The PRICE OF LIFE

BBC

NOMINATED FOR THE BRITISH DOCUMENTARY (GRIERSON) AWARD.

On a finite budget, the National Health Service can't afford to offer patients every treatment on the market, so how does the nation decide which patients should be the winners – and who should be the losers?

BBC Two has secured exclusive and unprecedented access to NICE (the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence), the controversial body that decides which drug treatments the NHS can afford. Its judgements have precipitated many bitter battles over the last decade but, for many, the people behind the process remain shrouded in mystery.

Adam Wishart - Producer / Director

  • Radio Times

    “Adam Wishart's extraordinary, engrossing film deserves a prize.”

  • Mail on Sunday

    “deeply affecting... unsettling but vital and grimly fascinating”

  • The Independent

    “The documentary of the week”

  • Time Out

    “a fine if sombre film”

  • The Times

    “balanced and thought-provoking”

  • TV Times

    “Fascinating documentary”