Live from Prague, the opening day of the XII European Championships, the most important athletics occasion outside the Olympic Games.
It's the beginning of six days of world-class competition for men and women featuring all the major European athletics nations including Great Britain, East Germany, West Germany, USSR and Finland.
Tonight's programme features two. track finals
Men's 10,000m
England's Commonwealth Games gold medallist BRENDAN FOSTER goes for his second major title in three weeks.
Women's 3000m
PAULA FUDGE , surprise winner of this event in the Commonwealth Games, faces formidable opposition from East Europe.
Commentators DAVID COLEMAN and RON PICKERING
Introduced by Frank Bough
TV presentation by the CZECH TV service Producers
MARTIN HOPKINS, JOHN SHREWSBURY Editor HAROLD ANDERSON