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Cricket: Second Test: England v The West Indies
from Lord's
Further coverage on the afternoon's play

Wimbledon 1976
The Lawn Tennis Championships
direct from the All England Club
A courtside view of the second day's play.
Harry Carpenter introduces the best of the matches on the Centre Court and No 1 Court, and provides the news and results from the outside courts.
With commentaries by Dan Maskell, Jack Kramer, Bill Knight, Bill Threlfall and John Barrett

Contributors

Presenter (Tennis):
Harry Carpenter
Commentator (Tennis):
Dan Maskell
Commentator (Tennis):
Jack Kramer
Commentator (Tennis):
Bill Knight
Commentator (Tennis):
Bill Threlfall
Commentator (Tennis):
John Barret
Television Presentation (Tennis):
Richard Tilling
Television Presentation (Tennis):
Fred Viner
Television Presentation (Tennis):
Bob Duncan
Television Presentation (Tennis):
John Shrewbury
Television Presentation (Tennis):
Johnnie Watherston
Television Presentation (Tennis):
Jeff Goodard
Producer (Tennis):
A.P. Wilkinson

For the last programme in this series Robert Robinson presents a further selection from the year's programmes.

This week Angus Wilson explains how he began to write; friends of Evelyn Waugh recall the man they knew; Edwin Brock reads one of his poems; crime writers Eric Ambler, P.D. James and Gavin Lyall compare notes at an International Crime Writers' Congress; and J.T. Edson, the best-selling British writer of Westerns, talks about his work at his home in Melton Mowbray.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Interviewee:
Angus Wilson
Poet/Reader:
Edwin Brock
Guest:
Eric Ambler
Guest:
P. D. James
Guest:
Gavin Lyall
Interviewee:
J.T. Edson
Producer:
Philip Speight
Executive Producer:
Will Wyatt

A Personal History of the United States written and narrated by Alistair Cooke

In two centuries America has gone from a small nation trusting in a rifle by the fireside to the 'shatterer of worlds'.

"Not only a very clear account of America's military history but an equally clear summary of its interventions against communism since World War 2... The beguiling voice underplays a sober scholarship of text." (Peter Black, Daily Mail)

Contributors

Writer/Narrator:
Alistair Cooke
Director:
David Heycock
Producer:
Michael Gill

BBC2 Sports Special
Three of the most important sporting events in the international calendar, spotlighted tonight in this special programme.

The US Open from Atlanta, Georgia.
Last year the US Open ended in a play-off with Lou Graham taking the honours. Can Jack Nicklaus win this year for the fourth time? Many are challenging his supremacy - Johnny Miller, winner in 1973, Hale Irwin, winner in 1974, and Ben Crenshaw, yet to win the Open but having a highly successful season this year.

Wimbledon 1976
Highlights of the second day's play from this, the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world.

Cricket: Second Test England v The West Indies from Lord's
Richie Benaud introduces highlights of the final day's play.

Contributors

Presenter (Cricket):
Richie Benaud
Producer:
David Kenning

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

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