Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (TV 2009)

Director:

Justin Hardy

Writers:

Peter Guinness (story), Peter Harness

Stars:

Bill Paterson, Mark Gatiss, Charlotte Riley

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Bill Paterson	...	Dr James Niven
Mark Gatiss	...	Ernest Dunks
Charlotte Riley	...	Peggy Lytton
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kate Ambler	...	Mrs. Houlston
John Branwell	...	Lord Mayor
Raffey Cassidy	...	Ellen
Kenneth Cranham	...	MJ O'Loughlin
John Draycott	...	Constable
Gerard Fletcher	...	Journalist
Paul Freeman	...	Sir Arthur Newsholme
Olwen May	...	Elsa Kershaw
Jack McMullen	...	Tommy
Ian Mercer	...	Stanford
Martin Oldfield	...	Superintendent
Sarah Parks	...	Matron

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 August 2009 (UK)

Also Known As:

Spanska sjukan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hardy Pictures, Hardy and Sons

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

brilliant and very moving

As usual Bill Paterson gives a wonderful, moving performance in this all too short a drama. One sometimes needs reminding how lucky we are these days when it comes to living standards and public health. It certainly showed in graphic detail the terrible, painful death suffered by people during the epidemic that raged between October 1918 and April 1919, and the fact that many victims were young men, returning from the horrors of World War 1, made it all the more poignant and tragic. In spite of the bleak subject matter, this is definitely an hour well spent and I thoroughly recommend it.

BBC4 should be applauded for showing such drama documentaries, and the fact there were no adverts to burst onto the screen at moments of particular emotion, thus spoiling the mood, made it so much better.