Food for Ravens

TV Movie
1997
1h 30m

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The dying Aneurin "Nye" Bevan, the man pivotal in the creation of Britain's National Health Service, reflects on his life and career.The dying Aneurin "Nye" Bevan, the man pivotal in the creation of Britain's National Health Service, reflects on his life and career.The dying Aneurin "Nye" Bevan, the man pivotal in the creation of Britain's National Health Service, reflects on his life and career.

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9/10

Superbly paced poetry

This is a fantastically written and fantastically acted piece. From Trevor Griffiths, from Brian Cox and Sinead Cusack, as well as the supporting cast.

The range of the honesty, the beauty, and the pain.

The pacing is perfect, taking all the time it needs to honour both Nye Bevan and Jennie Lee as people, not only politicians.

The line 'oh god why did you make your world so beautiful and the life of man so short' resonates (though nowadays I guess we'd say 'humans' not just man). I'd thought it must be Dylan Thomas or someone ... no, Trevor Griffiths. And throughout, there's a strong, quiet poetry.