Breathtaking
- TV Series
- 2024
Drama series following a doctor looking after the most gravely unwell patients in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.Drama series following a doctor looking after the most gravely unwell patients in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.Drama series following a doctor looking after the most gravely unwell patients in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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- TriviaThis Docu-drama is based on the book 'Breathtaking: The story you haven't been told' by Rachel Clarke.
- Crazy creditsThis story is based on real experiences of National Health Service staff and patients during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The hospital and characters have been created for dramatic purposes.
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Breathtakingly good and surprisingly restrained
I'm binge watching this on ITVX -- the free streaming service associated with UK terrestrial broadcaster ITV. I just got to the end of the first episode and wanted to write an early review because the first episode was just so wonderful.
Joanne Froggatt provides a wonderfully restrained central performance. Despite not having the appropriate PPE -- because the central authorities have deemed it not essential -- she soldiers on.
The use of Boris Johnson -- the Prime Minister at the time -- is also restrained. It would have been easy to have included all his ignorant and ill-judged comments, but a few well-chosen clips are sufficient to damn him.
The only very minor niggle I have with this is that the font used for the onscreen text is very hard to read -- it's quite small and all uppercase.
Joanne Froggatt provides a wonderfully restrained central performance. Despite not having the appropriate PPE -- because the central authorities have deemed it not essential -- she soldiers on.
The use of Boris Johnson -- the Prime Minister at the time -- is also restrained. It would have been easy to have included all his ignorant and ill-judged comments, but a few well-chosen clips are sufficient to damn him.
The only very minor niggle I have with this is that the font used for the onscreen text is very hard to read -- it's quite small and all uppercase.
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- Feb 18, 2024
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- Visselblåsaren - en läkares kamp
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- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK(filming location)
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