Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (2009)

08/05/2009 (GB) • Drama, TV Movie • 1h

Overview

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen is a 2009 television drama. It deals with Dr James Niven's attempts to deal with the 1918 flu pandemic in Manchester. Its screenplay was written by Peter Harness and it starred Bill Paterson as Niven, along with Mark Gatiss, Kenneth Cranham and Charlotte Riley. It was first broadcast on BBC Four on 5 August 2009.

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (2009)

08/05/2009 (GB) • 1h

Drama, TV Movie

Overview

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen is a 2009 television drama. It deals with Dr James Niven's attempts to deal with the 1918 flu pandemic in Manchester. Its screenplay was written by Peter Harness and it starred Bill Paterson as Niven, along with Mark Gatiss, Kenneth Cranham and Charlotte Riley. It was first broadcast on BBC Four on 5 August 2009.

Top Billed Cast

Mark Gatiss

Ernest Dunks

Charlotte Riley

Peggy Lytton

Bill Paterson

Dr James Niven

Raffey Cassidy

Ellen

Paul Freeman

Sir Arthur Newsholme

Kenneth Cranham

MJ O'Loughlin

Ian Mercer

Stanford

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

medicine

public health

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