Mardi Gras
While here in Britain we settle for pancakes, elsewhere Mardi Gras, literally Fat Tuesday, is celebrated in an altogether more spectacular fashion.
Arena brings you highlights of the pre-Lenten revelry in New Orleans, Rio and Trinidad.
Introduced by John Walters , Tom Watt and Darcus Howe.
Producer Mary Dickinson
Editors Anthony Wall and Nigel Finch