Alice Roberts: Our Hospital Through Time Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3

Airdate: 2026-Mar-04

Episode summary:

Alice Roberts investigates how Barts came perilously close to collapse in the 1500s. As Henry VIII turned the country upside with his marriage to Anne Boleyn and his break from the church in Rome, he confiscated the hospital's property leaving it penniless. In the modern hospital, cameras follow patient Maxine who is receiving a stem cell transplant from her son.

About Alice Roberts: Our Hospital Through Time series:

St Bartholomew's Hospital is one of the most extraordinary institutions in the world: the oldest hospital in Britain still operating on its or...Show more >