Natalie Cassidy: Caring Together
2026 · BBC iPlayer · 29 min · 1 season
S01E08 · Episode 8
Mon, 1 June, 3:00 pm
As Natalie faces her final test, hospice care, reflection and a visit to Belfast show this journey may just be beginning.
About
Best known for playing Sonia Fowler on EastEnders, Natalie Cassidy will be taking on a new role – but off-screen, fulfilling her genuine ambition of a lifetime to train as a carer. She will study, work and care alongside the next generation of young carers.
Natalie will be enrolling at one of the UK's top Health & Social Care colleges where she'll train, study, and work alongside real professionals - facing the realities, the heartbreak, and the joy of caring. Together, her and her fellow students will push open the door to the UK's healthcare providers and put the spotlight on something we all face at some point in our lives - who will care for our parents, who will care for our children... and who will care for us?
Will Natalie and her classmates have what it takes to be the next generation of healthcare heroes?
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Mon, 25 May· 29 minNatalie goes back to the classroom, inspired by caring for her dad. Nerves hit on day one, but her first on-the-job work placement has a real impact.
- E02
Episode 2
Mon, 25 May· 29 minNatalie speaks to a friend about caring for a child with cancer, before joining community nursing in action - and faces her own fear, needles!
- E03
Episode 3
Mon, 25 May· 29 minNatalie's juggling college and family life, learning about teenage mental health, online pressures and autism - and how care reaches far beyond the classroom.
- E04
Episode 4
Mon, 25 May· 29 minNatalie's halfway through her college course and growing in confidence. On placement, she meets home carer Gary, who looks after his partner, Lisa.
- E05
Episode 5
Mon, 1 June· 29 minNatalie discovers the power of caring volunteers, and how mind and body work together to help people recover and move forward.
- E06
Episode 6
Mon, 1 June· 29 minNatalie experiences being older. Will it help in her placement in a care home for older residents?
- E07
Episode 7
Mon, 1 June· 29 minNatalie experiences what's it like to have dementia and puts her learning into practice on a very special placement.
- E08
Episode 8
Mon, 1 June· 29 minAs Natalie faces her final test, hospice care, reflection and a visit to Belfast show this journey may just be beginning.
Cast
Natalie Cassidy
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