First days nursing on an A&E Ward | Saving Our Nurses

Episode 1 | The NHS: A People's History

This episode covers the first quarter-century of the service and unveils a host of unique artefacts, including the graduation certifi...

Designer Babies | Short Circuit

A report on genetic engineering. Will parents one day be able to design their own children?

Episode 1 | The Surrogates

Caitlin and Emma try to help other people start a family. David looks for a surrogate.

S09E01: Care Worker | Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience

Rhod spends the week in a care home and visiting vulnerable people at home.

Episode 2 | The NHS: A People's History

This episode covers a period in which the NHS expands beyond all recognition as it is forced to evolve and adapt to the needs of an e...

S01E05 | 24 Hours in A&E

This episode reveals what can happen when something goes wrong with the brain. Including 65-year-old Charlie, who has not been the same since crashi...

The Guinea Pigs | Short Circuit

Gillian Hannah examines the validity of animal testing and its alternatives, including how the thalidomide tragedy changed drug testing pract...

Beven and the tumultuous start to the NHS | Matron, Medicine and Me

The start of the National Health Service wasn't a new idea and also wasn't greeted with pleasure by all, ...

Episode 3 | The NHS: A People's History

This episode covers 1997 to the present day and unveils a whole host of unique, highly personal artefacts. These include the homemade...

The NHS and the 70-year fight against infection | Matron, Medicine and Me

Fern Britton describes the evolution of the NHS' fight against infection with antibiotics and vacci...

S01: Night Nurses - Birmingham | We Are England

When the rest of the world is sound asleep, the nurses battle to keep their patients alive. We follow them on a night shift a...

S01E04 | 24 Hours in A&E

This episode focuses on the consequences of alcohol on A&E departments. It includes a 39-year-old who has fallen and broken his neck after a few dri...

S01E06 | 24 Hours in A&E

This episode includes 35-year-old Colin, who was stabbed after being woken at gunpoint, 86-year-old Nancy, who has fallen over at home and former la...

Stillborn risks are outlayed to doubtful mum | The Midwives

A woman who discharged herself is given her options and the varying levels of risk especially if she doesn't stay...

01: Safe from Harm | Protecting Our Parents

Documentary series with unprecedented access to the NHS and social services' older adults care teams in Birmingham, following cas...

A Second Birthday | Short Circuit

A schools programme on organ donation, including debates around opt-out systems. Follows heart-lung and live kidney transplant procedures.

Are They Positive? | Short Circuit

High risk, low risk, no risk: does labelling people into risk groups help to stop the spread of AIDS? Also considers how similar approache...

Diabetes and pregnancy risks | The Midwives

Midwives on the high risk unit discuss the risks of diabetes and pregnancy with a young mum-to-be.

Drinking in first trimester | Misbehaving Mums to Be

Juliet is used to four bottles of wine a day. She gets quite a shock when her midwife gives her a total booze-ban.

GP's and the Abortion Act | Confessions of...

The 1967 Abortion Act made abortion under some circumstances legal in the UK.