Four Weddings and a Funeral actress Anna Chancellor was the star surgeon at Mayday Hospital on Saturday - but only as part of her latest movie role.

The Day Surgery was taken over by a crew shooting director Barry Kimber’s labour of love short film More Afraid of You.

Hospital chief executive Nick Hulme said: “It’s been an unusual and entertaining day for the Day Surgery Unit.

"We were happy to be able to accommodate the crew and I’m sure the film will take home a lot of awards.”

The production company made a donation to the Friends of Mayday charity in return for being able to shoot at the hospital, and paid for the area to be deep cleaned after its brief moment of fame.