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1. Breathtaking (II) (2024)
142 min | Drama
Drama series following a doctor looking after the most gravely unwell patients in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Bhav Joshi, Donna Banya, Naomi Denny
Votes: 1,242
2. Getting On (2009–2012)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Darkly comic drama series about life on an NHS geriatric ward.
Stars: Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, Joanna Scanlan, Ricky Grover
Votes: 1,493
3. The Spirit of '45 (2013)
94 min | Documentary, History
A documentary on how the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Eileen Thompson, Julian Tudor Hart, Dai Walters, Sam Watts
Votes: 1,302
4. Medics (1990–1995)
50 min | Drama
The everyday lives and loves, trials and tribulations of the doctors, nurses, patients and administrative staff of a large teaching hospital in the north-west of England near the city of Manchester.
Stars: Jimmi Harkishin, Tom Baker, Emma Cunningham, James Gaddas
Votes: 40
5. tlc (2002– )
30 min | Comedy
Dr.Flynn (Shearsmith) finds himself thrown in at the deep end when he gets his first job after leaving Medical School (where he failed his finals). Always the butt of the jokes by the other... See full summary »
Stars: Reece Shearsmith, Alexander Armstrong, Georgia Mackenzie, Llewella Gideon
Votes: 107
6. Poppy Shakespeare (2008 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.
Director: Benjamin Ross | Stars: Anna Maxwell Martin, Tessa Peake-Jones, Claire Benedict, Kolade Agboke
Votes: 520
7. Vital Signs (2006– )
Drama
Stars: Tamzin Outhwaite, Steven Waddington, Fraser Ayres, Alfie Hunter
Votes: 59
8. The Existential Hotline (2020)
5 min | Short, Comedy
When Soren calls an otherworldly hotline to vent his frustrations about the state of the planet, he is greeted by Simone. If he thought he had problems before, just wait until he's finished talking with her.
Director: Hendrik Harms | Stars: Mathew Horne, Iwan Rheon, Ella-Rae Smith
Votes: 7
9. Trans Mission: What's the Rush to Reassign Gender? (2021)
52 min | Documentary
Documentary film featuring interviews with experts, activists, parents, and educators discussing the medical and surgical gender transition of children.
Directors: Kallie Fell, Jennifer Lahl | Stars: Brynne, Natasha Chart, Elizabeth, Michelle Forcier
Votes: 24
10. Nye Bevan's Fight to Create the NHS (2023 Podcast Series)
Biography
4-part documentary podcast series, narrated by Sian Harries on how Aneurin (Nye) Bevan and his team created the NHS. Based on the research that was carried out for the audio drama 'Getting Better', an Audible Original.
Stars: Colin Baker, Kathryn Drysdale, Barnaby Eaton-Jones, Raj Ghatak
11. Fibro and the New Me (2018)
25 min | Short, Drama
A film about fibromyalgia and what it means to live with an invisible illness and chronic pain.
Directors: Ross Heath, Chris John Livermore | Stars: Rebecca Brook, Dale Hooley, Chris John Livermore, Rahel Kapsaski
Votes: 28
12. Little Bird (III) (2019)
10 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Directors: Lois Bentley, Daniel L. Martin | Stars: Bhasker Patel, Falaq Abbasi, Victoria Lindsay, Rachel Morris
14. There's no I in #selfquaranTEAM (2020 Video)
Short
There's no I in #selfquaranTEAM, but you'll still find MATES and FUN.
Director: Chris Lane | Stars: Ali Abbas, Chizzy Akudolu, Frances Allison, Stuart Ashworth
15. Combating Stigma: Our Stories (2011 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short
A series of three sensitive interviews about mental health issues and the surrounding stigma. Each account, from an NHS service user, is accompanied by empathic dramatizations, with actors playing the key roles.
Director: Martyn Lomax | Stars: Nancy Boo Orchis-Evans, Ryan Murphy
16. The Million Pound Footballers' Giveaway (2007 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Dr. Noreena Hertz goes on a personal mission to find footballers willing to donate their wages to fund a nurses' hardship fund.
Director: Anthony Philipson | Stars: Erin Gavin, Ryan Giggs, Noreena Hertz, Shaun Keaveny
17. Burnout (I)
Short | Announced
Tabitha, an ER Nurse and Sam, a Junior Doctor form a bond in a tiny hospital staff room amidst a worldwide pandemic.
Director: Nichola Jean Mazur | Stars: Nichola Jean Mazur, Nathan Daniel Jones
18. From Brooklyn to Oxford (2021)
86 min | Documentary
Larry Sanders is the elder brother of Senator Bernie Sanders, the Chair of the Senate Budget Committee, and the Spokesperson for the UK Green Party on the National Health Service and Social Care.
Director: Keith Hoult
19. Frontline (2021)
5 min | Short
Filmmaker Jay Martin investigates how healthcare professionals found the mental and physical toll of working on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Director: Jay Martin | Stars: Jay Martin, Pulak Paul, Kayleigh Lawrence
20. Cradle to Grave (1998)
Documentary
A season of documentaries charting the 50-year history of the NHS.
Stars: Mary Goldring, Ian Hislop, Jeremy Hardy, Paul Foot
22. It Doesn't Affect Me Directly (2017)
129 min | Documentary
Two film makers set out to tackle the political and social apathy of a wide proportion of the electorate, using their home town of Farnborough as a microcosm for the issues in the country and the wider world.
Directors: Stephen Mead, Marcus Welsh
23. Behind Closed Doors (II) (2021)
8 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary quickly recaps the events of 2020 whilst a nurse working on the front line recaps her experiences during the height of the virus.
Director: Tom Bill
24. Captain Tom Moore, Michael Ball & The NHS Voices of Care Choir: You'll Never Walk Alone (2020 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Music video by Captain Tom Moore with singer Michael Ball and the NHS Voices of Care Choir, for the charity single raising money for Britain's National Health Service. The ensemble song is ... See full summary »
Stars: Tom Moore, Michael Ball, The NHS Voices of Care Choir
25.
Dispatches (1987– )
Episode:
Undercover Mother
(2007)
Documentary, News
Tazeen Ahmad investigates the overstretched maternity services which are resulting in new mothers having traumatic births and at worst, putting lives at risk.
Director: Louise Turner | Star: Tazeen Ahmad
26.
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode:
Ruth Jones
(2020)
Documentary, Biography, History
Actress and screenwriter Ruth Jones returns to her Welsh seaside hometown to explore the fascinating family line of her great great great grandfather on her mother's side, a hardworking ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Southwell | Stars: Ruth Jones, Phil Davis
Votes: 54
27.
A Change of Sex (1980–1999)
Episode:
Julia - The First Year
(1980)
Documentary, Biography
In 1980, Julia Grant has been living as a woman for 12 months, and is in a relationship with a heterosexual man. She embarks on a breast implant operation, much to the consternation of her psychiatrist.
Director: David Pearson | Stars: Julia Grant, John Bulmer Randell, John Grant
28.
A Change of Sex (1980–1999)
Episode:
Julia - My Body, My Choice
(1980)
Documentary, Biography
In 1980, Julia is living her life as a woman and working in a lively gay club in London's West End. Frustrated by the attitude of her stern psychiatrist, she undergoes a full sex-change operation with surgeon Michael Royale.
Director: David Pearson | Stars: Julia Grant, Michael Royale, Tony Adams, Ronald Allen
29.
Dispatches (1987– )
Episode:
Undercover Hospital
(2011)
50 min | Documentary, News
An undercover investigation in one of the country's busiest NHS hospitals as it faces multi-million-pound cuts and hundreds of job losses in the next year.
Director: Jane Drinkwater | Stars: Tazeen Ahmad, Sarah Collinson, Karim Shah
30.
Dispatches (1987– )
Episode:
The Truth About Your Dentist
(2011)
49 min | Documentary, News
Sam Lister, The Times' Health Editor, investigates NHS dentists looking at dentists which overcharge patients for treatments and constraints the NHS causes.
Director: Julia Berg | Stars: Sam Lister, Mohammad Oftadeh
31.
Dispatches (1987– )
Episode:
The Truth About Going Under the Knife
(2011)
49 min | Documentary, News
Investigating whether new innovations in medical procedures and technologies can compromise patient safety.
Director: Angie Mason | Star: Deborah Davies
32.
Dispatches (1987– )
Episode:
Can You Trust Your Doctor?
(2011)
49 min | Documentary, News
Revealing the failing doctors that slip through the net.
Director: Alex Kiehl | Stars: Phil Hammond, Janet Smith, Jon Snow
33.
ITV Exposure (2011– )
Episode:
Bodies of Evidence: The Butcher Surgeon
(2022)
Documentary, News
How Birmingham surgeon Ian Paterson led patients to believe they had breast cancer and performed unnecessary surgeries on them.
Director: Alison Millar
Votes: 7
34.
World in Action (1963–1998)
Episode:
Going Private
(1971)
Documentary
Investigates the controversy surrounding private patients and their consultants and whether they are exploiting the NHS.
35.
Getting On (2009–2012)
Episode:
Episode #3.2
(2012)
TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy
Pippa does her best to impress Dr Kersley and his commissioning consortia with her project Vag-At but has trouble squaring her divorce settlement and is dismayed that desirable Dr Kersley ... See full summary »
Director: Susan Tully | Stars: Jo Brand, Babou Ceesay, Kerry Godliman, Ricky Grover
Votes: 36
36.
Breathtaking (2024)
Episode:
Containment
(2024)
46 min | Drama
An acute medicine consultant and NHS staff struggle to cope with rising patient numbers.
Director: Craig Viveiros | Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Amber Muldoon, Bhav Joshi, Donna Banya
Votes: 81
37.
Breathtaking (2024)
Episode:
Delay
(2024)
48 min | Drama
As patients gets sicker, Abbey and the team take on the Covid-19 pandemic, stretching each of them to their limits.
Director: Craig Viveiros | Stars: Christopher Hatherall, Joanne Froggatt, Henry Meredith, Bhav Joshi
Votes: 59
38.
Breathtaking (2024)
Episode:
Mitigation
(2024)
48 min | Drama
The team deal with a new Covid-19 winter wave. As pressure becomes unmanageable, Abbey takes action to voice the pandemic's full effect on the NHS.
Director: Craig Viveiros | Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Bhav Joshi, Naomi Denny, Donna Banya
Votes: 52
39.
BBC News 8pm Summary (2007– )
Episode:
Episode dated 10 March 2015
(2015)
2 min | Short, News
Stars: Sophie Long, Jeremy Clarkson, David Duckenfield, Richard Hammond
40.
Born in the Wrong Body (2015– )
Episode:
Girls to Men
(2015)
Documentary
Follows three young transgender Brits fulfilling their dreams of becoming men. The film features unprecedented access to surgical procedures and also meets the increasingly confident online... See full summary »
Director: Nick Sweeney | Star: Gethin Anthony
Votes: 37
41.
Panorama (1953– )
Episode:
Trans Kids: Why Medicine Matters
(2019)
28 min | Documentary, News
Dr Faye Kirkland investigates how much we understand about the care being offered to transgender children at a time when more young people than ever are exploring their gender identity.
Director: Jenny Parks | Star: Faye Kirkland