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S14E02 - Urmston to New Islington

Michael Portillo's railway journey reaches Greater Manchester, where he celebrates new beginnings for the nation in the years after the Second World War. At Trafford General Hospital, he investigates the birth of the National Health Service. A retired physiotherapist recalls her part in the historic event of July 5, 1948. Coronation Star tells Michael about the first episode of the soap, broadcast live in 1960. And at the city's Science and Industry Museum, the presenter encounters a replica of the Baby, which was created in 1948 - the first machine in the world to run a stored program and the forerunner of all modern computers.
Uitzending: 20/06/2023
Rating TheTVDB: Nog geen stemmen uitgebracht
IMDB ID: 0
Laatste update: 6/04/2024 om 11:17