bizarre er bizarre er bizarre er is a bbc three, and later e4, television show that deals with hospital mishaps. bizarre ergenredocumentary, comedy, realitynarrated byfreema agyeman (series 1–3)sheridan smith(series 4)john barrowman (series 5)tom davis(series 6)theme music composerpatrick wolfopening theme"accident & emergency"country of originunited kingdomoriginal languageenglishno. of series6 (5 in the uk, 1 in the u.s.)no. of episodes40 (uk)productionrunning time30 minutes (series 1–4, uk; series 5, usa)60 minutes (series 6–, uk)production companymaverick televisionreleaseoriginal networkbbc three (series 1–4)tlc/discovery (series 5)e4 (series 6)original release14 february 2008 (2008-02-14) –16 may 2017 (2017-05-16)relatedbizarre animal er series guide every episode shows a miraculous survival story and strange facts, like the woman who fell out of a plane at 35,000 ft and survived. series 2 began airing on 21 april 2009 and consists of ten 30 minute episodes. series 1 and 2 were filmed at the norfolk and norwich university hospital. following the first five episodes, the show's animal counterpart bizarre animal er, narrated by kevin bishop, aired for eight episodes on bbc three in bizarre er's tuesday slot. bizarre er returned after for five more episodes. bizarre er returned for a twelve-part third series from 10 may 2010 and finished on 19 july 2010. the series was filmed at the northampton general hospital. the series returned for a ten-part fourth series on 28 march 2011, now narrated by sheridan smith. filming takes place at northampton general hospital as well as bradford royal infirmary. the series also features bizarre operations that have happened around the world. series 5 is set in the us with john barrowman as narrator, it started in march 2013 and ended in may 2013. series 6 is set at several hospitals across the uk; locations include dudley, warwick, basingstoke and the isle of wight. international broadcast bizarre er is now airing in the u.s. on the discovery life channel. in italy, it is broadcast by dmax. transmissions seriesstart dateend dateepisodesnarratorcountry of broadcast 114 february 20083 april 20088freema agyemanunited kingdom 221 april 200914 july 200910 310 may 201019 july 201012 428 march 201130 may 201110sheridan smith 519 march 20137 may 20138john barrowmanunited states 614 march 201716 may 201710tom davisunited kingdom series 1 (2008) overall no.series no.episodeoriginal broadcast 11episode one14 february 2008 22episode two21 february 2008 33episode three28 february 2008 44episode four6 march 2008 55episode five13 march 2008 66episode six20 march 2008 77episode seven27 march 2008 88episode eight3 april 2008 series 2 (2009) overall no.series no.episodeoriginal broadcast 91episode one21 april 2009 102episode two28 april 2009 113episode three5 may 2009 124episode four12 may 2009 135episode five19 may 2009 146episode six16 june 2009 157episode seven23 june 2009 168episode eight30 june 2009 179episode nine7 july 2009 1810episode ten14 july 2009 series 3 (2010) series no.overall no.episodeoriginal broadcast 191episode one10 may 2010 202episode two 213episode three17 may 2010 224episode four24 may 2010 235episode five31 may 2010 246episode six7 june 2010 257episode seven14 june 2010 268episode eight21 june 2010 279episode nine28 june 2010 2810episode ten5 july 2010 2911episode eleven12 july 2010 3012episode twelve19 july 2010 series 4 (2011) series no.overall no.episodeoriginal broadcast 311episode one28 march 2011 322episode two4 april 2011 333episode three11 april 2011 344episode four18 april 2011 355episode five25 april 2011 366episode six2 may 2011 377episode seven9 may 2011 388episode eight16 may 2011 399episode nine23 may 2011 4010episode ten30 may 2011 series 5 (2013) series no.overall no.episodeoriginal broadcast 411episode one19 march 2013 422episode two26 march 2013 433episode three2 april 2013 444episode four9 april 2013 455episode five16 april 2013 466episode six23 april 2013 477episode seven30 april 2013 488episode eight7 may 2013 series 6 (2017) series no.overall no.episodeoriginal broadcast 491episode one14 march 2017 502episode two21 march 2017 513episode three28 march 2017 524episode four4 april 2017 535episode five11 april 2017 546episode six18 april 2017 557episode seven25 april 2017 568episode eight2 may 2017 579episode nine9 may 2017 5810episode ten16 may 2017 bizarre animal er seriesstart dateend dateepisodesnarratorcountry of broadcast 126 may 20095 november 20098kevin bishopunited kingdom