Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: July 31, 2022: Mental Health Care
Overview
John Oliver discusses the cracks in our broken mental health care system; plus, a look at who's running to become the UK's prime minister.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2022-07-31
- Runtime
- 34 min
Episode context
July 31, 2022: Mental Health Care is Episode 18 in Season 9 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2022-07-31. The runtime is 34 min.
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