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A series of matches played under knock-out rules.
featuring
The International Cavaliers XI
Captain, Garfield Sobers (Notts and West Indies)
who today play for a purse of 100 guineas
Surrey C.C.C.
Captain, Mickey Stewart (Surrey and England)
at Cheam Sports Club.
The Cavaliers team today includes: Bobby Simpson (Australia), Colin McDonald (Australia), Frank Tyson (Northants and England), Ted Dexter (Sussex and England).
Introduced by Frank Bough.

(Organised by the International Cavaliers Cricket Club in association with Rothmans of Pall Mall in aid of the John Edrick Benefit Fund)
(Colour)
(to 16.00)

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Bough
Commentator:
John Arlott
Commentator:
Neil Durden-Smith
Commentator:
Jim Laker
Captain (The International Cavaliers XI):
Garfield Sobers
Captain (Surrey C.C.C.):
Micky Stewart
Cricketer:
Bobby Simpson
Cricketer:
Colin McDonald
Cricketer:
Frank Tyson
Cricketer:
Ted Dexter
Television Presentation:
Ian Smith
Television Presentation:
John Norman

for the deaf and hard of hearing
A look at the news of the week with film from all over the world and a commentary that can be seen as well as heard.
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Dougall
Translator:
Margaret Jones
Producer:
Bill Northwood

A series of films from all over the world about our astonishing planet and the people who live on it.

The first full documentary from Bhutan, a Himalayan kingdom wedged in between Chinese Tibet and India. After centuries of isolation this autocratic Buddhist society is at last beginning to look beyond its frontiers. This is the story of Bhutan through the eyes of a young Bhutanese schoolboy, Tobgay.
See page 33
(Colour)

Contributors

Narrator:
Clifford Evans
Narrator:
Geraint Davies
Writer/producer:
Eric Davidson

A duel of words and wit between Kenneth Horne with Michael Craig, Raymond Baxter and Drusilla Beyfus with Nyree Dawn Porter, Sheila More.
Referee, Robert Robinson

(Colour)

Contributors

Team captain:
Kenneth Horne
Panellist:
Michael Craig
Panellist:
Raymond Baxter
Team captain:
Drusilla Beyfus
Panellist:
Nyree Dawn Porter
Panellist:
Sheila More
Referee:
Robert Robinson
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Producer:
Johnny Downes

Andy Williams on his first personal appearance in Britain.
with special guest star, Henry Mancini
The Mike Sammes Singers
From the Royal Albert Hall, London
(By arrangement with Vic Lewis and Robert Paterson)
(Colour)

Contributors

Singer:
Andy Williams
Guest:
Henry Mancini
Musical Director:
Jack Elliot
The Orchestra Leader:
Alec Firman
Singers:
The Mike Sammes Singers
Television presentation:
Johnnie Stewart

A classic brilliant (Daily Telegraph)
Remarkable, astonishing (Music and Musicians)

A celebration of the 20th Aldeburgh Festival opened in the presence of H.M. The Queen.
with Julian Bream, The Vienna Boys Choir, Sviatoslav Richter, Henry Moore, Sir William Walton, Peter Pears, Joyce Grenfell, King's College Chapel Choir, Cambridge University Musical Society, English Chamber Orchestra, English Opera Group, Colin Graham, Owen Brannigan, Margaret Price, James Bowman, E. M. Forster, Marion, Countess of Harewood, Stephen Reiss, John Culshaw, James Blades, Bryan Drake, Imogen Holst, and Benjamin Britten
A co-production of Henry Jaffe Enterprises Inc., and the BBC
(Colour)

Contributors

Speaker:
Julian Bream
Singers:
The Vienna Boys Choir
Pianist:
Sviatoslav Richter
Sculptor:
Henry Moore
Speaker:
Sir William Walton
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Performer:
Joyce Grenfell
Singers:
King's College Chapel Choir
Musicians:
Cambridge University Musical Society
Musicians:
English Chamber Orchestra
Singers:
English Opera Group
Singer:
Colin Graham
Singer:
Owen Brannigan
Singer:
Margaret Price
Singer:
James Bowman
Subject:
E. M. Forster
Subject:
Marion, Countess of Harewood
Subject:
Stephen Reiss
Subject:
John Culshaw
Percussionist:
James Blades
Baritone:
Bryan Drake
Subject:
Benjamin Britten
Subject:
Imogen Holst
Narrator:
Patrick Allen
Producer:
Nathan Kroll
Producer:
Humphrey Burton
Editor:
Graham Bunn
Director:
Tony Palmer

featuring A Postcard from Brighton
and
Richard Rodney Bennett's Soliloquy
with Cleo Laine, John Dankworth and the Richard Rodney Bennett Trio.

(Colour)

Contributors

Composer (Soliloquy):
Richard Rodney Bennett
Singer (Soliloquy):
Cleo Laine
Saxophonist (Soliloquy):
John Dankworth
Musicians (Soliloquy):
The Richard Rodney Bennett Trio

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