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Story: "Desmond and the Fire" by Althea
Presenters this week: Julie Stevens, Don Spencer

(Repeated on BBC1 at 4.10 pm)
(Colour)

Contributors

Author (Desmond and the Fire):
null Althea
Presenter:
Julie Stevens
Presenter:
Don Spencer

Introduced by Cliff Michelmore
With Michael Frostick, Barrie Gill, Judith Jackson and Gordon Wilkins

Tonight a review of the new cars at the Geneva Motor Show.
Both sides of the argument about compulsory seat belts.
A report on a new kind of winter driving school in the snow of the Swiss Alps.
And the best of the action from a saloon car race at Brands Hatch between sports personalities Henry Cooper, Chay Blyth, Chris Bonington, Colin Cowdrey, Jimmy Greaves, David Hemery and Richard Meade.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Michael Frostick
Reporter:
Barrie Gill
Reporter:
Judith Jackson
Reporter:
Gordon Wilkins
Director:
Tony Salmon
Director:
Peter Cleaver
Producer:
John Mills
Editor:
Brian Robins

for $41,000
Tony Jacklin (Great Britain) winner of the British and US Open Championships in successive years
v Gary Player (South Africa) reigning USPGA Champion
v Tom Weiskopf (US) reigning World Matchplay Champion

The second round of a special 54-hole challenge match played over the new championship course at La Manga, Costa Blanca.

Contributors

Golfer:
Tony Jacklin
Golfer:
Gary Player
Golfer:
Tom Weiskopf
Commentator:
Bill Fleming
Producer:
Jay Michaels

BBC2 Snooker Competition
From the League of Champions: John Pulman, former World Snooker Champion v
Rex Williams, the World Billiards Champion
Williams has won his first two games of the series, but Pulman - one game up - needs a win here to improve his chances of winning the 1973 Pot Black Championship.
Introduced by Alan Weeks
(from Birmingham)

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Weeks
Snooker player:
John Pulman
Snooker player:
Rex Williams
Referee:
Sydney Lee
Commentator:
Ted Lowe
Director:
Jim Dumighan
Producer:
Reg Perrin

by Roy Minton
[Starring] Ken Jones as Ronald Lawton
with Sheila Steafel as Edith Lawton

A 40-year-old sports fan decides that he has to remedy Britain's poor record in the Olympics.

Contributors

Writer:
Roy Minton
Script Editor:
Richard Broke
Lighting:
John Treays
Designer:
Fanny Taylor
Producer:
Mark Shivas
Director:
John Mackenzie
Ronald Lawton:
Ken Jones
Edith Lawton:
Sheila Steafel
Crapton:
Ivor Dean
Peter Hayes:
Michael Standing
Graham Terson:
Michael Cashman
Brian Leitch:
Anthony Haygarth
Garforth:
Johnny Shannon
Mike Simpson:
Andrew Bradford
Tom Beck:
Stephen Bradley
Knight:
David Williams
Benson:
Jack Rigby
Eddie:
Geoffrey Evans
Pauline:
Alison King

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