Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
MovieTitle | Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen |
User score | 7.3 |
Release date | Aug 5, 2009 |
Genre | Drama, TV Movie |
Director | Justin Hardy |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | Hardy Pictures, BBC |
Run time | 60 min. |
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.