with The Early Show Producer JACK dabbs
8.3 Racing Bulletin

Speak for Yourself: KEN BLAKESON

introduces bobby crush
THE IVOR RAYMONDE SINGERS
THE RADIO ORCHESTRA and special studio guests Stuart Gillies
George Chisholm and his Gentlemen of Jazz
Producer BARBARA PAGE

Dave Cash presents JULIE BYRNE AND
NASHVILLE CAT
TERRY MCKENNA
KELVIN HENDERSON AND
THE COUNTRY BAND
Producer DENIS o'keeffe

(Details on Friday, 8.2 pm)

THE BAND OF THE SCOTS GUARDS conductor MAJOR J. H. HOWE , MBE Director of Music
Introduced by Eugene Fraser Producer ALLAN GILES

1500m
Introduced by Desmond Lynam Producer GEOFF DOBSON
2.2 Line Up: 2.5 Cricket
2.10 Racing; 2.20 Sports Forum
2.40 Racing; 2.55 Rugby Union
3.10 Racing; 3.20 Rugby Union
3.45 Soccer; 4.42 First Results
4.50 Rugby Round-Up
5.0 Sports Report
Cricket 1973
ALAN GIBSON and TONY LEWIS discuss the prospects for the season of Glamorgan and the counties of the South and West
2.10; 2.40; 3.10; 5.50
Racing from Newbury Commentary by PETER BROMLEY on the 2.15 Clerical Medical Greenham Stakes; the 2.45 Robert Derring Newbury Spring Cup, and the 3.15 John Porter Stakes at 5.50 Racing Results
2.20
Sports Forum
Producer RICHARD MADDOCK
Topics in the news discussed by J. L. MANNING. DESMOND EAGER and MAURICE EDELSTON Chairman PETER WEST
2.55; 3.20
Rugby Union International
Ireland v France
Commentary on the last International of the season by PETER WEST and ALUN WILLIAMS , from Lansdowne Road, Dublin
3.45
Association Football
Half-lime scores and reports. with commentary on the second half of a top match by BRYON BUTLER and MAURICE EDELSTON
4.50
Rugby Round-Up
Results and reports, including Ireland v France, the rfu Club KO Competition and top Club matches
Presented by CHRIS REA
5.0
Sports Report
Producer BOB BURROWS
News, comments and personalities from the world of sport, featuring the day's top football matches; classified Football Results at 5.0; the latecomers' reading at 5.45*, followed by the day's Racing Results

1500m
A musical look at the world of films
Peter Latham introduces music from composer FRANCIS LAI and your soundtrack requests, reviews current film music on record, and Lady Sings the Blues - the new Billie Holiday biopic starring DIANA ROSS plus news of the new films Producer JOHN CASSELS

Champagne Charlie is my name, who'll come and join me in a spreef
It was George Leybourne 's name in the 1860s and 70s. Leybourne popularised the song and tried to live the part - which led to his poverty and death. Today Charles Young recaptures Champagne Charlie's heyday. with Pat Whitmore
Charles Young Choir
BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA leader JAMES DAVIS conducted by IAIN SUTHERLAND Presented and produced by Charles Chilton

Grand Festival Concert played by Massed Bands THE FAIREY BAND
THE BRIGHOUSE AND RASTRICK BAND THE CORY BAND
YORKSHIRE IMPERIAL METALS BAND THE CARLTON MAIN FRICKLEY
COLLIERY BAND
THE HANWELL BAND conducted by Harry Mortimer , OBE
THE LUTON GIRLS' CHOIR conductor ARTHUR DAVIS DAVID BELL (organ)
Introduced by JIMMY KINGSBURY Producer ALLAN GILES
(Live broadcast of Part 1 of the Concert from the Royal Albert Hall , London)

with Norrie Paramor and the BBC Midland Light Orchestra with this week's studio guests Joe Loss and his Orchestra Introduced by Simon Bates Producer RON GARDNER

Charlie Chester introduces a talent competition between Local Radio Stations
This week: Radio Merseyside and Radio Humberside Judged by JOHN HANSON , DON WATERMAN and special guest Joan Turner THE BRIAN LAYTON QUARTET Producers JAMES CASEY and PETER PILBEAM
(John Hanson is in Lilac Time ' at the Ashton Pavilion, Lytham St Annes)

Simon Bates presents Big Band Night with the RADIO BIG BAND conductors STAN FOSTER and MALCOLM LOCKYER with SCOTT PETERS , INDIA ADAMS BILL GELDARD TENTETTE
THE SKYLARKS
Producer BEVERLEY PHILLIPS

Introduced by Eugene Fraser

This week's guests include:
Roger Whittaker and Saffron, The Settlers, The Freelanders, Young Idea, The Lennie Felix Trio and Jo Searle, The Pete Smith Seminar and Danny Street, Alan Elsdon's Jazzmen, Duo 70, The Jack Toogood Swingtette, Toni Eden with the Radio Big Band conducted by Malcolm Lockyer, BBC Midland Light Orchestrda conducted by Gordon Franks, BBC Northern Dance Orchestra conducted by Brian Fitzgerald, BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra conducted by George French