Will they ever recover...?
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.
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Relentless, comic, plot-driven and prestige.
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Graham CrowdenProfessor Millar
- Leonard RossiterVincent Potter
- Malcolm McDowellMick Travis
- Joan PlowrightPhyllis Grimshaw
- Mark HamillRed: The Media
- Jill BennettDr. MacMillan
- Brian PettiferBiles
- John MoffattGreville Figg
- Fulton MackayChief Superintendant Johns
- Robin AskwithBen Keating
Crew
- Lindsay AndersonDirector
- David SherwinWriter
- Mike FashDirector of Photography
- Alan PriceOriginal Music Composer
- Michael EllisEditor
- Davina BellingProducer
- Clive ParsonsProducer
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