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Introduced by PETER JONES Directed by Jacob de Vries and Angus Mackay
12.30 SPORTS PARADE
Including your afternoon's Weather Forecast
1.0 DOUBLE PRIZE QUIZ
For this end-of-the-year edition. the prize fund has been doubled to £20 worth of Premium Bonds
Devised by John Fenton
1.10 MEET THE MINISTER
DENIS HOWELL , M.P., Minister with Special Responsibility for Sport and former Football League referee, talks to Brian Johnston
SPORT IN 1968
1.35: 2.10: 2.45
BBC commentators look back on some of the highlights of the year
See columns 2, 3, and 4
RACING
1.55 The Yatesbury Steeple Chase
For five-year-olds and upwards, run over three miles
2.30 The Mandarin Handicap Chase
For five-year-olds and upwards, run over three miles. two furlongs and 82 yards
3.30 The Didcot Handicap Hurdle
For five-year-olds and upwards, run over two miles
Commentary by PETER BROMLEY with summaries by ROGER MORTIMER From Newbury
4.55 Full Racing Results
3.0 THE 1968 OLYMPICS presented by John Burns with HAROLD ABRAHAMS on Athletics, RAYMOND BROOKS-WARD on Equestrianism, ALUN WILLIAMS on Swimming and commentaries on other events including Clay Pigeon Shooting, Boxing, and Yachting
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
3.45 Commentary by ALAN CLARKE and SIMON SMITH during the second half of one of today's English League matches
4.42* Results as they come in, direct from the BBC Sports Room
5.0: 5.55
Classified Football Results
5.0 SPORTS REPORT
Including reports on today's leading matches
TODAY'S TIMETABLE
12.30 Sports Parade and Weather
1.0 Prize Quiz
1.10 Meet the Minister
1.35 Sport In 1968. Part 1:
Association Football. Rugby Union. Rugby League, Golf
1.55 Racing
2.10 Sport In 1968. Part 2:
Cricket, Racing, Lawn Tennis
2.30 Racing
2.45 Sport tn 1968, Part 3:
Motor Racing, Motor Cycling. Boxing
3.0 The 1968 Olympics
3.30 Racing
3.45 Association Football
4.42* Association Football Results
4.55 Racing Results
5.0 Sports Report
Timings may be altered by events

Contributors

Introduced By:
Peter Jones
Directed By:
Jacob de Vriei
Directed By:
Angus MacKay
Unknown:
John Fenton
Unknown:
Denis Howell
Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Commentary By:
Peter Bromley
Unknown:
Roger Mortimer
Presented By:
John Burns
Unknown:
Harold Abrahams
Unknown:
Alun Williams
Commentary By:
Alan Clarke
Commentary By:
Simon Smith

A programme about the importance of mime as a means of dramatic expression tCARL WILDMAN has collected the views of the mime Marcel Marceau , the trainer of actors Jacques Lecocq , Jean-Louis Barrault , exponent both of pantomime and dramatic art. Joan Litttewood , and Michel Saint-Denis who have both employed mime in improvisation as a way of preparation.

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcel Marceau
Unknown:
Jacques Lecocq
Unknown:
Jean-Louis Barrault
Unknown:
Joan Litttewood
Unknown:
Michel Saint-Denis

Ballad opera in a prologue and eight scenes
Music by Kurt Weill
Text by BERTOLT BRECHT after the English of John Gay sung in German
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA or BERLIN RADIO Conducted by WILHELM BRÜCKNER-RUGGEBERG gramophone records
The work is introduced by DAVID DREW who discusses its musical background and significance

Contributors

Music By:
Kurt Weill
Unknown:
Bertolt Brecht
Unknown:
John Gay
Conducted By:
Wilhelm Brückner-Ruggeberg
Introduced By:
David Drew
Moritatensänger:
Wolfgang Neuss
Herr Peachum, leader of a band of beggars:
Willy Trenx-Trebitsch
Frau Peachum, his wife:
Trude Hesterberg
Polly, their daughter:
Johanna von Koczian
Macheath, leader of a band of street bandits:
Erich Schellow
Brown, Chief of London Police:
Wolfgang Grunert
Lucy, his daughter:
Inge Wolffberg
Jenny, a whore:
Lotte Lenya

PAUL BADURA-SKODA talks about some of the problems of interpretation that arise in Schubert's piano music and discusses the unique nature of Schubert's contribution to keyboard literature
Recorded in Vienna In collaboration with Austrian Radio
Broadcast on September 14 followed by an Interlude at 10.50

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