The Flu That Killed 50 Million

The Flu That Killed 50 Million

Documentary · Special Interest

S1, E1: A terrifying virus. The world in panic. Scientists battling for a cure. Sounds like 2020 – but it’s 1918. This one-off special brings to life the onslaught of the Spanish flu that would kill three times more people than the Great War that preceded it. What lessons does this horrifying pandemic teach us? And could the deadly spread of coronavirus have been avoided if we had heeded them?

2018 · 48m

Information

Released
2018
Run Time
48 min
Rated
TV-14
Region of Origin
United Kingdom
© 2018 BBC

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (United Kingdom) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United Kingdom) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.