The Best of Men

[maggiebee]

Just had an e-mail about this programme which is showing on BBC2 on Thursday 16th August at 9 pm. Here's a wee bit of the blurb:-

Starring Eddie Marsan and Rob Brydon and written by Lucy Gannon, The Best Of Men is the remarkable and uplifting true story of the birth of the Paralympic Games and its visionary creator Dr Ludwig Guttmann.

In 1944 a talented neurologist called Guttmann arrived at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and against the odds transformed its Spinal Injuries Unit into a place of miracles, hope and determination.

Eddie Marsan plays Dr Guttmann, an inspirational doctor who transforms the lives of his patients and staff. Rejecting the general view that paralysis was a terminal condition, Guttmann threw out the old care regime and brought in a new philosophy - to get all his patients to live full and useful lives. Sport was his big idea and he used it to help build physical strength as well as self-respect.

[quizzywig]

I spotted in the the tv mag and have marked it down for recording. I thought it looked very interesting.