In a special programme marking the 50th anniversary of the National Health Service, Roger Royle travels to Trafford General Hospital in Manchesterwhere he visits the ward where the NHS was inaugurated and meets its first patient. Hymns sung in the Church of St Bartholomew the Great - situated next doorto one of London's oldest hospitals-include Be Still forthe Presence of the Lord, Crown Him with Many Crowns, Eagles Fly and Brother Let Me Be Your Servant.
Producer John Forrest ; Editor Hugh Faupel