Aspiring local surgeons are set to be the stars of a new television documentary.

Three trainees from Epsom and St Helier Hospital will feature in the ‘fly on the wall’ documentary to be screened on ITV in the autumn.

Camera crews began filming at the hospitals in October and will follow the three trainee surgeons for eight months.

The young surgeons’ experiences will form the basis of the programme, which will feature eight other trainees from across London.

Nicola Robertson, Andrew Al Rais and Rosemary Johns from the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, will be shadowed over the next eight months by a crew from production company Tiger Aspect.

The series, provisionally called Surgeons in Training, is due to get a prime time slot on ITV1 later this year.

The three part documentary will give viewers a rare behind the scenes look at the pressure the surgeons are under and the stressful environment in which they work, as well as the in-depth training they have to go through to become surgeons.

Andrew, 27, from Sevenoaks said: “I am thrilled to have been selected to appear in the documentary and know it really will tell an interesting story. For me, the past month has been a fascinating introduction to life as a surgeon. It is odd having a camera crew following you, but I think the documentary will make really interesting viewing. It is great that ITV chose to film at Epsom and St Helier.”

The filming has so far focussed on the trainees familiarising themselves with their new surroundings, learning basic techniques and carrying out minor operations under the watchful eye of the Trust’s expert surgeons.

Executive producer at Tiger Aspect, Belinda Cherrington, said the documentary will be ground breaking. She said: “Although we will be telling the stories of our trainee surgeons whilst they’re at work undertaking their training, and as they take on more and more complex surgery, we will also be looking at their lives outside of work and how they deal with some pressurised jobs.”