Getting Better: The Fight for the NHS Podcast with Rhod Gilbert, Kathryn Drysdale, Neve McIntosh, Rob James Collier, Mike Wozniak, Mark Gatiss, Raj Ghatak, Annette Badland, Clive Mantle, Mina Anwar, Barnaby Eaton Jones, Louise Jameson, Paterson Joseph, Sharon D. Clarke, Terry Molloy cover art

Getting Better: The Fight for the NHS

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Getting Better: The Fight for the NHS

By: Paul Birch, Kenton Hall, Ian Haig, Mark Hayhurst
Narrated by: Rhod Gilbert, Kathryn Drysdale, Neve McIntosh, Rob James Collier, Mike Wozniak, Mark Gatiss, Raj Ghatak, Annette Badland, Clive Mantle, Mina Anwar, Barnaby Eaton Jones, Louise Jameson, Paterson Joseph, Sharon D. Clarke, Terry Molloy
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Summary

An entertaining drama based on Nye Bevan’s race to create the new NHS by 5 July 1948. Getting Better is a roller coaster period drama based on real political events alongside the fictional story of front-line tears, trauma and triumph at The Park Hospital in Manchester. As Bevan faces up to the establishment in Parliament, Dr Eva Callaway faces the same challenges – facing poverty, sexism and homophobia in a system stuck in the past.

“Rhod Gilbert brings comic timing to a fine new drama about the creation of the NHS.... Getting Better could be beefed up into a perfect Sunday evening TV drama." (The Guardian)

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Episodes
  • Ep 1: Landslide

    Ep 1: Landslide
    Aug 18 2021

    Everyone warns Prime Minister Clement Attlee not to appoint Welsh socialist Nye Bevan as Minister for Health.

    And Dr Eva Callaway gets off to an explosive start on her first day at Manchester’s Park Hospital.
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    37 mins
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  • Ep 2: David and Goliath

    Ep 2: David and Goliath
    Aug 18 2021

    Nye Bevan, the youngest member of the cabinet, must overcome his demons to take on the most powerful man in the Labour Party. In Manchester, Eva and Dr Reggie Hughes must find common ground to save an unvaccinated child.

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    32 mins
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  • Ep 3: A Clean Bill of Health

    Ep 3: A Clean Bill of Health
    Aug 18 2021

    Nye attempts to woo the King’s physician Lord Horder and Charles Hill AKA ‘The Radio Doctor’. Meanwhile Reggie finds himself in deep water.
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    32 mins
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This docu-drama really brought the birth of the NHS to life. The cast list is huge and well acted. I hope many people will listen to this and appreciate every aspect of our precious NHS.

Terrific

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A reminder of what we had before the NHS, and how fantastic it is, and how we must protect now! ❤

Excellent

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Highly recommend. I could not stop listening. Informative potted history of the birth of the NHS.

Excellent story, brilliantly performed.

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I really enjoyed this. To me, this story is docu-dram-edy! I never knew much about Nye Bevan and the formation of the NHS. It is a story worth telling and worth hearing. I am hooked!

A real surprise!

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This is a wonderful podcast drama that tells the story how the NHS came to be founded and the battles fought in pursuit of it. It uses a clever blend of real history and fictional stories from the frontline to show why this was one of the most visionary reforms ever to be introduced. There’s great writing, acting and production values all round and it’s a very timely drama given the heroic efforts of the NHS over the past two years.

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