Britannia Hospital

May 27, 1982

1h 56m

★ 6.3

Will they ever recover...?

Overview

Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.

Genres

Comedy

Science Fiction

Production Companies

EMI Films

Britannia Hospital Trailers

Cast

Professor Millar

Graham Crowden

Vincent Potter

Leonard Rossiter

Mick Travis

Malcolm McDowell

Phyllis Grimshaw

Joan Plowright

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Mark Hamill

Dr. MacMillan

Jill Bennett

Biles

Brian Pettifer

Greville Figg

John Moffatt

Chief Superintendant Johns

Fulton Mackay

Ben Keating

Robin Askwith

Miss Tinker

Barbara Hicks

Sir Geoffrey

Peter Jeffrey

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