Microbes and Men
Dramatised stories of the founders of modern medicine. Until the 1840s, medicine had remained basically unchanged since the days of the ancient Greece. In the 60 years following it was transformed into a modern science.
Top cast
Frank Gillard
Narrator (voice)
Arthur Lowe
Louis Pasteur
Antonia Pemberton
Marie Pasteur
Charles Kay
Roux
James Grout
Robert Koch
Robert Arnold
Children's Doctor
Peter Wear
Officer (uncredited)
Michael Griffiths
Chamberland
John Normington
Grancher
Keith Drinkel
Loir
Milo O'Shea
Paul Erlich
Michael Gough
Sir Almroth Wright
Clifford Rose
Herxheimer
Seasons
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- September 18, 1974
- Last air date
- October 23, 1974
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 6
- Episode runtime
- 56m
- Network
- BBC Two
- Original language
- EN
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