6.15 Pause for Thought
8.27 Racing Bulletin and at 8.45 Pause for Thought
Including at 10.30 Waggoners' Walk
1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1
The Lawn Tennis Championships
Commentary by Max Robertson
With Gerald Williams, John Motson and Norman Cuddeford
Expert comment and analysis from Fred Perry, Christini Janes and Bob Howe. Plus the personalities visiting the All-England Club for the most famous tennis championships in the world. Introduced from Wimbledon by Peter Jones
A Radio Sports Unit production
Including at 2.45* and 3.45* Sports Desk
(Repeated: Wed 10.30 am)
Don Davis invites listeners by telephone to join in the national game of naming the tune.
Keith Beckingham (Granada, Kingston upon Thames) George Blackmore (Abbey Hall, Abingdon) William Davies (Odeon, Hammersmith) Sid Longden (Electronic)
Owain Arwel Hughes conducts the BBC Radio Orchestra
With Kenneth Bowen and Tony Arnopp
The programme includes Leonard Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and Ronald Binge's Concerto for Alto Saxophone.
Twenty-second of a 25-part series
Introduced by Michael Craig
This week: David Merrick (2)
'He is really the best show-man, best producer that's come along - probably better than Ziegfeld. He's had more hits than Ziegfeld.' (Joshua Logan)
'David Merrick is a guy who has a pencil and he figures out how much it costs, but he doesn't contribute anything in the way of ideas.' (Brooks Atkinson, New York Times critic)
with the recorded comments of: Anna Maria Alberghetti, Michael Bennett, Gower Champion, Burton Lane, Johnny Mercer, David Merrick, Robert Morse, Jerry Orbach
1500m only (also 202m Scotland)
(VHF joins Radio 1 with The Late Show)