
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.

as Denis Midgley

as Aunty Kitty

as Joyce Midgley

as Valery

as Colin Midgley

as Alice Duckworth

as Frank Midgley

as Denis as a Boy

as Denis' Mother

as Joyce's Mother

as Hartley

as Uncle Ernest

as Miss Tunstall

as Mr Horsfall

as Headmaster

as Jean

as Mark

as Elizabeth

as Mrs Azakwale

as Black Doctor

as Very Young Doctor

as Heather - Day Nurse

as Orderly

as Senior Nursing Officer

as Hospital Clerk

as Young Man on Telephone

as Woman on Telephone

as Fat Man

as Teacher

as 1st Nurse

as 2nd Nurse