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Dramatised stories of the founders of modern medicine. Until the 1840s, medicine had remained basically unchanged since the days of the ancient Greece. In the 60 years following it was transformed into a modern science.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 87GoodWatch 74
IMDb8.7
Time to watch it all
5 h 36 min
6 episodes, about 56 min each
An episode a night: done in 6 nights.
First aired
1974
September 18, 1974
Ended 1974
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
ItalianMade in
United Kingdom
and 8 more13 people
- Frank GillardNarrator (voice)6 episodes
- Arthur LoweLouis Pasteur3 episodes
- Antonia PembertonMarie Pasteur2 episodes
- Charles KayRoux2 episodes
- James GroutRobert Koch2 episodes
- RARobert ArnoldChildren's Doctor2 episodes
- Peter WearOfficer (uncredited)1 episode
- MGMichael GriffithsChamberland1 episode
- John NormingtonGrancher1 episode
- Keith DrinkelLoir1 episode
Milo O'SheaPaul Erlich1 episode
Michael GoughSir Almroth Wright1 episode
Clifford RoseHerxheimer1 episode
Directing · 4
- Simon Langton Director
- Peter Jones Director
- John Glenister Director
- Denis Postle Director
Writing · 3
- Martin Worth Writer
- Bruce Norman Writer
- John Wiles Writer
Production · 1
- Peter Goodchild Producer, Creator
Editing · 1
- Terry M. Pickford Editor
Sound · 1
- Dudley Simpson Original Music Composer
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