Hip operations? How gruesome, Shimrod! I think the programme in Canada was a fashion show, as I remember ladies in little two-pieces with pillbox hats. Funnily enough, I now find old black and white films artistic and atmospheric. The film The Elephant Man was shot in monochrome, and it certainly added to the feeling of being in the past. Do you remember 'Your Life in Their Hands'? I always enjoyed that!