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Here's a picture: a busy town, Traffic roaring up and down
Today's story "The King's Swing" by Malcolm Carrick.

(Repeated on BBC1 at 4.15 pm)
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Diane Dorgan
Presenter:
Rick Jones
Author (The King's Swing):
Malcolm Carrick

From Paris
Featuring the top tennis competitors of 1971: Stan Smith, Ilie Nastase, Jan Kodes, Zeljko Franulovic, Cliff Richey, Pierre Barthes and Clark Graebner.

The seven tennis stars who dominated the Pepsi Grand Prix Tournament averages in 1971 played each other in the Round Robin Final at the Coubertin Stadium in Paris. To the man with most victories in the tournament went the title of Masters Champion of Tennis and first prize of $15,000. Harry Carpenter introduces the key matches from the climax of the tennis season.

Today's match: Nastase v Kodes
Ilie Nastase defends his 100% record in this series against the man who beat him in the final of the French championships.

Contributors

Presenter:
Harry Carpenter
Tennis Player:
Ilie Nastase
Tennis Player:
Jan Kodes
Commentator:
Dan Maskell
Commentator:
Jack Kramer
Television Presentation:
Fred Viner
Television Presentation:
Johnnie Watherston
Producer:
A.P. Wilkinson

More items of interest, information and investigation for collectors about collecting.
This week's subjects include:
The Palacio Liria, Madrid: a visit to Spain to look at the collection built up by the House of Alba over the centuries.
Children's Books: Eric Quayle's collection of rare and unusual volumes produced for the amusement of children.
Some viewers' questions answered by James Norbury.
Introduced by Hugh Scully.

Contributors

Presenter:
Hugh Scully
Subject:
Eric Quayle
Expert:
James Norbury
Director:
Robin Drake
Director:
Paul Smith
Producer:
John King

by Hugh Whitemore
Starring Alan Badel as Charles I

September 1647: Charles I flees from London to the Isle of Wight. He puts himself under the protection of the governor and an uneasy relationship develops between these two very different men.
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Contributors

Writer:
Hugh Whitemore
Make-up:
Dawn Alcock
Costumes:
Elizabeth Waller
Designer:
Richard Henry
Producer:
Mark Shivas
Director:
Roderick Graham
Charles I:
Alan Badel
Hammond:
Robin Ellis
Ashburnham:
Peter Cellier
Firebrace:
Michael Deacon
Troughton:
Hugh Dickson
King's chaplain:
Richard Caldicot
Denbigh:
Paul Dawkins
Wilks:
Ian Cunningham

Richard Williams with the news, the views, the sounds of today's music.
In the studio: Fairport Convention, Jimmy and Vella and any guests who may drop in.

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Williams
Musicians:
Fairport Convention
Singers:
Jimmy and Vella
Director:
Colin Strong
Producer:
Michael Appleton

BBC Two England

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