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Barrow (royal blue) v Leeds (blue and amber)

Barrow, one of the most entertaining sides in the League, take on Leeds, star-studded runners-up in the League Championship.

Gordon Wilkins covers the motoring news of the week with Michael Frostick and Judith Jackson.

Tonight's programme includes a test track report on a new British family car due to appear at Earl's Court next week. There is a profile of two Americans in Paris - the Ford Pinto and the General Motors' Vega - seen for the first time in Europe at the French motor show. Also, as the 1970 Grand Prix season draws to an end, an all-action film enquiry into the costs of becoming a racing driver. Millions of pounds go into filling a starting grid in Formula 1 racing. Do the financial risks discourage teams from taking a chance with fresh talent?

by Edward Boyd
Starring Roddy McMillan

Fifteen years ago John Smith was found guilty of murder, but Aunt Margaret has always thought he might have been innocent. When she forces her nephew to find out the truth, he starts on an impossible task that suddenly becomes dangerous.

(Jolly Jordan masterminds a world of menace: colour feature pages 6 and 7)

Michael Dean talks to Gore Vidal, American novelist, playwright, politician and wit