With everyone so set against it, how did Nye manage to get the NHS through? What was the first day of the NHS like? And why didn’t the Tories overturn the NHS’s creation?To celebrate 75 years of the NHS, all is explained in this bonus documenta

Episode 3: The Battle with the Tories and the Press

Aug 13th, 2023 33m 14s

Why did the Tories vote against the NHS? Why did Nye and Jennie receive faeces and fireworks through their letterbox? And why were the doctors Nye’s biggest battle yet?To celebrate 75 years of the NHS, all is explained in the third episode of t

Episode 2: What was Nye’s Big Plan?

Aug 13th, 2023 41m 41s

What was troublemaker Nye like as a Minister? Who were his team? What was his big idea and why was his first battle with his own party?To celebrate 75 years of the NHS, all is explained in episode two of this documentary series of how a ‘no-goo

Episode 1: Who Was Nye Bevan?

Aug 13th, 2023 55m 11s

Who were Nye Bevan and Jennie Lee? What was life really like before the NHS? And why did Prime Minister Clement Attlee make the most unlikely appointment to his new cabinet?To celebrate 75 years of the NHS, all is explained in the first episode

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