A new ITV drama series called 'Breathtaking' based on the experiences of NHS staff during the COVID-19 pandemic has garnered attention. The show depicts the intense challenges faced by healthcare workers, including the lack of PPE and the emotional toll of caring for patients. Viewers and critics praise the series for its powerful portrayal of the heroism of NHS staff and the shortcomings of politicians during the crisis.
"We found ourselves being asked to perform 'doublethink' when the government line so often did not match our experiences." @PettyThom writes about working on TV drama #Breathtaking and the importance of NHS staff telling their covid stories π https://t.co/yDUDNFKJxE https://t.co/pCTnE1bNM8
Oxfordshire doctor's book about Covid becomes TV drama https://t.co/Q9qmuGzxWj #bbcsouthnews
Just watched first two eps of #BREATHTAKING - wow, what astounding television. Jed Mercurio at his dramatic best. Confirms what I felt at the time it was all happening - our NHS staff were heroic, our politicians were clueless. https://t.co/75BMIoAMZ2
βIt was so alien; it was so traumatic.β The diary of NHS palliative care doctor @doctor_oxford who worked on the front line during COVID is the focus of a new ITV drama. #SJUK https://t.co/JWv12AOHzB πΊ Sky 501 https://t.co/D5lJATQ0LK
"Like many of those who cared for covid patients during the early pandemic, my experience of that time lives with me." @PettyThom writes about the experience of working on TV drama #Breathtaking and the importance of NHS staff telling their stories π https://t.co/yDUDNFKJxE https://t.co/2ebK2zuWcQ
Ep 2 of #BREATHAKING airs on @itv at 9pm. We address the scandal of care home residents being thrown to the wolves & the trauma of a colleague fighting for their life in ICU having caught Covid, without PPE, in the hospital. It's tough. But please watch if you can. #NHS π https://t.co/lUkRwAVKVD
"It was the most intense, traumatic, overwhelming experience I've even known". Dr Rachel Clarke's COVID memoir 'Breathtaking', has been made into 3 part docu-drama. π Hear about writing the book, and turning it into a TV series on BBC Sounds β€΅οΈ https://t.co/V904khFSdW
ITV's Breathtaking is the best pandemic drama yet - even if it might make you dizzy, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS https://t.co/eBMrIs0bop https://t.co/95ZA1FH1Oz
Tonight's 1st episode was a powerful reminder of what NHS staff had to go through. I also remember reporters being told by No10 it would be wrong to use the word "lockdown"...just days before lockdown happened. https://t.co/dHzlSJlcbo