the Saturday Early Show Producer GEOFFREY HEWITT BBC Birmingham
8.2 Racing Bulletin
presents Star Sounds Producer ANN MANN
with guest artists before an invited audience direct from the Paris Studio, London.
Producer DAVID VERCOE including at 11.30 a preview of today's sport by MIKE INGHAM.
Bill Rennells with the best of last week on Radio 2. Producers ANGELA BOND ALLAN GILES , ANN MANN
Mike Ingham presents the four-and-a-half-hour show that covers the sporting world - action, interviews, reports and comment.
Today featuring: Football from Wembley exclusive commentary by PETER BRACKLEY and GEORGE HAMILTON on the showpiece Charity Shield between champions ASTON VILLA and Cup winners SPURS.
Also news of all the other pre-season games and the Scottish League Cup.
Golf from Fulford RENTON
LAIDLAW and JOHN FENTON report on the £90,000 Benson and Hedges
International Open, the last qualifying tournament for Ryder Cup selection.
Racing from Kempton Park exclusive commentary by MICHAEL SETH-SMITH on the day's feature races:
2.0 Recitation Stakes (Um)
2.30 Sportsman Club Handicap (Um)
Plus the rest of the afternoon's results, full classified check at 5.45. Also cricket - the Schweppes County Championship and SUSSEX V THE AUSTRALIANS; athletics - the World Women's Modern
Pentathlon Championship. Timetable
1.3* News/Prospects
1.55 Racing from
Kempton Park
2.5 Golf/Football/
Cricket
2.25 Racing from
Kempton Park
2.35 Golf/Cricket/
Football commentary
4.50 Racing round-up
5.0 Sports news round-up
5.5 Golf/Cricket/Football
5.45 Classified racing/
Closing headlines
Introduced by David Allan Producer RAY HARVEY
Don Davis presents the touring general knowledge quiz from the Pavilion Theatre, Falmouth. Devised by DON DAVIS Producer RICHARD EDIS
7.38 Cricket Desk
Radio Big Band conducted byBARRYFORGiE with Scott Peters
Introduced by SheilaTraey Producer ROBIN SEDGLEY
from the Royal Festival Hall, London, presents A Night at the Opera Introduced by Ian Wallace including music by Verdi. Puccini. Bizet, Wagner and Mozart Ashley Lawrence conducts the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader JOHN BRADBURY with Marilyn Hill Smith Janet Coster
Vernon Midgley and Neil Howlett
Leicester Philharmonic Society
Chorus-master KEITH SMITH at 8.40-9.JI'
Ian Wallace talks about his nights at the opera. Producer ROBERT BOWMAN
A series of BBC/NOS co-productions
METROPOLE ORCHESTRA Of
Dutch Radio conducted by DOLF VAN DER LINDEN with Lois Lane Colin Anthony Rolf Ericson
(trumpet, flugel) Jiggs Whigham (trombone)
Toots Thielemanns (guitar, harmonica)
Producers ROBIN SEDGLEY and JAN VAN RIEMSDIJK :
11.2 Sports Desk
with Colin Berry
Producers DENYS JONES and BARBARA PACK