London Hospital

In this season, the London Hospital opens its doors to an East End in turmoil after a bomb explosion -- the latest in a series of attacks that have happened all over Europe. Nurse Ada Russell struggles to cope with the difficult but brilliant surgeon Percy Dean. And will Nurse Ethel Bennett be able to follow her dreams and become a doctor, despite the hospital's disapproval? Surprising, moving and shocking, season two of London Hospital reveals a world at times both recognisable and distant.

In this season, the London Hospital opens its doors to an East End in turmoil after a bomb explosion -- the latest in a series of attacks that have happened all over Europe. Nurse Ada Russell struggles to cope with the difficult but brilliant surgeon Percy Dean. And will Nurse Ethel Bennett be able to follow her dreams and become a doctor, despite the hospital's disapproval? Surprising, moving and shocking, season two of London Hospital reveals a world at times both recognisable and distant.

Set in the heart of the East End amid horrific danger and poverty, when illnesses such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, measles, syphilis, diphtheria are rife, Whitechapel life tumbles through the emergency room doors daily in victims of violence, suicide, drink and drugs. Themes of funding crises, terrorist threats, medical advances, and deadly infections still resonate today, but in many ways this is a shocking and foreign world, in which relationships were not permitted between staff and some treatments seem fascinatingly remote. Through extreme hardship shines a spirit of forbearance and self-sacrifice that seems remarkable now.

Set in the heart of the East End amid horrific danger and poverty, when illnesses such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, measles, syphilis, diphtheria are rife, Whitechapel life tumbles through the emergency room doors daily in victims of violence, suicide, drink and drugs. Themes of funding crises, terrorist threats, medical advances, and deadly infections still resonate today, but in many ways this is a shocking and foreign world, in which relationships were not permitted between staff and some treatments seem fascinatingly remote. Through extreme hardship shines a spirit of forbearance and self-sacrifice that seems remarkable now.