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The Flu That Killed 50 Million

63% | Sep 25, 2018 | Documentary, History

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.

Featured Crew

Andrew Thompson
Producer
Richard Bright
Executive Producer

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Paul Birchard
William Welch
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Iain Davie
Ernest Gibson
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Jeremy Edwards
Basil Hood
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Kenny Fullwood
Alexander Jamieson

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