The Saturday Show including at 7.45 Down to Earth with Alan Titchmarsh Producer DAVID BELUNGER BBC Pebble Mill
Producer ALAN OWEN
A combination of hit records and Are You Being Served? has brought success to Mike Berry in the 1980s. But, together with his band the Outlaws, he also made his mark on the record charts of the 60s. Today he looks back to that decade with music from RICKY NELSON , LITTLE RICHARD, ROBERT PARKER and others. Producer STUART HOBDAY BBC Bristol
with Peter Clayton
Producer SANDRA BLACK
Ken Dodd , Bernie Clifton and Frank Carson are dumbfounded by David Frost
(See panel)
Introduced by Mike Ingham
Rugby Union: Five Nations Championship
Ireland v England - KO 2.45
Last season seven tries were scored, with England the victors, in a game played in arctic conditions. Today's commentators at Lansdowne Road are Ian Robertson, Jim Neilly and Fergus Slattery
France v Wales - KO 2.0
The Welsh have the unenviable task of needing a win in Paris to stop a French run of five straight victories. Commentators in the Parc des Princes are Alastair Hignell, Chris Rea and Barry John
Football: Today League
Arsenal face a stiff test at Highbury against Liverpool; Everton take on Coventry at home; and Nottm Forest travel to Watford. In Division Two Portsmouth are away to Ipswich, while Derby County are hosts to Birmingham. Plus news of the best of today's card, featuring commentary on the second half of one of the best games.
5.0 Sports Report including classified football results, pools information, sports news and comment
is The Man With No Part in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. Instead Humphrey Lyttelton has to put up with Barry Cryer, Willie Rushton, Stephen Fry and Tim Brooke-Taylor
Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy or Matthew Scott (whichever available)
Producer: Nobody Worth Mentioning
Steve Race celebrates the role of the arranger. Producer ALAN OWEN (R)
Why do hooded seals blow balloons? Which drink is made from a cactus? Which beetle is wanted by the police?
A lighthearted natural history quiz with Pam Ayres ,
Sheila Anderson , Joe Henson , and Bernard Cribbins
Chairman Paddy Feeny Producer JOHN HARRISON BBC Bristol
Yannis Daras conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra leader MARTIN LOVEDAY
Roumiana Athanassova (piano) Michael Jeans (cor anglais) The programme includes
Variations on a Nursery Song by Dohnanyi and The Swan of Tuonela by Sibelius
Introduced by John Marsh Producer BARRY KNIGHT
(Given in the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, in association with Charles McK. Finch) (R)
8.20 8.40 * Interval
Brett Usher re-lives a personal pilgrimage to the birthplace of Hector Berlioz.
Producer ANTHONY WILLS (R)
The Strings of the i BBC Radio Orchestra leader MICHAEL TOMALIN
> Guest conductor Ray Davies
Presented by Bill Rennells Producer ROBIN SEDGLEY
Music and memories, the Word Game and the Trivia Quiz
'If you can't find a partner, use a wooden chair'
Producer JOHN LEONARD BBC Manchester
Dave Gelly offers you a weekend punchbowl Producer BARBARA PAGE
presents Nightride Producers PAM COX
ROGER BOWMAN and ROY HERBERT
Producer IAN GRANT
The Early Show
