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Third day of the Spring Meeting.

2.30 The Elsham Handicap Plate
over one and a half miles

3.15 The Lincolnshire Handicap Stakes
for four-year-olds and upwards over one mile

3.50 The Brocklesby Plate
over five furlongs

4.20 The Castle Plate
over six furlongs

(to 16.30)

Contributors

Commentator:
Peter O'Sullevan
Commentator:
Peter Montague-Evans
Commentator:
Clive Graham
Interviewer:
David Coleman
Presented for TV by:
Ray Lakeland

A second showing of Koalas and Lyre Birds

In a Victoria forest Gerald and Jacquie Durrell wait to see and hear the display of one of Australia's most famous birds. Later they find that koala bears are not always as sleepy as they look.
From the West

Contributors

Presenter:
Gerald Durrell
Presenter:
Jacquie Durrell
Photographed by:
Jim Saunders
Editor:
Paul Khan
Producer:
Christopher Parsons

Introduced by Cliff Michelmore
with Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, Brian Redhead.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Reporter:
Christopher Brasher
Reporter:
Julian Pettifer
Reporter:
Brian Redhead
Editor:
Peter Batty

A film series starring Michael Rennie as Harry Lime.
A BBC film release

Harry Lime accepts an assignment to a South American country to protect a visiting American politician-and finds that he has been framed.

7.35-8.0 Japanese Jaunt: 3: Kamakura, Ise, and Fuji
with Johnny Morris
(Rowridge, Brighton)

7.35-8.0 Scan: The Midland Irish
(Oxford)

7.35-8.0 Men of the Fens
(Peterborough, Manningtree)

Contributors

Story and teleplay by:
Jameson Brewer
Director:
Paul Stanley
Producer:
Felix Jackson
Harry Lime:
Michael Rennie
Lorraine Borka:
Elizabeth Montgomery
Omsberg:
Herbert Rudley
President Fonseca:
Franco Corsaro
Major Santos:
Edward Colmans
Bradford Webster:
Jonathan Harris
Narrator (Japanese Jaunt):
Johnny Morris

by John Hopkins.
There are two young constables in each car, ready to deal with trouble as it happens.

Complaints made to the police are strange and diverse. When the mother of a ten-year-old boy complains that her son is in possession of certain photographs, Barlow hasn't very far to search for the source.
See facing page

Contributors

Writer:
John Hopkins
Designer:
Spencer Chapman
Script Editor:
Robert Barr
Producer:
David E. Rose
Director:
Shaun Sutton

Introduced by Peter Dimmock bringing you News-Action-Personalities in a weekly sports magazine for the family.
featuring this week:

The Grand National
A preview of the world's greatest steeplechase.

Ice Skating
Meet the Olympic Gold Medal winners Ludmilla Belousova and Oleg Protopopov.

Moto-Cross
Presentation of the Grandstand Trophies.

Rugby League: Great Britain v. France
Eddie Waring on today's International at Leigh.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Dimmock
Speaker (Ice Skating):
Ludmilla Belousova
Speaker (Ice Skating):
Oleg Protopopov
Commentator (Rugby League):
Eddie Waring
Presented by:
Alec Weeks
Associate editor:
Lawrie Higgins
Editor:
Cliff Morgan

or Who Wounded Maud McCutcheon?
by Denis Johnston
with John Wood and Marie Kean
See page 34

Contributors

Author:
Denis Johnston
Music:
Sean O'Riada
Designer:
Mary Rea
Story Editor:
Harry Moore
Producer:
Peter Luke
Director:
Michael Leeston-Smith
Sarah Curran:
Finuala O'Shannon
The Speaker/Robert Emmet:
John Wood
First Redcoat/Gen O'Smith:
P. G., Stephens
Second Redcoat:
Patrick Carter
Major Sirr/Henry Gratton:
Harold Goldblatt
Stagehand/Minister Arts and of Crafts:
Barry Keegan
Doctor:
Patrick McAlinney
Tram Conductor/O'Cooney:
Larry Burns
Flower Woman:
Marie Kean
Blindman:
John Cowley
Flapper:
Sheelagh Cullen
Trinity Medical:
Kevin McHugh
Lizzie:
Colette Dunne
Katie:
Maggie Fitzgerald
Older Man:
Brian O'Higgins
Tout:
Declan Mulholland
Younger Man:
Donal Donnelly
Joe:
Desmond Jordan
Maeve:
Bridget McConnel
Wife of Minister:
Kitty Fitzgerald
Lady Trimmer:
Anita Sharp Bolster
O'Mooney:
Gerry Duggan
O'Rooney:
Derry Power

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