As millions of soldiers return home from the First World War, a new disease begins to sweep through Britain. Focusing on an outbreak in Manchester, its Medical Officer of Health James Niven struggles to combat the pandemic as the public, for various reasons, fail to take action.
Cast
Bill Paterson as Dr James Niven
Mark Gatiss as Ernest Dunks
Charlotte Riley as Peggy Lytton
Kenneth Cranham as MJ O'Loughlin
Reception
The series was broadcast around the time of the 2009 swine flu pandemic, which several reviews noted the timeliness of.[3][4] Tim Teeman of The Times called it 'brilliantly acted and written'.[5]
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