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Adventure with Kirk Douglas. From the Australian "high country", Jim Craig is sent to a lowland farm. Caught between an old family feud and the love of a young woman, he must use his horsemanship to prove himself.
Review page 53 (1982, PG)

Contributors

Director:
George Miller
Harrison:
Kirk Douglas
Spur:
Kirk Douglas
Jim Craig:
Tom Burlinson
Jessica:
Sigrid Thornton
Clancy:
Jack Thompson
Rosemary:
Lorraine Bayly

Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium hosts the opening day of the 19th European Athletics Championships.

4.30 Heptathlon
Carolina Kluft will be keen to defend the heptathlon title she won four years ago in Munich. The event continues with the shot.

4.50 Women's 800m round one
Rising star Rebecca Lyne begins her campaign.

5.35 Men's 100m second round
British sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis will expect to feature prominently in an event that Great Britain has won in four of the past five championships.

5.45 Men's shot final

6.10 Men's 1500m semi-final
Andrew Baddeley will look to book a place in the final.

6.40 Heptathlon
The 200m event.

7.10 Women's 10,000m final
Kathy Butler, Mara Yamauchi and Hayley Yelling go for Team GB.

Live online at [web address removed]
Radio Five Live has coverage from 7pm in Five Live Sport

Contributors

Athlete (Heptathlon):
Carolina Kluft
Runner (Women's 800m):
Rebecca Lyne
Sprinter (Men's 100m):
Mark Lewis-Francis
Runner (Men's 1500m):
Andrew Baddeley
Runner (Women's 10,000m final):
Kathy Butler
Runner (Women's 10,000m final):
Mara Yamauchi
Runner (Women's 10,000m final):
Hayley Yelling

Prehistoric art up to 8,000 BC, the novels of Charles Dickens, the life and music of Edith Piaf, and the life and films of James Dean, are tonight's specialist head-scratchers. John Humphrys is the inquisitor.
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Contributors

Presenter:
John Humphrys
Director:
Derek Hallworth
Producer:
Victoria Roye

Griff Rhys Jones, Rory McGrath, Dara O'Briain and Loli the dog set off on the second leg of the trip up the Thames from Kingston to Oxford. Entering the Wallingford Regatta, our heroes are up against the junior novice ladies team. However, as night draws in and they still have three miles to go, will the weary trio carry on rowing, or ask for help to speed them along? Contains strong language.
Dara O'Briain presents Turn Back Time on Wednesday at 10pm

Contributors

Presenter:
Griff Rhys Jones
Presenter:
Rory McGrath
Presenter:
Dara O'Briain
Director:
Michael Massey
Producer:
Charlotte Wyatt

Fashion designer Wolfgang Joop, star hairdresser Udo Walz and DJ Paul Van Dyk talk to Kirsty Wark and Toby Aimes as they visit Germany's capital.
Tales from Madrid is on Wednesday at 11.20pm

Contributors

Interviewee:
Wolfgang Joop
Interviewee:
Udo Walz
Interviewee:
Paul van Dyk
Presenter:
Kirsty Wark
Presenter:
Toby Aimes
Director:
Barry Egan
Series producer:
Kathryn Ross

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1.00 Talk Portuguese
Beginners' course covering travel essentials. With in-vision subtitles.

2.30 Brazil Inside Out
Travel and culture guide exploring the country from north to south, visiting Salvador and the north-east, Rio de Janeiro, Manaus and the Amazon, Sao Paulo, and the South.

5.00 Brazil
Exploring working people and their environments in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and the Amazon.

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