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Birth of the National Health Service

On 5 July 1948, the National Health Service was launched with the proud expectation that it would make the UK the 'envy of the world'. Through programmes, documents and images taken from the 麻豆社's archives you can witness for yourself a time before the NHS existed - and follow the early years of the NHS from radical plan, through to triumphant birth, and on to a fully fledged but sometimes problematic service.

Health for the People — Special Enquiry, Series 4

An investigation by Robert Reid into the National Health Service in Salford.

Release date:
28 Dec 1955
Health Service — Viewfinder

Aidan Crawley interviews doctors and patients about the National Health Service. (1954)

Release date:
27 Oct 1954
On Call to a Nation

A programme about doctors, and the NHS as they see it - ten years after it started. (1958)

Release date:
22 Oct 1958
Portrait of a GP — Enquiry

Enquiry examines the health of the NHS as seen through the eyes of a GP. (1965)

Release date:
10 Feb 1965
Something for Nothing: a Birthday Celebration

Programme examining the NHS as it enters its' 20th year. (1968)

Release date:
27 Jun 1968
What Do You Know about...the National Health Service? — Parents and Children, Series 1

Two teams of parents take part in a studio quiz on the NHS. (1973)

Release date:
18 Feb 1973
06/07/1973 — Talk-in To Day, Series 1

Studio debate tackling the proposed re-organisation of the National Health Service. (1973)

Release date:
06 Jul 1973