Today's story: "The Junk Shop" by Jean Watson
Guest storyteller Colin Jeavons

with Peter Woods; Weather

The science of healing, the relief of pain, the prolongation of life itself - medicine, perhaps above all other sciences, commands our reverential respect. But what about the way our hospitals are staffed with doctors from poor countries? What about the vast expense of modern surgery, the vast profits of the drug trade?

John Percival continues to argue the case against expensive modern technology asking whether the poor countries can afford the kind of medicine that the rich countries now demand as a right.

Cliff Michelmore covers the world of motoring, with Barrie Gill, Michael Frostick and Gordon Wilkins

When the M1 and M6 link-road opens to traffic tomorrow, motorists will be able to drive the 300 miles from London to Carlisle in just over four hours. But is our post-war motorway progress fast enough? Has Britain profited, for example, from 36 years of autobahn experience in Germany?

Also in tonight's programme: how to repair a second-hand wreck. What are the tricks of the trade that can add £100 to the value of a not-so-new family car?

by Jean Morris
Elvi Hale as Anne
starring Keith Michell as Henry VIII

with Angela Pleasence as Catherine Howard
with Patrick Troughton

(Colour)

Tomorrow the greatest horticultural show in Britain opens to the public. Yesterday, on judging day, The Queen and other members of the Royal Family toured the magnificent displays.
Tonight Martin Muncaster and Anne Scott-James report from the show, looking at some of the exhibits and talking to the experts.
(Radio Times People: page 5)

Richard Williams with the news and sounds of today's music.
In the studio Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Quiver
(This Week's Sounds: page 11)