Capturing a single day in the NHS, filmed by over 100 camera crews spread across the country. In just this one day, 1300 people will die, 2000 will be born and 1.5 million will be treated.
I spent months working with multiple health trusts and patients to film an entire series on just one day. One of only five directors to actually cut an episode in the series, I was also the lead producer for the London-based stories in the series, setting up eight stories for other directors and filming one of the stories myself. An incredible and crazy series no one has dared to try and repeat.
Nominated for best Fact Series 2014
‘An amazing operation, with major challenges… It’s impossible to really complete a portrait of today’s NHS, but this will probably get closer than anything before. An extraordinarily bold project.’
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
‘A beautifully constructed series…. Yesterday the series was at its best.’
Andrew Billen review of on Ep 8 in The Times.
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Credits
Commissioning Editor for the BBC: Charlotte Moore
Production Company: The Garden
Series Producer: Susannah Price
Series Editor: Zac Beattie
Senior Producer Directors: Jo Abel, Rowan Deacon, Fergus O’Brien, Shona Thompson
Line Producer: Isabel Davis
Executive Producers: Magnus Temple & Amy Flanagan
Producer Director & Edit Producer: Nick Leader