Producer DENYS JONES including at
8.3 Racing Bulletin
with your Smiling Saturday Show
BBC Birmingham
Len Jackson with the best of Radio 2. Extracts in words and music selected from last week's programmes.
Script by PETER CLAYTON Producers BRIAN WILLET and DENIS O'KEEFFE
1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1
featuring this week: Ray Fell with his guests The Flirtations and the Max Harris Orchestra
(Rptd: Sunday 7.2 pm VHF only)
1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1
Introduced by ALAN PARRY at Crystal Palace and JOHN HELM
1.39; 2.0; 2.30; 3.5* Countdown to Montreal
The Kraft Games
Britain's top athletes are at Crystal Palace for the first of two weekend meetings which will help to decide who goes to Montreal for the 1976 Olympics. Commentary by ALAN PARRY with expert analysis from former
Olympic champion MARY PETERS
1.31; 2.0; 3.5; 5.46* Cricket
England v
The West Indies
Reports from Trent Bridge on the third day of the First Test, plus news of all the day's first-class matches featuring Surrey v Yorkshire at the Oval and Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire at Bristol.
Reporters CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS, BRIAN JOHNSTON, HENRY BLOFELD and PETER DAVIES.
2.26; 2.55; 4.50; 5.40
Racing from Epsom
Featuring commentary by PETER BROMLEY on the top race of the day, the 15,000 William Hill Sprint Handicap.
2.25 The Durdans Handicap Stakes (1m)
3.0 The William Hill Sprint Handicap (5f)
Plus results from other meetIngs throughout the afternoon, with a classified check at 5.40*
1.31; 2.8; 2.30; 3.5.
International Tennis
Many of the world's top players are competing in the French Championships, an important event in the build-up to Wimbledon. Reports by GERALD WILLIAMS from Paris,
Plus news of the final day of the Amateur Golf Championship from TOM SCOTT at St Andrews; Motor Cycling, reports of the Isle of Man TT from CHRIS CARTER ; and in Cycling, reports from JOHN BURNS on the Tour of Britain Milk Race.
Timetable:
1.30 News/Prospects from all featured events, including lunchtime cricket scoreboard
2.0 Athletics/Cricket/Tennis
2.20 Racing. 2.30 Athletics
Cricket/Tennis. 2.55 Racing
3.5 Athletics / Cricket /Tennis/
Golf/Cycling
4.50\ Racing/Golf/Motor Cycling
5.0 Round-up
5.36 Motor Sport
5.40 Classified Racing/Cricket Events may alter timings
A Radio Sports Unit production
1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1
A musical look at the world of films.
' I was living from hand to mouth when. out of the blue, I was offered my very first film job.'
Composer in the Spotlight: Michael J. Lewis with musical illustrations from The Mad Woman of Chaillot, Russian Roulette, Theatre of Blood, Baxter, Julius Caesar , and 11, Harrow House.
Introduced by David Bellan Written and compiled by LYN FAIRHURST
1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1
The first of five concerts direct from the Royal Festival Hall, London, in the South Bank Pops series, Part 1
Brass and Strings CORY BAND
Conductor BRAM GAY
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR LEAVINS conducted by MARCUS DODI Introduced by James Alexander Gordon Part 2
Gilbert and Sullivan.
The Magic of the Mikado
RAE WOODLAND , GILLIAN KNIGHT KENNETH BOWEN
MICHAEL WAKEHAM , IAN WALLACE AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS chorus-master JOHN MCCARTHY BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by MARCUS DODS Presented by Ian Wallace
During the interval, Bells Will Be Rung: IAN WALLACE savours the unique atmosphere of a concert interval and the sort of bells that ring for him at the mention of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Producer BARRY KNIGHT
(Presented by the BBC in association with the GLC. Gillian Knight broadcasts by permission of Covent Garden)
David Gell introduces a selection of music from the countries of Northern Europe: followed by some of the top records from other Continental countries.
Producer STEVE ALLEN
with The Late Show Including at 12.0
Midnight Newsroom; weather; motoring information
