Intensive Care

The story

When 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.

Cast & crew

Alan BennettDenis Midgley

Thora HirdAunty Kitty

Helen FraserJoyce Midgley

Julie WaltersValery

David Major

David MajorColin Midgley

Elizabeth SpriggsAlice Duckworth

Frank Crompton

Frank CromptonFrank Midgley

Kirk Wild

Kirk WildDenis as a Boy

Alison Lloyd

Alison LloydDenis' Mother

Jeanne Doree

Jeanne DoreeJoyce's Mother

Derek FowldsHartley

Colin DouglasUncle Ernest