For the very young
Pippin and Tog have a very sweet morning.
(to 11.00)

A new Safari
[Starring] Marshall Thompson as Dr. Marsh Tracy, Cheryl Miller as Paula Tracy
and Ross Hagen as Bart Jason
with Hedley Mattingly, Hari Rhodes
and Erin Moran as Jenny Jones
aided and abetted by Clarence and Judy

The disappearance of their tame cheetah has more significance for Dr. Tracy's newly-wed neighbours than would seem on the surface.

Graham Parker

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Today's Timetable
1.45 Motor-Racing
2.5 Racing
2.20 Motor-Racing
2.35 Swimming
2.45 Racing
3.5 Motor-Racing
3.20 Racing
3.35 Swimming
3.45 Irish Grand National
4.0 Rugby League
4.40 Motor-Racing
4.55 Results Service
Classified football results, Racing results and Rugby League results
These timings may be altered by events

From 1.30 Holiday Grandstand
Introduced by Frank Bough

Racing from Kempton Park
2.15 Coventry Stakes
2.55 Queen's Prize Handicap
3.30 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes
and from Fairyhouse
3.50 The Irish Grand National

Motor-Racing from Thruxton: The W.D. & H.O. Wills Trophy for Formula 2 Cars
Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart head a star-studded international line-up
The Embassy Trophy for Group 4 Cars
Organised by the British Automobile Racing Club
Today the leading names of motor racing compete at one of the fastest circuits in Europe in the opening round of the 1969 European Formula Two Championship Series.
The entry for the W.D. & H.O. Wills Trophy Race includes drivers from over a dozen countries, and with such names as 1968 World Champion Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart-at present leading the 1969 World Championship -and Jochen Rindt, undisputed King of Formula Two racing in 1968, among the entries, the scene is set for one of the most exciting races of the year.
This Hampshire circuit, new home of the British Automobile Racing Club, saw its first international racing last Easter.

Rugby League from Salford: Salford v. Wigan

International Swimming from East Kilbride: Scotland v. Norway

Latest scores, results and news throughout the afternoon and at 4.55 Results Sequence

with Ray Brooks

These stories have been specially written for Jackanory by Philippa Pearce, author of Tom's Midnight Garden and many other books.
All that is left of the elm tree is a stump, but it makes a good meeting-place for the children who live in the street. They are called the Elm Street Lot, and although they do not go looking for trouble it sometimes finds them. Like the day Mr. Crackenthorpe's bath was delivered...

The swashbuckling adventures of the daring chevalier Francois de Recci.
A film serial in twelve parts

The Chevalier de Recci disappears from Casal with unexpected consequences.

Graham Parker

Introduced by Frank Bough
Classified football and racing results, and action highlights from today's Bank Holiday sport.

6.0-6.15 Local News and Weather
(Rowridge, Brighton, Oxford, Peterborough, Manningtree, Cambridge)

A look at some of the different animals, both live and cartoon, who have appeared in Walt Disney films.
Introduced by Stratford Johns.
Including scenes from: Fantasia, That Darned Cat, Jungle Book, Winnie The Pooh And The Blustery Day, Cinderella, The Love Bug, Sammy The Wayout Seal, The Shaggy Dog
Films by courtesy of Walt Disney Productions

by David Ellis
Starring James Ellis, John Slater, Derek Waring
with Douglas Fielding

A girl is reported missing. Not the sort of girl one would remember - one of the quiet ones... no boy friends... no problems. But, as Sergeant Stone says, "When they go off the rails, it's the quiet ones you have to watch..."

A Special Easter Holiday Show heralded by clowns and introduced by Diana Fisher the Lady Ringmaster
*
Arctic Giants
ten-feet-tall polar bears presented by Waite Milde
*
Brick-Laying Made Difficult
Swinging dangerously above the sawdust Sebastian
*
Ballet on Horseback
A classical, and not-so-classical pas-de-deux on horseback presented by The Carolis
*
Wizard of the Spinning Plates
Comedy from Germany Jean Lemoine
*
Ghosts, Ghosts, and More Ghosts
with the Francesco Clowns
*
Headstand on Top of a Pole
and the pole balanced on Maria's forehead as she walks up and down a ladder
From Czechoslovakia, the Incredible Staubertis

Chimpanzees
presented by Karl Ruger and Barbara Ruger
*
Mexican Multiple Bars
the swinging Rodriguez
*
Flame Thrower
Tagora ignites the Sensational Rocket of the daring Marie Conti
*
Easter Bonnet Finale
*
Billy Smarts Touring Circus is appearing in Birmingham

The famous British comedy film starring Margaret Lockwood, Sid Field with Jerry Desmonde, Mary Clare

In the days of Oliver Cromwell a simple-minded barrow-boy becomes involved in a plot to restore King Charles II to the throne.

with John Edmunds
followed by The Weather

Another look at the world through the eyes of David Frost
with Ronnie Barker, John Cleese, Ronnie Corbett, Sheila Steafel, Julie Felix

Peter Ustinov talking to Leslie Hardcastle and members of the National Film Theatre about...

Schooldays
"I looked out of place and that helped a great deal"
His Screen Debut
"I was overawed, very young, extremely thin"
Show Business
"Everybody takes his own path through the jungle"
Internationalism
"People who speak a lot of languages usually have nothing to say in any of them"
Computerisation
"The next stage will be sheets of answers to questions which haven't been put"
The U.S.A.
"America is very Roman today: whenever I go there I feel vaguely Greek"
Television
"It's like the telephone - it depends who's on it"
Freedom of Speech
"Once you have the privilege of being able to say what you think, you've got to find out what you think."

Scenes from: The Goose Steps Out (1941), Beau Brummel (1954), Lola Montez (1955), Billy Budd (1962), Topkapi (1964), The Comedians (1968)