Bert Foord looks at the weekend weather
A comedy adventure series.
A cartoon film series presenting the optimistic, indestructible panther who is permanently in-the-pink, and the Inspector with unquenchable joie de vivre who hardly ever gets his man.
Today: Extinct Pink, Le Great Dane Robbery, The Pink Quarterback
Introduced by Frank Bough direct from the towpath at Putney
12.55* Football Preview
1.20; 1.50; 2.20* Racing from Kempton
1.30 Wills Embassy Stakes (Qualifier) (over 5 furlongs)
2.00 The Ladbroke 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes (over 7 furlongs)
2.30 The Rosebery Stakes (Handicap) (over 1 mile and 1 furlong)
1.35* Fight of the Week
A leading contest from this week's world championship promotion at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Former British Heavyweight champion Joe Bugner, and unbeaten John Conteh, fighting as a heavyweight for the first time, were on the bill.
2.05; 2.35* Show Jumping from Hickstead: The Wills Embassy Stakes
The top names of show jumping compete in this afternoon's big event.
2.50* University Boat Race: Oxford (51 wins) v Cambridge (65 wins)
in the 118th race of the series.
BBC outside broadcast cameras follow the race from the start at Putney to the finish at Mortlake.
(Easter Holiday People: page 4)
3.50* Rugby League from Workington
Workington Town v Dewsbury
4.40* Final Score
Grandstand Timetable:
12.55 Football preview
1.20 Racing
1.35 Fight of the Week
1.50 Racing
2.05 Show jumping
2.20 Racing
2.35 Show jumping
2.50 The Boat Race
3.50 Rugby League
4.40 Final Score
Timings are subject to alteration.
(Colour)
Weatherman Bert Foord and Today's Sport
A special presentation of Cecil B. DeMille's Academy Award-winning epic spectacular version of the Bible story
Starring Victor Mature, Hedy Lamarr
with George Sanders, Angela Lansbury
Written by Mike Craig, Lawrie Kingsley, Ron McDonnell.
Starring Jimmy Tarbuck
with his special guest stars Cilla Black and Joan Sims
('I'm this cheeky chappie': pages 52-55)
(Colour)
by Stephen Rich
Created by Harry W. Junkin
[Starring] Megs Jenkins as Janet, Michael Culver as Jerry, Peter Armitage as Chuck, Jane Wellow as Helen, Jenny Till as Frances
with John Arthur Baron as John Burnham, Madoline Thomas as Mrs. Haddon
Student John Burnham is just too conscientious and too hard-working. This is his tragedy.
With Peter Woods
Weather
Robin Ray presents a light-hearted look at the law and those most closely concerned with it. All that you hear and see will be the truth, the whole truth and (we hope and pray) nothing but the truth.