The Flu That Killed 50 Million

Synopsis

It is 1918 and the end of WWI. Millions have died, and the world is exhausted by war. But soon a new horror is sweeping the world, a terrifying virus that will kill more than fifty million people - the Spanish flu. Using dramatic reconstruction and eyewitness testimony from doctors, soldiers, civilians and politicians, this one-off special brings to life the onslaught of the disease, the horrors of those who lived through it and the efforts of the pioneering scientists desperately looking for the cure. Narrated by Christopher Eccleston, the film also asks whether, a century later, the lessons learnt in 1918 might help us fight a future global flu pandemic.

Main Cast

Christopher Eccleston

Narrator

Age : 60 | Popularity : 21%

Paul Birchard

William Welch

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Iain Davie

Ernest Gibson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jeremy Edwards

Basil Hood

Age : 53 | Popularity : 4%

Kenny Fullwood

Alexander Jamieson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Amy Kennedy

Katherine Garvin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Hannah Macphail

Ada Berry

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Isabel McClelland

Mary Dobson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Andrew Thompson
	Executive Producer	Richard Bright
Writing	Writer	Abigail Carr
Directing	Director	Andrew Thompson
Department	Role	Name

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