
116 minutes
5/27/1982
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.

Graham Crowden
as Professor Millar

Leonard Rossiter
as Vincent Potter

Malcolm McDowell
as Mick Travis

Joan Plowright
as Phyllis Grimshaw

Mark Hamill
as Red: The Media

Jill Bennett
as Dr. MacMillan

Brian Pettifer
as Biles
John Moffatt
as Greville Figg

Fulton Mackay
as Chief Superintendant Johns

Robin Askwith
as Ben Keating

Barbara Hicks
as Miss Tinker

Peter Jeffrey
as Sir Geoffrey

Catherine Willmer
as Dr. Houston
Dave Atkins
as Sharkey

John Bett
as Lady Felicity
Marcus Powell
as Sir Anthony Mount

Richard Griffiths
as Cheerful Bernie

Liz Smith
as Maisie

Robbie Coltrane
as Picket

Alan Bates
as Macready
Mary MacLeod
as Casualty Sister
Gladys Crosbie
as H. R. H.

Marsha Hunt
as Nurse Amanda Persil

Vivian Pickles
as Matron

Pauline Melville
as Clarissa

Ram John Holder
as Radical
Rufus Collins
as Odingu: The Radicals

Frank Grimes
as Sammy / Voice of Genesis: The Media
Peter Machin
as Peter Mancini: The Media
Jim Findley
as Aide: The Radicals

Kevin Lloyd
as Picket: The Radicals

Robert Pugh
as Picket: The Radicals

Dandy Nichols
as Florrie: The Workers
Glenn Williams
as Whooley: The Workers

Brian Glover
as Painter: The Workers

Mike Grady
as Painter: The Workers

Tony Haygarth
as Fraser: The Workers
Jagdish Kumar
as Sen: The Workers
Patrick Durkin
as Blodgett: The Workers

Paddy Joyce
as Feeney: The Workers

Dave Hill
as Jeff
Charmian May
as Miss Diamond

Valentine Dyall
as Mr Rochester

Roland Culver
as General Wetherby

Betty Marsden
as Hermione
Adele Strong
as Old Lady
Val Pringle
as President Ngami

Robert Lee
as Mr. Banzai

Errol Shaker
as Captain Mbwami
Alan Penn
as Padre

Robin Davies
as Adrian

John Gordon Sinclair
as Gregory
Bob Hornery
as BBC Cameraman

David Daker
as Guest Patient

Arthur Lowe
as Guest Patient

T. P. McKenna
as Theatre Surgeon

Michael Medwin
as Theatre Surgeon

Edward Hibbert
as Theatre Surgeon
Peter Holmes
as Theatre Surgeon

Salmaan Peerzada
as Theatre Surgeon

Barbara Flynn
as Private Nurse

Maggie Ollerenshaw
as Miss Rowntree

Elizabeth Bennett
as Nurse / Demonstrator

Patsy Byrne
as Nurse

James A. Stephens
as Demonstrator