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The Derby
- From 12.30 to 3.30 BBC Television presents -
Derby Day Grandstand
Introduced by David Coleman
A special sports carnival for a great sporting day
Featuring the world's most famous racing classic
Direct from Epsom from 2.40 app. - the whole race as it happens
The Paddock
A close-up view of the runners with expert comment
The Parade
A last look at the runners parading before the Royal Box
The Race Over 1½ miles
Peter O'Sullevan, Clive Graham and Peter Bromley; your racing guides Television Presentation by DENNIS MONGER, JOHN VERNON, and RAY LAKELAND Executive Producer: HARRY MIDDLETON

Today's Timetable
12.30: The Derby
Latest news and views about the race which is worth nearly £ 35,000
12.35: The Home Stretch
An American racing film
1.15: Real Madrid v. Eintracht
Recorded highlights of the year's finest football match in which Real Madrid won the European Cup for the fifth time
1.45: Boxing: The Fight of the Week Film report from Jack Solomons' Derby Eve promotion at Wembley
Dave Charnley (G.B) Lightweight Champion of Britain, the Empire, and Europe
v. Paul Armstead (U.S.A.) lightweight Champion of California
Commentator, Harry Carpenter

From 2.40 app.: The Derby Stakes
(see above)

Sports Results and News Service

PRESENTED BY BRYAN COWGILL

PROGRAMME EDITOR: PAUL FOX

Introduced by David Jacobs.

Yoga and Everyday Life
Demonstrated and discussed by Sir Paul and Lady Dukes.

Breakfast in London, Lunch in New York

Doreen Stephens samples a new jet flight

Ask a Policewoman
Irene Pye, East Africa's first gazetted woman police officer, talks about the work of women police in Tanganyika.

With a story from Ted Jones.

(to 16.15)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Jacobs
Presenter (Yoga and Everyday Life):
Sir Paul Dukes
Presenter (Yoga and Everyday Life):
Lady Dukes
Presenter (Lunch in New York):
Doreen Stephens
Speaker (Ask a Policewoman):
Irene Pye
Storyteller:
Ted Jones
Director:
Richard Francis
Producer:
Lorna Pegram

Introduced by Ion Mercer.

What to look for and where to find it

Butterflies with Hugh Newman

Club Room
The story of a bee with Leslie Jackman.

From the BBC's West of England television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
Ion Mercer
Item presenter (Butterflies):
Hugh Newman
Item presenter (Club Room):
Leslie Jackman
Producer:
Winwood Reade

by Charles Dickens.
Adapted in thirteen parts by P.D. Cummins.
Pip, who will not take Magwitch's money has asked Miss Havisham to provide for Herbert, and Estella has declared that she is going to marry Bentley Drummle.

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Adapted by:
P.D. Cummins
Designer:
Richard Henry
Film cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film editor:
Ron de Mattos
Producer:
Dorothea Brooking
Pip:
Dinsdale Landen
Herbert:
Colin Jeavons
Clara:
Jennifer Daniel
Magwitch:
Jerold Wells
Captain Barley:
Bernard Spear
Compeyson:
Robert Mooney
Mr Jaggers:
Keneth Thornett
Mr Wemmick:
Ronald Ibbs
Molly:
Rozanne Cure
Miss Havisham:
Marjory Hawtrey

The programme for animal lovers re-introduces the final of A Dog's Chance.
A second showing of the inter-regional knock-out competition to establish television's top team of dogs between Scotland, London, and the West at Priory Park, Southend-on-Sea.
Introduced by Brian Johnston.

Contributors

Judge:
Stanley Dangerfield
Presenter:
Brian Johnston
Producer:
Bill Wright

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson and including John Morgan, Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
John Morgan
Singer:
Robin Hall
Singer/guitarist:
Jimmie Macgregor
Associate producer:
Alasdair Milne
Associate producer:
Antony Jay
Associate producer:
Gordon Watkins
Editor:
Donald Baverstock

A film from the Western series starring John Smith, Robert Fuller, Robert Crawford, Jnr. and Hoagy Carmichael.

Slim and Jess take on a tough and dangerous job when, in a desperate attempt to stop a range war, they become town marshals.

Contributors

Slim Sherman:
John Smith
Jess Harper:
Robert Fuller
Andy Sherman:
Robert Crawford, Jnr.
Jonesy:
Hoagy Carmichael

Peter Dimmock introduces Sportsview
featuring the week's big events

Racing: The Derby
A recording of the world's most famous classic race run at Epsom this afternoon and brought to you by BBC television.

Boxing: Dave Charnley (Great Britain) Lightweight Champion of Britain, the British Empire, and Europe v. Paul Armstead (U.S.A.) Lightweight Champion of California
An exclusive film of last night's Wembley show.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Dimmock
Commentator (Racing):
Peter O'Sullevan
Commentator (Racing):
Clive Graham
Commentator (Racing):
Peter Bromley
Boxer:
Dave Charnley
Boxer:
Paul Armstead
Commentator (Boxing):
Harry Carpenter
Associate editor:
Ronnie Noble
Presented by:
Bryan Cowgill
Editor:
Paul Fox

A fortnightly programme.

Anthony Thwaite and family who last Christmas visited a refugee family in a camp near Dachau, now see them in their new environment at Woking, Surrey, where funds from the World Refugee Year appeal have enabled them to live.

Contributors

Presenter:
Anthony Thwaite
Cameraman:
David Prosser
Film editor:
Joseph Sterling
Director:
Vernon Sproxton

An inter-continental conversation.
The Speakers:
In London: Arnold Toynbee, Historian
In Miami, Florida: Philip Wylie, Author
In Washington, D.C.: Robert Graves, Poet and novelist
The host in New York: Eric Sevareid, CBS news correspondent
The Topics: Morals and ethics in the nuclear age

Contributors

Speaker (London):
Arnold Toynbee
Speaker (Miami):
Philip Wylie
Speaker (Washington):
Robert Graves
Presenter:
Eric Sevareid
Produced for the CBS Television Network by:
Edward Murrow
Produced for the CBS Television Network by:
Fred W. Friendly

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More