with The Early Show Producer MICHAEL FORD including at
8.3 Racing Bulletin
Speak for Yourself: KEN BLAKESON
Producer JOHN BUSSELL
The story of a man who became a legend within a lifetime
BING CROSBY
Douglas Fairbanks Jr tells the story with BING and the voices of his many friends and acquaintances
Script and research by CHARLES THOMPSON
Producer BRIAN WILLEY
A search for the most considerate, the most tactful, the most resourceful and the most loving husband of 1974 in the United Kingdom, organised in co-operation with local newspapers all over Great Britain The Prize - a second honeymoon in Paris In the chair McDonald Hobley On the panel Marjorie Proops and Jimmy Thompson with ' Everybody's Wife' Norma Ronald and this week's husband and wife Peter Butterworth and Janet Brown
This week's contestants:
Selected by the Western Mail, Cardiff: mwEL LEWIS
Selected by the Lancashire Evening Telegraph HARRY GOODMAN Selected by the Hackney Gazette: BEN ADLER Devised by BRAD ASHTON
Producer ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON (Repeated: Friday, 7.2 pm)
The City of Coventry Band conductor Albert Chappell
Introduced by Robin Boyle
1500m only (also 202m Scotland) Introduced by Desmond Lynam Because o/ floodliohting restrictions, timings for most events cannot be itemised
Cup Tie Special
Up-to-the-minute news of all today's FA Cup matches, second-half commentary on one of them, and live score Bashes from five other grounds throughout the afternoon
Cricket: Second Test
West Indies v England
Commentary on first day's play by CHRISTOPHER from Kingston, Jamaica
International
Rugby Union England v Ireland at Twickenham
Commentators PETER WEST
ALAN GIBSON andTOM KIERNAN Wales v France at Cardiff
Commentators ALUN WILLIAMS GILBERT BENNETT and CHRIS REA
Racing at Chepstow
2.2t Welsh Grand National
Commentator PETER BROMLEY
Sports Report
Bringing you the football results as they come in. with classified checks at 4.15* and
5.0*, together with a report-a-minute on the top games of the day, Rugby Round-Up at
5.25*, top sporting personalities and comment on the issues of the moment
A Radio Sports Unit production
1500m only (also 202m Scotland) Composer of the Week Ron Goodwin
Peter Latham looks at some popular movie teams, picks some listeners' requests and features music from the latest releases. Written and compiled by LYN FAIRHURST
Listeners can send requests, on a postcard please, to 'Star Sound,' BBC, London W1M 4WW
BBC NORTHERN DANCE ORCHESTRA conductor ALAN MOORHOUSE
BBC MIDLAND RADIO ORCHESTRA conductor NORRIE PARAMOR play the week's most popular tunes from Radio 2 programmes Introduced by Tom Edwards
Applications to join the listening panel should be addressed to ' Radio 2 Top Tunes,' BBC, Pebble Mill Road, Birmingham B5 7QQ
With the BBC RADIO ORCHESTRA Strings conducted by Johnny Gregory THE BIG BAND conducted by Alyn Ainsworth and Brian Fahey and the BBC SCOTTISH RADIO ORCHESTRA With BILL MCCUE
Introduced by Simon Bates Producers FRANK HOOPER and EOIN HAMILTON
1500m only (also 202m Scotland) The top pop of the month from Austria, Great Britain, Hungary Ireland, Monte Carlo. Poland Switzerland, West Germany and Yugoslavia. Introduced from London by David Gell
(Organised by W German Radio)
1500m only (also 202m Scotland) Producers pam cox and GEOFFREY MULLIN including at
11.2 Cricket: Second Test
West Indies v 'England
Close-of-play report by CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS on the first day's play in Kingston, Jamaica and at
12.6 Midnight Newsroom VHF joins at 12.0