James

The read

It runs a compact 15m.

Synopsis

Gloucestershire, England, 1796. A poor day labourer is offered work but must first let his son be used in a medical experiment. Based on the story of James Phipps, the eight-year-old boy used by Dr Edward Jenner to test the world's first smallpox vaccine.

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Key crew

• Claire OakleyDirector
• Felix LevinsonWriter

Cast

• Morgan WatkinsFather
• Jack HollingtonJames
• Anna KovalMother

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