Distributia
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Robert WinstonHimself - Narrator (voice)
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Juliet GardinerHerself - Social Historian
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Jessica MitfordHerself - Private Patient - Speaking in 1988 (archive footage)
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William FranklandHimself - Doctor, 1930s-40s
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Julie AndersonHerself - University of Kent (as Dr Julie Anderson)
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Jim MulliganHimself - Hospital Patient, 1930s-40s
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Peter HigginbothamHimself - Historian
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Wally BarnesHimself - Workhouse Infirmary Patient - Speaking in 1988 (archive footage)
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Bunty LewinHerself - Almoner - Speaking in 1983 (archive footage)
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Jonathan ReinarzHimself - University of Birmingham (as Dr Jonathan Reinarz)
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Danny SilverHimself - Voluntary Hospital Patient - Speaking in 1988 (archive footage)
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Martin GorskyHimself - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (as Dr Martin Gorsky)
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Mary AllanHerself - Sanatoria Patient, 1942 / Nurse, 1930s-40s
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Doris HoeflingHerself - Voluntary Hospital Patient - Speaking in 1988 (archive footage)
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Diccon PridieHimself - Son of Kenneth Pridie, Surgeon