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Introduced by David Coleman
Today's Special Events:

Motor Racing: The Tourist Trophy Race
direct from Goodwood
From 1.0 and during the afternoon

A six-hour race for sports cars and the decisive race for the world championship. The 24th R.A.C. Tourist Trophy is organised by the British Automobile Racing Club - in association with the 'News of the World'
(See page 5)

Boxing: Dick Tiger (Liverpool) v. Ace Armstrong (New Jersey)
in America
At 1.15 app.

An exclusive recording of this week's ten round middleweight contest at Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Swimming: A.S.A. National Championships
direct from Derby Baths, Blackpool
At 2.15, 2.40, and 3.35

Some of the finals

Rugby Union
At 4.0
The second half of one of the top matches of the new Rugby Union season

Sports Results Service
4.40 app. Football, Racing Summaries
4.55 app. Classified Football Results

Contributors

Presenter:
David Coleman
Commentator (Motor Racing):
Robin Richards
Commentator in the pits (Motor Racing):
John Bolster
Television Presentation (Motor Racing):
John Vernon
Boxer:
Dick Tiger
Boxer:
Ace Armstrong
Commentator (Boxing):
Jack Drees
Commentator (Swimming):
Harry Walker
Television Presentation (Swimming):
Ray Lakeland
Commentator (Rugby Union):
Michael Henderson
Television Presentation (Rugby Union):
Innes Lloyd
Presented by:
Bryan Cowgill
Programme Editor:
Paul Fox

by Frank Richards.
[Starring] Gerald Campion
(Previously shown on August 3)

Contributors

Writer:
Frank Richards
Producer:
David Goddard
Harry Wharton:
Richard Palmer
Hurree Singh:
Leonard Davey
Frank Nugent:
Michael Crawford
Bob Cherry:
Cavan Kendall
Johnny Bull:
Nigel Anthony
Billy Bunter:
Gerald Campion
Skinner:
Alaric Cotter
Coker:
Michael Caridia
Potter:
David Hemmings
Mr. Quelch:
John Woodnutt

The Western film series starring Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne the roving cowboy adventurer.
A young girl persuades Bronco to accompany her on a journey to a ghost town in the Rockies. On arrival they find three men are involved in the secret, frozen in the glacier that lies above the town.

Contributors

Bronco Layne:
Ty Hardin

Stories from the Casebook of Detective-Superintendent Charlesworth by Berkely Mather
[Starring] Wensley Pithey as Charlesworth

Contributors

Writer:
Berkely Mather
Producer:
Terence Dudley
Film Cameraman:
Charles Lagus
Film Editor:
Ken Cooper
Costumes for the series supervised by:
Sheila Glassford
Make-up supervised by:
Cherry Alston
Designer:
Stewart Marshall
Slip Lowther:
Michael Ripper
Mrs. Furse:
Josephine Tewson
Detective-Sergeant Spence:
Tony Church
Sergeant Bentley:
Arthur Lovegrove
Detective-Superintendent Charlesworth:
Wensley Pithey
Stanton:
John Van Eyssen
Furse:
Laurence Hardy
Detective-Inspector Drew:
Charles Morgan
Dr. Farley:
Arnold Locke
Coffey:
Bart Allison

where Billy Cotton and his Band appear with Alan Breeze, Kathie Kay, The High-Lights, Jeremy Lloyd, The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes and the popular recording pianist Russ Conway with Guest Stars from the world of entertainment.

Contributors

Presenter/band leader:
Billy Cotton
Musicians:
The Billy Cotton Band
Singer:
Alan Breeze
Singer:
Kathie Kay
Singers:
The High-Lights
Announcer:
Jeremy Lloyd
Dancers:
The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes
Pianist:
Russ Conway
Script:
Jimmy Grafton
Choreographer and associate producer:
Leslie Roberts
Production:
Bill Cotton Jnr.

Written by Fred Feldkamp.
The story of the war against Japan.
Seven hundred miles south of Japan lies the small ash-covered island of Iwo-Jima, dominated by the volcano of Suribachi. The struggle for Iwo, from late 1944 to March 1945, was one of the bitterest of the whole Pacific War.
A March of Time production

Contributors

Writer:
Fred Feldkamp
Editor:
Jack Bush
Producer:
Arthur B. Tourtellot

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