Today's story is "Buying a Bird" by Jane Oehr

Reporting the world tonight John Timpson, Peter Woods and the reporters and correspondents, at home and abroad, of BBC News
and Weather

A weekly programme which focuses on people and the situations which shape their lives
Reporters Jim Douglas Henry, Jeremy James, Jeanne La Chard, Gillian Strickland, Desmond Wilcox, Harold Williamson

Tonight: Licensed to Kill: 1: Who's to Blame?
Half the children born now will be, sooner or later, injured in a road accident. One in 50 will be killed. For more than half a century the car has brought not only pleasure but also injury, death and untold suffering to millions. We are involved in a world epidemic of slaughter on the roads that every years kills 150,000 and maims five million people. The prevention of this carnage has become one of the major problems of our time. But short of making it a crime to own or drive a car, is there anything which can be done dramatically to reduce death and destruction on our roads?
In the first of two programmes Man Alive looks at the causes of road accidents, asks: 'Who's to blame?' - the motorist, inefficient highway engineering, or bad car design?

Excerpts from the diary of a great philosopher.
(Eric Porter is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Written by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
Starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
with guests Frank Muir, Alan Price and Friends, Nanette, The Dudley Moore Trio

(Dudley Moore is in "Play It Again, Sam," at the Globe Theatre, London)

50 million watch it in Britain; 300 million watch it in the rest of Europe.
From the Shannon to the Volga, right across the face of Europe, hundreds of hours of television are beamed out each week in dozens of languages.
Each week Europa takes some of the stories that have interested viewers across a continent. Stories that show how Europe is looking at itself - and at the rest of the world.
Introduced by Derek Hart

An invitation to step into the humorous and imaginative world of James Thurber
A series based on a selection of his famous stories and cartoons starring

This week: Rules for a Happy Marriage
Basically, marriage is something it's better not to make rules about. Just make it up as you go along.

Talk, argument, people, diversion