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The Third Age

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A guide to breaking down age barriers, this ten-part documentary series offers suggestions on life, love and leisure for the retired, and those thinking about retirement. Among the third-agers - people between the ages of 50 and 74 - who will appear in the series are 67-year-old jazz musician George Melly , and Buster Merryfield , Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses, who turned to acting at the ageof57.The programme ispartoftheBBC's contribution to European Year of Older People.
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Contributors

Musician:
George Melly
Musician:
Buster Merryfield
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