Music for your morning call, plus the latest news, weather and traffic conditions
8.27 Racing Bulletin
8.32* as Radio 1
The Hard Parting A sketch for radio by ROB PEARMAN †
introduces Melody Time with his two pianos BRETT STEVENS
STAN FOSTER 1920s IMPRESSION THE MICHAEL JOHN SIX
THE SINGALONGS
THE RADIO ORCHESTRA leader JULIEN GAILLARD conductor PAUL FENOLHET Producer BRIAN WILLEY
10.15 Radio 2 Showpiece
Results of Competition No 14
Producer LILIAN DUFF
Introduced by Michael Aspel THE RADIO ORCHESTRA leader JULIEN GAILLARD conducted by MALCOLM LOCKYER
This weeks guests DANNY STREET and FRIDAY BROWN and including
A Man and his Mimic
This week Nicky Welsh
Producer JOHN BILLINGHAM â
Introduced by Peter Jones
Producer JACOB DE VRIES
Events may alter timings
Studio guest: Roger Bannister, Chairman of the Sports Council
2.2 Line-Up
2.3 Racing from Newbury
2.25 Sports Forum
2.30 Racing from Newbury
2.40 Sports Forum
2.55 Athletics from London
3.0 Christmas Book Review
3.10 Rugby Union
3.45 Association Football
4.42 First Results
4.48 Rugby Union
4.56 Racing Results
5.0 Sports Report
2.2 Line-Up and latest news and'results
2.3; 2.30 Racing from Newbury
Commentary by Peter Bromley on the 2.5 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup Handicap Steeple Chase, and the 2.35 Berkshire Hurdle Race
2.25; 2.40 Sports Forum
Producer DON MOSEY
Topics in the news discussed by J.L. Manning of the Evening Standard: David Watkins, former British Lion, now the Captain of Salford Rugby League Club; and Brian Close, former Captain of Yorkshire and England, now with Somerset Chairman Brian Johnston
Recorded at Salford Rugby League Club
2.55 Athletics
International Athletes Club Cross Country Race
Report and summaries by Peter Hildreth from Parliament Hill Fields, London
3.0 Sports Books for Christmas
The first of three reviews by Nigel Starmer-Smith of Sports Books recently published, including interviews with authors and personalities
3.10; 4.48 Rugby Union County Championships
Commentary and reports on today's County Championship Matches, with Alan Gibson in the South West and Alun Williams in the North
France v Australia
A report on today's International in Paris by Peter West
(Will success spoil Rugby Union?: page 3)
3.45 Association Football
Half-time scores and reports. with commentary on the second half of a top match by Bryon Butler and John Camkin
5.0 Sports Report
Producer ANGUS MACKAY
Including classified football results, reports on selected soccer matches, and further news of the afternoons sport
METROPOLITAN POLICE BAND conductor MAJOR W. WILLIAMS Director of Music
Introduced by Jimmy Kingsbury Producer ALLAN GILES
Wally Whyton introduces THE TINKERS
GORDON GlLTRAP
BRYAN CHALKER 'S NEW FRONTIER and a surprise guest
Folk and Country feature from JIM LI. OYD
Contra-bass fiddle BRIAN BROCKLEHURST
Producer BILL BEBB
Bill Crozler introduces old time and sequence dancing played by SIDNEY DAVEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA With BRYAN JOHNSTON mc and Dance hostess
HOLLAND and SYLVIA BROCKBANK
Producer CHARLES CLARK-MAXWELL (Before an invited audience)
Music from Dims past and present
Introduced by Sean Kelly Producer JOHN CASSELS
David Cell introduces recorded excerpts from the 1971 International Festival of Popular Song held in Sopot, Poland Producer DEREK MILLS †
Live from La Bussola, London with the music of FRANCISCO CAVEZ AND HIS
LATIN RHYTHM
THE IMAGINATION and the recorded sounds of the RADIO BIG BAND conducted by MALCOLM LOCKYER with SAI.ENA JONES
Producer STEVE ALLEN
Introduced by Sean Kelly
This week's guests include: THE HILLSIDERS
PHIL PHILLIPS QUARTET RAYMOND FROGGATT
DAVE SHEPHERD QUINTET and SYLVIA MCNEILL
DANNY STREET and the HARRY STONEHAM TRIO BOB BKITTON With the RADIO BIG BAND conducted by MALCOLM LOCKYER and the BBC NORTHERN DANCE ORCHESTRA conductor BERNARD HERRMANN
Producers LAWRIE MONK and DENIS O'KEEFFE
