BBC commissions medical reality show

BBC Three has commissioned a new fly-on-the-wall medical documentary, it has been announced.

The six-part series, titled Newly Meds, will reveal what life is really like for the UK's newly qualified doctors both at work and at play.

New recruits will be followed over a four-month period as they leave their student days behind them and start their careers.

BBC Three controller Danny Cohen commented: "Newly Meds is an exciting new project that adds to the channel's growing portfolio of entertaining and thought-provoking documentary series."

Filming on Newly Meds is due to start next summer with transmission scheduled for late 2010.