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The Daihatsu Challenge from the Brighton Centre
The final of Europe's richest indoor women's tournament with nearly £19,000 awaiting today's champion. No 1 seed CHRIS EVERT LLOYD is favourite to add this title to the others she has won all over the world.
Introduced by BARRY DAVIES Commentators
JOHN BARRETT , ANN JONES
Producers
JOHNNIE WATHERSTON. JOHN PHILIPS

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Evert
Introduced By:
Barry Davies
Unknown:
John Barrett
Unknown:
Johnnie Watherston.

The State Express
World Team Classic from
The Hexagon, Reading England v N Ireland
STEVE DAVIS captains England once again this year with TONY KNOWLES and TONY MEO completing a young and talented team.
ALEX HIGGINS is in charge of the Northern Ireland team of DENNIS TAYLOR and TOMMY MURPHY who until now have not met with any real success in this tournament, a fact that could make them a big threat to England's hopes.
DAVID VINE introduces coverage of this afternoon's first three matches in Group B.
Producers
KEITH PHILLIPS , KEITH MACKENZIE Executive producer NICK HUNTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Knowles
Unknown:
Tony Meo
Unknown:
Alex Higgins
Unknown:
Dennis Taylor
Unknown:
Tommy Murphy
Unknown:
Keith Phillips
Unknown:
Keith MacKenzie
Producer:
Nick Hunter

Wales XV v Japan
For the last match of their short tour the Japanese have a chance to show, at Cardiff Arms Park, how their game has improved at international level.
Welsh coach, JOHN BEVAN , will use this match to solve some positional problems, as well as to assess the strength of his squad in preparation for the full international against Romania in November.
NIGEL STARMER-SMITH commentates. and brings news and views of the rest of the weekend's rugby.
Director JOHN NORMAN
Series producer HUW JONES

Contributors

Unknown:
John Bevan
Unknown:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Director:
John Norman

A digest of the news of the week and other world matters of interest seen by news cameras around the world: the interesting, the picturesque, the important and the dramatic, plus a visual commentary for those who cannot hear. with Jan Leemtng

Contributors

Unknown:
Jan Leemtng

Brian Widlake and Valerie Single ton present Britain's most popular financial and business programme. With LUKE CASEY, NICK CLARKE , BILL KERR ELLIOTT and MARK ROGER -SON reporting from home and abroad on your money and other people's.
Including this week
Cool Force: How a tiny firm hopes to take on the detergent giants with a product which it claims saves you money; and Money Maker on Pensions: Why should you lose out so badly when you change jobs?
Director DON HARLEY
Deputy editor MICHAELBOGAN Editor RICHARDTAIT

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Widlake
Unknown:
Valerie Single
Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
Bill Kerr Elliott
Unknown:
Mark Roger
Director:
Don Harley

An evening of popular British music
Presented by Benjamin Luxon and featuring
Felicity Lott , Elena Duran with Owain Arwel Hughes and the NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader SIDNEY SAX
The last of three programmes includes music by Elgar, Novello, Handel, Walton and Delius as well as the ever-popular' Floral Dance' and ' The Holy City.'
Sound ADRIAN BISHOP-LAGGETT Lighting KEN MACGREGOR Designer DEREK DODD
Production YVONNELITTLEWOOD

Contributors

Presented By:
Benjamin Luxon
Unknown:
Felicity Lott
Unknown:
Elena Duran
Unknown:
Owain Arwel Hughes
Leader:
Sidney Sax
Unknown:
Ken MacGregor
Designer:
Derek Dodd

The weekly television review programme with Ludovic Kennedy who this week discusses The Nation's Health (Channel 4), Angels (BBC1) and Omnibus (BBC1) with Reith lecturer Ian Kennedy , Claire Rayner and Alan Parker.
Plus a consumer report by Richard Skinner on the broadcast information services: CEEFAX, ORACLE and 4-TEL.
Director KEITH HALEY Producer CHRIS MOHR

Contributors

Unknown:
Ludovic Kennedy
Unknown:
Ian Kennedy
Unknown:
Claire Rayner
Unknown:
Alan Parker.
Unknown:
Richard Skinner
Director:
Keith Haley
Producer:
Chris Mohr

The last of six programmes tracing the evolution of the modern symphony orchestra.
Written and presented by Jane Glover Coda
Today's standard orchestra is the most versatile and flexible instrument for making music. But first the composer has to commit his thoughts to paper. with the LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader PETER MANNING from the Arts Centre, University of Warwick
Director PAUL KRIWACZEK Producer VICTOR POOLE

Contributors

Presented By:
Jane Glover
Leader:
Peter Manning
Director:
Paul Kriwaczek
Producer:
Victor Poole

The State Express
World Team Classic
'from
The Hexagon, Reading
England v Northern Ireland
STEVE DAVIS versus ALEX HIGGINS to decide the match result is a distinct possibility tonight as England play Northern Ireland to a finish. TONY MEO and TONY KNOWLES play TOMMY MURPHY and DENNIS TAYLOR in the remaining matches this evening.
DAVID VINE introduces the best frames.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Higgins
Unknown:
Tony Meo
Unknown:
Tony Knowles
Unknown:
Tommy Murphy
Unknown:
Dennis Taylor

The Daihatsu Challenge from The Brighton Centre
Highlights of today's finals in this major women's tournament now in its fifth year.
Introduced by BARRY DAVIES Commentators
JOHN BARRETT , ANN JONES
Producers
JOHNNIE WATIIERSTON , JOHN PHILIPS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Barry Davies
Unknown:
John Barrett
Unknown:
Johnnie Watiierston

starring
Christopher Plummer Lilli Palmer
Richard Johnson Orson Welles
Sophocles' tragedy is transferred to the screen, shot entirely on location in and around the beautiful Greek theatre at Dodono.
Screenplay MICHAEL LUKE , PHILIP SAVILLE Based on the play by SOPHOCLES Produced by MICHAEL LUKE Directed by PHILIP SAVILLE
(First showing on British television) Films: page 18

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Plummer
Unknown:
Lilli Palmer
Unknown:
Richard Johnson
Unknown:
Orson Welles
Unknown:
Michael Luke
Unknown:
Philip Saville
Produced By:
Michael Luke
Directed By:
Philip Saville
Oedipus:
Christopher Plummer
Jocasta:
Lilli Palmer
Creon:
Richard Johnson
Tiresias:
Orson Welles
Messenger:
Cyril Cusack
Shepherd:
Roger Livesey
Chorus leader:
Donald Sutherland
Palace official:
Alexis Mantheakis
Priest:
Demos Starenios
King Laius:
Friedrich Ledebur
Antigone:
Oenone Luke
Ismene:
Cressida Luke

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