The Quiet Hour
"The Quiet Hour" is a gripping, intimate drama set over the course of one relentless night shift in an NHS hospital, where overworked nurse Riya battles exhaustion, guilt, and the ghosts of past mistakes while caring for her patients. As she juggles a collapsing system, an understaffed ward, and a stream of emergencies—from dying patients to Fred, a combative amputee, and a medical error that nearly costs a life—her professional composure begins to fracture. Haunted by the memory of a young girl she couldn’t save and the growing distance from her teenage daughter, Riya’s night spirals into a raw reckoning with compassion, burnout, and the quiet heroism that holds the health service together.
Directed by Margo Roe · Written by Sarah Louise Madden
Cast
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Archie Panjabi Riya -
Paul Kaye Fred - Faaiz Mbelizi Benjamin
- Sarah Leatherbarrow Matron
- Geoffrey Leesley
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