10/01/2011

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Duration: 29 minutes

With two-thirds of our GP care provided by out-of-hours services, Richard Adams investigates how life-threatening mistakes are being made by incompetent doctors hired to take care of us. Mark Forrest finds out why classical music is making a comeback in inner city schools. And the extraordinary story of an outrageous drag queen who's become a forces sweetheart.

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Mon 10 Jan 2011 19:30 BBC One only on HD, London

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Matthew Wright
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Andy Richards

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