from Birmingham
Introduced by Maureen Staffer
Child's Play: Jocelyn Ryder-Smith and teacher Jenny Peacock assess some mail-order schemes that offer activities at home for mothers with pre-school children. How useful is the material they send out? Do they give value for money?
A Musical History: The Jackfield Band from Shropshire is among the oldest bands in the country. Helen Lloyd looks back over its history, which provides a telling commentary on social and industrial change through nearly two centuries.
Mixed Marriages: Ann Tennant talks to Fiona Chaudhary who has made a study of inter-racial marriages both in this country and in India.
BBC Birmingham
The Cats of Punchbowl Farm: 3: Cheetah and Mr Forsyte
(long wave only)