Told by RICHARD BAKER
Expert cooking, gardening and do-it-yourself advice plus viewers' money-saving tips.
Director JULIAN STENHOUSE
Producer BRIAN RAVIES
For the last time this season Noel Edmonds opens up the Multi-Coloured Swap Shop and because it's the last one, it'll go on a bit longer!
Lines open at 9.30 am on [number removed]and stay open until 2.30 pm
' Why? ' you're thinking. ' That's in the middle of Grandstand.'
Read on - all will be explained.
Swaps of All Sorts This Week with All Sorts of People ! Like who? '
Keith Chegwin , for a start, and John Craven , and a Pop Swap from Showaddywaddy. You can hear their latest single this morning and a whole lot of other music.
' Any cartoons? '
9.45* Of course! There's the Great Grape Ape and Tarzan.
11.0* What about a Star Swap?' Certainly! (But we're not saying who)
I Anything else?'
Yes - a lot, but you'll have to wait and see.
'And what's all this about going on longer? '
It's to find out who's won the swaps and it could be you.
Phone in your answers any time up to 2.30 and Noel, John and Keith will be giving the results from a mystery location.
(They've got to go somewhere, because the Swap Shop studio shuts at 12.20)
! Where will they be? '
That's a secret! Find out during Grandstand round about 4.0 pm
So that's the last Swap Shop until September but look on page 27 for news of the Multi-Coloured Swap Shop grand award ceremony.
Director CRISPIN EVANS Editor ROSEMARY GILL
Introduced by Frank Bough from the towpath at Putney
12.35* Football Focus
With Bob Wilson
1.0* International Water Ski-ing from Melbourne, Australia: The Moomba Masters
British World Champion Mike Hazelwood defends the title he won last year.
1.20; 1.55; 2.55* Racing from Kempton Park
1.30 Crown Plus Two Apprentice Championship Stakes (1m)
2.0 Rosebery Stakes (H'cap) Oim)
3.5 Campbell-Gray Handicap (Queen's Prize) (2m)
Commentators PETER O'SULLEVAN JULIAN WILSON and JIMMY LINDLEY
1.35; 3.10* International Cross Country: The Sixth IAAF World Championships from Glasgow
Favourites Belgium defend their Dusseldorf title. England's team includes Bernie Ford, Steve Ovett; Ian Stewart runs for Scotland.
Organised by the SCCU in association with Glasgow Sports Promotion Council and Rotary Watches
Commentators DAVID COLEMAN and RON PICKERING
2.5* The Boat Race: Oxford (54 wins) v Cambridge (68 wins)
The University Boat Clubs compete for the Ladbroke Trophy over the unique 41-mile course from Putney to Mortlake. Outside broadcast cameras cover the complete course from towpath, launch and helicopter. In this 124th race, can Oxford repeat their convincing victory of last year? Coxes: John Fall (Oxford) Guy Henderson (Cambridge),
Commentators HARRY CARPENTER and JIM RAILTON
4.10* Sporting Year 1973
Next week Red Rum makes his sixth appearance in the Grand National. We recall the beginning of the legend. And Rugby Union to remember, when the Barbarians played the All Blacks at Cardiff. Commentator TONY GUBBA
4.35* Final Score
Today's timetable:
12.35 Football Focus: l.0 Water Ski-ing
1.29 Racing: 1.35 Cross Country
1.5S Racing: 2.5 The Boat Race
2.55 Racing; 3.10 Cross Country
4.0 Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
4.10 Highlights of 1973; 4.35 Final Score
* Timings may be changed by events
Television presentation:
The Boat Race DAVID KENNING
Cross Country JOHN SHREWSBURY
Racing BOB DUNCAN
Football Focus MIKE MURPHY
Grandstand producer MARTIN HOPKINS
Edited by ALAN HART
Results from all the other Holiday Meetings on Ceefax pages 136 and 137
Today: This Looks Like a Job for Bat-mite!
Richard Whitmore ; Weatherman
with Jimmy Savile , OBE
Some of your favourite fixtures from the past year.
Designer CAROL GOLDER
Studio director PHIL BISHOP
Producer ROGER ORDISH
starring John Wayne with Dean Martin , Ricky Nelson
Angie Dickinson , Walter Brennan When Sheriff John T. Chance of -the Texas border town of Rio
Bravo arrests Joe Burdette for murder, he finds the town blockaded by Joe's powerful rancher brother. Chance gathers around him a small band of supporters - and prepares for the inevitable showdown.
Directed by HOWARD HAWKS . Films: page 9
starring Mike Yarwood Written by ERIC DAVIDSON and NEIL SHAND Guest Petula Clark
With CAROL CLEVELAND
MICHAEL SHARVELL-MARTIN
Musical director ALAN BRADEN
Make-up artist CECILE HAY-ARTHUR Designer VALERIE WARRENDER Producer ALAN BOYD
Executive producer JOHN AMMONDS
starring Telly Savalas as Lieutenant Theo Kojak, a tough cop, with a tough job, in a tough town - New York
A Strange Kind of Love Rita McCall is a crusading television interviewer who believes that New York should rid itself of some of its less savoury characters. When a psychotic killer begins to take her literally, it becomes another case for Lt Kojak.
with Richard Whitmore Weather
Conversation, music and entertainment live from the entrance hall at Pebble Mill. Bob Langley and Tony Lewis invite you to meet their guests. with Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Director ROY NORTON.
Producer ROY RONNIE