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Grandstand

on BBC One London

(See panel)
Including at 1.0* News Summary

Introduced by Desmond Lynam

Today's Timetable:
12.35 Football Focus; 1.5 Commonwealth Games; 1.50 Racing; 2.10 Commonwealth Games; 2.20 Racing; 2.40 Commonwealth Games; 2.50 Racing; 3.10 Commonwealth Games; 3.25 Racing; 3.45 Half-time scores; 3.55 Commonwealth Games/Show Jumping; 4.35 Final Score
Timings subject to alteration

[Photo caption]: England's best hopes in the Commonwealth 1500m rest on the heels of Steve Cram (right). If he's running true to form, Grandstand will track his final progress this afternoon.

12.35 Football Focus
Bob Wilson presents top current soccer action, a whiff of nostalgia and an off-beat look at some of the game's unlikeliest characters.

1.5; 2.10; 2.40; 3.10; 3.55 The XII Commonwealth Games
from Brisbane
The last day of competition in the 'Friendly Games', including nine track and field finals, and the Individual Cycling Road Race Final. On the track, will European gold medallist Steve Cram 'do the double', and repeat his 1500m success in Athens? The Home Countries should be among the medals in the relays.
Plus highlights of the Closing Ceremony, with its traditional carnival atmosphere.

1.50; 2.20; 2.50; 3.25 Racing
from Ascot
2.0 Hyperion Stakes (7f)
2.30 Princess Royal Stakes (Group 3. 1 1/4m)
A final chance for top middle-distance fillies to win a prestige event, with a prize of over £15,000 to the winner.
3.0 Bovis Stakes (H'cap. 5f)
3.35 Comwallis Stakes (Group 3. 5f).

from The Curragh
3.40 Jefferson Smurfit Memorial Irish St Leger (1 3/4m)
Touching Wood seeks to become the first horse for 53 years to complete the English/Irish St Leger double with £30,000 added prize money at stake.

3.45 Half-time soccer scores

3.55 The 1982 Horse of the Year Show
from Wembley Arena
The Calor Gas International Championship of the Year
(Holder: Helena Dickinson with Cool Million).
This major championship for all our young star riders under the age of 23 is the culmination of a country wide series of qualifiers held during the past year.

4.35 Final Score
Classified check and the pools news plus match reports and all the latest sporting news.

Contributors

Presenter:
Desmond Lynam
Presenter (Football Focus):
Bob Wilson
Commentator (Racing from Ascot):
Julian Wilson
Commentator (Racing from Ascot):
Jimmy Lindley
Commentator (Racing from the Curragh):
Peter O'Sullevan
Commentator (Show Jumping):
Raymond Brooks-Ward
Television Presentation (Football Focus):
Bob Abrahams
Television Presentation (Commonwealth Games):
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Television Presentation (Racing from Ascot):
Bob Duncan
Television Presentation (Racing from The Curragh):
RTE [Radio Telefis Eireann]
Television Presentation (Show Jumping):
Huw Jones
Assistant Editor:
John Rowlinson
Producer:
Martin Hopkins
Producer:
Jim Reside
Editor:
Mike Murphy

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