Making Faces is a new documentary series which looks at the work of the Maxillofacial (Max Facs) Prosthetic Department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

Starting on Thursday 20 September and running for four weeks, the hour-long episodes were shot over five months and follow the elite team of highly-skilled surgeons and prosthetics experts as they rebuild faces destroyed by disease, injury or birth defect.

The cutting edge unit is the busiest and best in the country and its surgeons are seen performing some amazing work not undertaken elsewhere in Britain.

It is the only such unit working with military patients and the only one to receive emergency trauma cases from all over Britain.

The opening episode (Thursday 20 September, 21:00, Channel 5) follows the story of Anna, who had her nose removed due to a cancerous tumour and is now having a prosthetic nose fitted.

Viewers also meet Frank, who is a young burns victim receiving treatment to reduce scarring after his accident.

Elsewhere, the team discuss their work as they treat a young victim of a violent assault and renew a prosthetic ear for patient Ron.

Photograph of the Maxillofacial Prosthetic Department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.