An invitation to speak French

(shown last Sunday)

A 25-part course in Italian

(Shown last Sunday)
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Bert Foord: the weekend weather

Introduced by Frank Bough

12.35 Football Preview
Sam Leitch introduces news, personalities, and outstanding action.

12.55; 1.20; 1.55; 2.25* Racing from Newbury
Four races from the day's outstanding meeting, including the Hennessy Gold Cup.
1.0 Hopeful Chase (3 miles)
1.30 North Street Handicap Chase (2 miles and 160 yards)
2.5 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup Handicap Steeplechase
(3 miles, 2 furlongs and 82 yards): the most valuable steeplechase of the season so far, worth over £6,000 to the winner.
2.35 Berkshire Hurdle (2 miles)

1.10; 1.40* International Boxing: Richard Dunn (Gt Britain) v Ray Patterson (USA)
Highlights of this week's heavyweight contest at the World Sporting Club, and the best of the supporting bouts.

2.45* Rugby League from Headingley: Leeds v Leigh
Leeds, last season's League champions, meet strong rivals from Lancashire in the outstanding match of the second round of the John Player knock-out competition.

Grandstand Timetable:
12.35 Football Preview; 12.55 Racing
1.10 Boxing; 1.20 Racing
1.40 Boxing; 1.55 Racing
2.15 Sports Round-up; 2.25 Racing
2.45 Rugby League
3.45 Football scores/racing results
Timings are subject to alteration in order to keep up to date with events.

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Another chance to see this exciting Western film series
Starring Andrew Duggan as Murdoch Lancer, James Stacy as Johnny, Wayne Maunder as Scott, Elizabeth Baur as Teresa
Guest star, Paul Brinegar

Jelly Hoskins is a wily old scoundrel and the Lancers have more than enough trouble on their hands when he moves in to the ranch. Then they find that Jelly has eight orphaned homeless children in his care...

Classified football results, rugby and racing results, and reports on today's outstanding events. Introduced by Frank Bough

(Colour)

This week: Room 223
Mary learns she has a lot to learn!

Weatherman Bert Foord
Today's Sport

Written by Derek Ingrey
Starring Jack Warner

Alf and Johnny Warwick have been running a protection racket for years. A quarrel between husband and wife upsets their carefully laid plans.

with guest stars Harve Presnell, Olivia Newton John, Kiri Te Kanawa, Rostal and Schaefer
and featuring Julian Orchard

(Harve Presnell is in 'Gone with the Wind' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; Kiri Te Kanawa appears by permission of the General Administrator of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Ltd)

Starring Barry Jones, Olive Sloane, Sheila Manahan

When the Prime Minister receives a letter, signed by an eminent nuclear scientist, threatening to blow up Parliament, it is at first dismissed as a hoax. But then the scientist disappears - and a bomb that could devastate London is stolen.
Tension mounts rapidly in the desperate search to find both scientist and bomb before the 'seven days' time limit runs out.
(This Week's Films: page 11)

with Peter Woods
Weather

This week Michael Parkinson talks to his special guest Jack Lemmon
The programme, specially recorded at the May Fair Theatre, London, includes extracts from some of his most famous films.

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