IN COLD BLOOD
BROADCASTER / STREAMER: ITV, AMAZON PRIME (US) 2020
CREDIT: Filmed, Produced and Directed by
PRODUCTION COMPANY: DARLOW SMITHSON
SYNOPSIS
This Emmy Award winning 90-minute feature-length documentary directed by Marcus Plowright, examines the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history, a tragedy which killed more people than Grenfell, Hillsborough, 7/7 and the Birmingham bombings combined. Yet its scale and impact has until now been relatively understated in Britain.
With access to hundreds of previously unexamined documents from inside the government, In Cold Blood explores the full story behind the scandal, and investigates claims that warnings were systematically ignored and subsequently covered up. In the wake of Covid-19, this landmark film tells some shocking truths about our Health Service’s past - at a time when, perhaps more than ever, we are looking for it to function properly.
A 1 x 90 minute Darlow Smithson Production for ITV. Filmed, Directed, Produced and edited by Marcus Plowright
“There’s a special terror in the thought that the blood you are injecting as a cure might contain an even worse illness.” ★★★★★
— Ed Cumming, The Independent
GALLERY
“It was impossible to watch without feeling a cold fury.” ★★★★
— Anita Singh, The Telegraph
“its success could be measured by how much anger it induced in the viewer. I’ve seen few documentaries that have made me angrier.” ★★★★
- JAMES JACKSON, THE TIMES
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