Marking the fourth anniversary of the Covid-19 lockdown, Jessica Rawnsley talks to Dr Rachel Clarke and the team behind ITV drama Breathtaking.
Covid-19 left an indelible mark on everyone. But inside hospitals on the front line of the pandemic, there was chaos, confusion and abject fear. While governments assured citizens that everything was under control, oxygen ran out, doctors floundered to treat an illness they did not understand and hundreds of thousands of people died. ITV’s Breathtaking is a searing portrayal of the early days of Covid-19 through the lens of an NHS doctor.
“And if the messaging to the public had been transparent, then people within the NHS would have felt more supported and heard.” Everything that happens in Breathtaking is based on the real experiences of staff and patients. Nothing is invented or exaggerated. The bar the team set for themselves was that any medical professional watching would think, “Good God, this is the NHS as it truly is. This is not Grey’s Anatomy. This is not ER. This is the work.
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