with The Early Show Producer JACK DABBS Including at
8.3 Racing Bulletin

with your
Smiling Saturday Show Producer MICHAEL FORD

told by Val Doonican 2: The Golden Age of Songwriting
'What songs this fellow wrote!'
(BING CROSBY )
Written by FRANK SALTER ProducerANGELA bond

1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1 Cracking the gags
Charlie Chester , Ray Fell and Mike Burton
With KEN MACKINTOSH AND THE
KING STREET BRASS and the MICHAEL JOHN SINGERS Producer JOHN FAWCETT WILSON (Repeated: Sunday 7.2 pm)

1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1
Introduced by Alan Parry
Featuring star guests and the best of today's sporting action
2.40; 5.25*
International Rugby Ireland v England
Can England become a power again in the Home International Championship? With a new coach, John Burgess , they open their campaign against the reigning champions at Lansdowne Road, Dublin.
Commentators PETER WEST and GEORGE HAMILTON
Plus news of France v Wales at Parc des Princes, Paris, from ALUN WILLIAMS.
1.30; 2.25; 3.25; 5.0*
Football League
Exclusive live commentary on one of the top matches of the day, score flashes throughout the afternoon from five other grounds, scores and results as they come in, classified checks at 5.0 and 5.45*.
1.40; 2.10; 5.40*
Racing: Haydock Park
1.45 The Wills Handicap Hurdle
2.15 The Wills Premier Steeplechase Final
Commentator PETER BROMLEY Together with other results.
2.0; 5.30*
Cricket: MCC Tour
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS reports from Sydney on the first day of MCC's match against New South Wales - their last major fixture before the Fifth Test, which begins at Adelaide next Saturday.
4.42*
Sports Report
The football results as they come in. classified checks at
5.0 and 5.45*, reports and comment on the top stories of the day, the personalities making the news, Rugby Round Up at
5.25*, and classified racing results at 5.40*
Timetable
1.30 News/Prospects
1.40 Racing; 2.0 Cricket
2.16 Racing; 2.25 Football
2.40 Rugby/Football
4.42 Sports Report
5.0 Classified Football
5.25 Rugby Round-Up 5 M Cricket
5.40 Classified Racing/Football Events may alter timings
A Radio Sports Unit production

1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1
GUS (FOOTWEAR) BAND conductor STANLEY BODDINGTON Introduced by Eugene Fraser Producer ALLAN GILES

1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1
David Gell invites you to a fiesta of Latin-American music featuring this week: ROBIN JONES Y EL MAJA Producer DAVID GELL

1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1
The man who is a crowd is joined by Barbara Mullaney Jacqueline Clarke and special guests Reflections
Music directed by BRIAN FITZGERALD
Written by ERIC DAVIDSON Producer JAMES CASEY
(Mike Yarwood is in the ' Mike Yarwood Spectacular ' at the Opera House, Manchester; Reflections in the ' Ken Dodd Laughter Spectacular ' at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool)

BBC NORTHERN RADIO ORCHESTRA conductor NEIL RICHARDSON
BBC MIDLAND RADIO ORCHESTRA conductor NORRIE PARAMOR play the week's most popular tunes from Radio 2 programmes Introduced by Joe Henderson

with the BBC RADIO ORCHESTRA Angela Morley and the Strings Alyn Ainsworth and the Big Band Sound
Brian Fahey and the BBC SCOTTISH RADIO ORCHESTRA with Bill McCue
Introduced by Ray Moore Producers FRANK HOOPER and EOIN HAMILTON

The top pop of the month from Austria. Great Britain Hungary, Ireland
Monte Carlo, Poland
Switzerland, West Germany and Yugoslavia
Introduced from London by Katie Boyle
Organised by W German Radio

with Music Through Midnight Producers BILL BEBB
MEL HOUSE, BARBARA PAGE and BEV PHILLIPS including at 12.4
Midnight Newsroom; weather