says Alasdair Gillies and his guests The Innis Gaels, Mairi MacArthur
and The Dancers led by Iain C. MacDonald

(First shown on BBC Scotland)
(Colour)

A 25-part course in Italian

(Colour)

A 12-part series for those who have been learning Welsh for some two years
Introduced by Mair Robbins and Bill Raybould
With Cennard Davies
BBC Wales

Bert Foord: weekend weather

Told by Gordon Rollings.

Cartoon series

Climb aboard for a journey through time and space. Scheduled stops include: Star Galaxy with Ali Bongo
"Vidar and the Ice Monster" with pictures by John Davis and Alex Forbes, and featuring the voices of Jennifer Hill, Nigel Pegram and James Warwick
Plus comedy, musical moments, and a surprise request stop.

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Introduced by Frank Bough direct from Cardiff Arms Park
featuring Wales v Ireland

12.55 Football Preview
1.20 Racing from Chepstow
1.40 Ski Flying
1.55 Racing from Chepstow
2.10 Cheltenham Preview
2.20 Rugby League Top Try Competition
2.25 Racing from Chepstow
2.50 Rugby: Wales v Ireland
4.30 European Athletics
4.50 Final Score

12.55* Football Preview
Including this week's action from the major European competitions, introduced by Sam Leitch

1.20; 1.55; 2.25* Racing from Chepstow
1.30 Ice House Hurdle (2 miles)
2.0 Fred Dixon Memorial Chase (handicap) (3 miles)
2.35 John Player Hurdle Championship (2 miles)
2.10 Julian Wilson previews next week's National Hunt Festival at Cheltenham.

1.40* The World Ski Flying Championships from Oberstdorf
The world's outstanding ski jumpers competing today in one of the most spectacular of all winter sports events.

2.50* Rugby International: Wales v Ireland
The whole of today's International Championship occasion.

4.30* European Athletics
The outstanding events from Rotterdam on the opening afternoon of the 1973 Indoor Athletics Championships, in which Mary Peters and Jim Aukett head a strong British contingent.

4.50* Final Score

Television presentation:
Racing Richard Tilling
Ski Flying German TV service
Rugby Union Dewi Griffiths
Athletics Dutch TV Service
(The magic seconds: page 12)

Weatherman Bert Foord; Sport

Tom and Jerry playing cat and mouse

Tonight's adventure film stars Robert Mitchum, Curt Jurgens
with Al Hedison, Theodore Bikel

During World War II, in the South Atlantic, an American destroyer encounters a German U-Boat. In the ensuing days the two Captains play a desperate game of cat-and-mouse as they assess and exploit their knowledge of each other's strategy.
(This Week's Films: page 9)

starring Petula Clark who returns to BBC Television in a new series and this week presents the music of today's girl songwriters
accompanied by The Norman Maen Dancers
Peter Knight and the Orchestra
The Mike Sammes Singers

(The Family Pet - cover story: pp 56-58)
(Colour)

Written by John Warren and John Singer
The first of a new comedy series starring Dick Emery
with Pat Coombs, Gordon Clyde as the Interviewer, Norman Chappell, Gillian Lind, Reg Lye, Michael Ward

(People: page 3)
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A new film series starring Raymond Burr as Robert Ironside, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Elizabeth Bauer.
Guest stars Barbara Hale, Roddy McDowall, Anne Archer, Joey Forman

A skit on Ironside by some way-out actors... and his impersonator dies.
(People: page 5)

with Robert Dougall; Weather

Introduced by David Coleman

Action from a South/Midlands Football League fixture.

Action from a well-known First Division ground in the Midlands.

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Conversation and good music with Michael Parkinson and his guests

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