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Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

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. Show more

Contributors

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
Mortician:
Will Tacey
Journalist:
Gerard Fletcher
Superintendent:
Martin Oldfield
Constable:
John Draycott
Producer:
Susan Horth
Director:
Justin Hardy

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