Jack Scott: weekend weather

from Taunton
Last year Lancashire won both the Gillette Cup and the John Player Sunday League and are hot favourites to repeat this performance. Somerset will of course have other ideas.
Introduced by Peter West
(Win your seats for Lord's Cup Final: page 8)

featuring:
The Rugby League Cup Final: Leeds v Leigh
Introduced by Frank Bough direct from the Empire Stadium, Wembley
Outside broadcast cameras bring you the whole of today's big match, followed by the presentation of the Cup and medals by The Rt Hon Reginald Maudling, MP

12.55* International Football Preview
Today is the opening day of the 1971 Home International Tournament. Sam Leitch introduces news, action, and comment in a preview of today's matches in which N Ireland meet England at Windsor Park, Belfast, and Wales meet Scotland at Ninian Park, Cardiff. The BBC's team of experts for the Home International Tournament is Joe Mercer, Manager of Manchester City, Don Revie, Manager of Leeds United, Noel Cantwell, Manager of Coventry City, and Bobby Charlton, Captain of Manchester United.

1.20; 1.50; 2.20* Racing from Ayr
1.30 The Wills Embassy Stakes (over 5 furlongs)
2.0 The Carrick Stakes (over 1 mile and 5 furlongs)
2.30 The Usher-Vaux Brewery Gold Tankard (over 1 mile)

1 35* Fight of the Week
Highlights of an outstanding contest from this week's major promotion at the Empire Pool, Wembley.

2.5* Gillette Cup Cricket: Somerset v Lancashire
from Taunton
Further coverage of today's outstanding First Round match.
(On BBC2 at 5.0 pm)

2.40* The Rugby League Cup Final: Leeds v Leigh
from Wembley
Leeds, eight times winner of the Rugby League Cup, last won at Wembley in 1968. Leigh, whose only Cup win was in 1921, are making their first ever appearance at Wembley.

4.45* Results Service
including reports of today's international football matches, news of the Gillette Cup and racing results.

Grandstand Timetable:
12.55 International Football Preview
1.20 Racing
1.35 Fight of the Week
1.50 Racing
2.5 Cricket
2.20 Racing
2.40 The Rugby League Cup Final
4.45 Results Service

Tom and Jerry playing cat and mouse in an award-winning cartoon film.

starring Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens

Outlaw Clint Hollister is rescued from jail by his one-time partner Jake Wade. Having performed this service Jake is determined to go straight, but like so many before him, finds his outlaw past hard to shake off - particularly as he knows the whereabouts of some hidden loot.

(This Week's Films: see page 14)
(Colour)

A film series starring Raymond Burr as Robert Ironside, Don Galloway as Det-Sgt Brown, Barbara Anderson as Officer Eve Whitfield, Don Mithell as Mark Sanger,
with guest stars Anne Baxter, Roger Perry.

When several girls are attacked by an unknown assailant two common factors emerge. All the victims are blondes and they are all clients of a computer dating service run by a woman and her younger brother. Ironside sets a trap to catch the criminal - but his plan backfires with terrifying consequences...

(Colour)

with Richard Baker
and Weather

features N. Ireland v England from Windsor Park, Belfast and Wales v Scotland from Ninian Park, Cardiff

David Coleman introduces double international soccer action from the opening matches of the 1971 Home International Tournament.

At Belfast David Coleman is the commentator; and the expert action analysis comes from Don Revie (Leeds United manager), Noel Cantwell (Coventry City manager) and Bobby Charlton (captain of Manchester United).

At Cardiff Barry Davies is the commentator and the neutral expert is Joe Mercer (Manchester City manager).

The complete picture of the opening day with news, views, interviews and analysis supporting the two-match action.

Bernard Braden with John Pitman, Esther Rantzen and Ronald Fletcher
Song of the week: Iris Williams
Children Talking: Harold Williamson
Hilary Pritchard and Chris Munds