Episode 5
Age leads to death and frequently to illness. What does that mean for us as individuls and for society? Retired neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reflects on the inevitable.
Age leads to death and frequently to illness. What does that mean for us as individuals - and also for society? The retired neurosurgeon, Henry Marsh, reflects on the inevitable.
Marsh read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University before studying medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London, graduating in 1979. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1984 and was appointed Consultant Neurosurgeon at Atkinson Morley's/St.George's in 1987, he retired from there in 2015 and has since continued to operate in Ukraine and Nepal as well as teaching in hospitals around the world.
His first memoir, Do No Harm, was a bestseller when it was published in 2014 - Admissions is the more personal and provocative follow up, reflecting on a life in surgery.
Henry Marsh has been the subject of two major documentary films - Your Life in their Hands (2003) which won the Royal Television Society Gold Medal and The English Surgeon (2009) which won an Emmy. He has lectured widely on the subject of hospital architecture and design, keeps bees and makes furniture in his spare time. He was made a CBE in 2010 and is married to the best-selling anthropologist and writer Kate Fox.
Written by Henry Marsh
Read by Robert Powell
Abridged and Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Robert Powell |
| Author | Henry Marsh |
| Abridger | Jill Waters |
| Producer | Jill Waters |
Broadcasts
- Fri 19 May 2017 09:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
- Sat 20 May 2017 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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