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Entertaining drama about the birth of the Paralympics in 1948. The remarkable Dr Guttmann comes to Stoke Mandeville Hospital and begins to tranform the lives of his patients.
Entertaining drama about the birth of the Paralympics in 1948. The remarkable Dr Guttmann comes to Stoke Mandeville Hospital and begins to tranform the lives of his patients. They are paralysed soldiers, written off and facing death from neglect. Their big breakthrough comes when Guttmann introduces sport into their rehabilitation.
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Fri 7 Mar 2014
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Winning the battle of the buttock
Duration: 03:35
Screenwriter Lucy Gannon on the Writersroom blog
"Guttmann himself won me over. The character is so rich that any writer would walk over coals to write about him."
Learn more about Ludwig Guttman
Discover more about the founder of the paralympic games, Dr Ludwig Guttman.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Tim Whitby |
| Producer | Harriet Davison |
| Dr Ludwig Guttmann | Eddie Marsan |
| Private William Heath | George MacKay |
| Cpl Wynne Bowen | Rob Brydon |
| Sister Edwards | Niamh Cusack |
| Dr Cowan | Richard McCabe |
| General Blake | Nicholas Jones |
| Sgt "Q" Hills | Tristan Sturrock |
| Mr Heath | Nigel Lindsay |
| Mrs Heath | Rachael Spence |
| Nurse Carr | Leigh Quinn |
| Else Guttmann | Tracy-Ann Oberman |
| Neil | Ben Owen Jones |
| Jeremy | David Proud |
| Shirley Bowen | Mali Harries |
| Dr Greene, Houseman | Stephen McGonigle |
| Paul | Edmund Digby Jones |
主播大秀 TV blog: Acting in a Paralympic drama
鈥淥f all the things I have worked on I am most proud of this."