Producer FRANCES LINE Including at
8.3 Racing Bulletin

Producer DAVID WELSBY BBC Birmingham

Len Jackson with extracts from last week's programmes. Script by KEITH HOWELL Producers BRIAN WILLEY and DENIS O'KEEFFE

Cracking the gags: Charlie Chester
Ray Fell , Mike Burton
With KEN MACKINTOSH AND THE KING STREET BRASS and THE MICHAEL JOHN SINGERS with additional script material by CHARLIE CHESTER
Producer MARTIN FISHER
(Rptd: Sun 7.2 pm VHF, 247m, and 202m Scotland)

1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1
Presented by Desmond Lynam
1.30; 2.10; 3.10; 4.50*; 5.30* Rally Special
Over 200 crews representing 17 countries set off from Bath today at the start of the 1976 Lombard RAC Rally - four days and nights of gruelling driving that will take them through England, Scotland and Wales. and back to Bath for the final on Tuesday night.
The BBC Radio Sports team, who last year won the award for the best coverage of the rally, will again be following the event around the clock. Latest news of today's stages, as the cars head north towards
Yorkshire, from BARRIE GILL at rally headquarters in Bath; plus the personalities in the news.
1.30; 2.40*; 3.0; 3.45; 5.9; 5.45* Football League Special
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, with classified checks at 5.0 and 5.45*.
1.30; 2.0; 2.30*
Racing from Newbury
Featuring commentary by PETER BROMLEY On the 2.5 Hennessey Cognac Gold Cup (3m 2f)
2.35 Berkshire Hurdle (2m)
Plus results throughout the afternoon, with a classified check at 5.40*.
2.10*
Cricket
The MCC party have been hard at work in the nets in Bombay preparing for the tour of ndia, which opens on Monday with a match against West Zone. CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS reports from Bombay as the MCC party attempt to adjust to the heat and glare of India.
2.40; 3.0; 4.50*; 5.25* Rugby Union
YORKSHIRE and LANCASHIRE meet in a Roses Match that could well decide who wins the Northern Division of the County Championship and go on to the semi-finals. Lancashire have a fine record in the County Championship, and last won the title three years ago. This year both counties include several potential England players, and have done well in their build-up to today's match. Commentary and reports by PETER WEST
In Athletics, news of the International Cross-Country event at Gateshead, featuring Brendan Foster and some of the world's best-known middle-distance runners.
And at 5.0*
Sports Report
Classified football at 5.0 and
5.45*; reports and comments on the top football stories; personalities making the news; Rugby Round-Up at 5.25*; Motor Sport at 5.30*; classified Racing Results at 5.40*.
Timetable:
1.30 News/prospects from all featured events
2.0 Racing from Newbury
2.10 Rally/Cricket
2.30 Racing from Newbury
2.40 Football/Rugby
3.0 Rugby/Football score flashes/Rally
3.45 Football half-times
3.55 Football commentary
4.42 First Football results
4.50 Racing/Rugby/Rally
5.0 Sports Report
5.25 Rugby Round-Up
5.30 Motor Sport
5.40 Classified Racing/Football Events may alter timings
A Radio Sports Unit production

1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1 invites you to enjoy Both Sides Now with this week's guests:
RED RECTOR AND BILL CLIFTON THE PIGSTY HILL LIGHT ORCHESTRA
News and features from J IM
LLOYD Bass and asides from BRIAN BROCKLEHURST Producer BILL BEBB

1500m only (also 202m Scotland) VHF joins Radio 1

Norrie Paramor and the BBC MIDLAND RADIO ORCHESTRA play the week's most popular tunes from Radio 2 programmes.
Introduced by Don Moss BBC Birmingham

Steve Race presents 30 minutes of music in varying styles. played this week by David Parkhouse Robert Docker and the Neville Dickie Trio
Producer STUART HOBDAY

with the BBC RADIO ORCHESTRA
Angela Morley and the Strings Alyn Ainsworth and the RADIO BIG BAND and Brian Fancy and the BBC SCOTTISH RADIO ORCHESTRA With MAE MCKENNA
Introduced by Don Durbrldge Producers FRANK HOOPER and CAMPBELL MACKENZIE

The top pop of the month from: AUSTRIA, GREAT BRITAIN HUNGARY, IRELAND
MONTE CARLO, POLAND
PORTUGAL, SWITZERLAND
WEST GERMANY and YUGOSLAVIA Introduced from London by Katie Boyle
(Organised by w GERMAN RADIO)

with The Late Show Producers PAM cox and DENYS JONES including at
11.2 Sports Desk: Including latest news of the Lombard RAC Rally from BARRIE GILL in Bath and at 12.0
Midnight Newsroom; weather; motoring information