All the spectacle and thrills of the world's greatest Steeplechase for the first time in colour direct from Aintree

over two miles, 100 yards

over six furlongs

over four-and-a-half miles and thirty of the best-known fences in steeplechasing
Introduced by David Coleman
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starring Dorothy Lamour
with Jon Hall, Lynne Overman, Philip Reed

Adventure, intrigue, and romance as a Native King attempts to prevent a rebellion on a volcanic island in the South Seas.
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Introduced by Cliff Morgan

The recent international flavour of the series is retained today in this fixture between two of the oldest clubs in Scotland and Ireland.
Hawick was formed in 1873 and since then they have been regarded as perhaps the strongest club in Border rugby, who have produced, through the ages, many great International players. They have won the Scottish Club Championship more often than any other club in the post-war period.
Clontarff, on the other hand, was founded in 1876 and has earned the reputation of being one of the most competent club sides in Leinster. They have supplied many caps for Ireland and are the only side ever to have beaten a New Zealand side in Ireland.

followed by The Weather
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Reflections on a visit to Regent's Park by Jonathan Miller
See page 43
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by Arnold Bennett
dramatised in four parts by Michael Voysey
starring Roy Dotrice
Merger discussions took Evelyn to Paris where he met Gracie and they had an affair. Ceria proposed to Violet and was refused and disappeared. News of this caused Evelyn to return, leaving Gracie in Paris.
For details see Thursday at 10.25 p.m.
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with Magnus Magnusson
Every traveller coming added to the general defacement of the statuary within his reach. It was no part of my original plan to bring away anything but my models.
It was with these words in 1816 that Lord Elgin argued his case for having removed many of the finest sculptures from the Parthenon. The controversy surrounding the 'Elgin Marbles' and whether they should be returned to Greece has raged ever since.
The story of how Lord Elgin secured them, of Byron's vicious attack upon him, and of the Earl's subsequent ruin is told by Magnus Magnusson.

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Rossini's famous overture illustrated in cartoon form by Gianini and Luzzati
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Kenneth Wolstenholme reports, with outside broadcast colour cameras, on one of today's top Football League matches
Today's match will be announced at the end of Grandstand on BBC-1
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A recording of the world's greatest steeplechase, run at Aintree this afternoon, and televised in colour for the first time by outside broadcast cameras.
Programme introduced by Frank Bough
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The weekly arts magazine

Once Upon a Wall
In what may well prove to be one of the most important art exhibitions of the century, the Hayward Gallery shows some seventy examples of Italian fresco painting from Giotto to Pontormo. The exhibition opens on April 3 and has already travelled to New York and Amsterdam.
Release includes an American film of the extraordinary process by which these precious wall paintings were saved from irreparable damage after the tragic floods of 1966.

Fifty Thousand Pounds for a Novel
The largest-ever literary award in Britain is to be given in April to the author of the best novel published in 1968. This week the short-list of six novelists is published. Booker McConnell , in conjunction with The Publishers Association, allowed Release, in strict confidence, to be privy to the secret deliberations of the panel of experts and to know in advance the names of the last six so that a series of short biographical and critical films could be prepared in advance.
The first of four Release programmes tonight introduces this exciting literary suspense story. In future weeks all six novelists will appear on Release.

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Starring Peter Finch
with James Mason, Yvonne Mitchell, Nigel Patrick, John Fraser, Lionel Jeffries

Oscar Wilde was brought to trial at the pinnacle of his career as playwright, conversationalist, and wit. The three trials and Wilde's imprisonment and ostracism remain one of the great controversies of the twentieth century.
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