Intensive Care
1982When 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.
Acted in
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