Series synopsis
Alice Roberts: Our Hospital Through Time is a British documentary television series that premiered on 5 on February 18, 2026. It stars Alice Roberts.
Unprecedented access to the renowned hospital's modern wards and private archive.
Premise
Unprecedented access to the renowned hospital's modern wards and private archive.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Alice Roberts as Presenter
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 6 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6 | February 18, 2026 | March 25, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 This episode looks at Barts' extraordinary archive, a contemporary cardiac emergency, the grisly history of x-rays, and a gruesome 1600s gangrenous limb amputation. |
February 18, 2026 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Alice Roberts uncovers the hospital's past and reveals how centuries of medical innovation continue to inform life-saving work in the modern day. She joins surgeon Henrietta Wilson as she prepares to use a million pound surgical robot to remove a cancerous lung tumour. Also, Alice recreates a grisly 17th-century operation on a 'patient' suffering from an enormous bladder stone. |
February 25, 2026 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 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. |
March 4, 2026 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | 5 |
|---|---|
| First aired | February 18, 2026 |
| Last aired | March 25, 2026 |
| Runtime | 46 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 20:00:00 |