Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen is a 2009 television drama. It deals with Dr James Niven's attempts to deal with the 1918 flu pandemic in Manchester. Its screenplay was written by Peter Harness and it starred Bill Paterson as Niven, along with Mark Gatiss, Kenneth Cranham and Charlotte Riley. It was first broadcast on BBC Four on 5 August 2009.
Mark Gatiss
as Ernest Dunks
Charlotte Riley
as Peggy Lytton
Bill Paterson
as Dr James Niven
Raffey Cassidy
as Ellen
Paul Freeman
as Sir Arthur Newsholme
Kenneth Cranham
as MJ O'Loughlin
Ian Mercer
as Stanford
