The Saturday Show including at
7.45 Down to Earth with Alan Titchmarsh Producer DAVID BELLINGER BBC Pebble Mill

Producer ANTHONY CHERRY

With titles such as Apache, Conversations, A Girl Like You and Diamonds to his credit, there was a period in the 60s when composer Jerry Lordan was seldom out of the Top 20. Today he looks back to that successful decade and plays many favourites, including David Bowie, the Who, Shirley Bassey and Peter Sellers.
BBC Bristol

with star guests, news, reviews and music. Producerr.KOFF MULLIN

serves up only the choicest cuts from your favourite records. Producer ROGER BOWMAN
Write to Gerald Harper , Radio 2, BBC. London W1A 4WW
1.00 FM joins Radio 1

with Roy Hudd

(See panel)

Introduced by John Inverdale

Rugby Union: The last round of the Five Nations Championship England v Ireland (kick off 2.45) Wales v France (kick off 2.30)

Back in 1875 at the Oval, England played Ireland for the first time. Today Twickenham stages the 100th international between the two countries. In Cardiff, Wales aim to stop the French run of five successive wins over the principality. Commentary and reports from both games.

Football: Barclays League

With Everton playing Liverpool tomorrow, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United meet to try and close the gap on the runaway leaders. Second-half commentary on one of the day's leading matches with reports and news on the other games.

Cricket: Fourth One-Day International New Zealand v England
Christopher Martin-Jenkins reports from Auckland on the last match of England's tour.

Racing: Commentary from Lingfield Park by Lee McKenzie on:
2.00 £17,500 Bic Razor Gold Cup Handicap Hurdle (2 1/2m)

Plus news from the All-England Badminton Championships and of the Grand National competition.

5.00 Sports Report

(Feature: page 13)

... While Jumping off the Roof Dick Vosburgh airs the songs that survived musical disasters. With the voice of Bob Sessions Written by DICK VOSBURGH Producer ANDY ALIFFE (R)

Throughout the war - and for many years afterwards cinema newsreel audiences took the stentorian tones of commentator
Bob Danvers-Walker very much for granted.
It all began in Australia, as Bob tells Peter Haigh when he presents his selection of musical memories collected during a lifetime of observing and reporting.
Producer DAVID WELSBY BBC Pebble Mill

Trivia fact: the 1955 hit Mambo Italiano was named after Sylvester Stallone.
Join Chairman Ken Bruce for the original pop music quiz.
Team captains Helen Shapiro and Joe Brown
Guests Cathy McGowan and Adrian Love
Compiled by PHIL SWERN and producer MARK ROBSON
7.30 FM rejoins Radio 2

in concert with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra directed by Bill Ashton
Vocal guest Lorraine Craig
The major part of this concert is devoted to the first broadcast performance of Paul Hart 's Concerto for Guitar and Jazz Orchestra, conducted by the composer.
Recorded at the Barbican Hall, London.
Producer RAY HARVEY

Benny contemplates Ruritania - the most remarkable make-believe kingdom in the history of fiction - and meets two of its most romantic citizens,
Rudolf Rassendyll and the Princess Flavia. He is helped by Toni Kanal , Tracy Miller and Lindsay Benson with Brian Hewlett John Church and the Neil Richardson Orchestra Musical arrangements by NEIL RICHARDSON
Script and additional lyrics by BENNY GREEN
Original music by SIGMUND ROMBERG and VERNON DUKE
Producer MEL HOUSE

The Strings of the BBC Radio Orchestra led by MICHAEL TOMAUN conducted by Don Innes
Presented by Bill Rennells Producer ROBIN SEDGLEY

'No-one, I think, is in my tree.' Producer NICK CLARKE BBC Manchester

with Dave Gelly
Producer BARBARA PAGE

presents Nightride Producers MEL HOUSE
GRAHAM BELCHERE and JOHN MELOY

Producer LESLEY DOUGLAS