The Flu That Killed 50 Million

The Flu That Killed 50 Million (2018)

6.1 48 min Movie
DocumentaryHistory

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.

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Cast

Christopher Eccleston Christopher Eccleston Narrator
Paul Birchard Paul Birchard William Welch
Iain Davie Iain Davie Ernest Gibson
Jeremy Edwards Jeremy Edwards Basil Hood
Kenny Fullwood Kenny Fullwood Alexander Jamieson
Amy Kennedy Amy Kennedy Katherine Garvin
Hannah Macphail Hannah Macphail Ada Berry
Isabel McClelland Isabel McClelland Mary Dobson
Brian Pettifer Brian Pettifer Victor Vaughan
Allan Tall Allan Tall James Niven
Anita Vettesse Anita Vettesse Catherine MacFie
Finlay Welsh Finlay Welsh Arthur Newsholme

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