Searching for Patient Zero: Britain's AIDS Tragedy
Tonight · Season 2021 · Episode 37
Forty years ago baffled British doctors witnessed the mysterious death of a gay man who regularly visited America. It was the first reported case of AIDS in the UK, and until now he has never been identified. Now Paul Brand traces that first case - along with others who lived, loved and lost to a disease that, worldwide, has now claimed 36 million lives.
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Season
2021
Episode
37
Air Date
11/Nov/2021
Air Time
19:30
Runtime
30 min
Overview
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Forty years ago baffled British doctors witnessed the mysterious death of a gay man who regularly visited America. It was the first reported case of AIDS in the UK, and until now he has never been identified. Now Paul Brand traces that first case - along with others who lived, loved and lost to a disease that, worldwide, has now claimed 36 million lives.
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