Intensive Care

Intensive Care

80 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 9, 1982

When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains consciousness. As he hates his job as a schoolteacher, and his home-life with his wife, her senile mother and their insolent teenage son, he has no qualms about lingering around the hospital. But as days turn into weeks, his father obstinately refuses to 'slip away', and Denis' motivation for staying by his father's bedside has more and more to do with Valery, a young nurse.

Intensive Care

80 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 9, 1982

Intensive Care
When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains consciousness. As he hates his job as a schoolteacher, and his home-life with his wife, her senile mother and their insolent teenage son, he has no qualms about lingering around the hospital. But as days turn into weeks, his father obstinately refuses to 'slip away', and Denis' motivation for staying by his father's bedside has more and more to do with Valery, a young nurse.
Producers BBC
Original title Intensive Care
Directors Gavin Millar
Writers Alan Bennett

Cast

Alan Bennett

as Denis Midgley

Thora Hird

as Aunty Kitty

Helen Fraser

as Joyce Midgley

Julie Walters

as Valery

David Major

as Colin Midgley

Elizabeth Spriggs

as Alice Duckworth

Frank Crompton

as Frank Midgley

Kirk Wild

as Denis as a Boy

Alison Lloyd

as Denis' Mother

Jeanne Doree

as Joyce's Mother

Derek Fowlds

as Hartley

Colin Douglas

as Uncle Ernest

Joan Sanderson

as Miss Tunstall

Jim Broadbent

as Mr Horsfall

Aubrey Morris

as Headmaster

Madge Hindle

as Jean

Jeremy Mosby

as Mark

Karen Tunstall

as Elizabeth

Lucita Lijertwood

as Mrs Azakwale

Shope Shodeinde

as Black Doctor

Peter Chelsom

as Very Young Doctor

Karen Petrie

as Heather - Day Nurse

Johnny Leeze

as Orderly

Brenda Hall

as Senior Nursing Officer

Alan Starkey

as Hospital Clerk

Alan Hulse

as Young Man on Telephone

Olive Pendleton

as Woman on Telephone

Frank Birch

as Fat Man

Ted Beyer

as Teacher

Pamela Quinn

as 1st Nurse

Trish Roberts

as 2nd Nurse