with The Early Show Producer JACK DABBS
8.3 Racing Bulletin
with your
Smiling Saturday Show Producer MICHAEL FORD
Narrated by Michael Flanders A lifetime of music and show-business told in four weekly chapters.
Chapter 1: The Man of Music Taking part
Ted Ray , Cyril Stapleton
Sydney Lipton , Albert Marland and Henry Hall with many recorded artists from the world of music, including Benno Molseiwitseh Harriet Cohen
BBC DANCE ORCHESTRA ditected by HENRY HALL withvocalists
Written by GAVIN BLAKENEY Producer JOHN BROWELL
1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1 Peter Cleall as Ken
Derek Seaton as Bill with SUZANNE KERCHISS , APRIL WALKER and FREDERICK TBEVES in The Man Who Came to Lunch featuring
Patricia Hayes as Mrs Platt and Kenneth Connor as Gerry Written by RICHARD MATHEWS and JOHN DAVIS Producer EDWARD TAYLOR
(Repeated: Sunday 7.2 pm)
1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1
Introduced by Desmond Lynam with star guests and the best of today's sporting action
1.30; 2.30; 5.0* The FA Cup featuring all today's fifth-round matches, and the draw for the sixth round.
As 16 clubs battle to reach the last eight of the FA Cup, the Sport on 2 team brings you reports on all today's fifth-round ties, with exclusive live commentary on one of them, scores and results as they come in. classified checks at
5.0 and 5.45*, plus the draw. as it happens, for the sixth round at 5.5*.
2.0; 2.30; 5.25*
International Rugby Featuring Wales v England andFrancevScotland
Will Wales, following their brilliant win in Paris a month ago. avenge last season's defeat by England and take another step towards regaining the International Championship? Can Scotland emulate Wales and beat France on their own ground? You can hear up-to-the-minute news of both matches throughout the afternoon, with a complete run-down on the day in Rugby Round-up at 5.25*.
Commentators in Cardiff: PETER WEST, ALUN WILLIAMS, with expert analysis by IAN ROBERTSON: in Paris: CHRIS REA, GEORGE HAMILTON.
1.43; 2.15; 5.40*
Racing from Chepstow Featuring the Welsh Grand National
1.45 Clive Graham Trophy Huidle
2.20 Joe Coral Welsh Grand National
Commentator: PETER BROMLEY
Together with results and highlights from other meetings throughout the afternoon, with a classified check at 5.40*.
2.0; 5.35*
Cricket: MCC Tour
Final thoughts on the Australian series, and the start of a new tour in New Zealand. Today MCC began a three-day match against Wellington, and the First Test against New Zealand starts at Auckland on Thursday. HENRY BLOFELD reports.
4.42*
Sports Report
The football results as they come in, classified checks at
5.0 and 5.45*, reports on all today's fifth-round FA Cup-ties, the draw for the sixth round at 5.5, the personalities making the news, Rugby Round-up at 5.25*, comment on the issues of the moment, and classified racing results at 5.40* Timetable
1.30 News/Prospects
1.43 Racing
2.0 Cricket/Rugby
2.15 Racing
2.30 Football/Rugby
4.42 Sports Report
5.0 Classified football results
5.5 FA Cup Draw/Reports
5.25 Rugby Round-up
5.40 Classified Racing/Football Events may alter timings
A Radio Sports Unit production
1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1 FAIREY BAND conductor KENNETH DENNISON
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: LOS ZAFIROS
Producer PETER CHISWELL
1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1
BBC NORTHERN RADIO ORCHESTRA conductor NEIL RICHARDSON and the BBC MIDLAND RADIO ORCHESTRA conductor NORRIE PARAMOR play the week's most popular tunes from Radio 2 programmes Introduced by Joe Henderson
Applications to join the listcning panel should be addressed to ' Radio 2 Top Tunes,' BBC, Pebble Mill Road, Birmingham B5 7QQ
with the BBC RADIO ORCHESTRA
Angela Morley and the Strings Alyn Ainsworth and the Radio Big Band and Malcolm Roberts with Brian Fahey and the BBC SCOTTISH RADIO ORCHESTRA 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 David Gell
Organised by W German Radio
with Music Through Midnight Producers bill BEBB
BARBARA PAGE, MEL HOUSE including at 12.0
Midnight Newsroom; weather