Wimbledon 1972 The Lawn Tennis Championships direct from the All England Club
The world's greatest tennis tournament begins today. The prize money totals over Â£50,000, the richest haul ever in this Open Championship. Fourteen thousand spectators will pack the Centre Court daily to watch Wimbledon 1972
Introduced by Harry Carpenter featuring action on the Centre Court and No 1 Court in The First Round of the Men's Singles
One hundred and twenty-eight international tennis stars are on the trail of the most prestigious title in the game and the first prize of Â£5,000 that goes with it. Players of the proven calibre of Stan Smith, Ilie Nastase, Manuel Orantes, Pierre Barthes, Jan Kodes and Aandres Gimeno, together with an exciting array of new talent, will between them provide a worthy successor to John Newcombe if he doesn't defend his title.
This year's thrills, triumphs and disasters are reported by the regular Wimbledon commentary team of Dan Maskell, Jack Kramer, Bill Knight, David Vine.

(Cover story: pages 48-51)

Cricket, Second Test Match
Further coverage, from Lord's

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:: Harry Carpenter
Commentator:: Dan Maskell
Commentator:: Jack Kramer
Commentator:: Bill Knight
Commentator:: David Vine
Television Presentation By:: Alan Mouncer
Television Presentation By:: Richard Tilling
Television Presentation By:: Bob Duncan
Television Presentation By:: Fred Viner
Television Presentation By:: Dewi Griffiths
Television Presentation By:: Jonathan Martin
Producer:: A.P. Wilkinson

Source: Radio Times

16:50

Magic Roundabout

BBC One

Mon 26^th Jun 1972, 16:50 on BBC One London

Source: Radio Times

16:55

Blue Peter

BBC One

Mon 26^th Jun 1972, 16:55 on BBC One London

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Contributors

Presenter:: John Noakes
Presenter:: Peter Purves
Presenter:: Lesley Judd
Producer:: Rosemary Gill
Editor:: Biddy Baxter

Source: Radio Times

17:20

Penelope Pitstop

BBC One

Mon 26^th Jun 1972, 17:20 on BBC One London

Source: Radio Times

17:44

Adventures of Parsley

BBC One

Mon 26^th Jun 1972, 17:44 on BBC One London

Source: Radio Times

17:50

National News and Weather

BBC One

Mon 26^th Jun 1972, 17:50 on BBC One London

Source: Radio Times

18:00

London This Week

BBC One

Mon 26^th Jun 1972, 18:00 on BBC One London

People, places and events in the news around town

Contributors

Presenter:: Clive Jacobs
Editor:: Roger Ecclestone

Source: Radio Times

19:30

Talk About London

BBC One

Mon 26^th Jun 1972, 19:30 on BBC One London

A comedy tour of the City with Michael Bentine in which he meets Billingsgate porters, firemen, stockbrokers, Beefeaters and tries his hand at tea tasting.

Contributors

Presenter/Comedian:: Michael Bentine
Film Cameraman:: Stewart A. Farnell
Sound Recordist:: Chris King
Sound Recordist:: Malcolm Webberly
Film Editor:: Terry Gabell
Producer:: Colin Morris
Director:: Leon Thau

Source: Radio Times

20:00

Panorama

BBC One

Mon 26^th Jun 1972, 20:00 on BBC One London

TV's top reporters close in on the most interesting topics of the day. Michael Charlton, Nicholas Harman, Alan Hart, Richard Kershaw, Julian Pettifer

Contributors

Reporter:: Michael Charlton
Reporter:: Nicholas Harman
Reporter:: Alan Hart
Reporter:: Richard Kershaw
Reporter:: Julian Pettifer
Assistant Editor:: David Harrison
Editor:: Robert Rowland

Source: Radio Times

21:00

Nine O'Clock News

BBC One

Mon 26^th Jun 1972, 21:00 on BBC One London

with Peter Woods and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world
Weather

Contributors

Newsreader:: Peter Woods

Source: Radio Times

21:20

Doomwatch: Waiting for a Knighthood

BBC One

Mon 26^th Jun 1972, 21:20 on BBC One London

by Terence Dudley
[Starring] John Paul, Simon Oates, John Barron, Elizabeth Weaver, John Bown
with Joby Blanshard, Vivien Sherrard, Frederick Jaeger, Ann Firbank

'What we have isn't ours to bespoil and pillage. We hold it in trust... not just for our children but for future generations of mankind.'

Contributors

Writer/Producer:: Terence Dudley
Script Consultant:: Anna Kaliski
Designer:: Ray London
Director:: Pennant Roberts
The Rev Frank Simpson:: Anthony Oliver
Dr Anne Tarrant:: Elizabeth Weaver
Mrs Simpson:: Margaret John
Dr Spencer Quist:: John Paul
Colin Bradley:: Joby Blanshard
The Minister:: John Barron
Cmdr Neil Stafford:: John Bown
Barbara Mason:: Vivien Sherrard
Richard Massingham:: Frederick Jaeger
Peggy Massingham:: Ann Firbank
Stephen Massingham:: Stephen Dudley
Josie:: Julie Neubert
Dr John Ridge:: Simon Oates
Joan Sylvester:: Glen Walford
Det-Chief Insp Logan:: Don McKillop
Mrs Duncan-Foster:: Noelle Middleton
Norman Sylvester:: Bruce Purchase
Mike:: Anthony Edwards

Source: Radio Times

22:10

The Spinners in Summer

BBC One

Mon 26^th Jun 1972, 22:10 on BBC One London

High summer, hills and lakes. A setting for the second of four seasonal programmes with the popular group The Spinners.
Tony, Cliff, Mick and Hughie are joined by a singing audience of 300 people aboard the ferry boat Teal in the heart of the English Lake District - a midsummer celebration.
(from Manchester)