Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 5, 2009

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

73%

Original Title

Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

Production Companies

Hardy Pictures, BBC

Director

Justin Hardy

Description

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.