Series
The Nation's Health
1983 · 1 season · Drama
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- 6.8
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Overview
The Nation's Health is a 4 episode series written by G.F.Newman based on his book of the same name, originally broadcast on the fledgling Channel 4 UK TV channel in 1983. The series consists of four episodes that are, in order, titled: Acute, Decline, Chronic, and Collapse. In it we are faced with a maelstrom of political issues, illnesses, fatalities, personal greed and professional vanities. As may be clear from these titles, the series draws a relentlessly bleak view of the NHS in 1980s Britain. The protagonist of the series is a newly-qualified doctor, Jessie Marvill (Vivienne Ritchie). The series follows Jessie through four different sectors of the NHS, although the episodes are not focused entirely through Jessie: the NHS is seen from a variety of different perspectives, from doctors and patients to administrators and kitchen staff.
Cast
Vivienne Ritchie
Dr Jessie Marvill
Julian Fox
Dr Montagu
Ian McDiarmid
Dr Vernon Davis
P.H. Moriarty
Chris Hogan
Crew
- G.F. NewmanWriter
- Irving TeitelbaumProducer
- Verity LambertExecutive Producer
- Charles StewartDirector of Photography
- Jon GregoryEditor
Media
Details
- First aired
- October 6, 1983
- Last aired
- October 27, 1983
- Status
- Ended
- Original language
- English
- Episodes
- 4
- Rated
- 12
- Genres
- Drama
Seasons
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