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Do not fill this in! === Television === Portrayals of Nightingale on television, in documentary as in fiction, vary β the BBC's 2008 ''[[Florence Nightingale (2008 film)|Florence Nightingale]]'', featuring [[Laura Fraser]],<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/27/nightingale.shtml |title=BBC One presents Florence Nightingale |publisher=[[BBC One]] |date=27 February 2008 |access-date=19 October 2018 |archive-date=14 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714234255/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/2_february/27/nightingale.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> emphasised her independence and feeling of religious calling, but in Channel 4's 2006 ''[[Mary Seacole]]: The Real Angel of the Crimea'', she is portrayed as narrow-minded and opposed to Seacole's efforts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maryseacole.info/?Challenging_the_Misinformation:Misinformation_in_the_media:Television_and_Film |title=Mary Seacole Information β Television and Film |website=www.maryseacole.info |access-date=19 October 2018 |archive-date=20 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020053054/http://www.maryseacole.info/?Challenging_the_Misinformation:Misinformation_in_the_media:Television_and_Film |url-status=live }}</ref> Other portrayals include: * Laura Morgan in ''[[Victoria (UK TV series)|Victoria]]'' episode #3.4 "Foreign Bodies" (2018)<ref>{{cite episode |title="Foreign Bodies" |series=[[Victoria (UK TV series)|Victoria]] |network=PBS |date=3 February 2019 |season=3 |number=4}}</ref> * [[Kate Isitt]] in the ''[[Magic Grandad]]'' episode "Famous People: Florence Nightingale" (1994)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/Watch/Magic_Grandad/Famous_People |title=Famous People with Magic Grandad |website=BroadcastForSchools.co.uk |language=en |access-date=19 October 2018 |archive-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104040241/http://www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/Watch/Magic_Grandad/Famous_People |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Jaclyn Smith]] in the TV biopic ''Florence Nightingale'' (1985)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/38023/florence-nightingale-1985/|title=Florence Nightingale (1985)|access-date=25 May 2014|archive-date=25 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525233524/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/38023/florence-nightingale-1985/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Emma Thompson]] in the ITV sketch comedy series ''[[Alfresco (TV series)|Alfresco]]'' episode #1.2 (1983)<ref>{{cite book |title=Victoria, Queen of the Screen: From Silent Cinema to New Media |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |page=180}}</ref> * [[Jayne Meadows]] in PBS series ''[[Meeting of Minds]]'' (1978)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jaynemeadows.com/steveallen.html |title=Jayne Meadows |last=Allen |first=Steve |author-link=Steve Allen |website=www.jaynemeadows.com |access-date=19 October 2018 |archive-date=10 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110011916/http://www.jaynemeadows.com/steveallen.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Janet Suzman]] in the British theatre-style biopic ''Miss Nightingale'' (1974)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.simplymedia.tv/smymedia/miss-nightingale/ |title=Miss Nightingale |website=Simply Media |language=en-US |access-date=19 October 2018 |archive-date=20 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020011746/https://www.simplymedia.tv/smymedia/miss-nightingale/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Julie Harris (actress)|Julie Harris]] in ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' episode #14.4 "[[List of Hallmark Hall of Fame episodes|The Holy Terror]]" (1965)<ref>{{TCMDb title|id=469443 |title=The Holy Terror}}</ref> * [[Sarah Churchill (actress)|Sarah Churchill]] in ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' episode #1.6 "[[List of Hallmark Hall of Fame episodes|Florence Nightingale]]" (1952)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/long-beach-press-telegram-feb-10-1952-p-28/ |title=Tele-Tips β Today |work=[[Press-Telegram]] |date=10 February 1952 |via=NewspaperArchive.com |access-date=19 October 2018 |archive-date=20 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020011606/https://newspaperarchive.com/long-beach-press-telegram-feb-10-1952-p-28/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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