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Status
Released
Release
1982
Runtime
1h 56m
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"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.
65 Cast Members
Graham Crowden
Professor Millar
Leonard Rossiter
Vincent Potter
Malcolm McDowell
Mick Travis
Joan Plowright
Phyllis Grimshaw
Mark Hamill
Red: The Media
Jill Bennett
Dr. MacMillan
Brian Pettifer
Biles
John Moffatt
Greville Figg
Fulton Mackay
Chief Superintendant Johns
Robin Askwith
Ben Keating
Barbara Hicks
Miss Tinker
Peter Jeffrey
Sir Geoffrey
Catherine Willmer
Dr. Houston
Dave Atkins
Sharkey
John Bett
Lady Felicity
Marcus Powell
Sir Anthony Mount
Richard Griffiths
Cheerful Bernie
Liz Smith
Maisie
Robbie Coltrane
Picket
Alan Bates
Macready
