"The Lion and the Bird's Nest" written by Eriko Kishida, illustrated by Chiyoko Nakatani

Roland von Hentig continues his investigation of the coral reefs of Comoro in the Indian Ocean. The whole complexity of reef life depends on the success of the animals and plants that secrete hard skeletons to create rock strata of geological proportions.

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Louise Clarke, Cherry Gillespie, Babs Lord, Ruth Pearson, Dee Dee Wilde

Reporters: JEREMY JAMES
JEANNE LA CHARD, JOHN PITMAN JACK PIZZEY , DESMOND WILCOX HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Heads They Win, Tails You Lose
If the planners announce tomorrow that next door to you is the ideal spot for an international airport, a six-lane motorway, or an oil terminal, what can you do about it? The official answer is that there are safeguards. In an investigation into the effectiveness of these safeguards Man Alive looks at public enquiries which have found in favour of objectors, only to be overruled by the Government.
JACK PIZZEY and a Man Alive team also go to the Highlands of Scotland, where the oil boom is threatening to turn quiet lochs into factory sites-and examine the anatomy of another dispute which has just ended: a dispute over a new runway at Edinburgh's Turnhouse Airport. Objectors to the plan invoked all the safeguards and overthrew the plan at a public enquiry. But still the plan is going ahead and they believe it was a case of 'heads they win and tails you lose.'
Producer PHILIP GEDDES Editor ADAM CLAPHAM

Tony Bilbow reports on a film now being made on location in England, Spain and America - Stardust, starring David Essex and Adam Faith, about the rise and fall of a pop star of the 1960s, and a sequel to the recently successful That'll Be The Day
Philip Jenkinson recalls how the movies treated popular music during the vintage years.

Philip Jenkinson : page 9

Bob Harris with the news, views, and sounds of today's music
Robin Trower, Jesse Colin Young plus album tracks, films, guests.

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