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The Nation's Health(1983)

10/06/1983

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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.

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Vivienne Ritchie

Vivienne Ritchie

Dr Jessie Marvill

Julian Fox

Julian Fox

Dr Montagu

Ian McDiarmid

Ian McDiarmid

Dr Vernon Davis

P.H. Moriarty

P.H. Moriarty

Chris Hogan

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EN

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