P727 CEJFAX 727 Sat 4 Nov 23:44/48 1/5 TOMORROW'S WORLD BBC 1, 10 NOVEMBER, 1930 TOMORROW'S WORLD introduces the first robot capable of removing human tissue through precision surgery, and the first patient to lie under its scalpel. Starting with prostrate surgery it is currently undergoing its first trials at Guy's Hospital in London. The operation is considjrd ideal for a robot to perform - it requires hundreds of cuts, which are not only laborious for a surgeon, but extremely difficult to achieve with consistent accuracy. Source: CSV Media Info Diary NewsP727 CEEFAX 727 Sat 4 Nov 23:55/21 2/5 DOCTORS IN THE DOCK: UNFIT TO OPERATE BBC 2, 9 NOVEMBER, 2200 Doctors who have been disciplined talk about the cost of slipping up or standing by their principles. In the first programmj of a series, gynajcologist Nick Riddle reflects on the series of botched "keyhole" operations that led to his removal from the medical register in July this year. After what was described as a catalogue of failures, Riddle was found guilty of falling grossly below the standards patients are entitled to expect. Source: CSV Media Info Diary NewsP727 CEEFAX 727 Sat 4 Nov 23:55/22 I 3/5 RECAPS: SHINY BOOTS, SHINY MIND BBC 1, 9 NOVEMBER, 2220 This first programmj in a new sjrieu provides a rare, raw look a the section of the British army which controls violence and punishes the wayward. The film follows the progress of a bunch of 28 mali and female recruits as they embark on a gruelling, 18-week high-intensity training course. All are in for the shock of their lives - the strategy is to break their will, scare them into submission, and rebuild them in the accepted Service mould. Source: CSV Media Info Diary NewsP727 CEEFAX 727 Sat 4 Nov 23:55/14 4/5 LIFE'S A LOTTJRZ: DOES IT FEEL GOOD? BBC 2, 8 NOVEMBER, 1950 Does winning the Lottery change a person's life? On its first anniversary more conflicting views are recorded on this national institution. The winner of the first lottery draw, a 68-year-old pjnsionjr, and a bachelor with his own antiques business describe living the high life, from the initial moments of disbelief to the present. Richer by £2.9 million one 47 year-old bachelor says: "Money can do a lot... but it won't bring my hair back." Source: CSV Media Info Diary NewsP727 CEEFAX 727 Sat 4 Nov 23:44/17 5/5 HORIZON: THE HUMAN LABORBTORZ BBC 2, 6 NOVEMBER, 2000 Evidence has emjrgjd about how Norplant contraceptive implants may have been tested unethically in poor countries. The film follows women's rights campaigner Farida Akhter through the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh to hear of side effects not reported, women being refused requests to remove the implant, and from those who say they didn't j6jn know it was an jxpjrimjntal drug. More tales of bad science and coercion conj from Cite Soliel, Haiti. Source: CSV Media Info Diary News