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The disease detectives investigate Britain’s only memorial to the Spanish flu pandemic, which leads them to the diary of flu fighter Dr. Basil Hood - offering a rare insight into the experiences of the brave medics who served on the frontline of the 1918 influenza pandemic.
Presented by Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum and Hannah Mawdsley @HannahMawdsley
With:
Professor John Oxford, Blizzard Institute, Queen Mary College, London. Scientific Director, Oxford Media Medicine www.oxfordmediamedicine.co
You can visit the ‘Influenza Pandemic Window – Heroes and Heroines of 1918-19’ in the medical library of the Royal London Hospital. https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/thehistorian/2017/10/06/through-a-glass-brightly-whitechapels-pandemic-window/
Dr. Basil Hood’s diary can be viewed by appointment at the Wellcome Collection. www.wellcomecollection.org
‘Spanish Flu: Nursing During History’s Deadliest Pandemic’ is running from 21st September 2018 – 16th June 2019 at The Florence Nightingale Museum, London www.florence-nightingale.co.uk
The series is produced by Melissa FitzGerald @Melissafitzg
Cover art by Patrick Blower www.blowercartoons.com
Dr. Basil Hood voiced by Will Huggins https://voiceovers.mandy.com/uk/voice-artist/profile/will-huggins-1
‘Going Viral’ is supported by Wellcome www.wellcome.ac.uk / @wellcometrust
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The disease detectives investigate the global ramifications of the Spanish flu pandemic and discover places far removed from the European theatre of war, where the Spanish flu has left its trace.
Presented by Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum and Hannah Mawdsley @HannahMawdsley
With:
Shobana Jeyasingh, Choreographer. @SJeyasinghDance
‘Contagion’ is touring in 2018, for more information go to: www.shobanajeyasingh.co.uk
Laura Spinney, Novelist, science journalist and author of ‘Pale Rider, The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World’. www.lauraspinney.com / @lfspinney
Professor John Oxford, Blizzard Institute, Queen Mary College, London. Scientific Director, Oxford Media Medicine www.oxfordmediamedicine.co
Dr. Anthea Hyslop, retired academic historian, Australian National University
Dr. Peter Hobbins, Department of History, The University of Sydney. www.sydney.edu.au/arts/history/staff/profiles/peter.hobbins.php, @history2wheeler
The series is produced by Melissa FitzGerald @Melissafitzg
Cover art by Patrick Blower. www.blowercartoons.com
Readings by: Will Huggins https://voiceovers.mandy.com/uk/voice-artist/profile/will-huggins-1; Sian Kelly and Susheel Kumar www.susheelkumar.net
‘Going Viral’ is supported by Wellcome www.wellcome.ac.uk / @wellcometrust
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