On the opening day of this new competition the reigning County Champions meet Middlesex at the headquarters of cricket. BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you the whole of the forty-over match, which should provide a fascinating indication of the potential of this new format.
The commentary team at Lord's Cricket Ground: John Arlott, Brian Johnston, Jim Laker
The series is introduced by Frank Bough who also provides the latest news from today's other fixtures Kent v. Hampshire, Somerset v. Leicestershire, Surrey v. Worcestershire, Sussex v. Lancashire, Essex v. Nottinghamshire, Gloucester v. Warwickshire, Northants v. Glamorgan
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The best of the week's newsfilm from all over the world, together with other subjects of interest. For the deaf and hard of hearing a commentary appears visually
followed by The Weather
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Starring The George Mitchell Singers
featuring John Boulter, Dai Francis, Tony Mercer
with The Television Toppers
and Lois Lane, Margaret Savage, Delia Wicks, Penny Jewkes, Les Rawlings
(John Boulter, Dai Francis, and Tony Mercer are in "The Black and White Minstrel Show" at the Victoria Palace, London)
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The monthly review of what is happening in Music Now
In this month's edition;
Gerard Souzay accompanied by Dalton Baldwin
sings Strauss, Poulenc, and Roussel
Charles Groves in Liverpool
Alexander Goehr
discusses the state of contemporary music and introduces his setting of a poem by Blake with The John Alldis Singers and Elgar Howarth (trumpet)
The National Youth Jazz Orchestra
The Orion Piano Trio
winners of the recent BBC Beethoven Trio Competition
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A series of programmes of lunacy and laughter starring, as your hosts, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin featuring a regular company of crazy characters and a bewildering array of guests
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followed by Sunday Cricket Results and reports
Late Night Line-Up's weekly look at the cinema with stars - previews - and a dig into the past
Introduced by Tony Bilbow with Philip Jenkinson
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