Alice Roberts: Our Hospital Through Time Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5

Airdate: 2026-Mar-18

Episode summary:

Patient Maxine, who comes into St Bartholomew's Hospital with a diseased heart valve, inspires Alice to investigate the world of body snatchers and how when the supply failed to meet demand, people took matters into their own hands to provide medical schools with cadavers. She also looks into the history of anaesthetic with historian Lesley Smith and hears about St Bartholomew's first washerwoman, Elizabeth Johnson.

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 >