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Queen's Baton Relay

Episode 6

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD

The Queen's Baton, containing a message from Her Majesty, continues its journey to every Commonwealth nation and territory as part of the build up to the Commonwealth Games starting in Glasgow this July. Adventurer Mark Beaumont is travelling with the Baton and in this monthly update travels through more of Africa before leaving the continent as the relay visits the Falkland Islands and then on to the Caribbean. All across the Commonwealth there are stories of small communities getting ready to take on sporting giants at the Games this summer, and in this programme Mark meets some of those hopefuls... in Lesotho he catches up with some of the country's runners, he plays badminton in the Falklands and trains with rugby 7s underdogs from Barbados as they get ready to take on some of the best teams in the world. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Beaumont
Narrator:
Robin Laing
Film Editor:
John Steventon
Assistant Visual Editor:
Michael Garden
Unit Manager:
Sandie Paterson
Production Coordinator:
Samantha MacPhee
Production Coordinator:
Louise Young
Camera Operator:
Ian Kelly
Re-recording mixer:
Kevin Dallas
Associate Producer:
Preeti Prasad
Assistant Producer:
Shruti Rao
Assistant Producer:
Sophie Scott
Assistant Producer:
Jon Willers
Executive Producer:
Graham Mitchell
Producer:
Tony Nellany

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