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Grandstand

on BBC One London

Introduced by Frank Bough

12.50* Football Preview
Sam Leitch introduces action, news and personalities.

1.10; 1.40* Fight of the Week
Highlights of outstanding fights from this week's promotion at the Royal Albert Hall. Among those on the bill were British Middleweight Champion Bunny Sterling, John Stracey, Johnny Frankham and John Conteh, fighting as a heavyweight for the first time.

1.25; 1.55; 2.20* Racing from Chepstow
1.30 Rocket Novice's Chase (2 miles)
2.00 Gardner Steel Handicap Hurdle (2 miles)
2.30 Fred Dixon Memorial Chase (Handicap) (3 miles)

2.10* The South African Grand Prix
A film report by Barrie Gill on this week's Formula One World Championship event at Kyalami.

2.40; 3.20* International Table Tennis from Norwich: England v Czechoslovakia
England's leading players face one of the strongest teams in the world in this European League match.

3.00* The World Figure Skating Championships: The Men's Championship of the World
Highlights of Thursday's competition in Calgary, Canada, when the Olympic gold medal winner at Sapporo, Ondrej Nepela of Czechoslovakia, defended his world title.
TV presentation by Canadian Television

3.30; 4.30* International Athletics from Grenoble: The European Indoor Championships
This afternoon's competition on the opening day of Europe's major indoor meeting, in which Great Britain is strongly represented.
TV presentation by the French Television Service

3.45* Rugby Union from Coventry: The County Championship Final: Warwickshire v Gloucestershire
The second half of this major Rugby Union occasion.

4.40* Final Score

Grandstand Timetable:
12.50 Football preview
1.10 Boxing
1.25 Racing
1.40 Boxing
1.55 Racing
2.10 Motor Racing
2.20 Racing:
2.40 Table Tennis
3.00 Ice Skating
3.20 Table Tennis
3.30 Athletics
3.45 Rugby Union
4.30 Athletics
4.40 Final Score

Timings are subject to alteration.

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Bough
Presenter (Football Preview):
Sam Leitch
Boxer (Fight of the Week):
Bunny Sterling
Boxer (Fight of the Week):
John Stracey
Boxer (Fight of the Week):
Johnny Frankham
Boxer (Fight of the Week):
John Conteh
Commentator (Racing):
Peter O'Sullevan
Commentator (Racing):
Clive Graham
TV Presentation (Racing):
Richard Tilling
Reporter (Grand Prix):
Barrie Gill
Commentator (Table Tennis/Figure Skating):
Alan Weeks
TV Presentation (Table Tennis):
Fred Viner
Skater:
Ondrej Nepela
Commentator (Athletics):
Ron Pickering
Commentator (Athletics):
Norris McWhirter
Commentator (Rugby Union):
Cliff Morgan
TV Presentation (Rugby Union):
Bill Taylor
Grandstand presented for television by:
Brian Venner
Editor:
Alan Hart

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