Censorship, medicine and men

Press, 1 September 1982, Page 18

Censorship, medicine and men

Professors at the Otago Medical School fear that proposed changes to the way hospital boards are funded will be the death knell for the Dunedin school. The Minister of Health. Mr Malcolm, refutes their claim that the Health Department is encouraging its demise. On “Close Up” (TVI, 8.30 tonight) Carole de Colville will talk to professors about the fate of New Zealand's oldest medical school.

Through the eyes of one group, “Close Up" will look at the newly-emerging men’s movement, men who want to break the stereotype of masculine strength, power and responsibility ( and learning to build close, non-sexual relationships with other men. Censors' cuts in “Brideshead Revisited" and “Voyage Round My Father” have been making headlines in New Zealand - and overseas as well - but most of the television censors’ cuts never make the headlines because we never know about them.

“Close Up” will look at television censorship in this country — and warns that some viewers may find some material offensive. Interviews will include TVNZ chiefs, the British playwright, John Mortimer, in London, and Miss Patricia Bartlett.