Straw poll
BBC Radio 4, 1.10 to 2pm
The fourth of six debates on issues of perennial interest, chaired by Nick Clarke in front of a specially invited audience. The motion this time is 'Parenthood should not be regarded as a right'.
23 August
Book of the week: I'm a teacher, get me out of here!
BBC Radio 4, 9.45 to 10am
Jack Davenport reads Francis Gilbert's frank and vivid account of the life of a young teacher in an inner-city school. First in a daily series.
24 August
That'll teach 'em
Channel 4, 9 to 10pm
The second of a five-part series putting a class of today's pupils under the regime of a secondary modern school of the 1960s. Car maintenance lessons prove a hit with the boys, but the girls dislike homecraft where they are taught the importance of keeping a clean home in preparation for their future as housewives. Meanwhile a spelling test sends panic round the school.
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