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Introduced by Meryl O'Keefe and Michael Reinhold

Tonight's programme includes:
Unnecessary Operations
'Doctors have already got everybody's tonsils, so now they're going after the uterus.' This is one critic's view of current surgery in the United States. In Britain many tonsillectomy operations may be unnecessary, particularly those carried out privately. What pressures cause unnecessary surgery?

Contributors

Presenter:
Meryl O'Keefe
Presenter:
Michael Reinhold
Director:
Alan Dobson
Director:
Alan Hayling
Producer:
Karl Sabbagh

Some of the best of this Western film series.

Blue meets some unusual characters and finds himself the victim of dangerous circumstances as a result.
[Repeat]

Contributors

Big John:
Leif Erickson
Buck:
Cameron Mitchell
Billy Blue:
Mark Slade
Victoria:
Linda Cristal
Manolito:
Henry Darrow
Doc Henry:
Jack Kelly
Jacques Dubois:
Richard Angarola
Kid Curry:
John Davis Chandler

A musical quiz
Joseph Cooper as question-master invites you to match your musical wits against Joyce Grenfell, Bernard Levin, Robin Ray

Contributors

Question-master:
Joseph Cooper
Panellist:
Joyce Grenfell
Panellist:
Bernard Levin
Panellist:
Robin Ray
Guest musician:
Dame Eva Turner
Director:
Denis Moriarty
Producer:
Walter Todds

starring Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker
Special guests Georgie Fame and Alan Price
with Lynsey de Paul, Jerold Wells, Tony Adams, Marcia Fox, Stephen Ismay, Diane Keen, John Owens, Joyce Windsor

and Sue Lloyd as Blanche
The Fred Tomlinson Singers
The Ladybirds

(First shown on BBC1)
(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Dick Clement
Writer:
Ian La Frenais
Writer:
Barry Cryer
Writer:
David McKellar
Writer:
Spike Mullins
Writer:
David Nobbs
Writer:
Peter Vincent
Writer:
Dick Vosburgh
Writer:
Gerald Wiley
Arrangements/Music Director:
Ronnie Hazlehurst
Special staging:
Denys Palmer
Comedian:
Ronnie Corbett
Comedian:
Ronnie Barker
Singer/Musician:
Georgie Fame
Singer/Musician:
Alan Price
Singer:
Lynsey de Paul
[Actor]:
Jerold Wells
[Actor]:
Tony Adams
[Actress]:
Marcia Fox
[Actor]:
Stephen Ismay
[Actress]:
Diane Keen
[Actor]:
John Owens
[Actress]:
Joyce Windsor
Blanche:
Sue Lloyd
Singers:
The Fred Tomlinson Singers
Singers:
The Ladybirds

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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