Rent The Nation's Health (1983)
3.8 of 5 from 47 ratings
5h 35min
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- Synopsis:
Screened in 1983, when the consequences of NHS spending cuts were becoming increasingly apparent and for-profit culture loomed large, 'The Nation's Health' detailed the dismaying experiences of a young, newly qualified female doctor; it also questioned what Newman sees as the inherently damaging doctor-patient relationship, and dramatised a disturbing loss of humanity within the medical profession. As well as spending several months as a trainee nurse, closely observing | procedure in wards and admin departments to gain insight into his subject, Newman cast qualified nurses and actors with first-hand experience in medicine. The result is an investigative drama filmed with documentary-style precision, which is impassioned and acute in its portrayal of what many saw as a closed, monolithic institution in terminal decline. - Actors:
- Vivienne Ritchie, Julian Fox, Ian McDiarmid, P.H. Moriarty, Richard Leech, William Boyde, Eileen O'Brien, Paddy Ryan, Alan Thompson, Richard Ireson, Anthony Benson, Geoffrey Toone, T.R. Bowen, Willoughby Gray, Sebastian Shaw, James Griffiths, Ashley Herman, James Smith, Oona Kirsch, Angela Warren
- Directors:
- Les Blair
- Producers:
- Irving Teitelbaum
- Writers:
- G.F. Newman
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Documentaries, TV Dramas, TV Medical
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