Glory Enough for All

Glory Enough for All
Movie poster
GenreDrama
Written byGrahame Woods
Directed byEric Till
StarringR. H. Thomson
Robert Wisden
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes2
Production
Executive producersW. Patterson Ferns, Joseph Green, David Elstein
ProducerGordon Hinch
Production companiesGemstone Productions, Primedia Productions
Original release
NetworkCBC
Release28 June 1988 (1988-06-28)
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Glory Enough for All is a 1988 Canadian television movie directed by Eric Till and written by Grahame Woods, depicting the discovery and isolation of insulin by Frederick Banting and Charles Best. It was the winner of nine 1989 Gemini Awards. The film stars R. H. Thomson as Banting, and Robert Wisden as Best. It is based on the books The Discovery of Insulin and Banting: A Biography by historian Michael Bliss.[1]

It was aired in November 1989 in the United States in two parts as part of the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre and introduced by Alistair Cooke.[2]

  1. ^ Higby, Gregory (1997). The Inside Story of Medicines: A Symposium. Vol. 16. American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. pp. 1–304. ISBN 0-931292-32-8. PMID 11619886. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  2. ^ PBS Archive entry for Glory Enough For All