Parents and Children - What Do You Know About... the National Health Service?
BIRTH OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE | How the state of the nation's health became a political ideal
Parents and Children | What Do You Know About... the National Health Service?
Mums and dads pit their wits against each other to answer NHS-based questions.
Synopsis
Twinkly-eyed 'Nationwide' veteran Michael Barratt asks the questions with guest agony aunt Claire Rayner offering some expert advice in this light-hearted quiz from 1973. Michael Barratt proves himself impeccably qualified to host the show by revealing that he has six children himself.
Did you know?
Claire Rayner initially trained as a nurse and a midwife before beginning her journalistic career as a medical correspondent on 'Woman's Own'. She went on to publish over 75 books and became one of the most famous agony aunts in the UK.
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