Places
  • hospital
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • anthology
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity2
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Starring
Sarah Cawood, Rachel Evans, Oli London, Christopher Maloney, Laura Alicia Summers, Levi Jed Murphy, Lizzie Cundy, Grace Teal
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 45 min each
Network
5Star
Languages
English

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