A Swedish man runs across his country.
Money and fame turned footballers from working class heroes into icons. Time Shift explores how this change occurred and asks if today's lower league players are worse off. With Jimmy Hill and Chris Waddle.
Howard Jacobson , novelist and critic, talks table tennis.
With Kirsty Lang.
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How did Mussolini, Hitler and Franco seize upon football's massive popular appeal and ruthlessly exploit it as a vehicle for propaganda?
New series 1/5. Is globalisation really making the whole world richer?
John Kampfner , Philippe Legrain , Ann McKechin and George Monbiot discuss the issue.
A mistress of martial arts is pursued by cruel enemies in Hu King 's exhilarating 1969 thriller. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Review page 50.