Florence Nightingale was a 60-minute 2008 BBC One television drama on the early years of Florence Nightingale, from 1837 to the Royal Commission into the Crimean War. Nightingale was played by Laura Fraser, and her father by Michael Pennington. It was first broadcast on Sunday 1 June 2008.

Cast

• Laura Fraser as Florence Nightingale
• Michael Pennington as Wen, Florence's father
• Derek Hicks as Surviving Soldier
• Zoe Street Howe as Queen Victoria
• Andrew Harrison as Lord Palmerston
• Lorraine Cheshire as Watson, Nightingale maid
• Roy Hudd as Music Hall Barker
• Daryl Fishwick as Music Hall Florence
• Ben Stott as Music Hall Singer
• Sam Maurice, Paul Moorcroft, Richard Kelly, Harriet Web, and Kate Joseph as Music Hall Performers
• Robert Aram as Doctor
• Barbara Marten as Fanny, Florence's mother
• Catherine Tyldesley as Parthenope, Florence's elder sister
• Ian Bartholomew as Sidney Herbert
• Keith Clifford as the colonel
• Paul Opacic as Richard Monckton Milnes
• Chris Kerry, Cheryl Willday, Violet Foode, Wendy Patterson, and Debbie Rush as Nurse interviewees
• Olwen May as Mother Mary Clare
• John Axon as Orderly
• Jon Croft as Sir John Hall
• Tim Beasley as Fitzgerald
• Sam McKenzie as Dr Farr

Crew

• Writer and director - Norman Stone
• Producer - Roger Childs
• Consulting Producer - Kenneth Cavander
• Director of Photography - Michael Fox
• Editor - Colin Goudie
• Music - Jeremy Soule

Filming locations

• Lea hurst, Derbyshire
• Butterley Station, Ripley
• St John the Baptist Church, Tideswell
• Manchester Town Hall
• Croxteth Hall, St George's Hall, High Park Reservoir - Liverpool