A series of four programmes. The first heat of BBC
Television's international canoeing competition from the River Tryweryn in Bala, north Wales. DONALD
JOHNSTONE of New Zealand, the current Paddles Up champion, races against competitors from Great
Britain, Ireland and West
Germany over a formidable course of natural and man-made obstacles. Commentators
CHRIS REA and JOHN GOSLING Producer JOHN G. SMITH BBC Pebble Mill