Bedlam - The History of Bethlem Hospital

It's been All Quiet on the West End Front for a while, but happily, I've recently been working on a very interesting drama-documentary project, on the history of Bethlem Hospital in London, directed for The History Channel by Joe Matthews. The transmission dates for the programme will be sometime in early 2010 apparently, in the meantime however, there is a trailer which can be seen via the Internet Links section.



I played Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, who was at the time, Home Secretary. Above is a portrait of the Earl. Despite the nature of the piece, it was great fun to do and I enjoyed working with everyone involved. We filmed the parliamentary sections at Suttons Hospital, Charterhouse.

I understand that there'll be an opportunity for us all to get together and see the final edit of the programme in a few months time, which I'm looking forward to very much.