innocents is a british television medical drama film, written by neil mckay and directed by peter kosminsky, first broadcast on channel 4 on 1 october 2000 as part of channel 4's "doctors on trial" season. the film, based upon the bristol heart scandal of the 1980s and 90s, stars tim pigott-smith as james wisheart and madhav sharma as janarda dhasmana, who whilst working together to perform 33 arterial-switch operations, drew up a mortality rate of 66% among patients under a month old, and 43% among those over a month old. aden gillett co-stars as steve bolsin, the whistleblower whose testimony first brought the scandal to public attention.