Description: Description: This programme looks at the impact Florence Nightingale had on the Crimean War and subsequently, the nursing profession overall. To support the story of the work Florence carried out in the Crimean, from her commision by the British Government to her journey to Hospital Scutari, film and original prints are employed. In addition, actors are used to reenact the roles of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria and Florence Nightingale. Awareness of the situation in the Crimea, regarding the treatment of soldiers on the front line, was brought to England via William Russell who wrote a report in the Times. It was this that spurred the British government into action and the employment of Florence to travel out and to make significant improvements to the standard of health and cleanliness in the Hospital Scutari. Following the Crimea, we are told of Florence's progressive initiative to develop a training school for nurses. Using original prints of St. Thomas' hopsital and original photographs of the first nurses to enrol, how the training school came into being is discussed. To end the programme, an interview with a current murse at St. Thomas' Hospital is invited to instruct on how important Florence's role was in developing nursing as a profession. Film of the redevelopment of St. Thomas' and its consequent destruction for a more modern building is shown, as is a look inside the hospital at the children's ward. Colour/B&#38W: Black and White. Key Subjects: St. Thomas' Hospital, Crimea War, Hospital Scutari, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, William Russell, Florence Nightingale