Editing Jonathan Miller (section)

===1970s: Medical history and opera===
Miller held a research fellowship in the [[history of medicine]] at [[University College London]] from 1970 to 1973. In 1974, he also started directing and producing operas for [[Kent Opera]] and [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne]], followed by a new production of ''The Marriage of Figaro'' for [[English National Opera]] in 1978. Miller's other turns as an opera director included productions of ''[[Rigoletto]]'' (in 1975 and 1982) and the [[operetta]] ''[[The Mikado]]'' (in 1987).

Miller drew upon his own experiences as a physician, writer and presenter of the BBC television series ''[[The Body in Question]]'' (1978).<ref>Closing Credits</ref> The series was nominated for two 1979 [[BAFTA]]s: Best Factual Television Series and Most Original Programme/Series and caused some controversy for showing the dissection of a cadaver. For a time, he was a vice-president of the [[Campaign for Homosexual Equality]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Allan Horsfall and Ray Gosling |title=History of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality |url=http://www.gaymonitor.co.uk/chehistory2.htm |work=Gay Monitor |date=14 March 2006 |access-date=2 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207104030/http://www.gaymonitor.co.uk/chehistory2.htm |archive-date=7 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 1971, he defended multiracial immigration to the UK at length with [[Enoch Powell]] on ''[[The Dick Cavett Show]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEPtyb9OHP8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/MEPtyb9OHP8| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Enoch Powell & Jonathan Miller Debate Issues Around UK Immigration &#124; The Dick Cavett Show|date=2 November 2020 |access-date=23 October 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>