Bedlam - Episode Guide

The world's oldest psychiatric institution opens its doors in a series challenging the myths, taboos and stigma around mental illness in Britain today. This first episode explores anxiety.

The series about mental health visits Lambeth Hospital's pioneering short-stay emergency wards, where psychiatrists and nurses take critical decisions every day about at-risk patients.

Cameras follow a community mental health team in the Borough of Lewisham. If they can keep their patients well and stable, they will stay out of psychiatric hospital and enjoy their independence.

The final episode of the series visits a psychiatric ward for over-65s at the South London and Maudsley.