Concerning Cancer The Enemy Within

Record ID: 126769
  • Title: Concerning Cancer The Enemy Within
  • Date: 28th February 1989
  • Summary: THE PROGRAMME'S AIM IS TO TRY TO HUMANISE THE EXPERIENCE OF CANCER - WITH OPEN DISCUSSION AND TRYS TO DRIVE AWAY THE FEAR. THERE WILL BE AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SURGEON AND SUFFERER. JOHN MORGAN, BROADCASTER AND JOURNALIST, HAS FOR SOME YEARS BEEN FIGHTING CANCER OF THE JAW. SINCE FILMING STARTED IN OCTOBER '87 HE HAS HAD 2 MAJOR OPERATIONS. JOHN MORGAN, WRITER AND PRESENTER, WILL TEST HIS OWN EXPERIENCE OF CANCER, SURGEONS AND FELLOW SUFFERERS AGAINSTTHE CONCRETE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF EXPERTS. AMONG ISSUES HE EXAMINES ARE THE EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE CHARACTER OF CANCER AND,IN THE TECHINCAL FIELD,THE ELEMENT OF CHANCE OBSERVATION IN RELATION TO RESEARCH. JOHN MORGAN WAS FOR MANY YRS A KEY REPORTER WITH 'PANORAMA' & 'THIS WEEK'. IN 1967 HE FOUNDED HTV WITH RICHARD BURTON AND STANLEY BAKER.
  • Description:A PROGRAMME WHICH LOOKS AT THE BATTLE AGAINST CANCER,ITS TREATMENT,ITS CURE AND THE CARE OF SUFFERERS.WRITTEN AND PRESENTED BY JOHN MORGAN PROPOSED ( 1 X 60')
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:TELIESYN LTD
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:28/02/1989
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1980s
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