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See panel and page 7
Details of next week's Grandstand are shown on page 55

Introduced by David Coleman direct from Aintree
BBC Television Outside Broadcasts with 17 cameras bring you the thrills of the world's greatest steeplechase Becher's Brook... Canal Turn... The Chair... are among the 30 jumps that face the world's top steeple-chasers as they race over 4 miles 856 yards for Grand National prize money of approximately £22,000
Commentators: Peter O'Sullevan, Peter Montague-Evans, Clive Graham and Robert Haynes
Television presentation by RAY LAKELAND and DENNIS MONGER

Boxing in America at 1.20
Willie Pastrano (Florida) v. Wayne Thornton (California)
A 10-round return bout he!d in Madison Sq. Garden, New York
(A recording of the "Gillette Fight of the Week")

Racing direct from Aintree
2.0 Liverpool Hurdle (Div. I)
2.30 Liverpool Hurdle (Div. II)
2.35 Grand National runners and riders board
2.45 Grand National Parade Ring
3.15 The Grand National Steeplechase for the Vaux Gold Tankard

Athletics direct from Wembley Pool at 3.35
International Open Meeting
(Organised by the A.A.A. in conjunction with the 'Daily Herald')
Commentators: Norris McWhirter and Max Robertson
Television presentation by BILL WRIGHT

Moto-Cross direct from Hawkstone Park, near Shrewsbury from 3.50
Champions' International Meeting
(Organised by the Salop MCC & the A C.U.)
Commentator: Murray Walker
Television presentation by BRIAN JOHNSON

Racing summaries Classified football results

Contributors

Presenter:
David Coleman
Presented by:
Bryan Cowgill
Programme edited by:
Alan Chivers

A series of adventures set under the Big Top.

The circus is joined by an Indian act which is a great success, but one of the circus men does not like Indians and trouble starts when a robbery is committed in the camp.

Contributors

Corky:
Mickey Braddock
Joey the Clown:
Noah Beery
Big Tim Champion:
Robert Lowery
Pete the Canvasman:
Guinn Williams
Chief Spotted Horse:
Ralph Moody
Taylor:
James Anderson
The Warrior:
Fred Letuli
Nitika:
Eugenia Paul

by Richmal Crompton.
Adapted for television by C. E. Webber.

Contributors

Author:
Richmal Crompton
Adapted by:
C. E. Webber
Producer:
Leonard Chase
Film Cameraman:
Charles Parnall
Film Editor:
Bob Morgan
Designer:
Austen L. Spriggs
William:
Denis Gilmore
Mrs Brown:
Patricia Marmont
Hubert Lane:
Nicolas Clay
First Laneite:
Norman Bacon
Douglas:
Carlo Cura
Henry:
Kaplan Kaye
Ginger:
Christopher Witty
Second Laneite:
David Jackson
Third Laneite:
Colin Neal
Fourth Laneite:
Gerald Roland
Mrs Monks:
Hazel Hughes
Bertie Franks:
Stephen Marriott
Rev Monks:
Derek Tansley
First Franksite:
Geoffrey Gilbert
Second Franksite:
Andrew Clarke
Third Franksite:
Charles Eley
Ladies at meeting:
Evelyn Lund
Ladies at meeting:
Gladys Dawson
Ladies at meeting:
Maria Pope
Ladies at meeting:
Vi Delma
Ladies at meeting:
Gertrude Kaye

A new disc - a Hit or a Miss?
Comments and opinions on the latest pop releases.
This week's panel: Jimmy Henney, Hattie Jacques, Eric Sykes, Margaret Whiting
In the chair, David Jacobs

Contributors

Panellist:
Jimmy Henney
Panellist:
Hattie Jacques
Panellist:
Eric Sykes
Panellist:
Margaret Whiting
Chairman:
David Jacobs
Programme devised by:
Peter Potter
Presented by:
Neville Wortman

A film series.
A Third Man Corp. (U.K.) Ltd. Production, distributed by BBC TV

Contributors

Story and teleplay by:
Fred Schiller
Story and teleplay by:
Mary C. McCall Jnr.
Story consultant:
Warner Law
Director:
Paul Henreid
Producer:
Irving Asher
Executive producer:
Vernon Burns
Harry Lime:
Michael Rennie
Bradford Webster:
Jonathan Harris
Aubrey Reeves:
Alan Caillou
Dolly Wong:
Linda Wong
Chung Lee:
Jim Howe
Inspector Simms:
George Pelling

A Western film series.
Starring John Smith, Robert Fuller
with Spring Byington and Dennis Holmes

Daisy and Slim are taken prisoner by ruthless outlaws who plan to steal a shipment of gold from the stagecoach when it arrives at the Sherman relay station.

Contributors

Slim Sherman:
John Smith
Jess Harper:
Robert Fuller
Daisy Cooper:
Spring Byington
Mike:
Dennis Holmes

Devised and written by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney.
Starring Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin, Reg Varney
and co-starring Irene Handl, Barbara Windsor
with Patricia Denys, Wanda Ventham, Stella Tanner, Carmel Cryan
and featuring William Kendall, Patrick Newell, Pamela Cundell

Contributors

Devised and written by:
Ronald Wolfe
Devised and written by:
Ronald Chesney
Incidental Music:
Gordon Franks
Designer:
Malcolm Goulding
Producer:
Dennis Main Wilson
Harold Fenner:
Peter Jones
Paddy Fleming:
Miriam Karlin
Reg Turner:
Reg Varney
Reg's Mum:
Irene Handl
Judy:
Barbara Windsor
Betty:
Patricia Denys
Shirley:
Wanda Ventham
Olive:
Stella Tanner
Gloria:
Carmel Cryan
[Actor]:
William Kendall
[Actor]:
Patrick Newell
[Actress]:
Pamela Cundell

Starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock from the novel by Daphne du Maurier

Contributors

Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Author:
Daphne du Maurier
Producer:
David O. Selznick
Maxim de Winter:
Laurence Olivier
Mrs de Winter:
Joan Fontaine
Jack Favell:
George Sanders
Mrs Danvers:
Judith Anderson
Major Giles Lacy:
Nigel Bruce
Colonel Julyan:
C. Aubrey Smith
Beatrice Lacy:
Gladys Cooper

Introduced by Kenneth Wolstenholme.

The Grand National
A team of racing experts report the highlights of the world's greatest steeplechase run at Aintree this afternoon.

F.A. Cup Sixth Round
Kenneth Wolstenholme, Alan Weeks and Walley Barnes are at grounds throughout the country reporting three of today's principal Cup-ties.

Contributors

Presenter/commentator (F.A. Cup Sixth Round):
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Commentator (F.A. Cup Sixth Round):
Alan Weeks
Commentator (F.A. Cup Sixth Round):
Walley Barnes
Editor:
Lawrie Higgins
Presented by:
Richard Tilling

It's over, let it go. Whether it's been a sad week, a bad week, or a glorious week, there's no need to respect it. Take it to pieces with.... David Frost and Millicent Martin, Timothy Birdsall, Kenneth Cope, Roy Kinnear, Bernard Levin, Al Mancini, Lance Percival, William Rushton.

Contributors

Presenter:
David Frost
Singer:
Millicent Martin
Cartoonist:
Timothy Birdsall
Performer:
Kenneth Cope
Performer:
David Kernan
Performer:
Roy Kinnear
Interviewer:
Bernard Levin
Performer:
Al Mancini
Performer:
Lance Percival
Performer:
William Rushton
Musical director:
Dave Lee
Designer:
Malcolm Middleton
Producer:
Ned Sherrin

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