The return of BBC2's fireside feast of tea-time thrills with the world's top ski racers, today featuring
The Men's Downhill from Val d'lsère
High in the French Alps, the recently selected site of the 1992 Olympic downhill hosts 'La premiere neige' - the traditional curtain-raiser to the annual BASF Ski World Cup series. Austria's
PETER WIRNSBERGER defends the title he won so narrowly from another snow veteran, PETER MUELLER of Switzerland, but cross your fingers for MARTIN BELL - with luck, he could be on the verge of Britain's first World Cup downhill victory. DAVID VINE reports from the snow-covered slopes of the Savoie in south-east France. Television presentation A2F, France Producer JIM RESIDE
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