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Reporting the world tonight
Michael Clayton and Peter Woods
with Martin Bell, Michael Blakey, Michael Sullivan, David Tindall, Richard Whitmore and the correspondents, at home and abroad, of BBC News
and Weather

Contributors

Newsreader:
Michael Clayton
Newsreader:
Peter Woods
Reporter:
Martin Bell
Reporter:
Michael Blakey
Reporter:
Michael Sullivan
Reporter:
David Tindall
Reporter:
Richard Whitmore

Seriously injured in an accident, Victoria needs an urgent operation to save her life. With time running out, Big John is forced to appeal for help to a former prison-camp doctor who is accused of deliberately causing the deaths of many patients.

Contributors

Big John:
Leif Erickson
Buck:
Cameron Mitchell
Billy Blue:
Mark Slade
Manblito:
Henry Darrow
Victoria:
Linda Cristal
Mathew Kendel:
John Colicos
Tad Garnet:
Morgan Woodward

This week's programme in the series on Man and Science Today.

In a criminal trial Counsel cross-examines the witness to test his evidence and the jury decides by common sense whether the evidence is true. But when the witness is a scientist and his evidence technical, can the jury form a first-hand judgment? Must it take the word of the man with the biggest name?
Bernard Spilsbury, the forensic pathologist, became well known to the public when he gave evidence in the trial of Dr Crippen. After being knighted he was the key witness in a succession of famous murder trials, trials in which his reputation sometimes seemed to weigh more heavily than the evidence he gave.
[Starring] Jack Watson as Bernard Spilsbury, Cyril Luckham as the Judge

Contributors

Trial transcripts adapted by:
Rosemary Anne Sisson
Editor:
Peter Goodchild
Producer:
Christopher La Fontaine
Bernard Spilsbury:
Jack Watson
The Judge:
Cyril Luckham
Prosecuting Counsel:
Hamilton Dyce
Defending Counsel:
Norman Mitchell
Mr Pepper/Prof Sydney Smith/Prof Taylor/Lord Chief Justice:
Tenniel Evans
Dr Barwell/Dr Bronte:
Patrick McAlinney
Norman Thorne/Dr Julius:
Anthony Sagar
Foreman of the Jury/Herbert Armstrong:
Edwin Finn
Narrator:
Christopher Chataway

Written by James Thurber, William Saroyan and Ogden Nash.
Tom Ewell presents a selection of American humour
with Georgia Brown and Lionel Murton.

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
James Thurber
Writer:
William Saroyan
Writer:
Ogden Nash
Musical Arranger/Conductor:
Dennis Wilson
Sound:
Alan Edmonds
Lighting:
Nigel Wright
Graphics:
Dick Bailey
Designer:
Chris Thompson
Director:
Roger Ordish
Producer:
James Gilbert
Comedian:
Tom Ewell
[Actress]:
Georgia Brown
[Actor]:
Lionel Murton

A group of doctors is holding a conversation at the foot of your hospital bed - they're talking about you and you can't hear what they are saying. Should this happen?
Your doctor gives you some pills but he doesn't tell you what they are or even what's wrong with you. Should he?
The doctor seems busy and impatient - so you don't tell him your real worry. Who is in the wrong?
In tonight's programme, family doctors and specialists discuss these problems and how they affect the doctor as well as the patient.

Contributors

Director:
Mick Jackson
Producer:
Ian Curtis

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

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