Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.

See what’s playing
The National Health
The National Health

THE NATIONAL HEALTH

Directed by Jack Gold
United Kingdom, 1973
Comedy

Synopsis

Peter Nichols’ satirical play set in a run-down underfunded NHS hospital where the lives and work of the suffering patients and staff are juxtaposed with a melodramatic American hospital based TV soap opera, whose cast is played by the same actors as in the “real life” hospital.

Synopsis

Peter Nichols’ satirical play set in a run-down underfunded NHS hospital where the lives and work of the suffering patients and staff are juxtaposed with a melodramatic American hospital based TV soap opera, whose cast is played by the same actors as in the “real life” hospital.