Intensive Care

The story

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.

Cast

A Alan BennettDenis Midgley T Thora HirdAunty Kitty H Helen FraserJoyce Midgley J Julie WaltersValery D David MajorColin Midgley E Elizabeth SpriggsAlice Duckworth F Frank CromptonFrank Midgley K Kirk WildDenis as a Boy A Alison LloydDenis' Mother J Jeanne DoreeJoyce's Mother D Derek FowldsHartley C Colin DouglasUncle Ernest

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J Joan SandersonMiss Tunstall J Jim BroadbentMr Horsfall A Aubrey MorrisHeadmaster M Madge HindleJean J Jeremy MosbyMark K Karen TunstallElizabeth L Lucita LijertwoodMrs Azakwale S Shope ShodeindeBlack Doctor P Peter ChelsomVery Young Doctor K Karen PetrieHeather - Day Nurse J Johnny LeezeOrderly B Brenda HallSenior Nursing Officer A Alan StarkeyHospital Clerk A Alan HulseYoung Man on Telephone O Olive PendletonWoman on Telephone F Frank BirchFat Man T Ted BeyerTeacher P Pamela Quinn1st Nurse T Trish Roberts2nd Nurse