Today's story is "The Square Ben Drew" by Peter and Susan Barrett
(Repeated on BBC1 at 4.15 pm)

Concluding his exploration of life in the North Sea, Dr David Bellamy examines its importance and interdependence. Will it remain a rich resource and can pollution and conservation be reconciled? There are no easy solutions.
Natural history film from Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Hamburg)
[Repeat]

with Peter Woods; Weather

Of the three main political parties in Britain, the two biggest are in the red. Surprisingly the Liberals are the only one in the black. The other two are paying interest on their overdrafts - borrowed money is paying for more borrowed money. The Conservatives get the larger part of their income from voluntary donations; Labour get most of their income from the unions. To Labour supporters the Tories are financed by big business whose interests they seek to protect while in power; to Conservatives, the Labour party seeks to uphold the power of the 'over-mighty' unions. But at the grassroots of constituency politics, the problems of keeping alive one of the most undersubscribed sections of public life are real enough.

with Eric Stevens
The rivers in the West Highlands of Scotland are usually short, usually rocky, but always beautiful. Most of them are what are called 'spate' rivers - they need rain every week or so to keep them running fresh, so that the salmon can come in to spawn.

(BBC Scotland)
(Colour)

Topical arts magazine
Introduced by David Jones

The End of the Pier?
When the secretary to the very first Chinese Ambassador visited Brighton he talked of 'ladies floating along like clouds' and 'strange bridges going out over the ocean.' One of those 'strange bridges' - Brighton's West Pier - is under threat of demolition unless £900,000 can be found.
Review takes an affectionate look at the story of one of Brighton's most fascinating landmarks - from its construction in 1866 to the concert parties and shows, from Bedroom Secrets - still available on the pier for one old penny in the slot - to Richard Attenborough as actor in Brighton Rock and director of Oh! What a Lovely War - both films shot on the pier.
With contributions from Sir Ralph Richardson and Roy Strong, Director of the National Portrait Gallery.

A Message of Social Change
Hans Werner Henze, one of Germany's leading composers, on the function he sees for music-a purpose to replace the one that the Church once gave to composers, and an ideal he's tried to follow since he became a Marxist and gave up composing 'bourgeois' operas. His Sixth Symphony had its first London performance at the Royal Festival Hall this week.
In this film he talks about his music and his politics, and he is seen at work on a composition for the explosive young Japanese percussionist Stomu Yamashta, and in rehearsal with members of the London Symphony Orchestra for last Tuesday's concert.

(David Jones is a member of the RSC)

Written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie with Tim Brooke-Taylor
starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie
and featuring John Le Mesurier
with Frank Thornton and Andrea Lawrence

(Colour)