16 April 1972

Sunday

1972-04-16

Events

 * Apollo 16 launched.

TV
Radio Times scans GraemeWood
 * BBC One
 * 6.45 pm Apollo 16 Lift Off James Burke reports direct from Cape Kennedy with astronaut James Lovell.
 * 8.15 pm The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. A Play of the Month presentation starring Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay with Charles Gray and Christopher Gable.Edward Petherbridge in The Merchant of Venice