The First New Heart

In 1967, Dr Christiaan Barnard completed the world's first successful heart transplant. This factual drama, with Rupert Graves as Barnard, tells the story of this ground-breaking moment.

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  • The First New Heart The First New Heart

    On December 3 1967, in a small hospital in Cape Town, a charismatic surgeon called…

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