A regular feature serving gardeners in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England.
An outside broadcast from the Gardening Club Garden Edgbaston, Birmingham with Percy Thrower and Joe Elliott on the Rock Garden.
Sequences shot in early June and mid-September covering four months of colour and interest from Alpine plants.
From the Midlands
Garden with Percy Thrower: See page 40

Today's Timetable
12.55 Fight of the Week
1.25 Football preview
1.30 Swimming
1.50 Racing
2.5 Swimming
2.20 Racing
2.35 Swimming
3.0 Rugby League
3.25 Racing
3.45 Rugby League
4.25 Racing
4.40 Swimming
4.50 Results Service
These timings may be altered by events

Introduced by Frank Bough.
featuring International Swimming... International Rugby League... Racing... Boxing...

International Swimming: Great Britain v. U.S.A.
from the Crystal Palace
Great Britain tackles the world's strongest swimming nation - an American team composed of world record holders and national champions.
(Recorded highlights tonight at 9.45)

International Rugby League: Warrington v. Australia
from Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington.
The first match of the Australians' tour.

Racing from Ascot Heath
2.0 Princess Royal Stakes over 1 1/2 miles
2.30 Blue Seal Stakes over 6 furlongs
3.35 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes over 1 mile
4.35 Diadem Stakes over 6 furlongs

Fight of the Week: Johnny Kramer v. Carl Thomas
An edited version of top-of-the-bill middleweight fight at the National Sporting Club.

At 4.50 Results Service: Classified football results, Racing results, Rugby League and Rugby Union results

Tom and Jerry playing cat and mouse in a selection from the world-famous award-winning cartoon films starring Tom the Cat and a far-from-underdog mouse called Jerry.

Texas Tom... is a silly hill-billy!

The Saturday scene
Simon Dee introduces his guests who include:
Roy Hudd, Ray Milland, Traffic, Anita Harris, Margaret Whiting
The Alyn Ainsworth Orchestra

Four young men and their music... finding fun in their way-out way... and heading for the top of the charts.
A film series for the young in heart starring Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz, and Mike Nesmith.

Monkees in Manhattan ...hit the highspots!
See page 7

Written by N. J. Crisp
A series created by Ted Willis
First of a new series starring Jack Warner

After living with death a long time Chambers finds it can still have a surprising new menace.
(Bill Treacher is appearing at the Garrick Theatre, London)
See page 7

See one of the world's greatest entertainers in a marathon 100-minute continuous performance.

You're Gonna Hear from Me, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, As Long as She Needs Me, Where or When, Better Luck Next Time, In The Still of The Night, Night and Day, I've Got You Under My Skin, The Girl from Ipanema, Up Tight, Spanish Flea, It Only Takes a Moment, Beautiful Land, Sweet Beginning, Someone Nice Like You, Who Can I Turn To?, Once in a Lifetime, The Joker, Feeling Good, Gonna Build a Mountain, This Dream, What Kind of Fool am I?
Drums, Michael Silva
Bongos, Juan Mendoza
Trumpet, Renauld Jones
Guitar, Barry Zweig

(Part 2: Sunday at 7.50 p.m.)
See page 7 and this week's Star Story in colour on centre pages

with Michael Aspel

followed by The Weather

Written by David Karp.
A new film series of courtroom dramas starring E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed

Two youths commit a seemingly senseless crime. The Prestons are assigned to defend them - and find that, although there were twenty-seven eye-witnesses, no one attempted to help the victim.

International Swimming: Great Britain v. U.S.A. The Match of the Year
British swimmers face the toughest test of the season in this one-day match against the world's top swimming nation.
BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you the recorded highlights of this event at the National Recreation Centre, Crystal Palace.

and Match of the Day
A top League soccer match brought to you each Saturday.
David Coleman reports, with outside broadcast cameras, from a well-known Football League ground.
Today's match will be announced after Grandstand

Out of Town Theatre presenting from the North "Goodbye, That's All"
by Dennis Woolf
[Starring] Leonard Rossiter, Amy Dalby