Intensive Care 41 years old

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.

Credits

Jim Broadbent as Mr Horsfall

Julie Walters as Valery

Alan Bennett as Denis Midgley

Aubrey Morris as Headmaster

Thora Hird as Aunty Kitty

Derek Fowlds as Hartley

Intensive Care Cast

Name	Character
Jim Broadbent He was 33, now 74 years old	as Mr Horsfall
Julie Walters She was 32, now 74 years old	as Valery
Alan Bennett He was 48, now 89 years old	as Denis Midgley
Aubrey Morris He was 56, 89 years old when he died	as Headmaster
Thora Hird She was 71, 91 years old when she died	as Aunty Kitty
Derek Fowlds He was 45, 82 years old when he died	as Hartley
Peter Chelsom He was 26, now 68 years old	as Very Young Doctor
Madge Hindle She was 44, now 85 years old	as Jean
Helen Fraser She was 40, now 81 years old	as Joyce Midgley

Intensive Care Crew

Name	Department
Alan Bennett as Writer. He was 48 (now 89) years old	Writing
Gavin Millar as Director. He was 44 (now 86) years old	Directing

Intensive Care (41 years)

Release day: Tuesday, November 09, 1982
Runtime: 80 minutes