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The NHS at 60: Stuffing Their Mouths with Gold

By Jerome Vincent. Following the Labour landslide victory in 1945, new Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan knows he has the chance to bring about a real revolution with the creation of a free health service. But can he get both the Royal College of Physicians and the dissenters in his own party on his side? Jerome Vincent's play marks the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the NHS in July 1948. Aneurin Bevan ...... Robert Pugh Clement Attlee ...... Richard Attlee Lord Moran ...... Nicholas Boulton Herbert Morrison ...... Trevor Littledale John Buchan ...... David Collings Daisy ...... Jaimi Barbakoff Madge ...... Jean Trend Rene/Harry ...... Simon Treves Passer-by ...... Lucie Fitchett Directed by David Blount.

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First Broadcast4 Jul 2008
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