Florence Nightingale

The story

This is the fact-based story of an aristocratic woman who defies Victorian society to reform hospital sanitation and to define the nursing profession as it is known today. After volunteering to travel to Scutari to care for the wounded soldiers, who are victims of the Crimean war, she finds herself very unwelcome and faces great opposition for her new way of thinking. However through her selfless acts of caring, she quickly becomes known as 'The Lady with the Lamp', the caring nurse whose shadow soldiers kiss.

Cast & crew

Jaclyn SmithFlorence Nightingale

Claire BloomFanny Nightingale

Timothy DaltonRichard Milnes

Timothy WestWilliam Russell

Peter McEnerySidney Herbert

Stephan ChaseDr. Sutherland

Jeremy BrettWilliam Nightingale

Jeremy ChildDr. Hall

Brian CoxDr. McGregor

Lesley DunlopJoanne

Michael ElwynDr. Menzies

Julian FellowesCharles Bracebrige