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Introduced by David Coleman
Today's special events will include at:

2.50 Rugby International: England v. Scotland
BBC Television Outside Broadcast cameras bring you the whole of the seventy-fourth Calcutta Cup Match, direct from Twickenham
Interviews before the match by Cliff Michelmore

Today's Timetable
1.20 and 2.20 app. Boxing: The Welsh Amateur Boxing Association Championships
direct from Cardiff

2.0 and 2.30 app Badminton: The All-England Championships
The final games from the Empire Pool, Wembley

Rugby Union 2.50 (see above)

Sports Results Service 4.30 app.
Football and Racing Summaries

Contributors

Presenter:
David Coleman
Interviewer (Rugby Union):
Cliff Michelmore
Commentator (Rugby Union):
Peter West
Commentator (Rugby Union):
Cliff Morgan
Commentator (Boxing):
Harry Carpenter
Television Presentation (Boxing):
Selwyn Roderick
Commentator (Badminton):
Max Robertson
Commentator (Badminton):
Harold Morland
Television Presentation (Badminton):
Bill Wright
Presented by:
Bryan Cowgill
Programme Editor:
Paul Fox

A serial in six episodes by Justin Blake
With Terence Longdon, Terence Alexander, Ann Gudrun, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Maurice Kaufmann
(Flying and airport sequences by arrangement with Silver City Airways Ltd.)

Contributors

Writer:
Justin Blake
Film Cameraman:
John Turner
Film Editor:
Ron de Mattos
Designer:
Stewart Marshall
Producer:
Richard West
The Voice:
Elwyn Brook-Jones
Garry Halliday:
Terence Longdon
Kurt:
Maurice Kaufmann
Inspector Franks:
Michael Collins
Jean Wills:
Ann Gudrun
Bill Dodds:
Terence Alexander
Herman:
Stanley van Beers
Hesse:
Anthony Sagar
Pop:
Deering Wells
Commentator:
Andrew Faulds

The Six-Five Show
starring Bob Miller and the Millermen, Barry Barnett, AI Saxon, The Polka Dots, Elaine Delmar, Susan Jons and your host, Gary Marshal.

Contributors

Presenter:
Gary Marshal
Musicians:
Bob Miller and the Millermen
Singer:
Barry Barnett
Singer:
Al Saxon
Singers:
The Polka Dots
Singer:
Elaine Delmar
Singer:
Susan Jons
Band numbers staged by:
Eleanor Fazan
Production:
Francis Essex

Exciting adventures of the Western Stagecoach Service.
[Starring] Dale Robertson

A disreputable but likeable old man produces a manuscript which contains his memoirs. He immediately becomes a target for someone who is anxious for his past to remain unknown. While not approving the old man's methods, Jim Hardie is unable to resist defending him.

Contributors

Jim Hardie:
Dale Robertson

Some stories of a London Policeman by Ted Willis.
[Starring] Jack Warner as Dixon of Dock Green

Contributors

Writer:
Ted Willis
Production:
Douglas Moodie
P.C. George Dixon:
Jack Warner
P.C. Lauderdale:
Geoffrey Adams
P.C. Bob Penney:
Anthony Parker
Sergeant Flint:
Arthur Rigby
Sally Ford:
Polly Adams
Nancy:
Dorothy Casey
Andy Crawford, C.I.D.:
Peter Byrne
Duffy Clayton:
Harold Scott
Boxie:
Violet Gould
Charlie Thomson:
Thomas G. Duggan
Sue Wood:
Jennifer Wilson
Mary:
Jeannette Hutchinson
Sgt. Grace Millard:
Moira Mannion
Jack Kelly:
Thomas Gallagher
Sopwith:
Walter Randall
P.C. Hughes:
Graham Ashley

Billy Cotton calls Wakey, Wakey! in The Billy Cotton Band Show
With Alan Breeze, Kathie Kay, The High-Lights, The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes and the popular recording pianist Russ Conway, with Guest Stars: Eric Sykes and Alexis Sacha.
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Contributors

Presenter/bandleader:
Billy Cotton
Musicians:
The Billy Cotton Band
Singer:
Alan Breeze
Singer:
Kathie Kay
Singers:
The High-Lights
Dancers:
The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes
Pianist:
Russ Conway
Comedian:
Eric Sykes
Guest star:
Alexis Sacha
Script:
Jimmy Grafton
Settings:
Malcolm Goulding
Choreographer/Associate Producer:
Leslie Roberts
Production:
Bill Cotton Jnr

A drama.
Starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons.

When Diane, the spoilt and beautiful daughter of a devoted father and wealthy stepmother, wants something she usually gets it. But the affairs of the heart are unpredictable, as she and her family find out in a series of dramatic events that change all their lives.

Contributors

Produced and directed by:
Otto Preminger
Frank:
Robert Mitchum
Diane:
Jean Simmons
Mary:
Mona Freeman
Mr. Tremayne:
Herbert Marshall
Fred Barrett:
Leon Ames
Mrs. Tremayne:
Barbara O'Neil

An inter-continental conversation.
In London: Lord Birkett, Formerly one of Her Majesty's Lord Justices of Appeal
In Boston: Joseph N. Welch, The American lawyer who leapt to fame during the long struggle with Senator McCarthy
In Paris: Maitre Suzanne Blum, Distinguished French advocate, known as the Portia of France
The Host in New York: Edward R. Murrow
Three distinguished advocates discuss the legal philosophies of their respective countries.
Part 1 of a discussion filmed and recorded simultaneously in different parts of the world.
Part 2: next Saturday

Contributors

Panellist (in London):
Lord Birkett
Panellist (in Boston):
Joseph N. Welch
Panellist (in Paris):
Maitre Suzanne Blum
Presenter/Produced for the CBS Television Network by:
Edward R. Murrow
Produced for the CBS Television Network by:
Fred W. Friendly

Sportsview film cameras bring you today's sport tonight.
Introduced by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Among the films it is hoped to include:

Association Football
West Ham United v. Bolton Wanderers; Wolverhampton Wanderers v. West Bromwich Albion

Rugby Union: England v. Scotland
An edited recording of this afternoon's international match.

Contributors

Presenter:
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Editor:
Paul Fox
Editor:
Ronnie Noble
Presented by:
A. P. Wilkinson

BBC Television

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