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Grandstand

on BBC One London

Introduced by Frank Bough featuring Racing from Haydock Park including the top races of the day, the W.D. and H.O. Wills Premier Chase Final and the Wills Hurdle; a Yorkshire-Lancashire Rugby League meeting; the world's leading skiers in one of the top events - and the most dangerous - in the Alpine ski-ing calendar; and International Weightlifting from Leith Town Hall, the venue for the competition in this year's Commonwealth Games.

12.55* Football Preview
Introduced by Sam Leitch

1.10, 1.55, 4.30* Weightlifting: Scotland v The Rest
The first international of 1970

1.35, 2.5, 2.35, 3.5* Racing from Haydock Park
1.45 Bristol Novices Hurdle (Div 1) (2 miles)
2.15 W. D. and H.O. Wills Trial Chase (3 miles)
2.45 Wills Hurdle (2 miles)
3.15 W.D. and H.O. Wills Premier Chase Final (2 miles)

2.25, 2.55* International Ski-ing from Kitzbuhel, Austria: The 30th Hahnenkamm Downhill
TV presentation by the Austrian Television Service

3.25* Rugby League: York v Widnes

4.50* Results Service
Timings are subject to alteration. Latest news, football scores, and racing results are given throughout the afternoon, and the Teleprinter Service is at 4.40*

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Bough
Presenter (Football Preview):
Sam Leitch
Commentator at Leith (Weightlifting):
Norris McWhirter
TV presentation (Weightlifting):
Fred Viner
Commentator (Racing):
Peter O'Sullevan
Commentator (Racing):
Julian Wilson
TV presentation (Racing):
Ray Lakeland
Commentator (International Ski-ing):
Max Robertson
Commentator at York (Rugby League):
Eddie Waring
TV presentation (Rugby League):
Bob Duncan
Grandstand presented for television by:
Brian Venner
Editor:
Alan Hart

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