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First part in an exciting new 5-part medical history series for BBC1 taking a look at how healthcare has changed over the decades using archive and contributor interviews to take a trip down memory... lane and chart progress that has been made. The fifth episode takes a look at the first ever heart transplant procedure on a baby; advances made in eyewear from the time of NHS glasses to laser eyes surgery; public information films made by the government to advise us on everything from how to walk down the stairs to sneezing in public; and the advent of the air ambulance.
First part in an exciting new 5-part medical history series for BBC1 taking a look at how healthcare has changed over the decades using archive and contributor interviews to take a trip down memory... lane and chart progress that has been made. The fifth episode takes a look at the first ever heart transplant procedure on a baby; advances made in eyewear from the time of NHS glasses to laser eyes surgery; public information films made by the government to advise us on everything from how to walk down the stairs to sneezing in public; and the advent of the air ambulance.
| Series: | A picture of health |
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| Episode | 5 |
| First transmission date: | 02-03-2012 |
| Published: | 2012 |
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| Duration: | 00:43:15 |
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| Producer: | Julie Beanland |
| Presenter: | Larry Lamb |
| Narrator: | Kelly Hunter |
| Contributors: | Derek Fowles; Oliver Goldsmith; Vivien Halas; Neil Handley; Lynn Holt; Virginia Howes; Iain Hutchinson; Bill Innes; Larry Lamb; Ashleigh Leybourne; Lily McRae; Tom O'Connor; Kaylee Davidson Olley; s Carol Olley; Nicholas Parsons; Paul Ross; Miriam Stoppard; Scarlet Leybourne Ungurs |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/ou-on-the-bbc-picture-health |
| Production number: | FKIN875S |
| Videofinder number: | 82459 |
| Available to public: | no |
