The show will feature interviews with matrons from the 1950s
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BBC Two will explore the role of the 1950s hospital matron as part of the BBC's daytime schedules this autumn.
Thoroughly Modern Matron will place five trainee nurses and doctors in a reconstructed ward to see how they would cope in the 1950s system.
"Modern-day medics will face the tough challenge of operating under Matron's watchful eye," a BBC spokesman said.
"We want to discover if today's bright young things can do it old-style." The patients will be played by actors.
Part reality TV show, part documentary, the show will feature interviews with doctors, nurses and matrons who worked or trained during the 1950s.
Modern-day matrons were reintroduced to the healthcare system in 2000 to raise standards of cleanliness and improve patient care.
Exploited workers
On BBC One, the daytime schedule includes a documentary entitled Britain's Streets of Slavery, which looks at the plight of workers who are often exploited, such as carers of sick relatives and illegal immigrants.
It Beats Working takes a more light-hearted look at our working lives, focusing on those who have opted out of nine-to-five life.
Back on BBC Two, wildlife specialist Chris Packham fronts Hands On Britain, designed to help viewers get the best out of the UK countryside.
And Radio 2 DJ Simon Mayo follows one of Britain's fastest-growing pastimes, our passion for allotments, in Dig It.
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