Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

August. 05,2009      
Rating:
7.2
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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.

Mark Gatiss as  Ernest Dunks
Charlotte Riley as  Peggy Lytton
Bill Paterson as  Dr James Niven
Raffey Cassidy as  Ellen
Paul Freeman as  Sir Arthur Newsholme
Kenneth Cranham as  MJ O'Loughlin
Ian Mercer as  Stanford

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Reviews

Tedfoldol
2009/08/05

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

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Stellead
2009/08/06

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

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Ginger
2009/08/07

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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Haven Kaycee
2009/08/08

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

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