Story: "A Surprise for the King" by Anne Reay

(Repeated on BBC1 at 4.15pm)

Second day: coverage up to the close of play direct from Lord's.

Weather

with Percy Thrower from Chelwood Vachery, Sussex
A second visit to these superb gardens which have been restored to the glory of former days.
(from Birmingham)
Book 50p: page 54

He took the world on a spree - and died of it.
Was Brendan Behan just an alcoholic with a gift of the gab? Or was he a great writer ruined by drink? His life has been described as a hilarious tragedy. Tonight's film examines his true promise and traces that rumbustious life to its sadly inevitable end, with Donal Neligan as Brendan Behan and interviews and commentary by Daniel Farson.

Starring Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud, Margaret Rutherford, Jeanne Moreau

Orson Welles has called his imaginative film adaptation from Shakespeare 'a lament for Merrie England' - the story of Sir John Falstaff's friendship with Prince Hal and his rejection when the Prince becomes King.
This Week's Films: page 9

with Peter Woods; Weather