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The NHS - A People’s History
Episode 1
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
The People’s History of the NHS is a three-part series presented by Alex Brooker for BBC FOUR, which tells the story of the NHS through the voices of the people whose lives it has affected, from its birth...
The NHS - A People’s History
Episode 2
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
Alex Brooker continues to chart the history of the National Health Service via the treasured mementoes and personal stories of patients and staff whose lives it has affected since its inception in 1948. This...
The NHS - A People’s History
Episode 3
- Broadcast
- 2018 (59 mins)
Alex Brooker continues to chart the history of the Health Service via the treasured memories of patients and staff whose lives it has affected since its inception in 1948. This third episode covers 1997 to...
The NHS @ 70
The NHS @ 70
- Broadcast
- 2018 (89 mins)
Anita Rani and Nick Robinson present the centre piece of the BBC’s NHS at 70 season, a live broadcast from Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. They will celebrate 70 years of the NHS before asking the...
Hospital
Episode 1
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
Autumn 2016 Two patients await life-saving surgery at St Mary’s in Paddington, the biggest of the five hospitals in the Trust. They will both need a bed on the intensive care ward. But the hospital is full...
Hospital
Episode 2
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
In this episode, with nearly all of St Mary’s 297 beds occupied, the hospital must discharge patients before any new ones can be admitted. While the hospital tries to discharge patients, new ones continue...
Hospital
Episode 3
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
After collapsing at work, crane driver Phil (48) is becoming increasingly paralysed with each passing day. Kevin O’Neill, one of the country’s leading brain surgeons, diagnoses him with a fast-growing...
Hospital
Episode 4
- Broadcast
- 2017 (58 mins)
A woman from Nigeria recovers in the hospital after going into premature labour with quadruplets having fallen ill on a flight. Only three of her babies survived the dangerously premature births and they are...
Hospital
Episode 5
- Broadcast
- 2017 (58 mins)
This episode looks at pioneering treatments for some of the oldest and youngest patients in the hospital. A 98-year-old man, arrives at Hammersmith Hospital for a landmark heart operation. John is the oldest...
Hospital
Episode 6
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
In this episode, surgeons are forced to use unconventional methods to get their operations completed against the odds. At Hammersmith Hospital, 31-year-old Jennifer is taking part in a ground-breaking scheme...