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The Nation's Health

7.4 / 10 | United Kingdom
1983 | Drama
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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Cast List (22)

Les Blair
Les Blair
Director
Ian McDiarmid
Ian McDiarmid
Doctor Vernon Davis
P.H. Moriarty
P.H. Moriarty
Staff - Chris Hogan
Richard Leech
Richard Leech
Doctor Smith-Sampson
Eileen O'Brien
Eileen O'Brien
Patient - Brenda Taylor
Eileen O'Brien
Eileen O'Brien
Patient - Mrs. Taylor
Eileen O'Brien
Eileen O'Brien
Patient's Wife - Brenda Taylor
Paddy Ryan
Paddy Ryan
Patient - Henry Staples
Richard Ireson
Richard Ireson
Admin - Stephen Morwell
Anthony Benson
Anthony Benson
Admin - George Christian
Geoffrey Toone
Geoffrey Toone
Admin - Randolph Spence
T.R. Bowen
T.R. Bowen
Doctor Thompson
Willoughby Gray
Willoughby Gray
Doctor Mathias
Sebastian Shaw
Sebastian Shaw
Doctor Thurson
James Smith
James Smith
Doctor Sainsbury
William Boyde
William Boyde
Doctor Crick
Vivienne Ritchie
Vivienne Ritchie
Doctor Jessie Marvill
Alan Thompson
Alan Thompson
Admin - Roy Needham
Ashley Herman
Ashley Herman
Doctor Willoughby
Julian Fox
Julian Fox
Doctor Montagu
James Griffiths
James Griffiths
Doctor Passmore
GF Newman
GF Newman
Writer

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