(Colour)

Comedy, adventure, cartoons

Two of the world's greatest laughter-makers in The Chimp
A HAL ROACH film
Director JAMES PARROTT

BARBARA EDWARDS looks at the weekend weather

featuring the European Athletics Championships
Gillette Cup Final
Introduced by Frank Bough
Today's outstanding sporting events in a special day-long edition of Grandstand
10.25; 1.0; 2.5; 2.35; 5.0; 5.45* Cricket:
Gillette Cup Final from Lord's
Kent v Lancashire
Outside broadcast cameras bring you cricket's great Cup Final occasion, played before a capacity Lord's crowd. Lancashire will be going for their fourth victory in five years. Kent's only victory was in 1967, and they were losing finalists in 1971, going down to Lancashire by 24 runs in one of the most exciting finals in the history of the competition. Commentators PETER WEST
JIM LAKER and RICHIE BENAUD
On BBC2 from 4.30
12.35*
Football Focus
With BOB WILSON
The weekly lunchtime football programme which covers action and topics from round the world. And the result of the August Goal of the Month Competition.
1.20; 1.50; 2.20*
Racing from Lanark
1.30 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Cup (Handicap) (5f)
2.0 Burmah-Castrol Ladies' Race (Handicap) (5f)
2.30 Burmah-Castrol Lanark Silver Bell (Handicap) dim)
Commentators JULIAN WILSON and JOHN HANMER
2.35*
Show Jumping from Hickstead
The Young Riders Championship of Great Britain
Britain's best young show jumpers, who have qualified in competitions all over the country, compete in the International Arena for their most important title of the year. Commentator
RAYMOND BROOKS-WARD
4.20; 5.0; 5.45*
European Athletics
Championships 1974 from the Olympic Stadium, Rome
This afternoon's events include:,
Finals of: Women's
100m Hurdles
ANNELIE EHRHARDT of East Germany should be chased home by Poland's TERESA NOWAK ,
Men's 3000m
Steeplechase
Sweden's ANDERS GARDERUD is out in front and could smash the world record of 8 min 14 sec.
50 km Walk
Men's 110m hurdles, semi-finals Women's 4 x 100m relay, heats Men's 4 x 100m relay, heats
Commentators DAVID COLEMAN and RON PICKERING
4.40* Final Score: classified football results, rugby and racing results, and the score-draw check.
Timetable: 10.25 Cricket
12.35 Football Focus; 1.0 Cricket
1.20 Racing; 2.5 Cricket: 2.20 Racing
2.35 Cricket/show jumping
4.20 Athletics; 4.40 Final Score
5.0 Athletics/cricket
5.35 News. weather, sport
5.45 Athletics/cricket
Television presentation:
Cricket DAVID KENNING , JOHN SHREWSBURY Racing BILL MALCOLM
Show Jumping FRED VINER
Athletics ITALIAN TELEVISION SERVICE
Grandstand produced by BRIAN VENNER Editor ALAN HART
On the razor's edge: page 5
5.35-5.45 Colour
News
Weatherman; Today's Sport

Texas Across the River starring
Dean Martin , Alain Delon with Joey Bishop
Rosemary Forsyth , Tina Marquand Spanish nobleman Don Andrea Baldasar, pursued by the US Cavalry, escapes over the Louisiana border into Texas.
Director MICHAEL GORDON
This Week's Films: page 19

with his special guests this week Dora Bryan Labi Siffre
Also featuring PEARLY GATES THE NOLAN SISTERS
SEGMENT
ALYN AINSWORTH AND HIS
ORCHESTRA
Choreography NIGEL LYTHGOE Script editor PETER VINCENT Designer IAN WATSON
Executive producer MICHAEL HURLL Producer BRIAN WHITEHOUSE

starring a tough cop with a tough job in a tough town - New York with guest stars
Roger Robinson , Val Avery Marker to a Dead Bookie
Kojak and Gil Weaver , a young undercover policeman, have worked for months to trap Janis, top boss of a vast narcotics ring. But just on the point of success Gil's cover is blown and all their efforts are wasted. In a dangerous gamble Kojak sets himself up as bait by pretending to be a corrupt cop. But Janis has set a trap of his own for Kojak.

with Richard Whitmore ; Weather

Conversation, good music, and the occasional surprise with Michael Parkinson and his guests Music by HARRY STONEHAM
Director COLIN STRONG Producer ROGER ORDISH

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