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Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Drama illuminating a doctor's efforts to protect the people of Manchester from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic as millions of soldiers returned home from the Great War.
Drama illuminating one doctor's pioneering efforts to protect the people of Manchester from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic.
Set against the background of the Armistice in November 1918 as millions of exhausted soldiers return home from the Great War, the film tells the little-known story of Dr James Niven, Manchester's medical health officer for thirty years, and his heroic efforts to combat a second wave of fatal influenza as it spreads across the city and the UK.
Last on
Mon 24 Sep 2012
22:00
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Dr James Niven | Bill Paterson |
| Ernest Dunks | Mark Gatiss |
| Sir Arthur Newsholme | Paul Freeman |
| MJ O'Donnell | Kenneth Cranham |
| Peggy Lytton | Charlotte Riley |
| Elsa Kershaw | Olwen May |
| Sam Lytton | Jamie Spencer |
| Stanford | Ian Mercer |
| Mrs Houlston | Kate Ambler |
| Lord Mayor | John Branwell |
| Matron | Sarah Parks |
| Mortician | Will Tacey |
| Journalist | Gerard Fletcher |
| Tommy | Jack McMullen |
| Superintendent | Martin Oldfield |
| Constable | John Draycott |
| Ellen | Raffey Cassidy |
| Writer | Peter Harness |
| Producer | Susan Horth |
| Director | Justin Hardy |
Broadcasts
- Wed 5 Aug 2009 21:00
- Thu 6 Aug 2009 00:30
Thu 6 Aug 2009 21:00麻豆社 HD- Sun 9 Aug 2009 21:00
- Mon 10 Aug 2009 01:35
- Wed 12 Aug 2009 00:00
- Sat 1 May 2010 22:25
- Sun 2 May 2010 03:20
- Thu 17 Mar 2011 22:00
- Fri 18 Mar 2011 02:30
- Mon 24 Sep 2012 22:00