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Duration: 2 hours

on BBC Two England

Jonathan Edwards introduces coverage from the second and final day of the European Team Championships in Leiria in Portugal. Great Britain are competing with 11 other countries. Show more

The motoring enthusiast commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo lunar landing. He meets three of the men who walked on the Moon, before experiencing the thrill of weightlessness and the bone-crushing G-forces of a Saturn V rocket launch. Finally, he puts on his spacesuit and takes to the air in a U-2 spy plane, where he looks down at Earth and upwards into the black infinity of the universe. James May at the Edge of Space follows at 10pm on BBC4. Director/Producer Paul King Rptd Thursday at 11.20pm See also Nasa: Triumph and Tragedy on Wednesday at 9pm, which is followed by an episode of James May's 20th Century PHOTO GALLERY: radiotimes.com/james-may
Digital viewers can press red immediately after the show for archive footage and a Sky at Night edition from 2007, which recalls the Apollo Moon landings and explores the now-deserted Mission Control Moment of the week: p5; Behind the scenes: plO

Contributors

Unknown:
James May
Unknown:
James May

4/4. India. Tracing the role of cricket in India, examining how the game evolved from its beginnings as the sport of English colonisers to the riches of today's IPL Featuring interviews with players including Kapil Dev, Bishan Bedi , Farokh Engineer and Sachin Tendulkar , and contributions by Mihir Bose , Harsha Bhogle , Rahul Bhattacharya and Mukul Kesavan.
Director/Producer Alastair Laurence

Contributors

Unknown:
Bishan Bedi
Unknown:
Sachin Tendulkar
Unknown:
Mihir Bose
Unknown:
Harsha Bhogle
Unknown:
Rahul Bhattacharya
Unknown:
Mukul Kesavan.
Producer:
Alastair Laurence

Romantic drama starring Lana Turner and Richard Burton. A nobleman's flirtatious wife is attracted to a dedicated doctor. But their ensuing romance is interrupted when disaster strikes. Review page 40. Director Jean Negulesco (1955)

Contributors

Unknown:
Lana Turner
Unknown:
Richard Burton.
Director:
Jean Negulesco

Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

on BBC Two England

Drama starring Lana Turner and Richard Burton. The wife of a British lord seduces an Indian doctor while visiting Ranchipur. But disaster strikes with the season's torrential rain. Show more

Contributors

Dr Major Rama Safti:
Richard Burton
Thomas Ransome:
Fred MacMurray
Lord Albert Esketh:
Michael Rennie
Mrs Smiley:
Madge Kennedy
Oriental Dancer:
Beatrice Kraft

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