Clips
Credits
- Narrator
- Robert Winston
- Director
- Wendy McLean
- Producer
- Wendy McLean
- Executive Producer
- Michael Poole
Broadcasts
Motor Racing at the BBC: That Petrol Emotion
Archive series celebrating the glory days of British motor racing.
Duration: 1 hour
Timeshift: Robert Winston narrates the shocking story of health in Britain before the National Health Service. In the early 20th century, getting treated if you were ill was a rudimentary, risky and costly business - a luxury few could afford. Using rare archive footage and personal testimony, the programme tells how ordinary people, GPs, midwives and local councils coped with a chaotic and ramshackle system as they struggled to deal with sickness and disease in the homes and communities of pre-World War Two Britain.
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Archive series celebrating the glory days of British motor racing.
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