How much power and influence is vested in Britain's leading institutions? Are they changing to meet the challenge of the late 80s? This third series takes a critical look at six more pillars of society.
5: The British Medical Association
In its 156 years the British
Medical Association has ridden out the arguments raging around the medical profession from body snatching to the NHS crisis. Polly Toynbee questions whether its present high public profile indicates growing or diminishing influence. Producer JOHN FORSYTH
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 7.30pm)
