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In tonight's coverage, athletics and swimming dominate the proceedings, plus the semi-finals of the men's wheelchair basketball and the finals of the volleyball, cycling and archery. Presented by Helen Rollason , with commentary by Hamilton Bland and Paul Dickenson.
Producer Rupert Rumney

Contributors

Presented By:
Helen Rollason
Commentary By:
Hamilton Bland
Commentary By:
Paul Dickenson.
Producer:
Rupert Rumney

Continuing the journey through six centuries of warfare with military historian
Professor Richard Holmes. Arras. In May 1940the Germans staged a lightning invasion of Belgium and France, in a new kind of armoured warfare called blitzkrieg.
Richard Holmes traces their route to the French city of Arras, where a small British force launched a counter-attack that gave the Allies a vital breathing space.
Director Steven Clarke : Series producer Mark Fielder

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Richard Holmes.
Unknown:
Richard Holmes
Director:
Steven Clarke

This week, a visit to the borough of Rushmoor, winner of the "best city" in the regional section of the 1995 Britain in Bloom competition. This year's organisers have enlisted the help of the whole community in their efforts to make Rushmoor blossom again, putting up hanging baskets in the shopping centre and planting flowers outside the pubs. Stephen Lacey appraises the new planting policy at Cowley Manor near Gloucester, the first major garden in England to adopt the Dutch and German fashion for naturalising perennials.
Plus, there's a report on Welshman Bob Winter and the delicate, brightly coloured diascias that fill his garden in Gwent. Presented by Alan Titchmarsh.

(Stereo) (Subtitled)
(Tribute to Geoff Hamilton: page 17)

Contributors

Reporter:
Stephen Lacey
Gardener:
Bob Winter
Presenter:
Alan Titchmarsh
Series Producer:
John Percival
Executive Producer:
Tony Laryea

Break. A swinging holiday in Doncaster is complicated by Richie's desire to lose three stones in weight in eight hours.
Home liposuction with a vacuum cleaner clearly isn't the answer. Written by and starring Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall. Director Bob Spiers : Executive producer
Jon Plowman Repeat Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ade Edmondson
Unknown:
Rik Mayall.
Director:
Bob Spiers
Producer:
Jon Plowman

The second in an irreverent six-part series of the fast-moving comedy sketch show. This week, Scottish poet Robert Burns stages a daring comeback, 200 years after his own death.
Starring Ronnie Ancona, Andrew Fairlie, Alan Francis, Greg Hemphill, Ford Kiernan, Fred MacAuley, Jane McCarry, David McGowan, Gavin Mitchell and Julie Wilson Nimmo.

Contributors

Comedian:
Ronnie Ancona
Comedian:
Andrew Fairlie
Comedian:
Alan Francis
Comedian:
Greg Hemphill
Comedian:
Ford Kiernan
Comedian:
Fred MacAuley
Comedian:
Jane McCarry
Comedian:
David McGowan
Comedian:
Gavin Mitchell
Comedian:
Julie Wilson Nimmo
Director/Producer:
Ron Bain

The first in a new six-part series.
Presenter Johnny Vaughan dispatches his undercover agent Danny Brown - aka the Fall Guy - to infiltrate the lives of practical jokers and seek hilarious revenge on behalf of their victims.
This week, Danny Brown poses as a top-class photographer and a hopeless magician in order to help two victims get their own back on friends who tricked them in the past. His instructions are delivered through a hidden earpiece, while expert photographer Mauro Carraro and professional magician Paul Zenon offer advice. Two celebrity guests, comedian Phill Jupitus and model Tania Bryer, suggest ways to make the revenge sweeter still.
Producer Liz Molyneux : Series producer Richard Fell
Followed by Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Presenter:
Johnny Vaughan
Unknown:
Danny Brown
Unknown:
Danny Brown
Unknown:
Mauro Carraro
Unknown:
Paul Zenon
Unknown:
Phill Jupitus
Unknown:
Tania Bryer
Producer:
Liz Molyneux

Comedy starring
Jean Lapointe
Louise Ma-rleau Gaston , a struggling trumpeter, returns to Montreal. Florence, despite her many admirers, loves him, but Gaston is much more interested in her daughter, Soledad, who has just found outthat her lover has been unfaithful.
In French with English subtitles.
Director Andre Forcier (1990) ♦ See Films: pages 38-42 ***

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Lapointe
Unknown:
Louise Ma-Rleau Gaston
Director:
Andre Forcier
Gaston:
Jean Lapointe
Florence:
Louise Marleau
Soledad:
Charlotte Laurier
Lentaignes:
Marc Messier
Tibo:
Jean-Francois Pichette
Alys:
France Castel
Toni:
Tony Nardi
Fat Pierre:
Marc Gelinas
Alfredo:
Louis de Santis
Slim:
Warren "slim" Williams
Rolland:
Donald Pilon
Nicole:
Leo Munger

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