direct from Recro 80, the Leisure Festival at the Royal Showground, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire.
In this special open air edition Maureen Staffer discusses the forecast growth in leisure time and reporters Helen Lloyd, Anne Brown and Gwyn Richards investigate the latest ideas for what to do with it - everything from archery and gymnastics to boating and dressmaking. Shall we all be able to benefit? What price leisure?
BBC Birmingham Give Us This Day by GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD abridged by BA MASON
Read by Jonathan Newth