BBC2 Playhouse Going Gently (Season 7, Episode 28)
TV Episode | 70 min | Drama

BBC2 Playhouse

Going Gently (Season 7, Episode 28)

TV Episode | 70 min | Drama

Two men in their 60s sharing a hospital room after their diagnoses of terminal cancer struggle with fear, physical pain, the difficulties of being in hospital, family members unable to cope, loneliness, and their unusual friendship.

Director

Stephen Frears

Writers

Thomas Ellice (script) | Robert C.S. Downs (novel)

Producer

Composer

Editor

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 5, 1981

Release date

Jun 5, 1981 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

13 wins & 8 nominations

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Norman Wisdom Bernard Flood Bernard Flood See fewer	A Stitch in Time (1963)
Judi Dench Sister Scarli Sister Scarli See fewer	Skyfall (2012)
Fulton Mackay Austin Miller Austin Miller See fewer	Local Hero (1983)
Stephanie Cole Gladys Flood Gladys Flood See fewer	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
Margaret Whiting Sister Marvin Sister Marvin See fewer	Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
Peter Attard George Flood George Flood See fewer	To Sir, with Love (1967)
Ray Hassett Priest Priest See fewer	Superman (1978)
Garry Cooper Orderly Orderly See fewer	Quadrophenia (1979)
Ivan Steward Orderly Orderly See fewer	Sweet William (1980)
Bill Dean Painter Painter See fewer	Gumshoe (1971)
John Mulcahy Painter Painter See fewer	Fords on Water (1983)
Ann Queensberry Iris Voluntary worker Iris Voluntary worker See fewer	City of Ember (2008)
Edward Lyon Surgeon Surgeon See fewer	Babel (I) (2006)
Christian Burgess Resident Resident See fewer	Gangs of New York (2002)
Robert Hickson Doctor Doctor See fewer	An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)