NHS ON TV

Michael Moore’s documentary SICKO looks at the NHS through decidedly American eyes. British television took a different view.

With thanks to the Television Unit at BFI Southbank.

Previously in this season

Through the Night

Devastating 1975 TV drama that approached a previously taboo subject.A young woman is admitted to hospital for routine tests, and then undergoes a surgical procedure…

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Repeat Prescription

Two acclaimed TV dramas scriptedby former doctor Jed Mercurio(Cardiac Arrest and Bodies), that look at the harser side of the depiction of the NHS on…

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Where does it hurt?

A selection of TV comedies set in hospital wards.

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