The Guinea Pig Club
Award-winning film about a painfully exclusive club: to join you had to be a Second World War pilot who was badly injured during battle and had undergone reconstructive surgery. President of the club was pioneering plastic surgeon Archibald Mclndoe who rebuilt the hands and faces of the pilots to give them the chance of a normal life. This powerful documentary tells the club's human stories as well as how Mclndoe helped shape modern plastic surgery practices. http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3459a99b56af440eaf4e0f2f9c0efd3d
Documentary Series
Primary Title
- The Guinea Pig Club
Date Broadcast
- Monday 31 January 2005
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- Documentary Series
Episode Description
- Award-winning film about a painfully exclusive club: to join you had to be a Second World War pilot who was badly injured during battle and had undergone reconstructive surgery. President of the club was pioneering plastic surgeon Archibald Mclndoe who rebuilt the hands and faces of the pilots to give them the chance of a normal life. This powerful documentary tells the club's human stories as well as how Mclndoe helped shape modern plastic surgery practices. http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3459a99b56af440eaf4e0f2f9c0efd3d
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Documentary
- Medical
Hosts
- Geraldine James (Narrator)
Contributors
- Tamara Bodenham (Producer)
- Anne Laking (Executive Producer)
- BBC (Production Unit)