This Is Your Life: Janet Adams

Janet ADAMS MBE (1920-2006)

THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Janet Adams, British Red Cross nurse, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at Thames Television's Euston Road Studios, having been led to believe she was there to be interviewed about her experiences with the Red Cross.

Janet, who was born in London, first volunteered as a nurse during the Second World War. After training, she worked at the Bridge of Earn Hospital in Perth, Scotland. She joined the overseas branch of the British Red Cross Society as a qualified nurse with specialised training in tropical diseases in 1949.

Janet dedicated her life to helping victims of war, disease and disaster worldwide, serving in Singapore, Ghana, Malaya, Nigeria, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Jordan, Zanzibar, the Yemen and Sierra Leone. In 1963, the Red Cross International Committee awarded her its highest honour, the Florence Nightingale Award, for pioneering nursing and welfare services in many parts of the world.

programme details...

Edition No: 352
Subject No: 353
Broadcast date: Wed 14 Mar 1973
Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
Recorded: Wed 21 Feb 1973 7.00pm
Venue: Euston Road Studios
Series: 13
Edition: 18

on the guest list...

Elspeth Grant - sister
Pamela Grant - mother
Eirlys Brittain
Florence Bowers
Christine Silverstein
Constance Penny
Father O’Toole
Michael Dallas
Derek Hayes
Susan Lefferts
Arnold Plummer
Tommy Smart
Dr Davidson Nichol
Jeleelah Shabeiba

production team...

Researcher: Sarah Manwaring-White
Writer: Martin Robertson
Director: Margery Baker
Producer: Malcolm Morris

related pages...

A Medical Life

examining the medical profession

Eamonn Andrews surprises Janet Adams for This Is Your Life

Series 13 subjects