Moonshot

Feature Documentary

23 million of us suffer from it, 18 million a year die from it. Heart disease is the biggest killer.

Even with advances in heart bi-pass surgery and more effective drugs, for hundreds of thousands only a complete heart transplant can save them. But annually only 4000 hearts are available.

Every week in the USA alone, 3000 patients wait for new hearts, globally it’s tens of thousands. Each day that passes is one day less for them, their beating heart is a ticking clock, and chances are you’ll be joining their ranks.

For over 60 years researchers have been working on the holy grail in the war against heart disease.

The permanent total artificial heart.

Now that dream is about to become a reality and with exclusive access, we’re taking viewers on an extraordinary journey as a son's love for his dying father propels him to build the first successful machine to replace the human heart.