Listings
: Barnaby
is a bear - and today he persuades the birds to teach him to sing: Laurel and Hardy: Any Old Port
Ollie is faced with a four-round fight and Stan puts on the gloves.Contributors
Stan:
Stan
Laurel
Ollie:
Oliver
Hardy
: The Aeronauts: Return to Dijon: Part 2
Tanguy becomes the bait when a trap is set by the French counterespionage.Contributors
Director:
Francois
Villiers
Presented by:
Peggy
Miller
: The Edwardian Affair: Human Nature Changes
Diaghilev, Stravinsky, Picasso and Freud all belonged to the Edwardian period. To some their ideas threatened the Empire itself.Contributors
Producer:
Peter
Jarvis
: Fact and Fiction: Elizabeth I
The traditional view of the reign as one of the most heroic in English history ignores the fact that after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the whole system was falling apart. Why?Introduced by Professor J. Hurstfield
Contributors
Presenter:
Professor J.
Hurstfield
Director:
Bryn
Brooks
Producer:
Howard
Smith
: The Virginian: Ride to Misadventure
Starring James Drury as The VirginianFaced with the deadly scourge of anthrax and the murderous Colton gang, the Virginian is glad of an ally, however much he suspects his motives.
Contributors
The Virginian:
James
Drury
Clay Grainger:
John
McIntire
David:
David
Hartman
Walker:
Joseph
Campanella
Ruby French:
Katherine
Justice
Ma Daggert:
Virginia
Gregg
Clint Daggert:
Dean
Stanton
Clair:
Barbara
Werle
: Cartoon Time: Strife with Father and Bugs Bunny: Hare-abian Nights
Warner Brothers cartoons: Grandstand
Introduced by Frank Bough12.35* Football Preview
Introduced by Sam Leitch; analysis and comment from Jimmy Hill
12.55* Fights of the Week
From London, the top of the bill heavyweight fight at the World Sporting Club. The return of Danny McAlinden (British and Commonwealth Champion) v Peter 'Moleman' Williams (USA) over 10 rounds and from Glasgow, the British Featherweight Championship at the St Andrew's Sporting Club.
Tommy Glencross (The Champion) v Evan Armstrong over 15 rounds
1.25; 1.50; 2.20*
Racing: Bangor-on-Dee
1.30 Cambrian Handicap Steeplechase (2 miles and 180 yards)
2.0 William Hill Handicap Hurdle Race (2 miles and 92 yards)
2.30 Emral Handicap Steeplechase (Amateur Riders) (3 m, 214 yds)
1.40; 2.40*; 3.35
International Athletics from Crystal Palace: Great Britain v Sweden
After the excitement of the European Cup finals in Edinburgh, where Britain's men won the unofficial title of 'Track Champions of Europe' with five victories, our athletes continue a busy month with this full-scale international for men and women.
2.10; 2.40*; 3.35
Cirencester Park Horse Trials for the Midland Bank Championships of Great Britain 1973
This two-day competition ends this afternoon with the testing cross country section.
3.5
Tennis Challenge: Mr Bobby Riggs v Mrs Billie-Jean King
From Houston Astrodome, Texas. The £120,000 Challenge Match for the biggest prize-money tennis has ever known, worth £80,000 to the winner.
Bobby Riggs, 55 years old, was the 1939 Wimbledon champion in the pre-war era of Fred Perry, Donald Budge, Helen Wills-Moody and Alice Marble. Billie-Jean King, champion of Wimbledon and Women's Lib, is 25 years younger than Riggs and aiming to avenge Riggs's win earlier this year over Margaret Court.
(Highlights of the match: 11.10 pm BBC2)
4.40* Final Score
Timetable:
12.35 Football Preview
12.55 Fights of the Week
1.25 Racing; 1.40 Athletics
1.50 Racing; 2.10 Horse Trials
2.20 Racing
2.40 Horse Trials/Athletics
3.5 Tennis Challenge
3.35 Horse Trials/Athletics
4.40 Final Score
Timings are subject to alteration.
(Colour)
Contributors
Presenter:
Frank
Bough
Presenter (Football Preview):
Sam
Leitch
Analysis (Football Preview):
Jimmy
Hill
Boxer:
Danny
McAlinden
Boxer:
Peter 'Moleman'
Williams
Boxer:
Tommy
Glencross
Boxer:
Evan
Armstrong
Commentator (Boxing/Athletics):
Harry
Carpenter
Commentator (Racing):
Julian
Wilson
Commentator (Racing):
John
Hanmer
Commentator (Athletics):
Ron
Pickering
Commentator (Horse Trials):
Dorian
Williams
Commentator (Horse Trials):
Raymond
Brooks-Ward
Commentator (Horse Trials):
Richard
Meade
Tennis player:
Bobby
Riggs
Tennis player:
Billie-Jean
King
TV Presentation (Racing):
Fred
Viner
TV Presentation (Athletics):
Bob
Duncan
TV Presentation (Horse Trials):
Alan
Mouncer
Grandstand Producer:
Brian
Venner
Grandstand Editor:
Jonathan
Martin
: The Who, What or Where Game
David Jacobs introduces a general knowledge quiz in which contestants bid against each other for the chance to answer questions on a given subject and, perhaps, become champion of Britain. The only snag: they have to bid before they hear the question...Contributors
Presenter:
David
Jacobs
Director:
Patricia
Wood
Producer:
Cecil
Korer
: Wonderful World of Disney: Taste of Melon
A Walt Disney productionContributors
Director:
Byron
Paul
: Bruce Forsyth and The Generation Game
Starring Bruce Forsythwith surprise guest stars
and Hostess Anthea Redfern
and family couples from all over the country.
Contributors
Presenter:
Bruce
Forsyth
Hostess:
Anthea
Redfern
Orchestra directed by:
Ronnie
Hazlehurst
Programme Associate:
Tony
Hawes
Designer:
James
Hatchard
Producer:
Terry
Henebery
Producer:
James
Moir
: It's Lulu
with special guests Ronnie Corbett, The KinksFeaturing Adrienne Posta, Roger Kitter, Paul Greenwood
and Segment
Says Lulu "Ronnie Corbett, of course, is a fellow countryman of mine - he comes from Edinburgh - and we're going to do some Scots songs together this time."
Alyn Ainsworth and his Orchestra
(Colour)
Contributors
Presenter/Singer:
Lulu
Comedian:
Ronnie
Corbett
Musicians:
The
Kinks
Singer:
Adrienne
Posta
Impressionist:
Roger
Kitter
[Actor]:
Paul
Greenwood
Choreographer:
Nigel
Lythgoe
Musicians:
Alyn Ainsworth and his
Orchestra
Writer:
Geoff
Rowley
Writer:
Andy
Baker
Writer:
Tony
Hare
Executive Producer:
John
Ammonds
Producer:
Vernon
Lawrence
: Men of Action: The Buccaneer
Starring Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Charles Boyerand with Inger Stevens, Henry Hull, E.G. Marshall
A spectacular story of the American war of 1812 when the buccaneer Jean Lafitte, with a price on his head, refuses help to the British and joins forces with General Andrew Jackson in return for a free pardon.
This Week's Films: page 11
Contributors
Director:
Anthony
Quinn
Andrew Jackson:
Charlton
Heston
Jean Lafitte:
Yul
Brynner
General Andrew Jackson:
Charlton
Heston
Bonnie Brown:
Claire
Bloom
Dominique You:
Charles
Boyer
Annette Claiborne:
Inger
Stevens
Ezra Peavey:
Henry
Hull
Governor Claiborne:
E.G.
Marshall
Mercier:
Lorne
Greene
Captain Rumbo:
Ted de
Corsia
Collector of the Port:
Douglas
Dumbrille
Scipio:
Sir
Lancelot
Miggs:
Jerry
Hartleben
Captain Brown:
Robert F.
Simon
Young Sentry:
Ken
Miller
: Match of the Day
Introduced by Jimmy HillTwo-match action and the most penetrating analysts in soccer.
Match No 1 comes from the South.
Match No 2, from the Midlands.
Jimmy Hill presents his weekly action analysis of one of the top matches.
(Colour)
Contributors
Presenter:
Jimmy
Hill
Commentator (Match No 1):
Barry
Davies
Commentator (Match No 2):
John
Motson
Football TV Presentation:
Alec
Weeks
Football TV Presentation:
John
McGonagle
Match of the Day presented by:
Martin
Hopkins
Editor:
Sam
Leitch
: Parkinson
with conversation, good music, the occasional surprise and his guests.Michael Parkinson says:
Contributors
Presenter:
Michael
Parkinson
Music:
The Harry Stoneham
Five
Director:
Brian
Whitehouse
Producer:
Richard
Drewett
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