Music for your morning call, plus the latest news, weather and traffic conditions
8.27 Racing Bulletin
8.32* as Radio 1

Christmas songs of the Salvation Army

introduces Melody Time with his two pianos EVE BOSWELL
FREDDY STAFF, HIS TRUMPET AND HIS ORCHESTRA
THE MICHAEL JOHN SIX THE SINGALONGS
THE RADIO ORCHESTRA leader JULIEN GAILLARD conductor PAUL FENOULHET Producer BRIAN WILLEY
10.15 Radio 2 Showpiece
Results of Competition No 15

Producer LILIAN DUFF

Introduced by Michael Aspel THE RADIO ORCHESTRA leader JULIEN GAILLARD conducted by MALCOLM LOCKYER with this week's guests
DANNY STREET. SAMANTHA JONES and including
A Man and his Music in which an international arranger/conductor is invited to feature his kind of music This week: Geoff Love
Producer JOHN BUSSELL

Introduced by Desmond Lynam Producer JACOB DE VRIES
Events may alter timings
Studio guests: The Varsity Match Captains - Owen Jones of Oxford and Gerry Redmond of Cambridge
(Radio Times People: page 4)
2.2 Line-Up
2.10 Sports Forum
2.25 Racing from Sandown Park 2.40 Sports Forum
2.55 Racing from Sandown Park
3.10 Christmas Book Review
3.20 Rugby Union
3.45 Association Football
4.42 First Results
4.50 Rugby Union
4.56 Racing Results
5.0 Sports Report
Line-Up and latest news and results
2.25; 2.55
Racing from
Sandown Park
Commentary by PETER BROMLEY on the 2.30 Bcnson and Hedges Steeple Chase , and the 3.0 Hamlet Hurdle
2.10; 2.40
Sports Forum
Producer RICHARD MADDOCK
Topics in the news discussed by PETER WILSON of the Daily Mirror, BRIAN CLOUGH , Manager of Derby County, and PETER ROBBINS , former England Rugby International
Chairman BRIAN JOHNSTON
Recorded at Edward Wood Hall, Leicester
3.10
Sports Books for Christmas
The second of three reviews by NIGEL STARMER-SMITH Of recently published sports books, including interviews with authors and personalities.
3.20; 4.50
Rugby Union
Who's for England!
ALAN GIBSON and the former England International, PETER YARRANTON , assess the form in the first England trial: South West and South v the North at Exeter
3.45
Association Football
Half-time scores and reports, with commentary on the second half, of a top match by MAURICE EDELSTON , PETER JONES
5.0
Sports Report
Producer ANGUS MACKAY
Including classified football results, reports on selected soccer matches, and further news of the rest of the afternoon's sport

YORKSHIRE IMPERIAL METALS BAND conductor TREVOR WALMSLEY
Introduced by Jimmy Kingsbury Producer ALLAN GILES †

Wally Whyton introduces THE HILLSIDERS
THE PEELERS and surprise guests
Folk and Country feature from JIM LLOYD
Contra-bass fiddle BRIAN BROCKLEHURST
Producer BILL BEBB †

Bill Crozier Introduces old-time and sequence dancing played by SIDNEY DAVEY and HIS ORCHESTRA With BRUCE TRENT
MC and Dance hostess
HOLLAND and SYLVIA BROCKBANK
Producer CHARLES CLARK-MAXWELL (Before an invited audience at The Paris, Lower Regent Street, London, SW1. Tickets from [address removed]enclosing SAE)

Music from films past and present
Introduced by Sean Kelly Producer JOHN CASSELS

Brian Matthew reviews the wild West End in London now Compiled by FRANK SALTER Producer
CHARLES CLARK-MAXWELL

Live from The Camelot, Taunton with the music of KENNY BALL AND HIS JAZZMEN and the recorded sounds of the RADIO BIG BAND conducted by MALCOLM LOCKYER With NORMA WINSTONE Producers STEVE ALLEN and BRIAN PATTEN

Introduced by Peter Latham This week's guests include:
THE DAVE HANCOCK QUINTET and NORMA WINSTONE
THE HARRY SMITH TRIO and JO MARNEY
MUFF MURPHIN
SOUNDS BOB ROGERS THE PEELERS
THE RADIO BIG BAND With LOUISA JANE WHITE conducted by MALCOLM LOCKYER and the BBC NORTHERN DANCE ORCHESTRA conductor BERNARD HERRMANN Producers LAWRIE MONK and DENIS O'KEEFFE