On the day the Bastille fell, the French republic throws its 200th birthday party.
BBC2 remembers the first centenary celebration with a profile of 8.40* pm
Monsieur Eiffel's Tower

9.00* pm La Marseillaise live from Paris.
The biggest, costliest, noisiest parade the world has ever seen and the brain child of designer Jean Paul Goude. Elephants, zebras, the Red Army, the Royal Tattoo, Florida's Marching Band, the drummers of Senegal and dancers from inner London combine with moonwalkers, flagdancers and the Palio riders to cover the Champs Elysees in colour, music and dance. Jessye Norman brings France to a standstill with the French battle hymn of republicanism, the Marseillaise. While out in the French countryside, the modest village of Chevreuse prepares its own traditional celebrations of community: a torchlight procession, bal populaire and fireworks.
Chantal Cuer and guests from around the world cover the celebrations with behind-the-scenes films, comment and controversy.

10.30*pm Newsnight in Paris reports live on the industrial world summit and returns to the parade for its grand finale.

11.30*pm The Art of Revolution
Live from Chevreuse, Germaine Greer explores the impact of the French Revolution on the world of the arts and the imagination. Writer Edmund White, poet Tom Paulin, theatre director Arkadey Tsimbler and others discuss romance and revolution, alienation and activists, and the role of artists in a political world.