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Florence Nightingale

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 5 months

Drama about the life of Florence Nightingale, based largely on her own words, which tells the true and unexpected story behind the birth-mother of modern nursing. Show more

Contributors

Florence Nightingale:
Laura Fraser
Music Hall barker:
Roy Hudd
Palmerston:
Andrew Harrison
Sir Sydney Herbert:
Ian Bartholomew
Mother Mary Clare:
Olwen May
Richard Monckton-Milnes:
Paul Opacic
The Colonel:
Keith Clifford
Fitzgerald:
Tim Beasley
Director:
Norman Stone

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