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YOUR ENG LISH - S PANISH NEWSPAPER
No 225
August 24 - August 30, 2007
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Paint the
town red
THE SLEEPY community of
Buñol relies on one sauce for
its annual source of income.
And next Wednesday, some
20,000 revellers will strip off
to literally paint the town red.
For the medieval Valencian
settlement, which normally
has a population of 10,000,
re-enacts an event which first
began after World War II.
The agricultural town is
transformed into a sea of red,
the site of the world’s biggest
ever tomato-throwing event.
The aim of La Tomatina
is simple – around 100,000
tonnes of ripe tomatoes are
pelted, hurled, catapulted
and fired at friends, family,
acquaintances, and other
people you don’t know.
The fun starts at around
11am in the Plaza del Pueblo,
but the fiesta has become
so big, that it now stretches
along the streets leading into
the square.
To get in the mood,
throw yourself onto
PAGES 15-18 for more fun
and pictures.
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MADDY ‘SEEN AT
PETROL STATION’
■ Two women spot missing toddler in Cartagena
■ Spanish police take sighting as ‘serious lead’
■ McCanns believe youngster IS now in Spain
EXCLUSIVE by José Andúgar
MISSING Brit toddler Madeleine
McCann has been spotted by two women
running from a toilet at the Belmonte
petrol station in Tentegorra, near
Cartagena, Spanish police confirmed.
FULL STORY: PAGE 7
CANCER SHOCKER: Britain lagging behind Spain in survival league table PAGE 2
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NATIONAL NEWS
26 arrests in
drugs swoop
SPAIN
August 24 - August 30 2007
Shark miracle rescue turns to tragedy Footie
star is
found
dead
FINS definitely ain’t what they
used to be down Tarragona way.
For Spanish scientists were forced
to use their bare hands to wrestle
with an unusual tourist attraction
– a giant shark.
The 110-pound sandbar shark
– not generally associated with attacks on humans – first showed up
early last week at a beach called
Miracle in north-eastern part of
the province, forcing authorities to
close off the water to bathers.
The 7ft shark had become a tourist attraction by making daily incursions into knee-high water on
the Spanish beach.
The fish turned into a novelty by
swimming regularly into view in
very shallow water. Bathers gathered daily to snap photos.
A team of three biologists from
the Barcelona Aquarium waded
in Monday and, after two failed attempts before a crowd of hundreds,
finally managed to capture the flailing shark with their hands.
Sadly it died on Wednesday.
POLICE swooped on a beach
and a brothel in a crackdown on a gang suspected
of drug-running across Europe.
Spanish national police
arrested 26 people and
seized three tons of hashish
in the orchestrated raids.
The gang is thought to
have been involved in
smuggling the drug over
from Morocco and selling
it in Spain and elsewhere in
Europe, police said.
The arrests were made in
raids in the south-eastern
Spanish region of Murcia
and in Cádiz in the south.
Ten of the detainees
were arrested when police
caught them unloading 79
bundles of hashish from a
boat docked on a beach in
Murcia.
An alleged leader of the
group was arrested later
at a brothel in the Cádiz
region, and police said they
found him to be carrying
more than 5,000 euros in
cash.
GOTCHA:
Wrestling
with the
shark on
Miracle
beach
Deadly divide of
cancer ‘lottery’
I’m still in
the running
MAYOR
ALBERTO:
Looking
ahead to
parliament
By John Bennett
CANCER patients in
Spain are surviving for
longer than those in
Britain.
THE MAN being tipped
as a future Prime Minister of Spain has defied his party elders – by
promising to run for parliament.
Madrid’s conservative
mayor,
Alberto
RuizGallardón, has cocked a
snoop at those who want
him to sit tight and shut
up.
The 48-year-old said on
Sunday he would like to
run for parliament and
remain mayor at the
same time, a combination he said would give
the city a better voice in
the Spanish legislature.
Sea drama
A COUPLE from Cataluña
who
disappeared
last
Thursday after they went
kayaking in the Honduras
are still missing.
An official sea rescue
search began when Francisco Romaní, 49, and Carmen Arenas, 46, failed to return to the accommodation
where they were staying.
Survival rates in lung,
breast, prostate and colorectal cancer were lower in
the UK compared with everywhere except eastern Europe, international studies
revealed this week.
The proportion of female
cancer patients living five
years beyond diagnosis in
Spain was 64 per cent – nine
per cent higher than in the
UK.
And among men the figure
for Spain was 50 per cent
compared to 43 per cent in
Britain.
British cancer patients
are said to be substantially
more likely to die of the
disease than those in other
western European countries because of diagnosis
delays and poor access to
the latest drugs.
Cancer patients in France
topped the table with a 71
per cent five-year survival
rate for women and 53 per
cent for men.
Sweden and Norway are
also among the best performers.
The studies of 25 countries in the biggest projects
of their kind looked at the
Survival rates for Brits
lag behind Europeans
outcome of 2.7m new cases
between 1995 and 1999.
While death rates have
fallen in the UK, they have
also fallen in the rest of Europe.
An editorial in the Lancet Oncology questioned
whether the NHS Cancer
Plan, launched to tackle
poor survival rates in the
UK, was working.
“Our concerns illustrate
the considerable challenges
that now face the UK government if it is to make the
NHS work efficiently and
effectively,” it stated.
British Government cancer “tsar” Professor Mike
Richards conceded that
while some of the data
from European countries
could be flawed, this was
unlikely to account for all
of the differences between
countries.
“The findings show that
many more lives could be
saved if the outcomes in all
countries were brought up
to the standards of the best
countries.”
He added: “The poor results from the UK were
attributable
mainly
to
patients having more advanced disease at diagnosis
than patients in other European countries.”
The Cancer Plan was
launched in Britain in 2000,
promising an increase in
specialist staff and equipment to tackle the delays
in diagnosing and treating
cancer.
Strict targets on the waiting times for scans and appointments were set.
Professor Richard Sullivan, Cancer Research UK’s
director of clinical programmes, said the figures
showed the plan was beginning to make a difference.
But he added: “Cancer is
still not being diagnosed
early enough in all cases.
And we need to ensure that
patients have access to the
best surgery, radiotherapy
and other treatments. We
need a sustained effort to
beat the disease.”
While more than half of
patients in Spain, France,
Germany and Italy have
access to new treatments
provided since 1985, the
proportion in the UK is four
out of 10.
The report found the uptake of newer cancer drugs
was “low and slow” in the
UK as well as New Zealand,
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South Africa.
The researchers, whose
report is published in the
journal Annals of Oncology,
found that Austria, France,
Switzerland and the US
were leaders in using new
cancer drugs.
The greatest differences
in the uptake of drugs were
noted for the new colorectal
and lung cancer drugs.
The proportion of colorectal cancer patients with access to the drug Avastin was
10 times higher in the US
than it was in Europe.
The researchers said if
all countries had the survival rate of the best nations, there would be about
150,000 – or 12 per cent – fewer deaths in the five years
after diagnosis.
They also mostly found
that the more a country
spent on health care, the
better its survival rates
– except for Britain.
A spokesman for the Department of Health in London said: “We are making
good progress in ensuring
cancer patients have access
to the drugs they need.”
Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary, said:
“It is outrageous that we are
the leading country in Europe for cancer research but
the slowest in the uptake of
new cancer drugs.”
A FORMER top British footballer has been found dead
at his home in Spain.
Ex-West Ham United and
Southend United striker Jeroen Boere was landlord of
an Epping pub for five years
before moving to Marbella
in 2004.
The 39-year-old retired
from football in 1999 after
he lost an eye in a bar brawl
in Tokyo and decided to
move to Epping and run the
Half Moon pub in the High
Street.
Father-of-three Boere had
joined West Ham in 1993
and went on to play 29 times
for the Hammers, scoring
seven goals.
He spent time on loan at
Portsmouth and West Bromwich Albion before moving to Crystal Palace in
BOERE:
‘Larger
than life
character’
September 1995.
A year later he joined
Southend United where he
played for two seasons before signing for Japanese
second division side Omiya
Ardiia at the end of the
1997-98 season.
Close friend Annie Evans
said: “Jeroen was a fantastic, larger-than-life character. He will be very, very
fondly remembered.”
Mr Boere ran the Half
Moon pub for four years
before coming to Spain
with his wife in September
2004 to work as a real estate
agent.
They had a child together
two years ago, in addition
to Mr Boere’s two sons from
a previous marriage.
29 die as
boat sinks
A BID to make Spain their
home has cost 12 Africans
their lives.
The would-be migrants
drowned off the coast of
the Canaries in the latest
tragedy to strike travellers
attempting to reach European shores.
A boat with migrants
aboard sank off Fuerteventura on Sunday.
Where eagles dare, pilots fly
PILOTS have been warned to steer clear of big birds when
taking off from a Spanish airport.
Spanish airline Iberia has told their crews to be extra careful when taking off from Madrid after a number of collisions
with eagles or vultures forced them to carry out emergency
landings, a report has revealed.
Since July 2006 at least four aircraft from the national airline have carried out emergency landings at Madrid-Barajas
airport, one of Europe’s busiest, after hitting the creatures.
NATIONAL NEWS
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Britstick
novel is
big hit
Spanish
cuisine
hams it
up for
world
beater
AN ANGLO-Irish author living in Madrid has bowled
the critics over with his
first novel – written in Spanish.
Stocks of Ian Gibson’s
Viento del Sur, published by
Almuzara, are flying off the
shelves.
The novel, which has won
favourable reviews, is a
thinly-disguised
autobiography which tears into
British society, examining
class, religion, loveless families, vice-ridden public
schools, as well as stiff
upper lips and even the
cricketer’s demon googly
delivery.
By contrast the 68-year-old
author talks in rapturous
tones about the unfettered
freedoms of Spain.
“I couldn’t have published
this book in English because of the hurt to my relatives and schools,” Gibson
said.
He has had Spanish nationality for 20 years.
SIZZLING EXCLUSIVE by Duncan Danley
Wikid scam,
whacky end
HARD-CORE foodies are drooling over the prospect of a prime porker with a Spanish streak of
magic in it.
For a superlative, salt-cured ham is being created costing about 1,500 euros.
It makes it the most expensive ham in the world.
The 2006 Alba Quercus Reserve (as this pricy pork will
be known) won’t be available until late 2008 and you
must buy the whole ham or nothing at all.
But that hasn’t dissuaded gastronomic websites and
blogs from buzzing with talk of the farm where it is being produced, likening it to a Mount Olympus of pork.
Its mastermind, Manuel Maldonado, 44, comes from
a long line of ham producers in a country that’s nuts
about the stuff.
PRIME TARGET: The cost of bacon means pigs really might fly
In bars and restaurants, legs of ham hanging from the
wall are as common as TV sets.
With Spanish pigs bound for ham how it is made. Maldonado has yet to
But Maldonado is taking the art of because it comes from the best pig
the ham to new heights, pampering in the world,” Maldonado says of glory, diet is everything. The least set a price for customers who buy the
his pigs with a free-range lifestyle 2006 Alba Quercus Reserve, a re- expensive ham is made from pigs fed 13-pound hams directly from him,
and top-quality diet of acorns befo- ference to the year the pigs were on grain, whereas mid-grade hams but the food site Ibergour.com has a
come from pigs raised on a combina- dozen for sale at 1,500 euros each, and
re slaughtering them, then curing slaughtered.
is accepting deposits.
“It is the most important ham in tion of wheat and acorns.
the meat for two years – twice as
Then there are Spain’s poshest
For four generations, Maldonado’s
Spain,” adds Pedro Soley, a Barcelong as his competitors.
It’s that last step that Maldonado lona connoisseur who is among the pigs, which feast exclusively on acor- family has been making ham from
ns, producing a rich flavour and oily high-quality hogs in this town of
credits with creating a delicacy that lucky few lining up to buy one.
Indeed, this is a limited edition texture that make the meat a delica- 5,000 in Spain’s south west Extremajustifies the heavenly price.
Maldonado had hoped to roll out piece: Maldonado will produce just cy. Spain’s finest hams are not consi- dura region.
dered first-rate without an “acornTheir herds of black Iberian
his super-gourmet ham this year, 80 to 100 legs.
beauties are kept on a handful of
And they are expected to be a world fed” stamp on the label.
but felt the first batch fell short of
At least some foodies apparently acorn-rich farms in the surrounding
his ultra-demanding standards and apart from Spain’s more common
meadowlands, walking freely up to 10
did not put it up for sale. He hopes to Iberian ham – named for the breed haven’t been put off by the price of
do better this time and have it ready of pig used – which is similar to Ita- Maldonado’s work. One food blog, kilometres daily.
“Ham provides us with life,” Maldolian prosciutto, but a darker red and Directo al Paladar, called the cost of
around Christmas 2008.
the ham “almost a gift,” considering nado said with a smile.
“This is the best ham in the world chewier.
TELEVISION hacks in
Spain have been caught playing with their pens down
– fiddling with online encyclopaedia Whackypedia.
Two Spanish TV stations,
one public and the other
private, both had the same
idea about writing a “good”
silly season story.
The journalists both planned to go into the site, vandalise a bit of it, and then
write up a story on how unreliable the encyclopaedia
was.
They described how John
Lennon was obsessed with
paella and moved the date
of Elvis Presley’s “death
by sandwich on the toilet”
from 1977 to the present
day.
Both stations said they
were performing an “experiment” to check the reaction time of Wikipedia to
their bogus changes. Unfortunately for the hacks, Wackypedia was pretty quick in
this case and the changes
were fairly swift.
Fetaccomplis, the spice is right ■
A SPANISH pepper has proved it
is the spice of life in 2007.
Pimentón de la Vera, along with
a Czech bread and an Italian rice,
has joined the EU’s list of protected local brand.
This week all three joined delicacies such as Greek Feta cheese
and Italian Bianco del Cilento figs
in this special league table.
The Spanish pepper and the Italian rice Riso di Baraggia Biellese
e Vercellese were both awarded
status as Protected Designations
of Origin by the European Commission.
The status is used to protect
“foodstuffs which are produced,
processed and prepared in a given
geographical area using recognised know-how,” the Commission
said.
The Czech bread ‘Karlovarsky
suchar,’ meanwhile, was granted
Protected Geographical Indication
status, meaning that it is linked to
a specific geographical region for
at least one stage of production.
The bread is baked using water
and salt from thermal springs in
the Czech spa town of Karlovy
Vary.
In all three cases, it means that
only manufacturers based in the
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specific area and using the specific
techniques will be allowed to give
their product the protected title.
The EU already lists some 800
products under its PDO and PGI
schemes, ranging from the smoked
Scottish haddock known as Arbroath Smokies to the Italian fig
known as Fico Bianco del Cilento.
The country with the most PGI
and PDO listings is Italy, with 159
entries. Nine EU states – Bulgaria,
Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, Malta, Romania and
Slovakia – have not yet registered
any entries under either designation.
EATING foods prepared
with olive oil are not only
good for you but may
ward off harmful blood clots in
people with high cholesterol,
Spanish researchers have revealed.
The findings on oils rich in
phenols, substances thought
to have beneficial effects on the
heart, provide new evidence of
its healthy effects, Dr Francisco
Pérez-Jiménez, of Reina Sofía
University Hospital in Córdoba,
and colleagues conclude.
Olive oil contains phenols,
which have been shown to fight clotting in lab tests, but few
studies of their effects have
been performed in humans, the
researchers note.
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NATIONAL NEWS SPAIN
Partner-split man kills himself in
belief he had murdered daughter
A 64-YEAR-OLD man killed
himself in Ciudad Real – minutes
after shooting his daughter as she
was trying to stop an argument
between him and his Colombian
partner.
A violent argument broke out
when the woman announced
her intention to end their rela-
tionship and return to her native
Colombia.
The man seized a hunting rifle,
which he kept at his home.
As he pointed the gun at his
partner, his 43-year-old daughter stepped in to mediate, but
received a shot in her stomach
and arm.
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The woman, meanwhile, fled the
house in terror and drove away
with her son and best friend, who
were waiting for her.
The man followed them on foot,
firing at the car, although he failed
to hit them.
Police were on the scene within minutes, but it was too late to
stop the man from turning the gun
on himself, as he believed he had
killed his daughter.
The incident has caused shock
among residents of the small town
of Miguelturra, where in January
this year, a 37-year old woman was
stabbed to death by her ex-husband.
Brits killed
in a week of
road horror
ETA trio to
be extradited
BRITAIN has ordered the
extradition of three ETA
members arrested in April
in the UK.
The three activists were
part of a ‘reserve’ commando and were awaiting
orders to launch an attack
in Santander.
Iñigo
María
Albisu
Hernández, 23, Zigor Ruiz
Jaso, 29, and Ana Isabel
López Monge, 36, appeared
before The Old Bailey,
where judge Caroline
Tubbs gave the order for
their extradition.
The three argued that
they had been subjected to
torture by Spanish police
before coming to the UK,
a claim that Tubbs dismissed.
Grim toll of
work deaths
A TOTAL of 580 workers
died in work accidents during the first five months
of this year, according to
a report published by the
ministry of work and social
affairs.
Of those, 183 workers
were working in the service
sector, 138 in construction,
73 in industry and 24 in
agriculture.
More people died from
work accidents in Andalucia
than in any other region
in Spain (68), followed by
workers in Madrid (56) and
Cataluña (53).
Rajoy talks
up PP’s links
MARIANO Rajoy, leader of
Spain’s Partido Popular, is
to highlight his “close relationship” between his party
and France’s president
Sarkozy and Germany’s
Chancellor Angela Merkel
in the coming months.
PP’s secretary of international relations, Jorge
Moragas, said that Rajoy
would be emphasising the
party’s foreign policies
with their respective conservative parties.
‘Politician’s
are corrupt’
THE
MAJORITY
of
Spaniards believe their politicians in Spain are corrupt,
according to a new survey.
The study showed that
60 per cent of those questioned link politics with
corruption and the belief
that MPs fail to carry out
electoral promises once
elected.
YET ANOTHER ROAD STATISTIC: Behind the figures for Spain’s highway toll is a mountain of grief suffering and economic loss
Young
pair die
crossing
road in
Marbella
FIVE Brits have been
killed in a week on carnage on Spain’s roads.
There were two fatalities in Marbella, two in
Cartagena and one on
Ibiza
The two people to die
when crossing the A7 road
near Puerto Banus in the
early hours of Friday
By Duncan Danley
morning have been named
as 29-year-old Stephen
Brown from Leeds and
Haley Jackson, 21, from
Lewisham, London.
They are thought to have
both been killed instantly
and thrown into the air
when hit by traffic on the
busy road at at 6.30am.
They were in the area on
holiday and crossed the
road by foot rather than
go to a subway some 300
metres away.
The couple who died
in a head-on crash, near
Cartagena, have been
named as 26-year-old Steven
Hudson who was living in
Spain and his 21-year-old
girlfriend Michelle Bailey.
Their car was in collision
with a van, the 34-year-old
Romanian driver of which
also died.
A motorbike rider, Mark
Barlow, 41, was killed when
in collision with a bus on
Ibiza.
Fishing row
A NEAR-TOTAL ban on
anchovy fishing in the Bay
of Biscay is causing conflict between Spanish and
French fleets.
A French petition to have
the ban lifted has been
rejected. The French fishermen say the Spanish want a
monopoly of the fishing
NATIONAL NEWS SPAIN
Sailing close
to the wind
Crackdown on drunken yachties of Slurp John B
DRUNKEN
yachties
could
face
being
breathalysed if they’re
caught three sheets to
the wind off the Spanish
coast.
The crackdown is being
considered
after
police
found revellers sailing home
from parties to avoid being
caught drink-driving.
Authorities in the south
eastern region of Murcia
say the number of alcoholrelated accidents off its
beaches has increased this
summer.
One
collision
claimed a life.
“We are trying to avoid
people sailing who have
quite a lot of alcohol in
their blood after parties
and meals,” a government
spokeswoman said.
“We have reason to believe
that some boat owners are
not using their car after
drinking but are using their
yachts,” said Luis Gestoso,
the head of Murcia’s civil
protection body.
The
sailors’
drunken
exploits conjure up the
Beach Boys’ 1966 song Sloop
John B:
We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Drinking all night,Got into
a fight
I feel so broke up, I wanna go
home
DRINK: Down the hatch
Harvey mission
to sign up Cruz
for film musical
BARCELONA LOCATION: Penélope Cruz
Flood halts
isle trains
TORRENTIAL rain on
Tuesday brought flooding
to Mallorca and northern
Spain.
Many streets and underground car parks as well
as railway station were underwater on the Balearic
holiday island.
Mallorca’s capital Palma
de Mallorca saw its single
underground train line
temporarily out of action
due to one station being
flooded.
Authorities
issued
a
weather warning as rainfall of up to 50 litres per
square metre was recorded.
In neighbourhoods including Capdepera, Alaró,
Binissalem, Inca and Manacor firefighters were
called to pump floodwater
from streets and low-level
houses.
Heavy rainfall also caused
flooding in on the mainland when four yachts were
washed onto the beach in
the Basque coastal city of
San Sebastián.
MIRAMAX founder Harvey
Weinstein has made a secret
trip to Barcelona – leaving
him on Cloud Nine.
For Weinstein was securing the services of the
delectable Penélope Cruz
and Javier Bardem to star
in his mega-hit film version
of a Broadway show.
Movie musical Nine will
be directed by Rob Marshall,
who brought Oscars and
glory to Weinstein with
Chicago.
Cruz and Bardem are in
Barcelona filming Woody
2007: The year
of the tourist
TOURIST
numbers
in
Spain are heading for record highs, according to a
new report.
Between January and July
this year, the number of
tourists rose to 33.8 million,
a two per cent increase on
the previous year.
Secretary of state for
tourism, Pedro Mejia, said:
“We expect that by the end
of the year, the number of
tourists who will have visited Spain will have reached
60 million.”
Spain
receives
most
tourists from the UK, France and Germany with 60 per
cent of the total, while the
number of North American
tourists has reached new
levels in the past six years
due to events such as the
America’s Cup.
The most visited areas of
Spain are Cataluña, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands, although the
latter suffered a 3.6 per cent
drop in tourism this year
due to a drop in demand for
package holidays and a rise
in cheap ‘no-frills’ airlines.
Pain of Spain as thieves gain
BRITISH holidaymakers “the pain in Spain” when it comes to being the victims of theft.
For the Brit tourists are more likely to have their belongings nicked on the Iberian Peninsular than anywhere else in Europe, a survey has revealed.
A poll of nearly 2,400 tourists for online insurer Swiftcover.com showed more than a third of holiday thefts
taking place in Spain. The UK was third with nine per
cent.
Allen’s new film alongside
Scarlett Johansson.
Harvey, 55, is also now
in the business of making
some Oscar contenders for
2008-2009 — big time.
He already has Nicole
Kidman and Ralph Fiennes
lined up for The Readers.
For Nine, Marshall says he
would like to also line up
Sophia Loren and Marion
Cotillard.
Catherine Zeta-Jones, who
won an Oscar for Chicago,
is a natural for the film,
too.
Plan means
business
YOUNG Brits are being
offered the chance to apply
for a six-month career development programme in
Spain.
The Eurodyssee scheme
enables young European
graduates to spend up to
half the year in their host’s
country, where they benefit
from vocational training in
a foreign business and an
intensive language course.
Devon County Council is
sponsoring the exchange
project, which is run by the
Assembly for European Regions.
The authority wants up
to five young people to take
part in the exchange with
Valencia between October
1 and March 31.
Aged between 18 and 30,
they must be unemployed,
have a further education
or vocational qualification
and be resident in Devon.
They should also ideally
have knowledge of Spanish, but language tuition
is given as part of the package.
Ian Clack
Murcia Region
902 947 637 /
667 306 972
lucio@ofs-spain.com
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Sienna’s
law unto
herself
Copter
crash
claims
14 lives
FOURTEEN US soldiers
have been killed in a helicopter crash overnight in
northern Iraq.
The Black Hawk helicopter, carrying 10 soldiers
and four crew members,
crashed after experiencing
a mechanical malfunction.
There were reportedly no
indications of hostile fire,
but the cause of the crash is
still under investigation.
Later, at least 15 people
died when a suicide bomber
drove a fuel tanker into a
police station in Baiji, police said.
The governor of Iraq’s
southern Muthana province has been killed by a
roadside bomb.
Mohammed Ali al-Hasani
died when the bomb exploded next to his convoy as it
drove through the provincial capital, Samawa.
Several bodyguards were
also injured in the explosion, which happened at
8am on Monday.
Mr Hasani belonged to the
largest Shia party in Iraq,
the Supreme Islamic Iraqi
Council. He is the second
Shia governor killed this
month.
165 in jet
blaze escape
PASSENGERS and crewmembers on board a Taiwanese China Airlines had
a lucky escape on Monday
when their plane burst into
flames seconds after landing at Japan’s Naha airport
in Okinawa.
All the 165 people on board
the plane, which had been
on a routine flight between
the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, and southern Japan,
were evacuated before the
jet burst into flames.
It took fire-fighters one
hour to extinguish the
flames, after which time the
plane broke into two. The
incident is a major setback
for the airline, which once
had one of the strongest
safety records in the world.
Terror of
big quake
PERUVIANS are trying
to come to terms with the
devastating earthquake in
southern Peru, which killed
at least 500 people and injured thousands more.
A further 85,000 people
have been left homeless.
Thousands are in a “desparate” situation, according
to charitable organisation Oxfam. Families and
friends of victims began
the unenviable task of identifying bodies.
MODEL and actress Sienna Miller,
was spotted in Ibiza this week sunbathing topless, and showing off
her overall body.
According to our friends, Sienna
was with British actor Rhys Ifans
at the time, adding that he probably
got a better view of Sienna than we
are giving our readers.
Sienna was engaged to actor Jude
Law, but calling off their engagement, and then apparently trying
one more time.
Earlier this year, she was spotted a
couple of times with Sean “Diddy”
Combs.
Space Oddity
comes to Earth
Ursa Minor find
of neutron star
is exciting link
By Charles Barrington
ASTRONOMERS have spotted
a space oddity in Earth’s neighbourhood – a dead star with some
unusual characteristics.
The neutron star was studied using
space telescopes and ground-based
observatories.
But this one, located in the constellation Ursa Minor, seems to lack
some key characteristics found in
other neutron stars.
The discovery has been made by a
team of American and Canadian researchers.
If confirmed, it would be only the
eighth known “isolated neutron
star” – meaning a neutron star that
does not have an associated supernova remnant, binary companion, or
radio pulsations.
The object has been nicknamed
Calvera, after the villain in the 1960s
western film The Magnificent Seven. NEUTRON STAR: Star made famous by The Magnificent Seven film
“The seven previously
known isolated neutron
stars are known collectively as The Magnificent Seven within
the community,” said
co-author Derek Fox, of
Pennsylvania State Uni-
versity.
“So the name Calvera is a
bit of an inside joke on our
part.”
The experts estimate the
object is 250 to 1,000 lightyears away. This would
make Calvera one of the
closest neutron stars to
Earth – and possibly the
closest.
Neutron stars are one of
the possible end points for a
star. They are created when
stars with masses greater
than four to eight times
those of our Sun exhaust
their nuclear fuel, and undergo a supernova explosion.
The central region of the
star collapses under gravity, causing protons and electrons to combine to form.
Spy killer substance found at striptease
POLONIUM 210, the deadly radioactive substance that last year killed exRussian spy Alexander Litvinenko,
has been found in a London striptease
club.
Police state that the material was
found on seats and cushions of the
Hey Jo club in up-market St James’s,
Central London – a club often frequented by rich Russian businessmen.
Dar Marrakech restaurant in central London, Litvinenko’s car and
a London taxi have also been found
with traces of the material.
The new revelations come at a time
when investigators have disclosed
that the cost of the Litvinenko case is
running at £3m.
Litvinenko died in University College London in December 2006, soon
after meeting Andrei Lugovoi and
Dimitri Kovtun in London’s Millenium Hotel where he drank tea with
them. Several people in the hotel also
tested positive for radiation.
A further 26 sites in and around London also tested positive for Polonium
210. The British government has demanded the extradition of Lugovoi
from Russia, but Moscow maintains
that their Constitution prohibits the
extradition of Russian nationals.
Running bull
kills onlooker
ONE man was gored to
death and 24 others injured in a weekend of bull
running at a lesser-known
cousin of Spain’s famous
Pamplona festival.
The 60-year-old man was
gored in the abdomen by
a bull and died on the way
to hospital on Saturday in
Huamantla, a town 170 kilometres from Mexico City.
Among the injured, one
woman and two men were
in a critical condition.
Thousands of people lined
the streets of Huamantla as
23 bulls were let loose in
five streets in a festival held
since 1953 in Tlaxcala state,
the cradle of Mexican bull
fighting.
The festival has yet to
achieve the status of Spain’s
San Fermín bull running,
which was made famous
by Ernest Hemingway’s
novel The Sun Also Rises, a
semi-autobiographical account of an alcohol-fuelled
visit to the event by a group
of squabbling British and
American friends in the
1920s.
Hurricane’s
trail of terror
HURRICANE Dean ripped
through the Caribbean as
winds of up to 250 kilometres swept through the
region, leaving a trail of
death and destruction in its
path.
At least seven people were
reported dead and dozens
more were injured as the
hurricane picked up force.
It caused thousands of
euros worth damage to
properties and agricultural lands in Saint Lucía,
the Dominican Republic,
Jamaica as well as in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and
the Quintana Roo district.
Thousand of tourists holidaying in the area managed
to flee on last-minute flights
out of the Caribbean, while
those who were not so lucky
to escape the area took refuge in special hurricane
shelters.
Hurricane Dean was the
first Atlantic cyclone of the
season.
Ex-minister
in jail let-off
A SOUTH African ex-minister of state and head of police who were in charge during the period of apartheid
in South Africa, have sentenced to 10 years in prison
for intent to kill the then
activist Frank Chikane.
However, Adrian Vlok
and Johan van der Merwe will not go directly to
jail as they have received
a
five-year
suspended
sentence.
Chikane was poisoned in
1989 as he was travelling
out of South Africa.
The majority of people
who committed crimes in
South Africa during apartheid were granted amnesty.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
‘Maddy
forced
down in
seat of
car that
sped off’
Climate
activists
blockade
BAA HQ
CLIMATE change protesters blockaded the offices of
Heathrow Airport operator
BAA.
The activists erected tents
in the company’s car park
as part of 24-hours of “direct action” by members of
the anti-aviation Camp for
Climate Action.
BAA said it had told staff
not to come to the offices.
Earlier, there were scuffles
between campaigners and
riot police and eight people
were arrested after blockading British Airways’ world
cargo centre.
The activists say they
hope to besiege BAA “for as
long as we can”.
The blockade – which police said involved about 350
people – ended on Monday
as the camp itself draws to
a close.
On Sunday night, a spokesman for BAA said the protest was having no impact
on operations.
And the group later
stopped vehicles getting
into British Airways’ Eastern Perimeter Road depot
in a protest they said was to
highlight how transporting
food by air is contributing
to climate change.
Sex-crazed
camel kills
A WOMAN has been killed
by her pet camel after the
animal may have tried to
have sex with her.
The Australian was found
dead at the family’s sheep
and cattle ranch near the
town of Mitchell in Queensland.
The woman had been
given the camel as a 60th
birthday present earlier
this year because of her
love of exotic pets.
The camel was just 10
months old but already
weighed 152kg and had
come close to suffocating
the family’s pet goat on a
number of occasions.
On Saturday, the woman
apparently became the object of the male camel’s
desire.
Her parents say there’s a real possibility she is in Spain
By José Andúgar
MADELEINE could be
alive and well – after reportedly being seen in a
petrol station in Murcia.
Police are investigating a
call from two women who
claim to have seen the fouryear-old running from a
public toilet at the Belmonte
filling station in Tentegorra,
near Cartagena.
She is said to have been
accompanied by a man with
dark eyes and brown hair,
rugged
complexion
and
around 1.75m (5ft9ins) tall.
The two witnesses say the
man, who held the young girl
by the hand, was wearing
cut-off trousers and a shortsleeved shirt.
According to officers, when
the man realised the women
had seen him, he fled with the
child in a dark green Citröen
ZX. They say he grabbed the
girl by the head and forced
her down in the seat so that
she could not be seen from
outside the car before leaving the area at high speed.
After receiving the tip-off at
around 17.45 hrs on Wednesday, National Police and the
Guardia Civil rushed to the
scene and questioned staff.
Franciso Cervantes, an employee at the service station,
said the car was ‘very dirty’
and driven by a ‘person with
curly hair’, although he was
unable to see whether the
driver was a man or a woman.
Cervantes says the driver
headed for the car wash, but
left abruptly before entering.
Officers say they are taking all clues seriously and
investigating every alleged
sighting.
Meanwhile,
Madeleine’s
parents say she may be alive
and in Spain. Kate and Gerry McCann gave interviews
to Spain’s three top-selling newspapers in which
they insisted there was a
“very real possibility” their
daughter had not been
killed.
This appears to go against
recent Portuguese police
statements
acknowledging for the first time that
Madeleine could be dead.
The couple refused to say
whether police have told
them the young girl could
be in Spain, but their interviews will fuel speculation
detectives have a new lead.
It is now 111 days since
Madeleine vanished from
her bed in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz while
her parents ate with friends
in a nearby tapas restaurant.
A senior Portuguese police officer said yesterday
that detectives had a “positive feeling” about the investigation as they await
key DNA test results.
The Forensic Science
Service in Birmingham
is still analysing blood
specks found by British
sniffer dogs on the wall of
Madeleine’s bedroom in the
McCanns’ holiday flat.
Chief Inspector Olegario
Sousa, the spokesman in
the case, said the forensic results were needed to
test the hypothesis that
Madeleine is now dead.
In recent weeks the focus
of the investigation has
moved away from AngloPortuguese expat Robert
Murat, 33, still the only official suspect in the case.
Unconfirmed reports this
week said the inquiry was
at a “decisive phase”, with
police poised to launch
fresh searches in the Algarve.
The McCanns have acknowledged there has been
a “shift in the investigation”, but say nothing has
changed in the past fort-
night. Mr McCann told El
Mundo: “There is a very
real possibility Madeleine
is alive and we want the police to look for her.”
He went on: “The possibility that Madeleine is alive
and in Spain is real. It is
something we did not consider at the beginning, but
now we are seriously weighing up.
“The border between the
two countries is very big.
If someone had a car, it is
clear they could cross into
Spain. There is no border
guard and no one closed the
border the night Madeleine
disappeared.”
Asked if the couple had received concrete information
from Spanish police that
Madeleine was alive and
in Spain, Mr McCann said:
“They are involved in the investigation, but I cannot tell
you what they are working
on, they will have to tell you
officially.”
Curse of Adolf hits Cruise control
Language
of job cuts
AN INFLUX of Spanishspeaking students could
force English teachers out
of a job.
The pupils are flooding
into an American school
district in Illinois so fast
that the teachers are being
transferred.
Waukegan reports a 25
per cent hike in its Spanish-speaking student population since 2000, and other
suburbs are close behind.
7
CRUISE: Stars as Valkyrie
THE CURSE of the
world’s worst dictator – Germany’s Adolf
Hitler – has struck
again.
Eleven extras have
been injured after
falling off a truck
on the set of Tom
Cruise’s latest movie,
Valkyrie.
One man was seriously injured in the
accident, which happened when the side of
the vehicle burst open
as it drove around a
corner, Berlin police
said.
The other 10 were
treated in hospital but
later released.
Police said there
were “no findings to
suggest anyone famous was involved”.
Cruise stars in the
real-life story of a plot
to kill Adolf Hitler in
1944.
The truck, which
was made to look like
a Wehrmacht military
vehicle, is now being
inspected for technical defects as part of a
police investigation.
Valkyrie has faced
criticism in Germany, where crew were
banned from filming at
the former staff quarters where Colonel
Claus von Stauffenberg, who led the plot,
was executed.
Valkyrie – named
after
Operation
Valkyrie, the codename of the failed
1944 plot to kill Hitler
– is being directed by
Bryan Singer and will
co-star British actor
Kenneth Branagh.
Filming, which began last month, was
called off following
the accident on Sunday night.
BRANAGH: Co-stars in film
8
BRITAIN THIS WEEK
3 held
in biker
murder
inquiry
THREE men have been arrested over the murder of a
biker who was shot dead on
the M40 in Warwickshire.
Gerry Tobin, 35, of southeast London, was killed on
August 12.
The Hell’s Angel had been
riding home from the Bulldog Bash biker festival, held
at Long Marston Airfield,
near Stratford-upon-Avon,
when he was shot.
The men were arrested in
raids by armed officers on
two addresses in Coventry
and one in Nuneaton. Police
have taken more than 600
calls about the murder.
The men have been taken
to a police station in Warwickshire where they will
be questioned later.
Assistant chief constable
Bill Holland said it was possible that further addresses
would be searched, adding
that it was an active and ongoing inquiry.
Police have released CCTV
footage showing Hell’s Angel Gerry Tobin just minutes before he was shot and
killed on a British motorway.
Mr Tobin is seen at a petrol station filling up his
motorbike before heading
onto the A46 and then the
M40 motorway in Warwickshire.
It was the biker’s last
known stop before his
death.
Two shots are believed to
have been fired from a green
Rover 620, with one of the
shots killing Mr Tobin and
the other hitting his bike.
Easy route
to island
LOW-COST airline easyJet
has announced a cheap new
route to Mallorca from East
Midlands Airport.
The airline said yesterday it would start running
flights from the Castle Donington airport to Palma in
the spring.
The new route will operate
three times a week, starting
on February 7.
But it will become daily
from the start of the airline’s summer schedule in
April.
Fares will be £22.99 one
way and £35.98 return, including tax.
easyJet has also announced that it will increase frequencies on its
East Midlands to Geneva
service in January.
Penny Coates, managing
director of East Midlands
Airport, said: “We’re delighted that easyJet continues to grow its portfolio of
destinations from East Midlands Airport.”
Tributes
to grand
old man
of Street
HOUSEMATE MATERIAL: Rumours abound on Paris Hilton and Big Brother status
Hilton heading for spell of B & B?
REALITY TV star Paris Hilton
is rumoured to be taking part in
next season UK’s Celebrity Big
Brother.
Channel 4 have allegedly offered
the ‘celebrity’ £300,000 to star in
the show, scheduled for January
2008.
Paris, who starred in her own reality show The Simple Life in the
Dis-united
kingdom
heading for
salida door
US, is reportedly keen to raise her
profile in the UK, and show the
public that she is not just a spoilt
party girl after her on-off time in
jail for a drink offence.
No bail for
Dando man
READY FOR OFF: At airports
Last year sees biggest exodus in British history
BRITS are heading for
the exit door of the United Kingdom in greater
numbers than ever before.
And Spain, along with
Australia, the US and Canada, are the top destinations
for expats.
More people left the UK
last year than in any year
By Duncan Danley
since 1991, statistics just released suggest.
And ONE in TEN UK residents now live abroad.
Figures from the Office
for National Statistics say
that some 385,000 people left
Britain for the long term in
the year to mid-2006.
VOICES from the worlds
of politics and journalism
have paid tribute to “gentleman journalist” Lord
Deedes, who has died aged
94.
William “Bill” Deedes was
the only man to have edited
a newspaper – the Daily Telegraph – and been a Cabinet
member.
Gordon Brown said Britain owed a “huge debt of
gratitude” for Lord Deedes’
public service, including as
a Tory MP.
His successor at the Telegraph, Sir Max Hastings,
said he was a reporter of
“utmost integrity and enormous skill”.
Lord Deedes spent most of
his life writing for national
newspapers and became
known as the “Grand Old
Man of Fleet Street”, completing his final column on
August 3 this year.
He was also Conservative
MP for Ashford in Kent and
served as minister without
portfolio from 1962 to 1964.
The prime minister said:
“He started writing as a
professional
journalist
more than 76 years ago and
few have served journalism
and the British people for so
long at such a high level of
distinction and with such a
popular following.”
Tory leader David Cameron said Lord Deedes had
done “enough in his time to
fill at least three lifetimes”.
The young Bill Deedes
was the inspiration for Evelyn Waugh’s infamous war
reporter William Boot in
the novel Scoop.
Lord Deedes also achieved
fame outside Fleet Street
as “Dear Bill”, addressee
of the “Denis Thatcher”
fortnightly letter in Private
Eye.
However, long-term migration INTO the UK, was
higher at 574,000.
The figures show the
UK’s population grew to
60,587,000 – an increase of
349,000. They also suggest
there were 159,000 more
births than deaths.
The number of people
aged 85 or over grew by six
per cent to 1,243,000 while
the number of people of retirement age increased by
one per cent to 11,344,000.
The largest population
growth, by district, was 14%
in Westminster, followed by
Camden and South Northamptonshire – both 12 per
cent.
The average age of a Briton was 39 compared with
just over 34 in 1971.
BBC TV presenter Jill Dando’s convicted killer has
been refused bail ahead of
an appeal hearing.
In
November,
Barry
George’s second appeal
against his conviction will
be made at the Court of Appeal.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has said
that at George’s trial too
much emphasis was placed
on a speck of firearms residue found on his clothing.
George was convicted in
2001, two years after the
BBC presenter was shot
dead on her doorstep in Fulham, west London.
George, 47, a convicted sex
offender, was jailed for life.
He was convicted by a jury
on forensic evidence by scientists.
BRITAIN THIS WEEK
INFERNO
9
Brits and
suspicion
on threat
in world
BRITS are more suspicious
of Muslims than Americans
and other Europeans, according to a poll published
this week.
Just 59 per cent believe it is
possible to be a Muslim and
a citizen of their country, a
smaller proportion than in
France, Germany, Spain,
Italy or the US – the other
countries surveyed.
The poll for The Financial
Times findings suggests terrorist plots against the UK,
including the deadly July 7
2005 London bombings, have
hardened attitudes towards
Muslims living in Britain.
Compared with citizens of
the other five nations, Brits
were also the most likely to
predict a “major terrorist attack” in their country over
the next year (52 per cent)
and consider Muslims a national security threat (38 per
cent).
Two-thirds
of
French
and majorities of Italians,
Germans, and Americans
believe Muslims are not a
threat to national security,
according to the poll.
In Spain, only 32 per cent
predicted a big terrorist attack in the next 12 months,
30 per cent in the US, and
between 15-18 per cent in
France, Italy and Germany.
France emerged as the
country most at ease with
its Muslim population.
Head killer
decision
challenge
FIREBALL: The Penhallow Hotel in Newquay ablaze on Saturday. Main pic: Chrissie Laming, Newquay Voice; inset pic Phil Bunt
By John Bennett
THREE people are feared dead
in a hotel blaze in Cornwall.
Teacher Peter Hughes, from
Cheslyn Hay in Staffordshire,
died and two more guests staying at Newquay’s Penhallow
Hotel are missing following
Saturday’s fire.
The 43-year-old fell from the
window of the burning building after inhaling smoke and
toxic fumes, a coroner heard
this week.
The interim cause of death,
given as smoke inhalation and
toxic fumes, was decided at
Truro City Hall ahead of a full
inquest.
The hotel, now reduced to
rubble, has been declared a
crime scene by police.
Cornwall Coroner’s Court
heard
how
holidaymaker
James Banks had befriended
One dead, two missing
as holiday hotel gutted
Mr Hughes and witnessed him
jump from a third floor window.
In a statement, paramedic
Mark Bruce said Mr Hughes
was alive when he reached
him and had said: “I couldn’t
breathe up there, I had to jump,
mate.”
Mr Bruce said he could hear
the fire “roaring” above as he
administered first aid to Mr
Hughes.
Cornwall coroner Emma Carolyn delivered the interim cause
of death on Wednesday.
Human remains were found
by teams on Tuesday searching
among the hotel rubble for two
missing people who are feared
dead.
The families of both missing
people, believed to be in their
70s and 80s, were informed.
More than 80 people safely escaped from the building on the
night of the fire.
Four people taken to the Royal
Cornwall Hospital in Truro are
said to be improving.
A team of 20 people is continuing to search through the rubble
of the hotel. Police said it could
take more than two weeks.
Fire service cuts hampered
efforts to tackle the fatal hotel
blaze in Cornwall, the Fire Brigades Union has claimed.
The FBU said there were not
enough firefighters to operate
equipment and low levels of
staff cover meant there were
not enough firefighters to operate pumps when the fire broke
out.
General secretary Matt Wrack
said: “There were not enough
crews in the area to man the
second pump. It is dangerous
not to have sufficient night
time cover.”
FBU member Kevin Herniman said he was horrified by
what had happened.
Firefighters were currently
campaigning against the downgrading of two fire stations in
Cornwall, he said.
“This goes to prove that if you
cut the level of service within
the fire service people will die,”
he added.
The FBU also said the service’s aerial platform, needed to
fight fires in multi-storey buildings effectively, had to travel 50
miles from Plymouth.
THE GOVERNMENT will
challenge “robustly” the decision to allow the man who
knifed head teacher Philip
Lawrence to death to stay in
the UK.
Home Office Minister
Tony McNulty said Learco
Chindamo had forfeited his
rights because of the seriousness of the crime he
committed.
The 26-year-old is serving
a life sentence for the 1995
killing in London. His lawyers argued that deporting
him to Italy, where he was
born, would breach his human rights.
Chindamo, jailed for life
in 1996 with a minimum 12year term, could be released
early next year if the Parole
Board decides it is “safe.”
Mr McNulty said he did not
think flaws with the Human
Rights Act had resulted in
the decision of the Asylum
and Immigration Tribunal.
Mr Lawrence’s widow said
she was “unutterably depressed” by the ruling.
But human rights lawyer
David Enright said that under the current rules, it was
impossible for people to be
deported from one EU country to another.
NEWS FEATURE
10
For nights before, streets are roped off to cars while whole families get
By Penny Lapenna
I
t isn’t often that I get to speak to
our busy mayor in Parcent, since
he only took office this May, and
still less often that he has to speak
to me to pass on personal congratulations.
So, this afternoon has a tinge of unreality
about it, when Maximo stops me in the street
and warmly clasps both my hands in his.
“Your daughter was the most well-behaved
festera in church today!” he announces.
Although shell-shocked, I manage to mumble a fairly gracious reply, pointing out that
she did indeed look extremely angelic today,
on the first day of Parcent’s annual fiesta
in honour of its patron saint San Lorenzo,
although this had been achieved by dint
of behaving monstrously for the previous
three weeks.
Each year, villages in the Vall de Pop
ring out the summer with an exhaustive
selection of fiestas, fireworks and fabulous
parades, ranging from the sublime to the
ridiculous.
Swooningly hot days see paella competitions under the trees in Xaló, carnival floats
or bull-running through the winding streets
of Llíber, and nights are lit by cascades of
firework displays, and throb to the sounds
of live bands and DJ’s that can be seen,
heard and felt throughout the whole valley.
Tiny villages that usually house less than
a thousand inhabitants suddenly swell with
tourists and visitors from neighbouring
villages and towns along the coast, in a
display of partying that is not for the fainthearted.
For visitors from the UK, not used to
the sights of young boys running pellmell down the streets chased by swarthy
bulls, or startled by grown men throwing
fireworks at one another, fiesta time in the
valley can be a difficult time, but understanding the heart of fiestas can make all
the difference.
Each village will have a fiesta committee
made up of this year’s eighteen year olds
and their parents, friends and families.
This group will be responsible for fundraising, choosing entertainment and coordinating the fiesta, and in particular with
looking after the festers infantils – the six
to seven year olds who also participate in
the parades.
Fundraising is a whirl of selling lottery
tickets, printing and selling T-shirts, holding bingo events, persuading local businesses to advertise in the Fiesta Programme
and selling the programme booklet itself,
door-to-door, to ensure that every householder in the village contributes.
W
Forget the
sleepless
in Seattle
condition,
this was
little Miss
Perfects
in Parcent
ITH the cost of pyrotechnics alone
spiralling into the thousands, the
festeros mayorales are kept busy, and
regularly liaise with the Town Hall to see
that the plans are on schedule and in particular, on budget. This is a great experience
for the teenagers who sweat through late
nights planning activities and glow with
pride when this year’s fiesta is complete.
Often, the kids involved seem to grow in
confidence in the space of a few weeks, first
seen shyly on the doorstep holding out the
Fiesta Programme and later, on stage, confidently introducing the events,
but most parents will also pay
immaculately clad in expensive out for a sash and bouquet (70€)
tuxedos and ball gowns.
ornate candle (20€) and contribAlthough most parents that I ute 20€ per parent towards genapproached did not want to dis- eral fiesta costs, plus purchasing
cuss the actual costs of their Fiesta Programmes (from 22€ per
daughters’ dresses, shops in
parent) and T-Shirts (10€).
Dénia display creamy satin festera
Moreover, it is commonplace to
gowns with starched and hooped see houses in the village being
underskirts, bedecked with pearl- spruced up with a new coat of
escent beads, with prices starting
paint before fiesta week, and the
at 400 euros. Some of the parents
doorways are decorated with
of the festeres infantils admit to
palm leaves or potted foliage displays, decked out with ribbons
buying one gown to be used as
festera dress and communion out- and bow,s and the street above
fit, or hand down shared dresses
hung with streamers.
In Parcent, traditionally each
between cousins to keep costs
of the festera homes paints a
reasonable.
mural on the street depicting the
Not only do the girls require one
child’s name or a family emblem
to two of these stunning dresses,
or scene. For nights beforehand,
streets are roped off to cars while
whole families get involved in
the painting, parents on hands
and knees with paint pots while
grandparents hold up portable
garage lamps to illuminate the
scene.
On the days of fiesta the band
can navigate around the village
by these paintings, having plotted the shortest route from house
to house for the collection of the
festeros. Once the specific costs of
fiesta are covered, there are also
numerous other expenses which
can send the cost rocketing.
For instance, of the 22 festers
infantils in Parcent this year, 16
were girls and at least ten of
those were booked into the local
hairdresser for two sessions a day
of the four days of parades.
Hair styles ranged from the simple flamenco style-bun, especially
dramatic on sleek dark hair, to
elaborate coiffed coils, threaded
with ribbons and pinned in place
with tiny white flowers.
Many of the festera mums had
also splashed out on new outfits
for the rest of the family.
After all, would you accompany
your daughter on a parade in
anything less than a brand new
dress, and a different one for each
parade, at that?
No doubt they had also booked
into the hair salon alongside
their daughters, had their nails
done and an airbrushed tan for
those low cut backless numbers.
T
HE opening night of the fiesta apes Oscar night with its
sweeping red carpet to the
stage, creamy drapes and backlit
flower displays, all in the incongruous setting of Parcent’s plaza
mayor, where families vied for
the first few rows of seats, so that
the digital cameras and camcorders could capture the event at its
best.
In addition to the costs for
dresses and suits, this year’s
fiesta committee had arranged
for a professional video company
to record the event, from first
parade to closing fireworks, add-
NEWS FEATURE
involved in the painting, parents on hands and knees with paint pots.
ing another 200 euros to the cost
for each set of parents.
The night before the fiesta
began, the groups of festeros have
a run through on the stage, plotting where each child will sit, and
whom will accompany whom on
to the stage.
Last year’s fiesta had a Reina
Infantil (like a Carnival Queen)
who was asked back this year to
present the official sashes (for
girls) and ornamental badge (for
boys) to each child as he or she
ascended the stage.
From this point on, they will be
expected to behave with decorum,
throughout each days’ parade
through the streets, through
the hour-long mass in church,
through solemn processions
behind the band in honour of
various saints, and repeat this
again each evening, for candlelit
processions under the colourful
street lights.
Surprisingly, for six-year-olds
more used to being spoilt by
doting grandparents, or allowed
to play out in the streets without supervision, most of the
festeros maintained a regal performance for the full four days,
with only one spate of unanimous face-gurning in church,
to which the priest turned a
benevolent eye.
Since my daughter knew all of
the other children from around
the village or from her school,
and had played with most of them
throughout summer school in
July, I expected to find her playacting or mischievously hatching
plots, but the general air of anticipation for fiesta seemed to dispel
most thoughts of rebellion.
Somehow, the focus of the fiesta
inevitably turns to the youngest
children participating, and they
are feted and appreciated in a
way which rarely happens anymore in the UK.
The whole village spends time
admiring their turn-out and complimenting them as if they are
adults, and they seem to rise to
the occasion, smiling calmly and
taking care to lift their skirts over
steps like Disney princesses.
B
Y the time that the final
firework showered over the
shadow of the Carrascal
mountains, the streets were
swept of confetti, sweet wrappers
and plastic glasses, and residents
came out to inspect the scorch
marks and horn scrapes on their
recently painted properties, the
cost of fiesta may be huge. But
somehow the gains to be had were
greater.
Faces that had grinned out of
the crowd in lurid fancy dress
turn out to be the mild neighbours you thought you knew, now
sharing smiles of recognition of
the fiesta experience.
The village will never be the
same again after a man wearing
nothing but underpants, plus a
crash helmet with bull’s horns
attached, and covered from head to
foot in bright blue paint, careened
out of a trailer clutching a megaphone, pretending to be a loose
bull. He turned out to be the guy
we buy wood from each winter.
Already, like Mardi Gras, next
year’s fiesta is being planned.
Each year will be bigger, brighter,
noisier and more revolutionary
than the last.
And the following year, when
my youngest daughter (who was
born here) turns six we can be
festera parents again. I think I’ll
be Marge Simpson in the fancy
dress parade and borrow the
woodman’s blue paint...
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LOCAL
NEWS
ALICANTE
NEWS
MARINA BAJA
Sunbathers must keep six
metres from the waterline
The long wide beaches in
Benidorm are enough for
fans of first line sunbathing
By Sergi Castillo
A NEW municipal ordnance in Benidorm prohibits any sunbathers
on the beaches to put up
their parasol less than
six metres from the waterline.
According to the councillor for beaches, Josefa Pérez,
this is a decision of the Costas department, a sub-organisation of the ministry of environment, to guarantee the
security of the sunbathers
and the pass way for those
who go on a stroll along the
waterline.
However, nobody who does
not respect the new rule will
be fined.
Unlike many other municipalities, Benidorm decided
against sanctioning those
who reserve a space in the
first line of the beach early
in the morning, as the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces
suggests.
The
councillor
said:
“There are more than six
kilometres of beach. This
is enough space for the fans
of first line sunbathing.”
The socialist opposition has
accused the concessionary
of the sun beds on various
occasions of not complying
with the six-metre-rule.
However, Pérez said that
she personally has observed
that the sunbathers themselves move the sun beds
and parasols closer to the
waterline.
“We have tried for years
to keep this distance, but it
is impossible. Early in the
morning everything is perfect, but as the day advances,
more people arrive and move
closer to the water.”
Many beaches along the
coast are cleaned in the early morning hours; therefore,
the municipalities need to
assure that the waterline is
clear to be cleaned.
In Benidorm the beaches
are cleaned around midnight and everything is finished before the first person
arrives in the morning.
At about 07.00 hrs any newly accumulated rubbish is
collected manually, so parasols, sun beds and towels are
not a problem.
The ordnance of the Valencian Federation of Munici-
First film fest
for Benidorm
NEXT YEAR, in October,
Benidorm will host its first
film festival. Unlike most festivals it will not show recent
releases, but films that were
made in Benidorm in the
past. Every year Benidorm
will show a few films, and invite their main actors, directors and producers to visit
the town and participate in
round table discussions and
conferences.
More than 300 films were
produced in Benidorm.
Deputy mayor, Ángela Barceló, said: “It will be nice to
remember all the celebrities
and to recuperate this patrimony for the town.”
BEACH RULES: Thousands of people occupy the beaches of Benidorm without respecting the regulations
palities and Provinces aims
to standardise the regulations nationwide.
It also includes limits on
the use of the showers and
foot
showers,
prohibits
washing with soap or rins-
For the first festival she
has chosen the first and last
film produced in Benidorm:
Alba de América and Lolita’s
Club. The first one was made
in 1951 and directed by Juan
de Orduña and with Antonio
Vilar as the main actor. Dozens of locals participated in
the film. In those times less
than 3,000 people lived in Benidorm, and its then deserted beaches were used as the
scene for Columbus’s discovery of the virgin beaches of
America.
The film Songs of Love in
Lolita’s Club on the other
hand is the latest film by Vicente Aranda with Eduardo
Noriega and Flora Sánchez.
The list of actors and directors that have come to
Benidorm is long; Kirk
Douglas produced The Light
at the Edge of the World here
and Javier Bardem played in
Huevos de oro. Now, Maite
Iraola, (PSPV-PSOE) has applied to make all filmed material available to the town.
ing any objects. Moreover,
it also prohibits the use of
glasses on the beach, bonfires, barbecues, the use of
gas bottles or animals.
“Many of these rules have
been observed for years in
Benidorm”, said Pérez, “but
every town decides what specific rules are applicable.”
Pérez confirmed that nobody would be fined in Benidorm for swimming in the
sea when the red flag has
Disgustingly
dirty streets
Spear fisher
Preserving
badly injured old La Vila
ALTHOUGH
the
local
government in Benidorm
started an ad-hoc intensive
cleaning programme for the
town, the spokesperson of
the socialists, Agustín Navarro is still disgusted about
the mess in the streets.
According to him, the
streets are in an “appalling” state.
He added that the only
thing the campaign has
achieved is that the photo
of the councillor for cleaning, Francisco Saval, is in
the paper.
He also thinks that this
suggests that the election
campaign is still not over.
Navarro, who is also an
MP in the regional parliament, criticised the “lack
of control” and “waste” of
the drinking water.
LAST Thursday, a twentyyear-old spear-fisher was
rescued from the coast off
Punta Llisera in a state of
shock after sustaining an
injury.
He had to be rushed to
hospital in nearby La Vila
Joiosa.
It was at 11.15 hours that
the lifeguards were first
alerted, but because of
the difficult access they
could only reach the area
by boat.
When they found the
young spear-fisher, he was
in a state of shock, had bad
neck pains and had nearly
lost his consciousness.
He was dressed in a wet
suit and had his harpoon
with him, but it is unclear
how he had sustained his
injury.
been hoisted.
“Sanctioning is a last resort. We have not had any
bad incidents. Our beaches
are quiet, and the red flag
has rarely been a synonym
for bad luck”, she added.
THE
NEW
four-party
group in La Vila Joiosa
is putting together a new
Special Plan for the Protection and Conservation
of the Historic Town of La
Vila.
In addition it plans a
Complementary Catalogue
of Protected Elements.
The four governing parties, PSPV-PSOE, Iniciativa Independiente, Bloc and
Esquerra Unida, dismissed
the old plan of the PP that
had been subject of many
discussions, in favour of a
new approach.
In the light of recent
EU reports condemning
over development, plans
to preserve heritage areas
are likely to be favourably
received, and therefore attract funding and support.
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ALICANTE
MARINA BAJA
Making the motorway
toll-free around Altea
Alternative route may mean
destruction of the Finca
Santa Bárbara building
By Sergi Castillo
THE NEW government
in Altea is opposing the
plans of the ministry of
public works to lead the
desperately needed bypass for Altea through
Barranquet, Sogay and
Altea La Vella.
It suggests opening up the
motorway AP-7 around the
town to use this as an equivalent to a bypass instead.
On July 31 the ministry of
public works published an
official announcement that
it approved of the latest alternative. This will affect 14
kilometres and cost 68.2 million euros.
However, this alternative
would also mean the destruction of the Finca Santa
Bárbara, one of the most
New general
plan by the end
of the year
THE SOCIALIST government in L’Alfàs del Pi is
going to revise the general
plan of the town before the
end of the year.
The mayor, Vicente Arques,
who is also the councillor
for urban development, said
that he wants to make it
transparent and invites all
parties in the town hall (PP,
AIDDA and Ciudadanos Europeos) to participate in the
preparation of the plan. He
said: “The first part of the
plan is usable. All political
parties participated in its
preparation. This was work
for the future. The second
part, however, is strange;
only the PP worked on it. We
need to redo most of it.”
His predecessor, Gabriel
Such, suspended the preparation of the plan in November 2006, when it was
virtually finished, because
famous and well-liked buildings in Altea.
The acting mayor, Verónica López, will invite responsible representatives of the
ministry of public works
to Altea at the beginning of
September to make counterproposals.
In the meantime, more
than 1,500 locals who could
be affected have filed their
complaints at the town hall.
Last April all political parties rejected the planned
course of the bypass in a plenary meeting and suggested
making the motorway toll
free around Altea.
Since the early 90s the central government in Madrid
has been trying to come to
an agreement with the town
hall in Altea on the course
of the bypass.
However, due to the urbanistic pressure and the narrow stretch where the road
can be built, they have never
found a mutually satisfying
conclusion.
In 1995, the former conservative mayor, Miguel Ortiz, canned a similar project
of the Aznar government.
Now the socialists are opposing the project of the
central socialist government
under Zapatero and may
postpone the construction
of the bypass by another ten
years.
They are prepared to take
the case to the provincial
courts in Alicante.
López said: “We want the
alternative course, because
the one planned by the ministry has too strong an impact on the town.
Our proposal is to make
the motorway toll free. If we
do not succeed then we will
work on reducing the impact
of the bypass.”
Last year on kilometre
152.2 of the N-332 in Altea 36
people died.
The General Traffic Board
considers it to be one of the
black spots of the Comunitat
Valenciana.
Shiny 30th anniversary
for Benidorm Palace
the PSPV and L’Entesa complained about massive land
purchases by people close to
the local government.
The plan was one of the
main projects of the previous government under Such.
In 2005 he had contracted
the company UTE Albur
for a revision. A year later
he suspended it because of
alleged transparencies. He
did not want “something
as important as that to be
marred,” although sources
close to him said that he was
convinced he would win the
absolute majority in the last
elections. Such’s plan included the re-classification
of nearly one million square
metres and the construction
of 10,000 new homes. This
would have quadrupled the
size of L’Alfàs with houses
for 40,000 people.
THE FAMOUS hall that
every year attracts millions
of tourists to its shows is
preparing for its 30th anniversary. The façade and the
main hall are being renovated, and areas cleaned and
re-decorated to give it a new
sheen.
The hall has a capacity of
1,600 people and is usually
fully booked on Friday and
Saturday night. On other
nights an average of 1,000
people watch the show.
The walls of the venue are
decorated with many photos
and posters of the famous
artists that have performed
there over the last 30 years.
Benidorm is seeing the
beginning of a resurgence
in popularity after a slew
of new theme hotels and
up-market
accomodation
opened its doors, and even
the BBC are interested in
developments. They are setting an episode of Wish You
Were Here at the venue to
alert Brits to its new look.
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at very good figures for the
month of August already.
The hotel association
Hosbec has published the
booking figures just for the
first two weeks in August,
which as a traditional holiday month is often good.
But even the usual good
figures had risen – 94.9 per
cent of the rooms were
booked compared with 93.2
per cent last year.
Three-star hotel showed
even better figures with 95.4
per cent, hotels with two
stars reached 94.7 per cent.
For the second half of
August Hosbec is expecting
bookings of 94.8 per cent.
The majority of tourists
(51 per cent) in town were
foreign with 36 per cent being English holidaymakers.
Thursday
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Rapist at
large on
the Costas
THE MOTHER of a teenage rape victim and Kent
police are asking residents
and tourists on the costas
to help track down a fleeing
rapist.
Andrew Alderman, 48,
from Maidstone in Kent,
was out on bail while being tried for the offence but
skipped the country on August 31 of last year, the day
he was found guilty.
He was sentenced, while
absent, to 10 years in prison
for rape, indecent assault
and sexual activity with a
child.
Alderman, pictured above,
was last seen on CCTV cameras at the Channel Tunnel as he made his way to
Europe. Police believe he is
in southern Spain, possibly
the Marina Alta region, although Ibiza, Mallorca or
the Canary Islands are also
possibilities, as he is said to
speak several languages including Spanish.
The mother of the victim stated: “It’s a living
nightmare. It is constant,
every single day it’s there.
It’s not finished, he’s been
convicted but he’s not been
punished.”
She pleaded: “Holidaymakers on the coast could
quite easily bump into him
… if somebody sees him
just phone the police.”
Kent police’s detective
inspector, David Berry appealed for people in Spain
to look out for a specific car.
He said: “We are particularly interested in a Volkswagen Passat we know
Alderman owned and left
the country with in August
last year.
“The registration is GL53
VBU. From the information
that we have we do believe
he is somewhere in the
south of Spain.”
Stray dogs
turn vicious
VILLAGES in the Vall de
Pop are being plagued by
loose dogs that turn feral
after being abandoned.
In Parcent, two dogs were
seen killing and eating a
stray kitten. Two other
large dogs were spotted in
Parcent, one was captured
by the local police woman,
and the other strayed on to
a road and was run over.
The summer heat combined with hunger is sufficient to make dogs dangerous only a few weeks after
being abandoned.
Local town halls are responsible for removing
dogs from the street.
MARINA ALTA
Train not taking the strain
for the Gandia-Denia link
Promises
for train
line come
to nothing
By Samantha Kett
DESPITE promises to
push ahead with plans
for the long-awaited
Gandia-Dénia
train
line, authorities seem
to be sitting on the
fence, complains political party, Bloc.
Gandia’s nationalist party says nothing has been
signed yet, despite elec-
OVERDUE: RENFE trains would benefit the regions
transport infrastructure and make important city links
toral promises by town
councillors.
According to Oliva’s PP
leader David González, the
lack of communication is
hindering residents in Dé-
nia, Gandia, Oliva and all
the villages in between.
“Ignoring the matter like
this cannot be justified,
because they are not taking into account the basic
needs of the people who
live here,” states González.
Dénia mayoress Paqui Viciano has also complained
about the delay in laying
the foundations for the
train line which is the final track needed to link
the two provincial capitals
of Alicante and Valencia.
It will also provide a direct line from Alicante to
Barcelona.
In Dénia, the majority of
young people go to university in Valencia as opposed
to Alicante, but have to rely
on buses to come home at
weekends as there is no
train. The few who study
in Alicante can make the
entire journey by rail.
Oliva, in the middle, is
completely cut off by rail
from the rest of the country and its residents have
to take a bus to Gandia to
travel to Valencia by train
– a bus that arrives three
minutes after the hourly
train has departed.
Yet the problem does not
look set to improve, as the
Comunitat Valenciana only
receives 2.8 per cent of the
state’s annual budget to invest in rail services.
Since Spain has 17 autonomous regions, this is
disproportionately small.
For the rail-link to become reality, the Generalitat will have to face long
negotiations with the national government’s ministry of transport.
Towns in La Safor and
the Marina Alta that
would benefit from the
train line have been pushing for plans to be finalised
for over 30 years.
Bars ignore
All change at rastro
laws and fines and back to Teulada
A WHOPPING 73 bars in
Dénia have been fined for
shutting too late at night,
local authorities reveal.
Ignoring laws in place limiting opening hours, many
bars and nightclubs in the
town continue to trade.
Some clubs have licences
to open until 3 am, but
revellers are still inside at
6 am, complains a Dénia
councillor.
Pep Marí says some bars,
which should not open past
midnight, continue to serve
drinks at 4 am.
Since June, more than 100
establishments have been
reported, 73 of which were
in July, coinciding with the
peak of the tourist season.
Taking advantage of the
influx of holidaymakers,
clubs and bars find they
make a fortune during the
hours that follow legal closing time.
Local authorities reveal
that this situation is difficult to police.
Most
establishments
would rather risk paying
the fines, which are usually
in the region of 300 euros,
since they can earn considerably more than that
amount by selling drinks
after hours.
TEULADA’S popular rastro, or flea market, which
moved to Pedreguer four
years ago, could return to
the town – but not until February 2008 at the earliest.
Local authorities hoped
the rastro would be up and
running in the planned new
car park of the industrial
estate by October, but the
council’s department for
services and infrastructures has other ideas.
The market cannot take
place until works on the
site are completely finished, works that depend on
funding from the provincial
council, the Diputación de
Alicante.
This means the work will
probably not be finished for
another six or eight months,
says head of department
José Luis Alaminos.
Alaminos stresses that
the town’s priority is build-
ing the car park before it
can even consider the idea
of bringing the rastro home
to Teulada.
Daring spectators gored by bulls
SUNDAY night’s bull-running fiestas in El
Verger came to an abrupt ending when two
spectators were gored.
The act, which started at midnight, was
called off at 2.30 am when Francisco Rodríguez from Benidoleig was attacked by a
bull while climbing into a spectator’s box.
He was rushed to La Ribera Hospital in
Alzira, where his condition is said to be serious but stable.
Earlier that day, another man watching the bulls running through the streets
was gored as he climbed over the railings
to join the animals in their cordoned-off
area, a risky practice common with daring
spectators.
His injuries were less severe and, after
being admitted to the Marina Alta Hospital in Dénia, was discharged the same day.
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MAGAZINE
T H E B I G F E AT U R E
Attack of killer
LA TOMATINA: Where ripe tomatoes are pelted, hurled, catapulted and fired at friends, family, acquaintances, and the 20,000 other people you don’t know
It’s the world’s biggest food fight, an unforgettable experience in
craziness and mess. Alex Elgar separates the pulp from the fiction
Y
OU may like your
salsa spicy, but
would you wear it?
The Tomatina is
about more than just playing with your food.
It has a typical Spanish
irreverence, from its history to its rules of topless
engagement.
The sleepy town of Buñol
is your fairly run-of-the-mill
Spanish settlement.
The town, lying 30km north west of Valencia, has an
attractive medieval central
area, with a fine castle dominating the skyline.
Its population of 10,000
relies mainly on agriculture and industry for its
source of income, and daily life passes by slowly and
methodically …until the
end of August when the
town is transformed into
a sea of red, the site of the
world’s biggest ever tomato
throwing event.
More than 20,000 people
descend upon the town
for La Tomatina – one of
Spain’s most popular fiestas, drawing tourists from
around the globe to witness
and partake in the extraordinary spectacle.
The aim of the fiesta is
simple – around 100,000
tonnes of ripe tomatoes
are pelted, hurled, catapulted and fired at friends,
family, acquaintances, and
the 20,000 other people you
don’t know – while they are
targeting you. There is only
one way to see the festival
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tomatoes
PHOTOS (INCLUDING FRONT COVER): Tania Castro
– and that’s to accept the
inevitable and put yourself
directly in the firing line.
La Tomatina traditionally
starts at around 11am in the
Plaza del Pueblo, but the
fiesta has become so big,
that it now stretches along
the streets leading into the
square.
A little history
There are two versions that
describe the origins of this
unique and bizarre festival.
According to some town records, an old man used to
sing and play through the
streets of Buñol, but he did
so so badly, that one day, as
he was walking through
the town’s central square,
a group of friends ran to a
vegetable stall in the square, and started pelting him
with tomatoes. It turned
into a battle of tomatoes.
The more popular version
of events states that in 1945,
the town was celebrating
its traditional Gigantes and
Cabezudos festival (Giants
with Gross Heads).
A group of youths were
anxious to participate in
the parade, and ran into
the giants, knocking one of
them over.
The giant started hitting
the youths, and ran to a
fruit and veg stall close by,
and started throwing ripe
tomato produce at them.
The police were called in
to disperse “the battle”, and
those responsible for the
mess had to pay for the damages.
The following year, on the
same Wednesday in August,
the youths, wanting their revenge, returned to the square with their own tomatoes.
Another battle commenced, and again, the authorities stepped in to break up
the riot. And so it continued,
year after year, groups of
youths hurling tomatoes at
each other in commemoration of that first Wednesday
in August 1945.
Yet La Tomatina, as it had
become known, was banned
for years, as the authorities
believed it was causing more
trouble than it was worth.
It wasn’t until 1959 that
the fiesta recommenced due
to popular demand, but this
time, the participants would
have to abide by certain rules.
The start and end of the
fiesta would be announced
by a siren, and before and
after that siren, not a single
tomato could be thrown.
In 1980, the town hall began organising the fiesta itself, supplying the tomatoes,
and each year increasing
the number of tomatoes it
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supplied with the increase in
tourists, until it became the
world’s biggest food-fight.
Order of the day
The tomato-throwing fiesta can
only start once a participant has
climbed a slippery pole placed in
the town’s central square and retrieved the leg of ham that is sitting on top of it.
Once he or she is successful in
achieving this no-easy feat, hosepipes are turned on and aimed at
the crowd, prompting them to rip
off their t-shirts.
If you don’t do so yourself, your
t-shirt will be soon be ripped off.
Girls be warned. Wear a bikini or
good bra under your t-shirt.
The town hall issues certain rules to participants, of which they
urge people to abide by to make
the festivities more fun and safe:
Rules of Engagement
1. Participants T-shirts must not
be ripped
2. No bottle or other object must be
brought into the area that could disrupt the traditional fun festivities
3. Pay attention to the entering
trucks
4. Tomatoes throwing is only between the sounds of the two sirens
5. You must squash the tomato before you throw
6. You can only throw tomatoes
Random acts of Tomato
Violence
At 11am, a siren sounds to mark
the start of the fiesta. Trucks enter the town, dumping off loads
of tomatoes at various points, and
the people nearest these loads will
start distributing the tomatoes
– by hurling them at the waiting
crowds!
A scene of pure lunacy ensues
– your friends will become your
enemies, your partner your target,
and strangers your allies.
The streets are transformed
into a blanket of red, covering
everything in the vicinity. One
hour later, the second siren sounds
to mark the end of the fight, and
the die-hards take this opportunity to roll around in the puddles of
red tomato juice.
As people file back through the
streets, the hoses get turned on,
to dowse participants in water to
help make the journey home a little more bearable.
Soon after, the huge clean-up process begins, and unbelievably by
mid-afternoon, you would never
know that the world’s biggest food
fight had just taken place in the
streets of Buñol.
Tips
Avoid becoming a human target
by not wearing goggles or masks,
hats, holding cameras and camcorders, or elevating yourself above
the crowds. There is no standard
dress requirements for La Tomatina – just don’t wear your best finery, as what you are wearing will
inevitably end up in the bin once
you’ve got home
When
This year, La Tomatina takes place
on Wednesday August 29 at 11am
in the town of Buñol, not far from
Valencia.
Accommodation
Scarcity of accommodation in
Buñol means that most people take
the train into the town early in the
morning from Valencia. However,
if you really do want to stay in Buñol, try the Casa Rural del Castillo
de Buñol in the old town. Tel. 96
250 25 33.
For accomodation in Valencia,
try the ThinkSPAIN website directory on www.thinkspain.com
Getting there
The easiest way to Buñol is from
Valencia by train (C3 local lines).
You are not able to purchase your
ticket in advance. Get there early
in the morning for the one-hour
train journey. Alternatively, you
may wish to drive by motorway
(Madrid-Valencia A3).
For more details, contact Buñol’s
tourist office on: 96 250 01 51 or
visit
their
web
site
on:
www.lahoya.net
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Alfredo Argilés, food critic
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THE BIG INTERVIEW
‘Spanish cooking has left
French cuisine behind’
Famous food critic, Alfredo
Argilés, explains to Berta
Chulvi some of the keys to the
success of Spanish cooking.
Furthermore, this Valencian
who spends his summers in
Dénia, reveals to us which are
his favourite restaurants and
takes us on a trip to the temple
of the best fresh produce:
Valencia’s central market.
Q
A
Is cooking fashionable?
Yes, but the question
should be where. All
over the world gastronomy is
fashionable because people
have realised that visiting
different countries and cultures is much more interesting if we understand their
cuisine, which is an important part of the culture.
When it comes to Spain,
there is no doubt that cooking is fashionable.
We have never had one of
our chefs on the front cover
of The New York Times or
Le Monde, but we do now
thanks to Ferran Adrià and
his elBulli restaurant in
Girona. Adrià is a real phenomenon.
Hard on the heels of Adrià,
Spanish cuisine has shortened the gap like Fernando
Alonso in a formula one
race. His success has seen a
giant leap forward for Spanish gastronomy. We are no
longer what we were.
Q
A
How would you describe
this change?
We have gone from being a country with very
good restaurants to what we
are now: a country whose
chefs are renowned internationally and who are interested in doing new things,
and the public is beginning
to follow.
We’ve always known how
to eat well, but we are now
learning to play the gastronomy game.
Q
But, Ferran Adrià did
not come from nowhere,
did he? There was already a
generation of chefs...
A
No. Ferran Adrià did
indeed come from a
void. I’m going to explain a
little bit about the history so
the readers of thinkSPAIN/
today understand what I
mean.
France has always been the
cradle of cooking. Gastronomy has been fashionable
there for at least a century.
Chefs were real personalities who directed the cuisine of the whole of France
and the rest of Europe.
This is unlike Spain,
where what predominated
was popular, home cooking.
The emergence in France
of nouvelle cuisine changed
eating habits in France and
throughout the world.
In Spain, a group of
Basque chefs, including
Arzak, went to a confer-
FOOD EXPERT: He will accept nothing less than the best products from Valencian Central Market
ence also attended by Paul
Boucuse, the well-known
chef and father of French
nouvelle cuisine. They were
eager to meet him and from
that meeting sprang what
is known as la nueva cocina
Española, which is based on
the same principles as the
French original: fresh produce, low in fat, etc.
From there, chefs started to
achieve a higher social profile and Spain became more
interested in gastronomy.
However, Ferran’s case
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N WHO IS ALFREDO ARGILÉS?
ALFREDO Argilés is one of the Valencian
community’s most respected gastronomy experts.
Each August, he has a daily column in El Pais newspaper in which he writes about the best Spain’s cuisine has to offer. His suggestions are also published
each month in Valencia City, the premier bilingual
guide about the regional capital. He works as a financial adviser, but has always had a second job as
a journalist because he likes writing about things
he enjoys. He started out as a film critic for a sports
paper, and, to date, has published two books about
gastronomy: ‘Beyond Flavours’, and ‘The Art of
Rice’, which is illustrated with silk-screen prints by
sculptor, Miguel Navarro.
‘Ferran Adrià is the architect of this worldwide success’
NOT only is he considered to be the top chef in Spain, but his
prestige has spread to such an extent that he is now described in
the world’s press as the Spanish genius with the most prominent
international profile.
Although he would point to a generation of nouvelle cuisine
maestros (Michel Guirard, Alain Ducasse, Jacques Maximin), and
in Spain, to Basque chef, Juan Mari Arzak, the disciple has surpassed his teachers. Some critics, such as Alfredo Argilés, believe
his contribution has been a ‘revolution’ more than an ‘evolution’.
Adrià is from a family that liked eating well but without any
kind of professional link to the gastronomic world. He arrived at
elBulli quite by chance. In Spain, it was famously believed that
compulsory military service - ‘la mili’ - as it used to be known,
was a good way to meet people from other parts of Spain and
open up new opportunities. Well, precisely this happened to
Adrià. From mid 1982 until the end of 1983, Ferran Adrià, did
his military service in Marina (Cartagena), where he worked as a
cook for an admiral and his family. During the summer of 1983,
following the advice of another Catalan recruit, Fermí Puig, he
decided to spend his month’s leave at elBulli, a restaurant he had
never heard of before.
At the end of the month, Adrià spoke to the restaurant’s owner,
Juli Soler, and arranged to join the staff the following year. From
there, as joint owners, Soler and Adrià have built an empire that
is now famous worldwide. Nowadays, while waiting to reserve one
of their highly sought-after tables, the best way to find out more
about Adrià’s ‘universe’ is by visiting website: www.elbulli.com
elBulli: Cala Montjoi, 6km from Roses (Girona). Tel. 97 215 04 57.
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THE BIG INTERVIEW
pressed you about Ferran
Adrià’s cooking?
A
This year, for example,
one dish that impressed
me was the stewed eel covered in marrow served with
a citrus tablet.
The combination of sensations on the palate is indescribable. You eat something extremely greasy
inundated with the flavour
of the eel and suddenly you
eat a small ball that’s like
eating a whole lemon which
takes away the previous
greasy taste.
Q
A
Q
How long do you have
to wait to eat in Ferran
Adrià’s restaurant?
A
It’s impossible the way
things stand at the
moment. You can only get
N
What are you saying?
Q
How would you explain
the Ferran Adrià phenomenon?
A
I cannot explain it. He’s
imaginative, he’s an
artist. He’s someone who
has added a touch of science to cooking, searching
for combinations that nobody’s ever thought of before. He’s a researcher. He’s
the first chef to be invited to
take part in the Documenta
de Kassel, which is one of
Worldwide acclaim for Spanish Cuisine
HIS appearance on
the front cover of New
York Magazine and
in Le Monde’s Sunday
supplement surprised
the world of Spanish
gastronomy and gave
Ferran Adrià his first
real taste of international fame.
His website has links
to over 2,500 articles
about his culinary skills
and 14,000 other sites
that mention him and
his restaurant, elBulli.
There’s no doubt that it
was this international
press coverage that
made Adrià the huge
star he is today.
The headlines said
it all: the front cover
of Le Monde’s Sunday
supplement showed
Adrià under the heading
“Alchemist” and asked
“Is he the best in the
world?” Many a master
chef has been given this
title: Boucuse, Hermé,
etc. That such an honour should be bestowed
COVER: Frontpage of The New York Times
and Le Monde
upon a Spaniard in the
hallowed halls of French
gastronomy would have
been unheard of just a
few years ago. But Ferran
Adrià has done it, and
the eyes of the world’s
great food critics have all
turned to look at Spain.
He has the power to put
Spanish cuisine on top
of the world. “Spanish
cuisine is moving much
faster than the rest of
the world”, wrote chef
Marc Veyrat.“Spain is
taking off while France
is having a siesta. . .” said
the New York Times.
But in Ferran Adrià’s
case it’s not just elite
cuisine. He’s cocked a
snook at the establishment by joining up with
El Periódico de Cataluña
to produce a series of
DVDs entitled “Ferran
Adrià makes it easy”.
the most prestigious international modern art exhibitions, and rightly so, in my
opinion.
Adrià is not a chef, but an
artist. He creates art in the
kitchen. It’s true that he
has a team of biologists and
chemists, but he is the mastermind.
Q
It’s difficult to describe
flavours, but... could
you give us an example
of something that has im-
A
Q
A
A
a table if something magical happens. I normally get
in because I know a lot of
people and because I know
him.
But it’s very difficult to
get a table: he only opens
for six months of the year.
If you look at the website,
you’ll see that the restaurant is fully booked for 2007.
The first day elBulli opens
for bookings, they get more
than a million requests.
Given that it provides
evening meals for just 60
guests a day during the six
months of the year that it’s
open, we can calculate that
only around 7,000 customers
are catered for. Let’s face it,
it’s slightly less than impossible to dine there.
How does a restaurant
critic survive his own
criticisms?
The best is Quique
Dacosta, from the El
Poblet restaurant in Dénia.
In my opinion, he’s getting
close to matching Ferran
Adrià.
And, if we can’t go to
Ferran Adrià’s restaurant, who are the best Valencian chefs?
is completely different because he didn’t study with,
or have anything to do with
these chefs.
He opened a restaurant in
Girona managed by a German, and without anybody
really understanding how,
started evolving to such an
extent that he broke with the
criteria of old-style cooking
and acquired international
fame. People go along to eat
the inventions of Ferran
Adrià.
Q
I don’t know. I always
say what I think. Apart
from these two great chefs,
there are some excellent
others such as Susi Díaz
(La Finca in Elche), María
Carmen Vélez (La Sirena in
Petrer) or Ramiro Redrado,
who now works with Quico
Moya at La Escaleta in Cocentaina. I also like the look
of Ricardo Camarena’s future (L’Arrop in Gandia).
Q
SPICE WORLD: Argilés with a woman who has had
a stall at the Valencian market for 77 years. Below,
Argilés examines a dried pepper, a widely-used
ingredient in Basque cuisine.
to contrasting flavours, and
gauging cooking times exactly and it would be impossible to improve on some of
his products.
I’d say that I eat better
with Raúl than with Quique,
when it comes to eating, but
so far as the gastonomic
game is concerned, I’d have
to go with Quique. Both are
great maestros.
Yes. All the other chefs
I mention are cooking
very well. They are applying
new concepts, state-of-theart techniques, but when it
comes to combining different flavours... Quique’s got
the edge.
As he does when it comes
to research, or trying out
new things. I believe that
not just in the Valencian
Community, but in the rest
of Spain, Quique Dacosta
is the only one who comes
close to matching Ferran
Adrià.
Apart from him, there
are other excellent chefs
such as Raúl Aleixandre
(Ca Sento in Valencia), who
has been able to evolve his
parents’ cuisine by making
it modern and imaginative.
He’s a master when it comes
Has a chef ever made
you angry?
No, the truth is that
I’ve always tried to talk
more about gastronomy
from a cultural point of
view and have not been directly critical of individual
restaurants, but the principle is clear: you name the
ones you like, and don’t
even mention the ones that
you don’t.
Q
And, is Spanish cuisine
really that good from
that same cultural viewpoint?
A
Yes. Spain has a very
high average, and I’d go
so far as to say that it’s because here in the Valencian
Community and Cataluña,
we have the best produce
in the country, the best fish,
the best vegetables and excellent seafood.
The Basques have poorer
vegetables, although there
is one great chef, Berasategui, who grows his own
peas. But, generally speaking, their produce is not as
good as ours. We have better
fresh produce in Spain than
they do in France.
To give you an example, I
was in a restaurant in Paris
recently that has three stars
in the Michelin, and I’m
convinced that the sole I
was served there came from
a fish farm. Such a thing
would be unimaginable in
Spain. An important part of
being a good chef is knowing how to buy.
Q
So, the best chefs are
also experts when it
comes to raw materials?
A
The best one, yes, inevitably. I’ll tell you an anecdote about Alfredo Alonso, a great chef who works
at the Rías Gallegas Restaurant in Valencia, and who is
a close friend of mine.
One day, he said to me:
“Those prawns won’t be any
good.” “How do you know?”
I asked him, to which he replied: “Because they speak
gallego.”
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THE BIG INTERVIEW
Q
A
So, you can’t fool a good
cook?
Of course not. The
problem is not just
knowing, but being able to
pay for it. It is very hard to
be very good when you are
starting out because you
have to spend a lot of money
on raw materials.
There are lots of good
cooks in Valencia who can’t
do this because they know
their customers won’t pay
for it. Catering for the public
who can afford to pay for the
best a chef can offer, costs a
lot of money.
Ricardo Camarena, for
example, in Gandia is very
talented, but has still not fulfilled his potential because
creating a market willing to
pay for what is really worth
eating is going to be difficult
where he is based, but step
by step...
Q
As a food critic, what
has been your most
memorable experience?
A
What I remember most
are the great disappointments. For example
visiting some of the most
famous restaurants in the
world and not finding what
I expected.
When you travel abroad,
you realise just how good
Spanish cuisine really is. I
remember ordering truffles
at Alain Ducasses’s restaurant in Paris. A waiter appeared with an absolutely
perfect box of truffles that
we could smell before he got
halfway across the room,
but when he arrived and
showed us the ‘black diamonds’, we realised that
what he was about to put on
our plates was something
else entirely.
‘Cheese should always be served with white wine’, say Argilés
FOR our interview,
Alfredo Argilés chose
a mythical place for
any gastronomy buff,
Valencia’s central
market.
When Argilés goes to
Valencia’s central market, one of his other
favourite haunts, in the
fish section this time,
is the stall belonging to
Joaquín Aznar located
by the exit to the Iglesia
de los Santos Juanes.
A stroll through the
market stalls is an
opportunity to pick up
a multitude of tips from
his usual suppliers. The
first stall Alfredo Argilés visits is that of his
friend, José María Manglano, one of Spain’s
foremost cheese experts
and the owner of several shops in Valencia.
Manglano recommends
a Valencian cheese,
Heretat de Pere (www.
heretat.com), which is
made by the Quatretonda cheese company.
To wash it down, he
proposes a white wine,
el Impromptu, from the
Bodega Hispano-Suiza
in Requena-Utiel.
The suggestion surprises us as we have always
been advised to drink
red wine with cheese.
“Everybody is wrong,”
choruses Manglano and
Argilés in unison: “the
tannins contained in red
wine mask the flavour
of the cheese, so they
should never be taken
at the same time,” they
insist.
According to Manglano, who is undoubtedly
an expert on the subject, the best accompa-
It is important to include directions because this market, which
is more than a hundred
years old, occupies an
entire city centre block
and it is easy to get lost.
THE BEST CHEESES: Argilés chats with José María Manglano, one of Spain’s
foremost cheese experts, who has a stall at Valencia’s central market.
niment for cheese is a
good white wine served
not too cold.
To support his argument, Argilés explains
that countries which
manufacture great
cheese, such as France or
Germany, are also great
white wine producers.”
The Spanish tradition
of serving red wine
with cheese came about
through inertia because,
in Spain, red wine is more
plentiful and cheese tends
to be served at the end
of a meal, but it is not a
match made in heaven,
according to the experts.
When we come across
Argilés’s fishmonger,
Joaquín Aznar, he is
loading his van with
deliveries to Valencia’s
restaurants. Aznar
recommends the Valencian mussels (clochinas), the real thing,
caught in the sea and
not from a fish farm.
During the recent
America’s Cup celebrations, divers had
problems harvesting
them because they
were always being
interrupted by police
patrol boats. Now that
the competition is over,
normality has returned
to the Valencian coast
and the mussel divers
have resumed their
clandestine activity in
search of this highlyprized dish.
THE KING OF FISH: Joaquín Aznar owns Alfredo
Argilés’s favourite fish stall. “I have a pact with Neptune,” claims Aznar.
Information:
www.mercadocentralvalencia.es
Argilés chooses six of the best Valencian restaurants
Mª Carmen Vélez
LA SIRENA
PETRER
Quique Dacosta
EL POBLET
DÉNIA
Raúl Aleixandre
CA SENTO
VALENCIA
Susi Díaz
LA FINCA
ELCHE
Ricard Camarena
L’ARROP
GANDIA
El Poblet was a wellknown restaurant in Dénia, until Quique Dacoste gave it international
fame. He is an exceptional cook who, according
to Argilés, is the only
one in Spain following
in Ferran Adrià’s tracks.
El Poblet specialises in
rices and Quique has
just published “Contemporary Rices”. Without
doubt the most original
and highest quality
kitchen in the Valencian
community.
Road Les Marines, Km 3.
Tel. 96 578 41 79.
The experts insist Ca
Sento rates as the best
restaurant in Valencia.
Argilés suggests that
chef, Raúl Aleixandre,
together with Quique
Dacosta, is the best chef
in Valencia. His cooking
has always been characterised by its excellent
fresh product and its
creation of exquisite dishes without being overly
sophisticated.
Raúl incorporates the
intrinsic sophistication
of new Spanish cooking.
Méndez Núnez, 17.
Tel. 96 330 17 75.
In the creation of each
dish, every small detail
is considered, every part
of the menu is planned
and debated intensely.
Study and travel, with
special attention to
worldwide gastronomy,
have been the sources
from which the chef of
La Finca has cultivated
her culinary expertise,
complemented in great
measure by the exchange
of professionals around
the world.
Partida de Perleta, Polígono 1, no 7, Elche.
Tel. 96 545 60 07.
Ricard Camarena obtained the prize Restaurante Revelación 2006 in the
International Gastronomic Summit of Madrid.
He is one of the most
interesting chefs in the
Valencian Community.
He started as a self-taught chef at 25 years old.
Later, he studied in the
School of Hostelry and
Tourism and then in the
kitchens of Ca Sento.
Today Ricard Camarena
cooks in Gandia with
great success.
San Juan de Rivera, 20.
Tel. 96 295 07 68.
La Sirena is a perfect example that the sea breeze has
no geographical limits, because when you taste the
prawns, lobster, langoustines or sea bass, this restaurant offers, it seems you taste the very shores of
the Mediterranean. Situated in Petrer, 32 kilometres
from the Alicante coast it has become an obligatory
stop for the excellent quality of its food. It is an intelligent union between produce of the highest quality
and experimentation in a world of flavours, resulting in an extensive menu of fish, seafood and rice,
flirting with traditional cooking and the vanguard of
new cuisine in the hands of chef, Ma Carmen Vélez.
La Sirena, Avda Madrid 14. Tel. 96 537 17 18.
Ramiro Redrado y Francisco Moya
L’ESCALETA
COCENTAINA
L’Escaleta is a fantastic place. Located in a luxurious
chalet at the foot of Montcabrer between trees with
views of the Sierra de Aitana and a beautiful garden.
The restaurant is inland between the mountains of
Alcoy and the beautiful historic villa of Cocentaina.
Ramiro Redrado is originally from Navarra but has
been in Valencia for over 20 years. His family, children, nephews and nieces have added to a project that
has surpassed all expectations, until it was deservedly recognised in 2000 with a Michelin star. He cooks
‘evolved and elevated traditional food’.
L’Escaleta, above the C/Estación Norte.
Tel. 96 559 21 00.
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Talktothetherapist
Carole Turner therapist expert
Do you have a question for Carole?
E-mail us: advice@thinkspain.com
Q
I am lucky to have
healthy children,
a good job, a faithful
partner and I own my
own house. Why then
do I feel so miserable?
Some days I am snappy
and bored, other times
I just wish to be on my
own. I am too young
for the menopause
and I don’t think my
feelings are medical.
I just feel vaguely
irritated by other
people and fed up
with the boring
pattern of my life.
What should I do?
A
You write that you don’t
think that your feelings
are medical. I am not sure
what you mean by this but I
am assuming that you mean
you do not have medical
problems to worry about.
However,
you
don’t
mention about the quality
of your relationships and
particularly
with
your
partner. Your partner may
be faithful but is he so
dependable that he is boring
and there is no ‘juice’ in the
relationship?
You also do not mention
what ages your children
are either which also may
account for your feelings of
unfulfilment.
It sounds from the short
description of your life that
you have many of the things
that symbolise security
and stability, a home, a
dependable partner, a good
job and healthy children.
But what about excitement,
fun, adventure, risk-taking
and eroticism?
Are you living such a safe
and secure life that these
qualities are non-existent?
If this is the case it is
interesting to know
how and why you have
ruled out that these things
are not just as important as
the things that you mention
and even more important
that you cannot change
your life to make it work for
you.
When we think about what
is missing from our lives we
may come to the conclusion
that we are the thing that
is missing. Yes, of course,
we function well. We do
the things that need to get
done. We are even efficient
and imaginative and yet so
often we feel like zombies,
carrying out an old routine
in well-worn shoes. We have
lost touch with ourselves,
and there is nothing
lonelier than not being in
touch with ourselves.
When we have lost ourselves,
no amount of externals
will help. Spouses, friends,
work – none can supply
what is missing when
we are cut off from our
‘internal power source.’ We
are missing, and the only
way to remedy the problem
is to find ourselves again.
Finding ourselves takes
time.
It is hard
work but it can be
very rewarding and
enriching.
When we are cut
off from parts of
ourselves it is a form
of isolation which is
what psychologists call
intrapersonal isolation
or
disassociation.
Freud described this
isolation as a defence
mechanism,
whereby
the individual detaches
from the unpleasant
experience, frees himself
from the emotion and all
connecting thoughts.
Disassociation
is
an
attempt by the psyche
to cope with traumatic
experiences by altering
thoughts, feelings, sensation
and actions.
These defences are erected
as a protection against the
discomfort of unmet needs
and unexpressed emotions,
which includes the pain of
overwhelming stimuli.
It sounds from what you
write that you have emotions
and feelings that you are
trying to suppress.
Perhaps these feelings are
trying to give you a ‘wake up
call’ to say that everything
in your life is not okay for
you and that you need to
find your truth and then to
live it.
It may be that your
relationship
with
your
partner is not satisfying for
you and this is the area that
you need to address.
Equally it may not be the
reason for your unhappiness
but the sheer routine and
boredom in your life.
I would suggest that you seek
professional psychological
support to help you discover
your inner truth.
Carole Turner can be contacted personally on 96 584 61 91
Why you should
avoid crash diets
The only sensible way to
lose weight is gradually
– there really aren’t any
quick fixes. If you are
overweight and want to get
to a healthier weight, you
need to set realistic goals
for yourself.
Weight loss of around a half
to 1kg per week (one to two
pounds) is about right. Any
more than this and you risk
getting demotivated through
harsh
self-deprivation.
After all, a successful diet
is one that you have to enjoy
eating. Any less than half a
kilo, and you probably aren’t
making enough changes to
the habits that have caused
you to be overweight in the
first place.
You don’t get fat from eating
the occasional Mars bar
or cream cake – not in the
context of an otherwise
healthy,
balanced
diet
anyway.
Both
getting
fat
and
slimming down to, and
then maintaining, a healthy
weight are really about
lifestyle habits. Successful
dieting is more about
shifting
these
patterns
than it is poring over the
precise calorie content of
individual foods.
So, here’s a run-through of
sensible and time-related
advice about dieting.
machismo sit firmly in
the second category, at
least if you are starting
to be more active for the
first time or returning
to it after a long period
of a sedentary lifestyle.
Indeed, a relatively unfit
person
running
hard
for 10 minutes a couple
of times a week is
unlikely to be
s h i f t i n g
much flab.
● A
long
(at least 30
minute) brisk
walk is much more likely
to be burning fat than
shorter, more explosive
exercise. Ideally, building
some daily activity into
your life – walking some
or all of the way to work
instead of driving, for
example – could be a
relatively painless way to
help you get to and stay at
a healthy weight.
● Most people will find it
easier to lose weight with
a two-pronged attack of
more physical activity
and a lower calorie
diet. To lose weight, the
balance of calories in
(eating) and calories out
(activity) needs to be
tipped towards a calorie
deficit. Less in than
out,
basically. Staying
at a healthy weight then
means keeping the two in
balance across the weeks
and months.
● On the eating side
of the equation, eating
less fat is probably a
good place to start – fat
has double the calories,
weight for weight, as
carbohydrates. So ignore
the diet rules of the past
and satisfy your hunger
with bread, potatoes, rice
and pasta. Just try to
find low-fat alternatives
to the creamy sauces
and buttery toppings,
and
chose
cooking
methods that keep the
overall fat content low.
Roast potatoes, chips,
fried bread and buttery
basmati do not count as
healthy
carbohydrates!
And don't forget that a
mountainous portion of
healthy pasta still stacks
up to lots of calories.
Serving food on smaller
plates can help promote
sensible portion sizes.
● There's useful activity
and less-useful activity.
Feeling the burn and other
examples
of
exercise
● Watch out for low fat
foods that are either not
low in fat (75 percent
fat-free still means 25
percent fat – not much
less than cheese) or
that use lots of sugar to
replace the fat. Equally
important is to aim to
include a minimum of
five pieces of fruit and
vegetables in your daily
diet. Not only is fruit
and veg rich in essential
vitamins and fibre, but
steamed, boiled or raw,
they are both filling and
low in calories.
It's true that Brits have
a growing problem of
obesity, and many people
would benefit from losing
some weight. But having
dealt with the futility of
crash diets, we shouldn't
forget some of the rarer
dangers of eating disorders,
including anorexia nervosa
and bulimia.
The symptoms of someone
who is suffering from
anorexia nervosa are loss
of appetite, intense fear of
gaining weight, lower than
normal body weight and
claiming to feel fat even when
they're very thin. The typical
behaviour of someone who
is bulimic includes eating
exceptionally large amounts
of food, then starving,
vomiting
and
taking
laxatives or diuretics. These
problems can be serious and
it is important that anyone
suffering from anorexia
nervosa or bulimia gets help
from their doctor.
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Pulse notes
First aid advice from PULSE FIRST AID TRAINING
Q
I have recently had
an experience where
someone I know suffered
a mild stroke during an
afternoon party.
I noticed that he was
sounding quite slurred
but put it down to the
effect of alcohol consumed.
The person concerned is
now fine but the incident
has made me think about
how to recognise the onset of a stroke and what
first aid is appropriate.
Can you please advise
me?
ing what others are saying
suspect a person is experiencing a stroke.
● sudden problems with
vision – dimness or loss
of vision, particularly in
one eye
First aid procedures
for strokes
● sudden dizziness
walking
● sudden confused or
emotional mental state
that can be mistaken for
drunkenness.
● a good test is to ask
them to show teeth – they
will only be able to move
one side of their mouth.
● a stroke victim may
suddenly or gradually
lose consciousness.
A
You have highlighted
an important issue in
relation to first aid, i.e. the
recognition of the signs
and symptoms of various
disorders and I should emphasise that the only way to
feel confident about this is
to attend a training course.
However, for the time being
I can supply some information regarding this very serious condition.
Firstly, some background
information about strokes.
A stroke is a condition,
which occurs when blood
vessels that deliver oxygenrich blood to the brain rupture or are blocked by a clot
and part of the brain does
not receive the blood flow it
requires.
A clot can form in an artery
in the brain or be carried in
the blood stream, or in cases
of brain tumours the artery
can be compressed causing
a severe reduction in blood
flow.
In any of these situations
brain cells can die within
minutes causing permanent damage as the cells are
not replaced.
The after-effects of a
stroke depend on which
part of the brain is affected
and the degree of oxygen
starvation. In some cases
it can be fatal and in others
the patient makes a full recovery.
Risk factors for stroke
include having high blood
pressure, having had a
previous stroke, smoking,
having diabetes and having
heart disease. Your risk of
stroke increases as you get
older.
If you notice any of the following signs or symptoms
listed (note emphasis on the
term sudden) call 112 immediately
● sudden weakness or
numbness of the face,
arm, or leg on one side of
the body
speech and understand-
It is important to note that
another warning sign of
stroke is called transient
ischaemic attack (TIA),
also called a ‘mini-stroke’.
A TIA can cause many of
the same symptoms as a
stroke, but TIA symptoms
generally only last for a few
minutes.
Call for immediate medical
assistance if you suspect
a person is experiencing
a transient ischaemic
attack, as TIAs may lead
to stroke.
Also call for immediate
medical assistance if you
As stated above the priority
is to get the victim to hospital as soon as possible.
If the person is conscious,
get them to lie down with
their head and shoulders
supported. You can incline
their head to the affected
side and place a towel on
the shoulder to absorb any
dribbling.
Reassure the victim that
medical help is on the way
and encourage them not to
move.
Monitor pulse, breathing
rate and response level.
Do not give anything to
eat or drink as it may be difficult to swallow.
One last tip
If you have not completed
a first aid training course,
be sure to seek immediate
medical attention in any
type of emergency situation. Improper care can
sometimes be more harmful than helpful.
A basic course in first aid
is recommended for preparation before any emergency happens, so enrol on one
as soon as you can.
PULSE FIRST AID TRAINING 648 156 087- 96 577 18 58 pulsefirstaid@hotmail.com
Obesity changes foot structure and affects the way children walk
AS International concern
regarding childhood obesity
continues to grow, alarming
new evidence shows that
childhood obesity changes
foot structure and results in
instability when walking.
A study of 200 children aged
nine to 12 years revealed that
excessive body mass led to
structural foot changes.
Obese children had feet that
were up to 15mm longer and
seven millimetres wider than
feet in children of normal
weight, rising to 18mm longer
and 15mm wider in severely
obese children.
Another study of nine to 11year-olds
found that excessive body
mass led to instability when
walking, with obese children
spending significantly more
time balancing on two feet
when walking, less time on
one foot than normal weight
children, and walked at a
slower pace.
Feet bear the brunt of body
weight in every stride. The foot
is a highly specialised part of
the body, made up of 26 bones,
around 19 muscles, a large
number of ligaments, tendons,
blood vessels and nerves.
The normal foot is designed
to absorb the shock of walking
and running, but under the
influence of excess weight and
obesity, the delicate,
immature
nature
of children’s feet
can make them
par ticularly
susceptible
to
deformity
and structural
abnor malities.
The implications
of
obesity on
general health are
vast, and this
OBESITY: Just one at a time please!
new evidence supports the
view that excessive body fat
has a detrimental impact on
children’s feet, changing foot
structure. Obese children are
less stable when walking and
cannot walk efficiently.
There are several potential
causes of
the structural
changes in children’s feet.
It may be that the extra
weight puts greater pressure
on the joint interactions in
the foot, leading to disruption
in the way the foot aligns and
functions.
From a clinical point of view
this research is very important
as it flags up to the podiatrist
the ‘at risk’ nature of the foot
in the child who is overweight
or obese.
Clinicians have been aware
for some time of particular
problems associated with these
children, but this research
provides evidence that obesity
and being overweight has
an effect, not only on the
development of the foot, but
also on the way the foot and
lower limb function during
walking.
Should you be concerned about your feet you can contact Rachel Dawes (The Foot Doctor) on 679 274 139 or visit www.thefootdoctor.co.uk
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MAGAZINE
LEISURE
Three in a row for Scarlett lady
SCARLETT Johansson has lined up three new roles in quick succession to fit in before next year’s
supposed strike says The Hollywood Reporter.
First up is New Line Cinema’s ensemble comedy He’s Just Not That Into You, in which she’ll
play a pilates instructor/aspiring singer who has an affair with a married man and hopes that
he will leave his wife for her. Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, and Drew Barrymore all
star.
She’ll follow that up playing a dangerous femme fatale in The Spirit, an adaptation of the
comic strip being directed by Frank Miller about a detective who fakes his own death in order
to fight crime in Central City. The masked man is known as the Spirit. Johansson plays Silk
N. Floss, a sexy and intelligent secretary with a vindictive instinct that makes her the perfect
accomplice to the Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson), an evil mastermind.
Finally, she will slip on a crown for the title role in Mary Queen of Scots, scheduled to go before
cameras in March in the UK. Director John Curran (The Painted Veil) has essentially revived the
project which has been in years of development.
Johansson will next be seen this December opposite Natalie Portman and Eric Bana in the period
piece The Other Boleyn Girl.
Star Trek’s Uhuru joining Heroes
THE original Star Trek’s Lieutenant Uhuru (Nichelle Nichols) will
play a hero’s grandmother for a handful of episodes. Details on her
role are still being kept quiet, but TVGuide.com quotes sources as
saying the 75-year-old actress will play the grandmother of Monica,
the new hero from New Orleans, who will be portrayed by Dana
Davis (The Nine).
Heroes has proven to be both a launching point for the careers of
young actors as well as a destination for older actors to rejuvenate
their craft and meet a new audience. Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka,
Milo Ventimiglia, and others have gone from familiar faces to
full-blown Hollywood stars, and veterans Malcolm McDowell,
George Takei, and Eric Roberts now have a new generation of
fans. Takei originally made his name in Star Trek as Captain
Sulu, but the Trek-Heroes connection goes further than that.
Dominic Keating, from the Trek spin-off Enterprise, will
appear as an Irish mobster in Heroes’ anticipated second
season and Zachary Quinto, who plays supervillain Sylar, will
play a young Spock in the forthcoming Star Trek movie from J.J.
Abrams.
JODIE Foster’s new movie The Brave One is courting
controversy already with website debate raging about its
theme. The film doesn’t open in America until September
14th, but the film trailers and plot leaks reveal that Foster
plays a radio-host-turned-vigilante.
When a brutal attack leaves Erica Bain (Foster)
wounded and her fiancé dead, she crosses the line
between right and wrong and begins to hunt the men she
feels are responsible. Her pursuit of justice captures the
public’s attention, but is she becoming the very thing she
is trying to stop?
The movie also stars Lost’s Naveen Andrews and is directed
by Neil Jordan, better known for his plot twist Academy
Award-winning movie The Crying Game.
Brave but controversial?
Pregnant pauses
An American Idol contestant’s audition was interrupted
last week when she went into labour. Antoria Gillon, 20,
of Dallas, wasn’t due to give birth for another week, so
she thought it was safe to wait in line outside the stadium
starting at 2:30 a.m. for her first shot at the singing
competition.
Just as she finally had her chance after waiting for 16
hours, “I felt something come over my body when I was walking,” she said in a telephone
interview from her hospital bed after giving birth to a healthy boy — her second child.
Beau for Emma
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EMMA Bunton, aka Baby Spice,
gave birth to a son, Beau, at
London’s Portland Hospital on
August 18th.
It’s the first child for Emma
and will probably be the last
for a while since the Spice Girls
manager has begged them “Do
not become pregnant – please!”
since the reunion world tour was
announced.
Now all but one of the Spice Girls
have Spice Babies.
Victoria Beckham has three
sons; Melanie Brown has two
daughters; and Geri Halliwell has
one daughter.
Only Sporty Spice has avoided
motherhood so far.
TELEVISION
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television
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Heading
for new
Depps
Saturday August 25 Sky Movies Premier 09.00pm
C
APTAIN Jack Sparrow is caught
up in another tangled web of
supernatural intrigue. Although
the curse of the Black Pearl has
been lifted, an even more terrifying
threat looms over its captain and
scurvy crew.
It turns out that Jack (Johnny Depp)
owes a blood debt to the legendary
Davy Jones, ruler of the ocean depths, who captains the ghostly Flying
Dutchman, which no other ship can
match in speed and stealth.
Unless the ever-crafty Jack figures a
cunning way out of this Faustian pact,
he will be cursed to an afterlife of
eternal servitude and damnation in the
service of Jones.
This startling development interrupts
the wedding plans of Will Turner and
Elizabeth Swann, who once again find
themselves thrust into Jack’s misadventures, leading to escalating confrontations
Ruthless pirate hunter Lord Cutler
Beckett of the East India Trading
Company sets his sights on retrieving the fabled “dead man’s chest.”
According to legend, whoever possesses the dead man’s chest gains control
of Davy Jones.
PICK OF THE WEEK
film choice
The Benchwarmers
Sky Movies HD1 12.00 pm & 05.30pm
Wednesday August 29
Gus and his nerdy buddies, Richie and
Clark, are scouted by a millionaire
nerd, Mel, who wants to form a
baseball team and compete with
the meanest Little League teams in
the state. A stellar ballplayer, Gus
becomes a role model for nerds
and outcasts everywhere.
But when his fans learn
that Gus, himself, was
once a school bully,
they feel outraged and
betrayed, until Gus takes
extraordinary steps to win back
their admiration and trust.
digital choice
terrestrial choice
Little Nicky
Something About Mary
Channel 4 10.15pm
Saturday August 25
Satan, after considering
retirement, decides to hang on
for another 10,000 years,
angering his older sons
and heirs Adrian
and Cassius. They
decamp to New
York, sealing
Hell shut,
but, without a
regular supply
of souls, Satan
could literally
evaporate into
thin air.
ITV
11.45pm
Monday August 27
Hilarious slapstick comedy about a man
so tormented by memories of a missed
high school date with a beautiful girl that
he hires a detective to trace her several
years later. He is convinced that he
missed out on his only chance for love,
but when the detective locates her, he
himself is smitten and soon proves to
be a ruthless and unscrupulous
rival in love.
terrestrial | digital | sport | film | documentaries
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TELEVISION
Friday 24th August 2007
BBC 1
BBC 2
ITV 1 London
CHANNEL 4
FIVE
E4
07:00 Breakfast
10:15 To Buy or Not to Buy
Series that gives buyers
the chance to test-drive
a property before they buy
it. Ed Hall and Kristian
Digby try to find a place in
Wolverhampton for a
couple who like to breathe
fire in their spare time.
11:00 Countryfile Summer Diaries
12:00 Escape to the Country
12:30 Bargain Hunt
13:15 Cash in the Attic
14:00 BBC News and Weather
14:30 Regional News
and Weather
14:40 Neighbours
15:05 Doctors
15:35 All Saints
16:25 Jackanory Junior
16:40 The Cramp Twins
17:05 Desperados
17:30 The Story of Tracy Beaker
18:00 Only in America
18:25 Newsround
18:35 Neighbours
19:30 Regional News
Programmes
20:00 The One Show
20:30 My Family
21:00 EastEnders
21:30 DIY SOS
22:00 Ultimate Caving
23:00 BBC News
23:35 One Foot in the Grave
00:05 World Athletics
Championships
06:05 Joins BBC News 24
07:00
07:20
07:35
08:00
08:15
08:30
09:00
09:45
09:55
10:20
10:45
11:15
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12:25
07:00
10:25
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14:00
08:00
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08:55
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07:00
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07:00
13:25
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00:35
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04:10
Fimbles
The Story Makers
Balamory
Nina and The Neurons
Charlie and Lola
In The Night Garden
Do Something Different
Mona The Vampire
Bring It On
Time Warp Trio
Whizz Whizz Bang Bang
BB3B
Even Stevens
Top Cat
The Munsters
Herman steps in with some
fatherly advice when Eddie
seems set to wreak his
revenge on the school bully.
Henry V
Animal Park
Escape to the Country
Flog It!
Ready, Steady, Cook
The Weakest Link
Eggheads
Kitchen Criminals
Inside the Red Arrows
Gardeners’ World Special
The Story of India
Grumpy Old Women
Newsnight
The Edinburgh Show
Mock the Week
Reading and Leeds Festival
Arrested Development
How I Met Your Mother
Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next
Generation
14:30
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
21:30
23:30
00:00
01:00
05:10
05:30
06:00
06:30
GMTV
The Jeremy Kyle Show
This Morning
Dale’s Supermarket Sweep
Have I Been Here Before
Phillip Schofield presents the
series in which celebrity
guests regress back to their
past lives. Tiswas star Sally
James regresses back to her
past life as a little boy
growing up in Victorian
England. He lives with his
caring mother and appears
to have a happy childhood
- until his thieving ways
result in him meeting a
sticky end.
ITV Lunchtime News
and Weather
60 Minute Makeover
Dickinson’s Real Deal
HeartBeat
That Antony Cotton Show
London Tonight
ITV Evening News; Weather
Emmerdale
Coronation Street
London Ambulance
Midsomer Murders
ITV News; Weather
Supernatural
ITV Play
Mistresses
Mistresses
ITV Nightscreen
ITV Morning News
11:30
12:00
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05:05
Frasier
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Big Brother
Beauty and the Geek
Friends
Ross is so excited to deliver
a keynote address at a
palaeontologists’ convention
in Barbados that he gets
passes to the event for his
friends. Having recently
ended her relationship with
Mike, Phoebe brings her
former boyfriend, David, to
the island.
Friends
Ugly Betty
News at Noon
A Place In The Sun
Room For Improvement
Hanover Street
Countdown
Deal or No Deal
Richard and Judy
The Simpsons
Hollyoaks
Channel 4 News
The Insider
A Place in Spain
Big Brother
The IT Crowd
Big Brother
The Friday Night Project
Big Brother’s Big Mouth
The Album Chart Show
4Music Presents...
Big Brother Live
Road to V 2007
Goalissimo
Transworld Sport
08:45
09:00
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10:00
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Thomas and Friends
Make Way for Noddy
When I Grow Up
Oswald
Peppa Pig
Funky Valley
Franny’s Feet
Little Princess
The Beeps
The Adventures of Bottle Top
Bill and His Best Friend Corky
Make Way for Noddy
Fifi and The Flowertots
Peppa Pig
Thomas and Friends
Miss Spider’s Sunny
Patch Friends
Ebb and Flo
House Doctor
Doctor Doctor
The Trisha Goddard Show
five News
Home and Away
Dawson’s Creek
Russell Grant’s Postcards
Jewel
five News Update
Emma’s Wish
five News
Home and Away
Monkey Life
five News
Pimp My Ride UK
Komodo Dragons
Navy NCIS
Law and Order
The Shield
Cricket on Five
Quiz Call
17:55
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18:55
20:00
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00:00
Big Brother Live
Big Brother
Big Brother Live
Hollyoaks
Katy can’t help Warren by
sitting on her backside so
she decides to take matters
into her own hands. Louise
testifies, saying that Clare is
a manipulative liar and
bringing up the pain she
caused everyone over the
abortion. And a new witness
comes to light...
Friends
Phoebe gets money she
doesn’t want, but when
she complains, she gets
more so decides to give it
away and in return gets a can
of soda which contains a
thumb, of all things. The
company responsible then
gives her $7000. Monica’s
new boyfriend is a big hit
with her friends, but
Monica’s not too sure about
him at all. Chandler takes up
smoking - and everyone
hates it.
Friends
Big Brother
Hollyoaks
Friends
Supernanny
Friends
Smack The Pony
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Carp Crew 08:30 Carp Crew 09:00 Predators 09:30 Wild Fishing with Henry:
South-West Ireland 10:00 Joy of Painting 10:30 Watercolours with Charles
Evans 11:00 Locks and Quays 11:30
Waterworld 12:00 Trainspotting 12:30
Trainspotting 13:00 Flip That House
13:30 Flip That House 14:00 A Place
In The Sun 15:00 A Place by the Sea
16:00 Holmes on Homes 17:00 Chop
Cut Rebuild 17:30 Chop Cut Rebuild
18:00 American Hotrod 19:00 Wheeler
Dealers 19:30 Wheeler Dealers 20:00
A Place In The Sun 21:00 Location,
Location, Location 21:30 Build, Buy or
Restore? 22:00 Fly Fishing the World
22:30 Fly Fishing the World 23:00
Greater Rod Race 23:30 Greater Rod
Race 00:00 Wheeler Dealers 00:30
Wheeler Dealers 01:00 American
Hotrod 02:00 A Racing Car is Born
02:30 Fly Fishing the World 03:00 Fly
Fishing the World 03:30 Greater Rod
Race 04:00 Greater Rod Race 04:25
Wheeler Dealers 04:50 Wheeler Dealers 05:15 Watercolours with Charles
Evans 05:40 Joy of Painting
NATIONAL geographic
09:00 Volcano Alerts Investigated
10:00 The Hunt For Hitler’s Scientists
11:00 Egypt: Secret Chambers Revealed 12:00 Battlefront 12:30 Battlefront
13:00 Megafactories 14:00 I Didn’t
Know That 14:30 How It Works 15:00
Surviving a Car Crash 16:00 Megastructures 17:00 Seconds From Disaster 18:00 Megafactories 19:00 The Sea
Hunters 20:00 Shark Invasion 21:00
Seconds From Disaster 22:00 Medics
22:30 Medics 23:00 Doomsday Volcano 00:00 Air Crash Investigation 01:00
Close Encounters Investigated 02:00
Megafactories
HISTORY channel
09:00 Landscape Mysteries 09:30
Hidden House History 10:00 The Lost
Evidence 11:00 The Vulcan Bomber:
Return To The Skies 12:00 Return to
The Bismarck 13:00 Ireland’s Nazis
14:00 Dogfights 15:00 The Last Days
of World War II 16:00 Soviet Top Secret Weapons 17:00 The Colour of War
18:00 The Last Days of World War II
19:00 Dogfights 20:00 Ireland’s Nazis
21:00 Falklands: The Islanders’ War
23:00 Korea - The Unfinished War
00:00 Crime Stories 01:00 The Colour of War 02:00 Landscape Mysteries
02:30 Hidden House History
UKTV documentary
10:00 The Serpent 11:00 Natural
World 12:00 Crocodile: A Wildlife Special 13:00 The Serpent 14:00 Battle for
the Amazon 15:00 Lost at Sea - the
Search for Longitude 16:00 Crocodile:
A Wildlife Special 17:00 The Serpent
18:00 Battle for the Amazon 19:00
Natural World 20:00 Lost at Sea - the
Search for Longitude 21:00 Crocodile: A Wildlife Special 22:00 Battle for
the Amazon 23:00 The Serpent 00:00
Lost at Sea - the Search for Longitude 01:00 Crocodile: A Wildlife Special
02:00 Battle for the Amazon 03:00 The
Private Life of Harley Street
ANIMAL planet
08:00 Crocodile Hunter 09:00 Monkey
Business 09:30 Animal Crackers 10:00
Shauna’s Amazing Animal Videos
10:30 Amazing Animal Videos 11:00
Pet Rescue 11:30 Wildlife SOS 12:00
Animal Cops Houston 13:00 E-Vets:
The Interns 13:30 Wild Rescues 14:00
Animal Cops Houston 16:00 Animal
Crackers 16:30 Amazing Animal Videos 17:00 Monkey Business 17:30
Animal Crackers 18:00 Animal Cops
Houston 19:00 Amazing Animal Videos
19:30 Animal Crackers 20:00 Monkey
Business 20:30 Wildlife SOS 21:00
Dog Listener 22:00 Animal Crackers
23:00 Animal Cops Phoenix 00:00
Wildlife SOS 00:30 Monkey Business
01:00 Wild Rescues 01:30 Pet Rescue
02:00 Animal Cops Houston 03:00 Animal Cops Phoenix 04:00 Wildlife SOS
04:30 Monkey Business 04:55 Animal
Crackers 05:20 Pet Rescue 05:45
Amazing Animal Videos 06:10 Animal
Crackers 06:35 Animal Crackers
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
07:00 Trans World Sport
08:00 World Wrestling
Entertainment Raw
10:00 ATP Tennis Magazine
10:30 Premier League World
11:00 European Tour Golf:
K.L.M Open
13:00 I.A.A.F Athletix Weekly
Join the team on their
hour-long foray into sports
news, tournaments and
competitions across the
globe. With special features,
exclusive footage and
interviews.
15:00 International Cricket: Natwest
Series - England V India
2nd Odi
23:30 Big League Weekend 1
00:30 Premier League Preview
01:00 Gillette World Sport
01:30 Sports Adventure
02:00 NFL: Carolina V New England
05:15 Sky Sports Classics:
Tottenham V Manchester
United 3-5 (29th Sep 2001)
05:30 Premier League Preview
06:00 FIFA Fútbol Mundial
SKY SPORTS 2
07:00
07:30
08:00
09:00
11:00
12:00
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:00
15:00
16:00
18:00
18:30
19:00
20:00
20:30
21:00
23:30
00:00
01:00
03:00
05:00
Aerobics Oz Style
Ocean
Race World
To Be Announced
Polo: British Polo
Championships
Poker Week
Sports Adventure
World Hockey Monthly
Ocean
Women’s Pool: Florida
Classic Semi-Final
Women’s Pool: Florida
Classic Semi-Final
European Tour Golf:
K.L.M Open
Gillette World Sport
Premier League World
Big League Weekend 1
Premier League Preview
Rally World
Golf Night
Moto+
NFL: Total Access
World Eightball Pool
Championship
Cricket Highlights: Natwest
2nd Odi
World Eightball Pool
Championship
SKY SPORTS 3
07:00 International Cricket: England
U19 V Pakistan U19 2nd Odi
09:00 Women’s Pool: Florida Classic
Semi-Final
10:00 Women’s Pool: Florida Classic
Semi-Final
11:00 Sports Adventure
12:00 Aerobics Oz Style
12:30 Racing News
13:00 Race World
14:00 NFL: Total Access
15:00 Ocean
15:30 Poker Week
16:00 To Be Announced
Entertainment Raw
20:00 Women’s Pool: Florida
Classic Final
21:00 World Eightball Pool
Championship
23:00 World Wrestling Entertainment
Late Night Smackdown
Late Night Bottom Line
02:00 Golf Night
04:30 Moto+
2nd Odi
EUROSPORT
08:30 Volleyball: World Grand Prix In
Ningbo, China
09:30 FIA World Touring Car
Championship: FIA WTCC
Magazine
10:00 Football: FIFA Under-17 World
Cup In South Korea
11:45 Football: Friendly Match
12:30 Football: Inside Euro 2008
Ningbo, China
Ningbo, China
15:30 Cycling: Eneco Tour
16:00 Football: UEFA Euro 2008
17:00 Field Hockey: European
Championship In Manchester,
England
18:30 Tennis: WTA Tournament
In New Haven, USA
19:45 Ski Jumping: Fis 4 Nations
Grand Prix In Pragelato, Italy
20:15 Ski Jumping: Fis World Cup
In Zakopane
22:00 Sumo: Nagoya Basho In
Nagoya, Japan
23:00 Strongest Man: World Cup
In London, England
23:30 Football: Inside Euro 2008
23:45 Athletics
00:00 Athletics: Iaaf World
Championship In Osaka
ESPN classic
08:00 US Open: Mcenroe V Connors
10:00 US Open: Evert V Eisel
11:00 Man City V Man Utd, 03/04
Having crashed out of Europe
midweek to Mourinho’s Porto
in the last minute, United
looked to bounce back
against their fierce rivals.
Cue a classic!
11:30 Teleshopping
12:15 Teleshopping
13:00 Strikers: Cyrille Regis
13:30 West Brom V Manchester Utd
14:00 RWC 1991: Australia
V New Zealand
15:30 1-5: As The Germans Saw It
16:00 Cricket: England V Australia
17:00 US Open: Becker V Lendl
Big Brother
Channel 4 23.00 - 23.30
In a live show, this week’s
evicted housemate leaves the
Big Brother house. Davina
McCall is there to whisk them
into the studio for a chat
about their time in the Big
Brother house.
19:00 Golf: The Open’s
Best-Ever Shots
20:00 MLS: Beckham’s Galaxy
V Chivas USA
21:00 Shane Warne: Cricket Legend
22:00 RWC ‘91 Final: Australia
V England
23:00 Goals of The Season,
2001/2002
V Chivas USA
01:00 Strikers: Gary Lineker
01:30 Football: England V Turkey
02:00 Goals of The
Season, 2001/2002
03:00 Golf: The Open’s
Best-Ever Shots
04:00 Teleshopping
TELEVISION
27
Friday 24th August 2007
FILMS
SKY MOVIES Sci-fi/horror
11:00
12:55
14:40
16:25
18:05
20:05
22:00
23:55
01:30
03:15
The Arrival
Piranha
Space Truckers
Marabunta
The Arrival
Space Truckers
House of Wax
Saw II
The Hills Have Eyes
Piranha
SKY MOVIES premier
11:00 Premiere Close Up
11:30 Drama Close Up
12:00 Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
- Special
13:00 Grand Champion
15:00 Take The Lead
17:00 A Sound of Thunder
19:00 Just My Luck
21:00 The Lake House
23:00 Ultraviolet
01:10 Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom
Dancing and Charm School
SKY MOVIES modern greats
08:30 Cotton Comes to Harlem
10:20 Gorky Park
12:40
14:50
16:35
18:55
21:00
23:10
01:20
03:15
05:20
Rocky II
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Gorky Park
Rocky II
Batman
Wild at Heart
The Panic in Needle Park
Slap Shot
Rocky II
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00
12:55
13:15
15:00
16:30
18:15
20:15
22:00
23:30
01:15
03:00
Tsotsi
Lai See
Stolen Kisses
The Sci-Fi Boys
Factotum
The Beat My Heart Skipped
Tsotsi
The Sci-Fi Boys
Boxcar Bertha
Factotum
SKY MOVIES family
07:00
08:30
09:00
10:40
12:50
14:35
16:30
Air Bud 5: Spikes Back
Family Close Up
Kicking and Screaming
The Legend of Zorro
Dreamer
Roll Bounce
Charlie and The Chocolate
Factory Special
Mean Girls
Film 4 22.00 - 23.50
Cady Heron is a cultural blank slate when she first sets
foot on the grounds of North Shore High School in a
small town outside of Chicago, Illinois. After living in Africa, Cady, now a junior, has no idea how “wild” things
can be in civilisation until she crosses paths with one
of the meanest species of all, the “Queen Bee,” who
at this particular high school is the cool and calculating Regina George. But Cady doesn’t just cross paths
with this Queen Bee--she really stings her when she
falls for Regina’s ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels. Now
Regina is set to sting back by pretending to still like
Aaron so he won’t go out with Cady, all the while
pretending to be her friend.
17:00
18:35
20:50
21:00
23:40
00:10
02:00
03:50
05:20
Kicking and Screaming
The Legend of Zorro
No Time For Nuts
Harry Potter and The Goblet
of Fire
Family Close Up
Dreamer
The Red Sneakers
The Duke
The Skateboard Kid II
SKY MOVIES drama
07:00
08:35
10:15
11:50
14:00
15:35
17:15
18:50
21:00
23:20
00:55
03:15
04:55
06:35
What Love Sees
Marilyn and Me
The Winning Season
Shadow Makers
What Love Sees
Marilyn and Me
The Winning Season
Shadow Makers
Coach Carter
Mean Creek
Coach Carter
Our America
Piccadilly Jim
What Love Sees
13:55
16:05
17:50
19:30
20:00
22:00
00:15
01:55
03:30
05:20
McLintock!
The Phantom of the Opera
Bus Stop
Modern Greats Close Up
North to Alaska
McLintock!
The Phantom of the Opera
The Comedy of Terrors
A Taste of Honey
The Great Dictator
SKY MOVIES action/thriller
07:10
08:50
10:30
12:30
14:30
16:10
17:50
18:20
20:00
22:00
23:50
01:35
03:10
04:55
06:40
Dragon Dynasty
Paparazzi
Four Brothers
Revolver
Dragon Dynasty
Paparazzi
Action and Thriller Close Up
Highlander II: The Quickening
Revolver
Four Brothers
Turbulence
Highlander II: The Quickening
Body of Evidence
Angel Flight Down
SKY MOVIES comedy
08:10 Shopgirl
10:00 Sgt. Bilko
11:40 Max Rules: Adventures Of
A Superspy
13:10 Keeping Mum
15:10 The 40 Year Old Virgin
17:10 Sgt. Bilko
18:55 Comedy Close Up
19:25 In and Out
21:00 The 40 Year Old Virgin
23:00 Keeping Mum
00:50 Shopgirl
02:40 In and Out
04:15 He Said, She Said
06:15 Max Rules: Adventures Of
A Superspy
SKY MOVIES classics
07:40 The Great Dictator
09:50 Bus Stop
11:50 North to Alaska
SKY MOVIES HD1
12:00
14:00
15:55
17:50
20:00
22:00
23:40
01:45
03:30
Lassie
Fun With Dick and Jane
A Very Brady Sequel
Wedding Crashers
Lassie
Wedding Crashers
A Very Brady Sequel
Comedy Close Up
SKY MOVIES HD2
13:00
15:00
17:00
19:00
21:00
23:15
01:15
03:20
A Walk in the Clouds
War of the Worlds
The Edge
A Walk in the Clouds
V For Vendetta
War of the Worlds
Renegades
Basilisk: The Serpent King
Kronk’s New Groove
Disney cinemagic 10.00 - 11.15
Life for Kronk is going pretty good these days. He was the muscle bound but
lovable henchman that did all the dirty work for the evil Yzma in ‘’The
Emperor�s New Groove’’. Now Emperor Kuzco has changed his
dastardly ways, and Yzma is nowhere to be found. Kronk’s one
happy guy! He thinks he has found the woman of his dreams, he is
the head chef at Mudka’s Meat Hut and does he have friends—old
ones, young ones, new ones and, of course, there’s his good pal
Pacha, and his Junior Chipmunk kids who make him the best
Camp Chimppamunka Leader around. To top it off, this is his
movie! It’s all about him. Great! Right? Wrong! Kronk receives
a letter from his Papi telling him he is coming for a visit.
Kronk flips out! You see, all Kronk has ever wanted
from Papi is a thumbs-up of approval, but he’s
never gotten it
FILM 4
14:00
15:45
18:00
20:40
22:00
23:50
02:15
The Siege at Red River
The One That Got Away
Topaz
The Mark of Zorro
Mean Girls
Deep Red
The Eye
TCM
08:10
08:35
12:00
14:15
16:00
19:00
22:00
23:50
02:20
03:45
04:00
06:00
Teleshopping
Grand Prix
David Copperfield
Blossoms in The Dust
The Bridge on The River Kwai
Kelly’s Heroes
Enter the Dragon
The Fugitive
Hysteria
Teleshopping
Mrs. Soffel
David Copperfield
DISNEY cinemagic
07:00
07:25
07:45
08:10
08:35
09:00
09:25
The Little Mermaid
Aladdin
House of Mouse
Emperor’s New School
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
09:45
10:00
11:15
11:30
11:55
12:20
12:45
13:10
13:35
14:00
14:25
14:50
15:15
15:35
16:00
16:20
16:45
17:10
17:35
18:00
19:35
20:00
21:40
22:05
22:25
22:50
23:15
23:45
00:10
00:35
Recess
Kronk’s New Groove
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Heavy Weights
Lilo and Stitch
102 Dalmatians
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Quack Pack
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
House of Mouse
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
20:00 Reading and Leeds Festival
23:00 EastEnders 23:30 Reading and
Leeds Festival 01:05 Family Guy 01:25
Family Guy 01:50 Fresh Animation on
Three 02:05 The Real Hustle 02:35
Reading and Leeds Festival 04:05 The
Real Hustle 04:35 Road Rage Revenge
BBC 4
20:00 World News Today 20:30 The
Dead Sea Scrolls 22:00 The BBC One
Sessions 22:50 Originals 23:40 Secret
Life of the Motorway 00:40 Secret Life
of the Motorway 01:40 Secret Life of
the Motorway 02:40 Mark Lawson
Talks to... 03:40 The Dead Sea Scrolls
BBC prime
07:00 Little Robots 07:10 William’s
Wish Wellingtons 07:15 Tweenies
07:35 Balamory 07:55 Big Cook Little
Cook 08:15 The Roly Mo Show 08:30
William’s Wish Wellingtons 08:35 Teletubbies 09:00 Garden Rivals 09:30
Staying Put 10:00 Staying Put 10:30
Cash in the Attic 11:00 Garden Challenge 11:30 Wildlife Specials 12:30
The Good Life 13:00 As Time Goes
By 13:30 My Family 14:00 Our Mutual
Friend 15:00 Hustle 16:00 Garden Rivals 16:30 Bargain Hunt 17:15 Bargain
Hunt 18:00 As Time Goes By 18:30 My
Family 19:00 50 Things to Do Before
You Die 20:00 Hustle 21:00 New Tricks
22:00 The Rotters’ Club 23:00 Hustle
00:00 The Good Life 00:30 New Tricks
01:30 As Time Goes By 02:00 My Family 02:30 Mastermind 03:00 Hustle
04:00 Our Mutual Friend 05:00 Cash in
the Attic 05:30 Balamory 05:50 Tweenies 06:10 Big Cook Little Cook 06:30
Tikkabilla
BBC world
07:00 BBC News 07:30 World Business Report 08:00 BBC News 08:30
World Business Report 08:45 Sport
Today 09:00 BBC News 09:30 Talking
Movies 10:00 BBC News 10:30 Extra
Time: Carolina Kluft 11:00 BBC News
11:30 Click 12:00 BBC News 12:30
Today 13:00 World News Today 14:00
BBC News 14:30 World Business Report 14:45 Sport Today 15:00 BBC
News 15:30 Asia Today 15:45 Sport
Today 16:00 BBC News 16:30 Extra
Time: Carolina Kluft 17:00 BBC News
17:30 Our World 18:00 World News
Today 19:00 BBC News 19:30 World
Business Report 19:45 Sport Today
20:00 World News Today 21:00 BBC
News 21:30 Indian School 22:00 BBC
News 22:30 Extra Time: Carolina Kluft
23:00 BBC News 23:15 World Business Report 23:45 Sport Today 00:00
BBC News 00:30 Asia Today 00:45
World Business Report 01:00 BBC
News 01:30 Extra Time: Carolina Kluft
Our World 04:00 BBC News 04:30
Today 05:00 BBC News 05:30 Talking
Movies 06:00 BBC News 06:30 Middle
East Business Report
BRAVO
09:00 Alias 10:00 Dog the Bounty
Hunter 11:00 Street Crime UK 4 12:00
When Sport Goes Bad: Whacked Out
Sports 13:00 The Dukes of Hazzard
14:00 Walker, Texas Ranger 15:00 Dog
the Bounty Hunter 16:00 Street Crime
UK 4 17:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter
18:00 Street Crime UK 4 19:00 The
Dukes of Hazzard 20:00 Walker, Texas
Ranger 21:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter
22:00 Under Fire: Deadliest Police
Shootouts 23:00 The World’s Biggest
Ghost Hunt 00:00 The Real Football
Factories International 01:00 Saul Of
The Mole Men 01:15 Metalocalypse
01:30 The Venture Brothers 02:00 Tim
And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
02:15 Moral Orel 02:30 Squidbillies
02:45 Perfect Hair Forever 03:00 Under Fire 2: Deadliest Police Shootouts
04:00 Arrested Development
DISNEY
07:00 Little Einsteins 07:25 Higglytown Heroes 07:35 Mickey Mouse
Clubhouse 08:00 The Suite Life of Zack
and Cody 08:25 That’s So Raven 08:50
Recess 09:15 The Replacements 09:40
Cory in The House 10:05 Hannah Montana 10:30 As The Bell Rings 10:35 As
The Bell Rings 10:40 The Suite Life of
Zack and Cody 11:05 Hannah Montana
11:25 Hannah Montana 11:50 That’s
So Raven 12:15 That’s So Raven
12:40 Hannah Montana 13:05 Hannah
Montana 13:30 That’s So Raven 13:55
That’s So Raven 14:20 Hannah Montana 14:45 Hannah Montana 15:10
That’s So Raven 15:35 That’s So Raven
16:00 Hannah Montana 16:25 Hannah
That’s So Raven 17:40 Hannah Montana 18:05 Hannah Montana 18:30
19:20 The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
19:45 Cory in The House 20:10 Hannah Montana 20:35 That’s So Raven
21:00 George of the Jungle 2 22:25
Recess 22:35 Recess 23:00 The Suite Life of Zack and Cody 23:20 Lizzie
McGuire 23:45 That’s So Raven 00:10
The Proud Family 00:35 Kim Possible
ITV 2
07:00 GMTV2 10:25 Coronation Street
10:55 Emmerdale 11:25 The Montel
Williams Show 12:10 Judge Judy
13:30 Coronation Street 14:00 Emmerdale 14:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show
16:40 The Ricki Lake Show 17:30 Sally Jessy Raphael 18:15 Airline 18:45
Judge Judy 20:00 The New Adventures
of Superman 21:00 Airline 21:30 The
X Factor 22:30 Xtra Factor 23:30 Dead
Presidents 02:00 Coronation Street
02:30 ITV Play 05:00 Teleshopping
ITV 3
07:00 Cagney and Lacey 07:50 HeartBeat 08:50 The Return of Sherlock
Holmes 09:55 Ironside 10:55 The Rockford Files 11:55 Due South 12:55 Cagney and Lacey 13:55 HeartBeat 14:55
Only When I Laugh 15:25 Goodnight
Sweetheart 16:00 The Rockford Files
17:00 Due South 18:00 The Return
of Sherlock Holmes 19:10 Goodnight
Sweetheart 19:45 Film File 20:00 Never the Twain 20:30 Only When I Laugh
21:00 Pie in the Sky 22:05 High Spirits
00:00 Tales of the Unexpected 00:30
Tales of the Unexpected 01:05 Never
the Twain 01:35 Only When I Laugh
02:05 The Return of Sherlock Holmes
03:05 Rob Roy 03:50 Ironside 04:40
Savage Planet 05:00 Teleshopping
ITV 4
19:00 The Champions 20:00 Cycling:
Tour Of Ireland 20:30 3rd Rock From
The Sun 20:55 4 Minute Debate 21:00
You Gotta See This! 21:50 Movies
Now 22:00 When Stunts Go Bad 23:00
Europe’s Greatest Stunts 23:30 Fright
Night Part 2 01:45 History of the World
- Part 1 03:30 The Dirty Dozen 04:35
The Larry Sanders Show 05:00 Teleshopping
LIVING
07:00 Home Shopping 08:00 Divorce
Court 09:00 Maury 09:55 The Fix 10:00
Extreme Makeover 11:00 The Jerry
Springer Show 12:30 Maury 14:20 The
Fix 14:30 Will and Grace 15:30 Dharma
and Greg 16:00 Missing 17:00 Charmed 19:00 Extreme Makeover 20:00
The X Files 21:00 Criminal Minds 22:00
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 01:00
The X Files 02:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 03:00 Veronica Mars 04:00
Boston Legal 04:50 Increase Your
House Price by Ten Grand 05:40 6ixth
Sense with Colin Fry 06:05 The Jerry
Springer Show 06:30 Home Shopping
PARAMOUNT comedy
07:00 QVC 10:00 Veronica’s Closet
11:00 Two and a Half Men 12:00 King
of Queens 13:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 14:00 Veronica’s Closet 15:00
Becker 16:00 Two and a Half Men
17:00 King of Queens 18:00 Everybody
Loves Raymond 19:00 Frasier 20:00
Becker 21:00 That ‘70s Show 22:00
South Park 23:00 Last Comic Standing
00:00 South Park 02:30 Trailer Park
Boys 03:00 Badly Dubbed Porn 03:30
South Park 04:30 Linc’s 05:00 South
Park 06:00 Sir Leslie Quint A Life In
Film 06:10 That ‘70s Show
SCI FI
07:00 Roswell 08:00 Farscape 09:00
Teleshopping 12:00 Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle’s The Lost World 13:00 Roswell
14:00 Star Trek 15:00 Profiler 16:00
Lightning: Fire from the Sky 18:00 Star
Trek 19:00 Profiler 20:00 Mysterious
Ways 21:00 Angel 22:00 Waterworld
00:30 Jurassic Park 03:00 Star Trek
04:00 Logan’s Run 05:00 She Spies
06:00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The
Lost World
SKY one
07:00 Sunrise 10:00 Stargate Atlantis
12:00 Brainiac: Science Abuse 13:00
Malcolm in the Middle 14:00 Cold Case
15:00 Angel 16:00 Las Vegas 17:00
Stargate Atlantis 19:00 Malcolm in
the Middle 20:00 The Simpsons 21:30
Lovespring International 22:00 A Town
Called Eureka 23:00 Eraser 01:10 Ross
Kemp on Gangs 02:10 Cold Case 03:00
Star Trek: The Next Generation 04:40
Is Harry on the Boat? 05:30 Dream
Team 06:20 America’s Dumbest Criminals 06:45 Futurama
UKTV gold
09:00 EastEnders 09:40 Last of the
Summer Wine 10:20 Last of the Summer Wine 11:00 Doctor Who 13:00
Alistair Mcgowan’s Big Impression
13:15 My Hero 14:35 Porridge 15:15
The Vicar of Dibley 17:00 Doctor Who
19:00 New Adventures of Old Christine
20:00 Alistair Mcgowan’s Big Impression 20:15 The Vicar of Dibley 22:40
Only Fools and Horses 23:20 Euromillions 23:30 Sister Act 2: Back In The
Habit 01:35 The Vicar of Dibley 02:15
Wogan: Now And Then 03:10 Charlie’s
Angels
UKTV people
11:00 Animal Park 12:00 Airport 13:00
A Life of Grime 14:00 Animal Park
15:00 Airport 16:00 A Life of Grime
17:00 Animal Park 18:00 Airport 19:00
A Life of Grime 20:00 Animal Park
21:00 Airport 22:00 The Children of
Helen House 23:20 Bailiffs 00:20 Taxicab Confessions 01:20 Forensic Files
UKTV style
10:00 Car Booty 10:30 Car Booty
11:00 What Not to Wear 12:00 I Do,
Let’s Eat 12:30 Wedding Diaries 13:00
Beat the Burglar 14:00 Homes under
the Hammer 15:00 Escape to the
Country 16:00 Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition 18:00 Flog It! 19:00
Cash in the Attic 20:00 Homes under
the Hammer 21:00 What Not to Wear
22:00 Escape to the Country 23:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 01:00
Wedding Stories
UKTV bright ideas
09:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00
Heaven’s Garden 10:30 Garden Highs 11:00 Ready, Steady, Cook 11:30
Heaven’s Kitchen Cookbook 12:00
Great Food Live 13:00 Food Uncut
13:30 Heaven’s Garden 14:00 Antiques
Roadshow 15:00 Gary Rhodes’ Local
Food Hero 2006 16:00 Art Deco Designs 16:30 Buying Style 17:00 Ready,
Steady, Cook 17:30 Heaven’s Kitchen
Cookbook 18:00 Antiques Roadshow
UKTV drama
11:00 Bergerac 12:00 Just Good
Friends 12:40 As Time Goes By 13:20
Last of the Summer Wine 14:00 Murder, She Wrote 16:00 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates 17:25 As Time Goes
By 18:00 Just Good Friends 18:40 As
Time Goes By 19:20 Last of the Summer Wine 20:00 Murder, She Wrote
22:00 Taggart 00:00 The Inspector
Lynley Mysteries 01:00 Taggart 03:00
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 03:50
Howards’ Way 04:40 Secret Army
TELEVISION
28
Saturday 25th August 2007
BBC 1
07:00 Breakfast
11:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites
Championships
13:10 Football Focus
Championships
15:30 Rugby League Challenge Cup
Final: Catalans Dragons
v St Helens
18:00 Final Score
18:20 BBC News
18:40 Outtake TV
19:10 Edinburgh Military Tattoo
2007
20:10 School’s Out
20:45 The National Lottery: 1
vs 100
21:30 DanceX
22:45 The Vicar of Dibley
23:30 Match of The Day
Championships
01:20 Assault on Precinct 13
Championships
Match Of The Day
23.30 - 00.50
Gary Lineker presents Premier
League highlights, including Arsenal
v Manchester City at the Emirates
Stadium. West Ham and Wigan
meet at Upton Park, and there’s
much interest at the Stadium of Light, where Liverpool - and their host
of summer signings worth over
£50 million - take on Roy Keane’s
resurgent Sunderland.
BBC 2
ITV 1 London
CHANNEL 4
FIVE
E4
07:00
07:30
07:50
08:00
08:25
08:45
09:05
09:15
07:00
10:25
10:40
10:55
11:25
11:55
12:10
07:10 The Hoobs
07:35 The Hoobs
08:00 Goalissimo
Goalissimo is the definitive
weekly round-up of world
football, with great goals,
features, highlights and
interviews from all the major
leagues across the globe,
including the best action
from Italy, France and
Holland.
09:00 The Morning Line
09:55 Big Brother’s Little Brother
10:25 Friends
10:55 Rip Curl Boardmasters 2007
Exclusive coverage of
Europe’s biggest surf, skate
and music festival in
Newquay. Music acts include
Ash, Funeral For a Friend
and Paolo Nutini.
11:30 Friends
12:00 Big Brother
13:00 Big Brother
13:30 Friends
14:00 Charmed
15:00 Channel 4 Racing From
Goodwood, Newmarket and
Beverley
17:00 Red Bull Air Race 2007
18:05 The Desert Fox: The Story
of Rommel
19:40 Channel 4 News
20:15 Deadliest Catch
21:15 Terror on Crocodile Island
22:15 Little Nicky
23:50 The Secret Policeman’s Ball
01:30 Big Brother Live
04:45 Carling Festival’s Postcards
05:00 The Bernie Mac Show
05:25 Full Metal Challenge
06:25 Countdown
07:00
08:00
08:35
08:50
09:10
Join Dermot O’Leary and
guests from the Big Brother
nerve centre for the
ultimate fanzine show.
With all the latest
breaking news as it
happens, exclusive
behind-the-scenes access
and insider interviews
with the housemates’
relatives and friends,
this show is an absolute
must for all Big Brother
fans. Also featuring a
host of celebrities,
journalists and
psychologists, who all
share their insights into
the latest house events.
09:25 Big Brother
10:25 Big Brother
15:00 The Album Chart Show
15:30 Hollyoaks Omnibus
18:00 Friends
18:30 Friends
19:30 Scrubs
20:00 Smallville
20:55 Friends
21:30 Friends
22:00 Big Brother
23:00 Big Brother
23:35 Big Brother’s Diary Room
Uncut
01:35 Jackass: The Movie
09:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:25
11:55
12:25
12:45
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:20
17:40
20:10
22:15
23:45
01:10
02:10
03:10
03:30
Teletubbies
Balamory
Step Inside
Dogstar
The Batman
Dennis the Menace
Batfink
Chucklevision
The comic antics of
accident-prone brothers.
Paul and Barry attempt to
look after a rude parrot.
The Story of Tracy Beaker
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
The Slammer
Beat The Boss
The Story of Tracy Beaker
Series for children. Sam
and Mark hit the road as
they try and get UK children
to ‘Do Something Different’.
What’s New Scooby Doo?
Sportsround
World Athletics
Championships 2007
Animal Park
The Quatermass Xperiment
Doctor Who and the Daleks
International Rugby Union:
Scotland v South Africa
Proms 2007
British Film Forever
Witchfinder General
Tribe
12:20
12:25
12:30
14:15
15:15
17:40
18:40
18:55
19:10
20:10
20:40
21:40
22:40
23:40
23:55
01:30
05:10
05:30
06:00
06:30
GMTV
Horrid Henry
Planet Sketch
Shuriken School
The Giblet Boys
SpongeBob Squarepants
The Amazing Adrenalini
Brothers
ITV News; Weather
London Today
F1: Grand Prix Qualifying
The Goodwood Festival
of Speed
Macarthur
Poirot
London Tonight
ITV News; Sports Results;
Weather
Animals Do The Funniest
Things
All New You’ve Been Framed!
The X Factor
The search for the next pop
sensation continues as
judges Simon Cowell, Sharon
Osbourne, Dannii Minogue
and Louis Walsh audition
hundreds of hopefuls in
Birmingham and Cardiff, with
the lucky eventual winner
receiving a million-pound
record contract and a shot
at a Christmas number one.
Dermot O’Leary presents.
Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire? Celebrity
The Truth About Boy Bands
ITV News; Weather
Jaws 4: The Revenge
ITV Play
Antiques Auction
Antiques Auction
ITV Nightscreen
ITV Morning News
09:25
09:55
10:05
10:15
10:30
11:00
12:00
12:50
14:35
16:10
17:40
19:30
21:05
21:20
22:15
23:15
00:15
01:15
06:35
Sunrise
Hi-5
Rupert Bear
Make Way for Noddy
Harry and His Bucket Full
of Dinosaurs
The Book of Pooh
Roobarb and Custard Too
Peppa Pig
Jane and the Dragon
Monster Moves
David Beckham’s Soccer
USA
Host Tim Lovejoy brings us
all the action from the US
focusing on David Beckham’s
latest matches. With
highlights of LA Galaxy’s
inter-conference clash with
the New York Red Bulls and
goals from around the
league. Plus, Natalie
Pinkham reports from
the US.
Holiday in Your Heart
Columbo: The Greenhouse
Jungle
Murder at the Gallop
Danielle Steel’s Secrets
The Duke
Five News and Sport
Navy NCIS
CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation
Law and Order: Special
Victims Unit
Criminal Minds
Quiz Call
Wildlife SOS
DOCUMENTARIES
DISCOVERY
07:00 How It’s Made 08:00 How Do
They Do It? 09:00 Industrial Revelations 10:00 Time Team 12:00 How It’s
Mythbusters - Jaws Special 16:30
Deadliest Catch Intro 17:40 Deadliest Catch 18:40 Deadliest Catch Intro
18:45 Deadliest Catch 19:45 Deadliest
Catch Intro 19:50 World’s Toughest
Tribes 20:55 Deadliest Catch Intro
21:00 Deadliest Catch 22:00 Perfect
Predators 00:00 Shark Attack Survivors 01:00 Shark Sex 02:00 Psychic
Witness 03:00 Forensic Detectives
04:00 Perfect Predators 05:40 How Do
They Do It? 06:30 How It’s Made
DISCOVERY real time
07:00 Day Ticket: Claydon 07:30 Ifish
08:00 Ifish 08:30 Screaming Reels
09:00 Screaming Reels 09:30 Total
Fishing with Matt Hayes 10:00 Total
Fishing with Matt Hayes 10:30 Rex
Hunt Fishing Adventures 11:00 Rex
Hunt Fishing Adventures 11:30 Trout
‘n’ About 12:00 Fishing Road Trip USA
12:30 Fishing Road Trip USA 13:00 My
Greek Kitchen 13:30 My Greek Kitchen
14:00 Floating Kitchen 14:30 Floating
Kitchen 15:00 A Place In The Sun
16:00 A Place In The Sun 17:00 A Place In The Sun 18:00 A Place In The Sun
19:00 A Place In The Sun 20:00 The
Compleat Angler 20:30 The Compleat
Angler 21:00 Locks and Quays 21:30
Waterworld 22:00 River Cottage Forever 22:30 River Cottage Forever 23:00
River Cottage Forever 23:30 River Cottage Forever 00:00 Miami Ink 01:00
American Hotrod 02:00 Rides 03:00
Chop Cut Rebuild
NATIONAL geographic
10:00 Battle of The Hood and The
Bismarck 12:00 Gladiator Wars 13:00
Hidden Scrolls of Herculaneum 14:00
Roman Technology Investigated 15:00
Pyramids Investigated 16:00 Egypt:
Secret Chambers Revealed 17:00 Secrets of The First Emperor 18:00 Pyramids of Death 19:00 Pompeii Uncove-
red 21:00 Mary Celeste - Ghost Ship
22:00 Top 10 Kung Fu Weapons 23:00
Samurai Sword 00:00 Hardest Fighter
01:00 Kung Fu Monk
HISTORY channel
09:30 Hidden House History 10:00
Falklands: The Islanders’ War 12:00
Martin Bormann - in the Fuhrer’s
Shadow 13:00 Rome: Engineering An
Empire 14:00 Secret War - The Odyssey Of The Suffield Volunteers 15:00
Drama of Dresden 17:00 Return to
Limbang 18:00 Modern Marvels 19:00
Zulu: The True Story 20:00 Vic Reeves’
Pirates 20:30 Vic Reeves’ Pirates 21:00
Scotland’s Essential History 22:00 An-
cient Discoveries 23:00 Cities of the
Underworld 00:00 The Three Lives of
William Wallace 01:00 Scotland’s Essential History
UKTV documentary
10:00 Deep Wreck Mysteries 13:00
Shipwreck Detectives 16:00 Deep
Wreck Mysteries 19:00 Shipwreck Detectives 22:00 Deep Wreck Mysteries
01:00 Shipwreck Detectives 03:50
World’s Best Places To See
ANIMAL planet
08:00 Wildlife SOS 09:00 Monkey Business 10:00 Animal Cops Houston:
Guarding Angel 11:00 Animal Cops
Houston: Courtroom Drama 12:00
Wild Rescues 12:30 Wild Rescues
13:00 Going Ape 13:30 Going Ape
14:00 Wildlife SOS 14:30 Wildlife SOS
15:00 Crocodile Hunter 16:00 Wonder
Dogs 17:00 Amazing Animal Videos
18:00 Shauna’s Amazing Animal Videos 19:00 Pet Rescue 20:00 Britain’s
Worst Pet Special 21:00 Animal Crackers 22:00 Animal Precinct 00:00 Cell
Dogs 01:00 E-Vets: The Interns 01:30
Amazing Animal Videos 02:00 Animal
Cops Houston: Guarding Angel 03:00
Animal Cops Houston: Courtroom Drama 04:00 Pet Rescue 04:30 Britain’s
Worst Pet Special 05:20 Animal Crackers 06:10 Wonder Dogs
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
07:00
07:30
08:00
08:30
09:30
10:00
13:00
13:30
16:00
18:15
20:30
21:25
23:15
00:45
02:15
03:45
05:15
06:10
06:40
06:45
Aerobics Oz Style
FIFA Futbol Mundial
Big League Weekend 1
A look ahead to the new
Football League season,
including all the latest
transfer news and player
interviews.
Soccer A.M.
Gillette Soccer Saturday
Ford Football Special:
Sunderland V Liverpool
Gillette Soccer Saturday
Saturday Night Football
You’re On Sky Sports!
Football First: Game Of
The Day
Football First: Match Choice
You’re On Sky Sports!
Foot Brazil
U Can Do It: Swimming
Sky Sports Classics:
Ac Milan V Liverpool 3-3
(Champions League Final
25th May 2005)
SKY SPORTS 2
07:00 Moto+
07:30 Guinness Rugby: N.P.C Cup
- Wellington V Tasman
09:30 Guinness Rugby: N.P.C Cup
- North Harbour V Waikato
11:30 Max Power
2nd Odi
14:30 Cricket: Natwest Pro40 Worcestershire V Lancashire
Natwest Pro40 Worcestershire V Lancashire.
Worcestershire take on
Lancashire at New Road in
a Pro40 encounter. The
Lightning have won the title
five times. Can the Royals
cause an upset following their
promotion last season?
21:00 Golf Night
22:00 Golf Night: U.S Amateur
Championship 2007
00:00 Golf Night
01:00 Rugby League: Challenge
Cup Final
02:30 Golf Night
03:30 Golf Night
05:30 Golf Night
06:30 British Formula Ford
Championship
SKY SPORTS 3
07:00
09:30
10:00
11:00
13:00
14:00
18:00
18:30
19:00
22:00
22:30
23:30
00:00
02:00
02:30
03:30
06:30
Golf Night
Rally World
NFL: America’s Game
World Wrestling
Entertainment Smackdown
World Wrestling
Entertainment Late Night
Bottom Line
European Tour Golf: K.L.M
Open
Day three of the KLM Open
at the Kennemer Golf and
Country Club. Simon Dyson
beat Australian Richard Green
at the first extra hole of a
sudden-death playoff last
year.
Rally World
Moto+
Live Grand Prix Speedway
Summerslam Preview
ECW Wrestling
Summerslam Preview
World Wrestling
Smackdown
Summerslam Preview
World Wrestling
Bottom Line
Grand Prix Speedway
Moto+
EUROSPORT
09:30 Football: FIFA Under-17 World
Cup In South Korea
Championship In Osaka,
Japan
Japan
Japan
England
England
Japan
19:45 Rally
20:15 Ski Jumping: Fis World Cup
In Zakopane
22:00 Equestrianism: Global
Champions Tour In
Valkenswaard, Netherlands
23:00 Tennis: WTA Tournament In
New Haven, USA
00:30 International Formula Masters
in Oschersleben, Germany
Japan
ESPN classic
07:00
08:45
09:30
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
13:30
14:00
14:30
15:00
15:30
Teleshopping
Teleshopping
1-5: As The Germans Saw It
Goals of The Season,
2000/2001
Goals of The Season,
2001/2002
MLS: Beckham’s Galaxy
V Chivas USA
Rugby League: Gb V N
Zealand
Zealand
Zealand
Rugby League: Gb V Australia
Zealand
Golf: The Open’s Best-Ever
Shots
16:30 Golf: The Open
17:30 Strikers: Alan Brazil
18:00 Live: Gibson Guitar
Champions Cup
23:00 Top Ten: Borg V Mcenroe
00:00 Boxing: The Thriller In
Manila
2000/2001
2001/2002
03:00 Teleshopping
03:45 Teleshopping
04:30 Boxing: The Rumble In
The Jungle
06:00 Teleshopping
06:45 Teleshopping
Little Nicky
Channel 4 22.15 - 23.50
Satan, after considering retirement, decides to
hang on for another 10,000 years, angering
his older sons and heirs Adrian and
Cassius. They decamp to New York,
sealing Hell shut, but, without a regular
supply of souls, Satan could literally
evaporate into thin air.
TELEVISION
29
Saturday 25th August 2007
FILMS
SKY MOVIES sci-fi/horror
11:00
12:50
15:25
17:05
18:30
20:20
22:00
00:30
02:05
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Armageddon
Wing Commander
Phase IV
Wing Commander
Armageddon
Hostel
Bad Karma
SKY MOVIES premier
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
15:00
16:45
18:45
21:00
23:30
01:10
Comedy Close Up
Family Close Up
Premiere Close Up
Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom
Just My Luck
Last Holiday
Tristan and Isolde
Pirates of The Caribbean:
Dead Man’s Chest
Adrift
ATL
07:30
09:30
11:15
13:15
15:15
17:15
19:00
21:00
23:00
00:40
02:20
04:00
Heartburn
Rocky III
Footloose
Grease
Heartburn
Rocky III
Footloose
Grease
Easy Rider
Death Wish 3
Foxy Brown
Easy Rider
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00
12:50
14:40
16:10
18:20
20:10
22:00
23:35
01:45
03:55
Best
The Hudsucker Proxy
When We Were Kings
Breakfast on Pluto
Best
The Hudsucker Proxy
When We Were Kings
Breakfast on Pluto
The Sea Inside
Galapagos
X-Men The Last Stand
Sky Movies action/thriller 12.25 - 14.10 & 22.00 - 23.45
A “cure” for mutancy threatens to alter
the course of history. For the first time,
mutants have a choice: retain their
uniqueness, though it isolates and
alienates them, or give up their powers
and become human. The opposing
viewpoints of mutant leaders
Charles Xavier, who preaches
tolerance,
and
SKY MOVIES family
07:00 Jungle Boy
08:35 Turbo: A Power Rangers
Movie
10:15 Aquamarine
12:00 The Witches
13:40 Big Momma’s House 2
15:20 Lost in Space
17:35 Aquamarine
19:20 The Witches
21:00 Big Momma’s House 2
22:40 Lost in Space
01:00 Racing Ace
02:40 Jungle Boy
04:15 Chasing Christmas
05:40 The Adventures of Brer
Rabbit
SKY MOVIES drama
08:10
09:55
11:40
13:25
15:10
17:05
18:45
20:30
21:00
23:00
01:05
03:30
05:00
06:30
Wilder Days
Flight 93
Nurses On The Line
Wilder Days
Freedomland
Flight 93
Nurses On The Line
Drama Close Up
Freedomland
Jarhead
The Day of the Locust
Lost Behind Bars
The Temptations Part I
Nurses On The Line
SKY MOVIES comedy
07:40
09:40
11:25
13:10
15:10
17:00
17:20
19:15
21:00
23:00
00:45
02:20
Roseanna’s Grave
Big Bully
Home Team
The Sixth Man
Monster-in-Law
The Top 10 Show
Home Team
Big Bully
Monster-in-Law
Must Love Dogs
Whiskey Down
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn
Hollywood Burn
03:50 Roseanna’s Grave
05:35 The Sixth Man
Magneto,
who believes in the
survival of the fittest, are put
to the ultimate test--triggering the
war to end all wars
SKY MOVIES classics
07:35 The Private Life of Sherlock
Holmes
09:45 Indiscreet
11:30 The Gunfighter
13:45 My Darling Clementine
16:15 An Affair to Remember
18:15 Indiscreet
20:00 The Gunfighter
21:30 Modern Greats Close Up
22:00 My Darling Clementine
23:40 An Affair to Remember
01:40 The Bishop’s Wife
03:40 The Abominable Dr Phibes
07:10
09:45
11:55
12:25
14:10
15:40
17:45
20:10
22:00
23:45
01:25
03:10
Kingdom of Heaven
The Peacemaker
X-Men: The Last Stand
Red Eye
The Peacemaker
Kingdom of Heaven
Derailed
X-Men: The Last Stand
The Replacement Killers
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Derailed
SKY MOVIES HD1
12:00 Herbie: Fully Loaded
13:50 The Chronicles of Narnia: The
Lion, The Witch and The
Wardrobe
16:15 Office Space
17:50 Herbie: Fully Loaded
Wardrobe
22:00 Office Space
23:45 American Pie Presents: The
Naked Mile
01:35 Rosemary’s Baby
SKY MOVIES HD2
13:00 Force of Impact
15:00 Brokeback Mountain
Last Holiday
Sky Movies premier 16.45 - 18.45
Georgia Byrd lives a small life tucked inside big dreams. A
shy cookware salesperson for a New Orleans retail outlet,
she handles knives and skillets with the flair of a
master chef. But when Georgia learns her days
are numbered, she throws caution to the wind
and embarks on a dream holiday vacation to
a grand resort in Europe. There, thinking
she has nothing to lose, Georgia
undergoes
a
metamorphosis-and her transformation affects
everyone around her. Georgia’s newly
uninhibited personality shakes up staff
and guests alike, including a venerate chef
as well as a retail magnate who becomes
convinced she’s a rival intent on sabotaging
his business plans.
17:20
19:15
21:00
23:30
02:05
04:00
Man-Thing
Force of Impact
Brokeback Mountain
Memoirs of a Geisha
2 Days in The Valley
China: The Panda Adventure
FILM 4
14:00
15:55
17:45
20:00
20:15
22:00
00:00
02:00
Gift Horse
Apache
The Battle of The River Plate
The Story of ‘Hallam Foe’
Bugsy Malone
To Die For
Jeepers Creepers 2
Night Watch
TCM
08:05
08:20
10:05
12:00
14:00
15:25
16:00
17:55
20:00
22:00
00:25
02:20
03:50
Teleshopping
Two Loves
The Pirate
The Swan
The Petrified Forest
Jerry Schilling on Elvis
Stay Away Joe
Arsenic and Old Lace
There’s a Girl in My Soup
Presumed Innocent
Lenny
Sitting Target
Teleshopping
04:05 Operation Crossbow
06:00 The Shoes of the Fisherman
DISNEY cinemagic
07:25 101 Dalmatians
07:50 Buzz Lightyear of Star
Command
08:15 Aladdin
08:40 Disney’s Hercules
09:05 Emperor’s New School
09:30 Lilo and Stitch
10:00 Flubber
12:00 The Princess Diaries
13:50 Classic Toons
14:00 Toy Story 2
Command
16:00 Flubber
19:25 Classic Toons
20:00 The Princess Diaries
21:50 Classic Toons
22:00 The Hunchback of Notre
Dame 2
23:05 Recess
00:10 Recess
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
21:15 Top Gear 22:15 The Real Hustle 22:45 Dance Xtra 23:15 Reading
and Leeds Festival 00:30 Reading and
Leeds Festival 02:10 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 03:10 Reading and Leeds Festival 04:10 The Real
Hustle 04:40 Two Pints of Lager and a
Packet of Crisps
BBC 4
20:00 Primate Primers 20:10 100
Years of Wildlife 22:10 Wildlife Special
23:10 Head On 01:05 Gorillas Revisited 02:05 Mark Lawson Talks to...
03:05 100 Years of Wildlife
BBC prime
07:00 Little Robots 07:10 William’s
Wish Wellingtons 07:15 Tweenies
07:35 Balamory 07:55 Big Cook Little
Cook 08:15 The Roly Mo Show 08:30
William’s Wish Wellingtons 08:35 Teletubbies 09:00 Top Gear Xtra 10:00
Ray Mears: Extreme Survival 11:00
EastEnders 11:30 EastEnders 12:00
Mastermind 12:30 The Weakest Link
13:15 The Weakest Link 14:00 What
Not to Wear 15:00 Wedding Stories
16:00 Amazon Abyss 16:30 Massive
Nature 17:00 Dragons Alive 18:00
EastEnders 18:30 EastEnders 19:00 A
Life Coach Less Ordinary 19:30 A Life
Coach Less Ordinary 20:00 Cash in the
Attic 20:30 Cash in the Attic 21:00 Mr
Harvey Lights a Candle 22:30 The Catherine Tate Show 23:00 The Smoking
Room 23:30 French and Saunders
00:00 EastEnders 00:30 EastEnders
01:00 Mr Harvey Lights a Candle
02:30 The Catherine Tate Show 03:00
The Smoking Room 03:30 French and
Saunders 04:00 Dragons Alive 05:00
Cash in the Attic 05:30 Balamory
05:50 Tweenies 06:10 Big Cook Little
Cook 06:30 Tikkabilla
BBC world
07:00 BBC News 07:30 HARDtalk Extra 08:00 BBC News 08:30 Click 09:00
BBC News 09:15 Reporters 09:30 The
Wedding Business 10:00 BBC News
10:30 Fast Track 11:00 BBC News
11:30 Outsiders 12:00 BBC News
12:30 Middle East Business Report
13:00 BBC News 13:30 This Week
14:00 BBC News 14:10 Another Pakistan 15:00 BBC News 15:15 Sport
Today 15:30 Reporters 16:00 BBC
News 16:30 Desi DNA 17:00 BBC
News 17:30 The Wedding Business
18:00 BBC News 18:30 Final Score
19:00 BBC News 19:30 Outsiders
20:00 BBC News 20:15 Sport Today
20:30 HARDtalk Extra 21:00 BBC
News 21:10 Another Pakistan 22:00
BBC News 22:30 Outsiders 23:00
BBC News 23:30 Desi DNA 00:00 BBC
News 00:30 Middle East Business Report 01:00 BBC News 01:30 This Week
02:00 BBC News 02:30 The Wedding
Business 03:00 BBC News 03:10 Another Pakistan 04:00 BBC News 04:30
Outsiders 05:00 BBC News 05:30 This
Week 06:00 BBC News 06:30 Desi
DNA
BRAVO
09:00 Gamer’s Guide to... 10:00 King
of Cars 11:00 World’s Most Amazing
Videos 2 12:00 Walker, Texas Ranger
14:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter 15:00
When Sport Goes Bad: Whacked
Out Sports 16:00 In Your Face 17:00
Walker, Texas Ranger 19:00 When
Sport Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports
World’s Most Amazing Videos 2 22:00
Is That a Nail in Your Head? 23:00
World’s Craziest Police Chases 00:00
Dangerous Sex Games 02:00 Aqua
Teen Hunger Force 03:00 Under Fire
2: Deadliest Police Shootouts 04:00
DISNEY
07:00 Lilo and Stitch 07:25 The Buzz
on Maggie 07:50 Lizzie McGuire 08:15
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody 08:40
That’s So Raven 09:05 American Dragon: Jake Long 09:30 Recess 09:55
The Road to High School Musical
10:00 Disney Channel Games Event
Six: Hamster Ball Bowling 10:05 The
Replacements 10:30 The Suite Life of
Zack and Cody 11:00 Hannah Mon-
tana 11:30 Cory in The House 12:00
Johnny Tsunami 13:30 As The Bell
Rings 13:35 Recess 14:00 American
Dragon: Jake Long 14:25 The Replacements 14:50 The Suite Life of
Zack and Cody 15:15 Lizzie McGuire
15:35 Cory in The House 16:00 Hannah Montana 16:25 As The Bell Rings
16:30 As The Bell Rings 16:35 That’s
So Raven 17:00 Johnny Kapahala:
Back On Board 18:35 Recess 18:50
The Replacements 19:15 Kim Possible
19:40 Fillmore 20:05 The Suite Life
of Zack and Cody 20:30 Cory in The
House 20:55 Lizzie McGuire 21:20 Lizzie McGuire 21:45 Phil of the Future
22:10 That’s So Raven 22:35 That’s So
Raven 23:00 Recess 23:25 American
Dragon: Jake Long 23:50 Kim Possible
00:15 The Proud Family 00:35 Brandy
and Mr. Whiskers
ITV 2
07:00 GMTV2 10:25 Emmerdale Omnibus 13:10 Coronation Street Omnibus
15:35 Holiday Showdown 16:40 Holidays Undercover 17:45 Who Wants
to be a Millionaire? 18:45 Australian
Princess 19:45 Planet’s Funniest Animals 20:10 Kasabian 20:40 Nanny 911
21:40 Xtra Factor 22:40 Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie III 23:40 Back to
The Future 01:55 The X Factor 02:55
Xtra Factor 03:50 ITV Play 04:35 Emmerdale Omnibus
ITV 3
07:00 Rob Roy 07:45 Savage Planet
08:10 Film File 08:20 McCloud 10:20
Murder Most Foul 10:55 Past Crimes
11:25 There’s Something About...
12:25 Poirot 13:35 Poirot 14:40 Poirot
15:50 Clue 17:45 Supersleuths 18:45
Jack Shepherd: Wycliffe and Me 18:50
Wycliffe 20:00 There’s Something
About... 21:00 Supersleuths 22:00
Supersleuths 23:00 John Nettles: Inspector Barnaby and Me 23:05 Midsomer Murders 01:10 Clue 03:00 The Bill
04:00 The Bill 05:00 Teleshopping
ITV 4
13:30 3rd Rock From The Sun 14:15
When Stunts Go Bad 15:05 Europe’s
Greatest Stunts 15:35 Police, Camera,
Action! 16:05 Police Patrol 16:30 Police, Camera, Action! 17:00 Cycling:
Tour Of Ireland 18:30 Formula Four
Stroke Powerboats 19:00 UFO - Best
Evidence Ever Caught on Tape 20:00
Used Car Roadshow 21:00 Martial Law
22:00 The Frank Skinner Show 23:00
Spitting Image 23:30 24 Hours With...
00:00 Steve-O: The Early Years 01:00
History of the World - Part 1 02:50
Night of The Living Dead 04:30 The
Larry Sanders Show 04:50 Film File
05:00 Teleshopping
LIVING
09:00 Maury 09:55 The Fix 10:00
Melrose Place 11:00 The Golden Girls
12:00 Charmed 13:00 Top Chef 14:00
Girls of The Playboy Mansion 15:00
Will and Grace 16:00 The Jerry Springer Show 20:00 Britain’s Next Top
Model 21:00 Nothing to Declare 22:00
Blood Ties 23:00 Criminal Minds
00:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
01:00 The Fabulous Baker Boys 03:10
Veronica Mars 04:00 Boston Legal
04:50 Increase Your House Price by
Ten Grand 05:40 The Jerry Springer
Show 06:30 Home Shopping
PARAMOUNT comedy
07:00 QVC 10:00 Courting Alex 11:00
Two and a Half Men 12:00 Courting
Alex 13:00 Two and a Half Men 14:00
Courting Alex 15:00 Two and a Half
Men 16:00 Courting Alex 17:00 Two
and a Half Men 18:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 19:00 King of Queens
20:00 Everybody Hates Chris 21:00
Two and a Half Men 22:00 Park Life
23:00 South Park 01:30 Two and a Half
Men 02:30 South Park 04:00 Courting
Alex 04:30 Linc’s 05:00 Courting Alex
06:00 Sir Leslie Quint A Life In Film
06:10 King of Queens
SCI FI
07:00 Robot Wars 08:00 Robot Wars
09:00 Teleshopping 12:00 Psychic Detectives 12:25 Lightning: Fire from the
Sky 14:15 Dark Storm 15:50 Descent
17:40 Solar Strike 19:30 Waterworld
22:00 Jurassic Park 00:30 Meltdown:
Days Of Destruction 02:20 Dungeons
and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God
04:30 Psychic Detectives 05:00 The
Outer Limits 06:00 The Outer Limits
SKY one
07:00 Star Trek 08:00 Mission Implausible 09:00 Buffy The Vampire Slayer
10:00 Crash Test Dummies 11:00 Vroom Vroom 12:00 Brainiac 14:00 Star
Trek 16:00 Brainiac 17:00 Relic Hunter
19:00 Futurama 20:00 The Simpsons
21:00 Lost 22:00 Bones 23:00 Cold
Case 00:00 Road Wars 01:00 Final
Days of Planet Earth 02:50 Star Trek:
The Next Generation 04:30 Pop Years
05:20 Vroom Vroom 06:10 Taste
UKTV gold
07:00 Baywatch 08:00 My Hero 08:40
My Hero 09:20 My Hero 10:00 Dallas
11:00 Dallas 12:00 Dallas 13:00 Keeping Up Appearances 13:40 Keeping
Up Appearances 14:20 Keeping Up Appearances 15:00 Last of the Summer
Wine 15:40 Last of the Summer Wine
16:20 Last of the Summer Wine 17:00
Doctor Who 18:00 One Foot in the Grave 18:40 One Foot in the Grave 19:20
One Foot in the Grave 20:00 My Family 20:40 My Family 21:20 My Family
22:00 Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit
00:10 The Long Riders 02:05 Agatha
Christie’s Miss Marple 04:00 Charlie’s
Angels 04:50 Charlie’s Angels
UKTV people
10:00 Airport 10:30 Airport 11:00
Airport 11:30 Airport 12:00 Airport
Miami Special 13:00 Sky Cops 14:00
Sky Cops 15:00 Airport 15:30 Airport
16:00 Airport 16:30 Airport 17:00
Airport Miami Special 18:00 Sky Cops
19:00 Sky Cops 20:00 Airport 20:30
Airport 21:00 Airport 21:30 Airport
22:00 Sky Cops 23:00 Traffic Cops
00:00 Rail Cops 00:30 Rail Cops 01:00
Rail Cops 01:30 Rail Cops 02:00 Traffic Cops 03:00 Rail Cops
UKTV style
08:00 Changing Rooms 08:30 Changing Rooms 09:00 Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition - How Do They Do That?
10:00 Fantasy Homes By The Sea
11:00 Living in the Sun 12:00 Escape
to the Country 13:00 DIY SOS 13:30
DIY SOS 14:00 Homes under the Hammer 15:00 Homes under the Hammer
16:00 Homes under the Hammer 17:00
Homes under the Hammer 18:00 Homes under the Hammer 19:00 Homes
under the Hammer 20:00 Who Rules
the Roost? 21:00 Bank of Mum and
Dad 22:00 What Not to Wear 23:00
DIY SOS 23:30 DIY SOS 00:00 Escape
to the Country 01:00 Homes under the
Hammer 02:00 Living in the Sun 03:00
Passport to The Sun
UKTV bright ideas
07:00 Gary Rhodes’ Local Food Hero
2006 08:00 Tanner Brothers 08:30
Deck Dates 09:00 Property Prophets
10:00 Our House 2 11:00 Antiques
Roadshow 12:00 Antiques Roadshow
UKTV drama
07:00 Howards’ Way 08:00 Secret
Army 09:00 All Creatures Great
and Small 10:00 Agatha Christie’s
Miss Marple 12:20 Agatha Christie’s
Miss Marple 14:30 The Dick Emery
Show 14:40 Keeping Up Appearances 15:20 Keeping Up Appearances
16:00 Keeping Up Appearances
18:00 Just Good Friends 18:40 As
Time Goes By 19:20 Last of the
Summer Wine 20:00 Keeping Up
Appearances 20:40 Keeping Up
Appearances 21:20 Keeping Up Appearances 22:00 Rebus 00:00 The
Inspector Lynley Mysteries 01:00
Rebus 03:00 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 03:50 Howards’ Way
04:40 Secret Army 05:30 All Creatures Great and Small 06:20 The
District Nurse
30
TELEVISION
Sunday 26th August 2007
BBC 1
07:00 Breakfast
08:40 Match of The Day
Gary Lineker presents
Premier League highlights,
including Arsenal v
Manchester City at the
Emirates Stadium. West Ham
and Wigan meet at Upton
Park, and there’s much
interest at the Stadium of
Light, where Liverpool
- and their host of summer
signings worth over £50
million - take on Roy Keane’s
resurgent Sunderland.
10:00 News 24 Sunday
11:00 Heaven and Earth with
Gloria Hunniford
Championships
13:35 EastEnders
15:30 International Rugby Union:
Wales v France
17:45 Murder, She Wrote
18:30 Songs of Praise
19:05 BBC News
19:30 Last of the Summer Wine
20:00 Child of Our Time
21:00 The Chase
22:00 Mountain
23:20 Medium
00:00 The Relic
01:50 Mission Africa
02:20 Holby City
03:20 Child of Our Time
04:20 Vet Safari
04:50 How to Live Longer
05:35 Joins BBC News 24
BBC 2
ITV 1 London
CHANNEL 4
FIVE
E4
07:00
07:30
07:50
08:00
08:10
08:30
11:00
12:30
13:30
07:00
10:25
10:50
11:00
07:10 The Hoobs
08:00 Transworld Sport
08:50 Freesports on 4: Roxy
Chicken Jam
09:20 The Avon Tyres British GT
Championship
09:45 The O.C.
Sandy and Kirsten legally
adopt Ryan. The newest
member of the Cohen clan
ends up escorting Marissa
to Cotillion, where Seth
meets up with Anna Stern, a
new student from Pittsburgh.
At the festivities, Jimmy’s
clients discover that he has
been stealing their money
and a fight breaks out.
10:45 Hollyoaks Omnibus
13:20 Friends
Uncut
15:50 Smallville
16:50 The Simpsons
17:20 The Simpsons
17:50 Wife Swap
18:50 Come Dine with Me
20:00 Channel 4 News
20:15 Deal or No Deal
21:00 Big Brother: On The Couch
22:00 Big Brother
23:00 The Mean Machine
00:55 Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does
Judy! Judy! Judy!
Uncut
05:00 The Bernie Mac Show
05:25 Scrapheap Challenge
06:25 Countdown
07:00
07:10
07:20
07:25
07:40
07:50
07:00
15:55
17:00
17:35
18:05
19:00
19:55
Juno Beach D-Day Underwater 21:00
Ghost Ship 22:00 Megastructures
23:00 Megastructures 00:00 History’s
Conspiracies 01:00 World’s Most Dangerous Drug 02:00 Megastructures
s is Missing
15:45
17:15
18:40
19:10
20:00
21:00
22:00
23:30
00:15
01:00
02:30
03:00
Teletubbies
Balamory
Step Inside
Batfink
Legend of the Dragon
Smile
Something for the Weekend
Countryfile
World Athletics
Championships 2007
Things to Come
Tuck Everlasting
Romantic family fantasy. A
teenage girl meets her dream
guy in the woods. To her
surprise, he reveals that he is
immortal - but when he
offers her the chance to join
him forever, she is not so
sure.
A Wild Winter’s Day
Natural World
Ultimate Wild Water
Crisis on Jimmy’s Farm
The Importance of Being
Earnest
Screen adaptation of Oscar
Wilde’s comic masterpiece.
Set in 1890s England, a
comedy of mistaken identity
ensues when two gentlemen
friends use the same alias to
pursue the women they love.
Match of the Day 2
Heroes
World Athletics
Championships Highlights
World Athletics
Championships 2007
12:00
12:30
12:40
12:45
16:05
17:05
18:05
19:05
19:30
19:45
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
00:00
00:15
01:20
01:45
02:15
02:40
04:35
05:30
06:30
GMTV
Art Attack
Pocoyo
The Championship
Matt Smith reviews
yesterday’s action in the
Coca-Cola Championship and
Leagues One and Two, with
extended highlights from
St Mary’s stadium of
Southampton against Stoke
City. Commentary by Jon
Champion and John Rawling
with reports from Gabriel
Clarke, Gary Bloom and Dave
Beckett.
Vicars’ Wives
ITV News; Weather
London Today
F1: Grand Prix Live
The X Factor
Supersize Kids: Britain’s
Tallest Teens
Diana’s Children
Call Me a Cabbie!
London Tonight
ITV News; Weather
Emmerdale
Coronation Street
Britain’s Favourite View
The Man Who Lost His Head
ITV News; Weather
F1: Grand Prix Highlights
Vicars’ Wives
Essentials of Faith
Motorsport UK
Up at the Villa
ITV Nightscreen
ITV Morning News
08:00
08:30
08:40
08:55
09:05
09:10
09:25
10:00
10:05
10:15
10:30
11:00
12:00
13:05
13:40
14:30
17:15
18:05
19:55
20:05
20:30
21:00
23:00
00:00
01:00
02:00
05:15
06:05
Thomas and Friends
Make Way for Noddy
When I Grow Up
Oswald
Peppa Pig
of Dinosaurs
Hi-5
Little Lodgers
Rupert Bear
Make Way for Noddy
Roobarb and Custard Too
of Dinosaurs
The Book of Pooh
Funky Town
Peppa Pig
Jane and the Dragon
How to be a Property
Developer
House Doctor: Inside and
Out
The Great Artists
Great Ocean Adventure
Football Italiano
Megastructures
Steel
Five News and Sport
Joey
Joey
It Could Happen to You
Vanished
Killer Instinct
Disorderly Conduct
Major League Baseball
Now is the Time: Night of
Combat - Kick Boxing
Major League Soccer
20:55
21:30
22:00
23:00
00:05
Big Brother Live
Friends
Friends
Ghost Whisperer
What About Brian
Big Brother’s Diary Room
Uncut
Friends
Friends
Smallville
Big Brother’s Diary Room
Uncut
Big Brother Live
Big Brother’s
Diary Room
19.55 - 20.55 & 23.00 - 00.05
Viewers get an exclusive insight
into exactly what’s been said in the
most secret and revealing room
in the house. In the infamous
Diary Room chair, the housemates
can grumble, gossip, cry and
connive without anyone else in
the house hearing or seeing them.
This is where the housemates
disclose their
true
feelings about
each
other and life
in the house.
DOCUMENTARIES
DISCOVERY
09:00 Industrial Revelations 10:00
Time Team 11:00 Tony Robinson’s Romans 13:00 Custer’s Last Stand 14:00
Weapons of Combat 15:00 Egypt’s
New Tomb Revealed 16:00 Greatest
Military Clashes 16:30 Deadliest Catch Intro 16:35 Deadliest Catch 17:35
Deadliest Catch Intro 17:40 Deadliest
Catch 18:40 Deadliest Catch Intro
18:45 Deadliest Catch 19:45 Deadliest Catch Intro 19:50 Deadliest Catch
20:50 Deadliest Catch Intro 20:55 Deadliest Catch 22:00 Worst Shark Attack
Ever: Ocean Of Fear 00:00 Anatomy of
a Shark Bite 01:00 Bull Shark: World’s
Deadliest Shark With Nigel Marven
02:00 Torso in the Thames
DISCOVERY real time
07:00 Day Ticket: Bury Hill 07:30 Ifish
08:00 Ifish 08:30 Screaming Reels
09:00 Screaming Reels 09:30 Total
Fishing with Matt Hayes 10:30 Rex
‘n’ About 12:00 Fly Fishing the World
13:00 Rubble Trouble 14:00 Challenge
Tommy Walsh 15:00 Come Dine with
Me 15:30 Come Dine with Me 16:00
Come Dine with Me 16:30 Come Dine
with Me 17:00 Come Dine with Me
17:30 Come Dine with Me 18:00 Come
Dine with Me 18:30 Come Dine with
Me 19:00 Come Dine with Me 20:00
B&B - The Best 20:30 B&B - The Best
21:00 World’s Heaviest Man 22:00
Miami Ink 23:00 Little People, Big
World 23:30 Little People, Big World
00:00 My Shocking Story 01:00 B&B
- The Best 01:30 B&B - The Best 02:00
World’s Heaviest Man 03:00 Miami Ink
04:00 Little People, Big World 04:25
Little People, Big World 04:50 Rex
‘n’ About 05:40 Fly Fishing the World
06:05 Fly Fishing the World
NATIONAL geographic
09:00 Ghost Ship 10:00 Quest for
Noah’s Flood 11:00 King Tut’s Curse
12:00 Ultimate Tsunami 13:00 Ghost
Ship 14:00 A Treasure Ship’s Tragedy 15:00 Return to Titanic 16:00 The
Hunley 18:00 Death in The Dardanelles
19:00 Mary Celeste - Ghost Ship 20:00
HISTORY
10:00 Deep Sea Detectives 11:00 Decoding the Past 12:00 UFO Files 13:00
Brunel - The Little Giant 14:00 Deadliest Weapons 15:00 The Town That Time
Forgot 16:00 Zulu: The True Story
17:00 Luftwaffe 46 18:00 Berlin Airlift
19:00 SS Republic: Sunken Gold 20:00
Vic Reeves’ Pirates 21:00 The Crimean
War: A Most Desperate Undertaking
22:00 Sahara 00:00 SS Republic:
Sunken Gold 01:00 The Crimean War:
UK documentary
10:00 Animal Hospital 11:00 Amazon
Abyss 13:30 Wildlife on One 14:00
Battle for the Amazon 15:00 Amazon
Battle for the Amazon 03:00 Genghis
Khan 03:45 Radical Highs
ANIMAL planet
08:00 Pet Rescue 08:30 Pet Rescue
09:00 Going Ape 09:30 Going Ape
10:00 Animal Precinct 11:00 Animal
Precinct 12:00 Shauna’s Amazing Ani-
mal Videos 12:30 Shauna’s Amazing
Animal Videos 13:00 Monkey Business
13:30 Monkey Business 14:00 Pet Rescue 14:30 Pet Rescue 15:00 The Snake
Buster 15:30 The Snake Buster 16:00
Dog Listener 16:30 Dog Listener 17:00
Animal Crackers 17:30 Animal Crackers 18:00 Wild Rescues 18:30 Wild
Rescues 19:00 Top Dog 20:00 Lyndal’s
Lifeline: World’s Busiest Wildlife Hospital 21:00 Gorilla, Gorilla 22:00 Rogue
Predators 23:00 Big Cat Track 00:00
Animal Cops Houston: Guarding Angel
01:00 Animal Cops Houston: Courtroom Drama 02:00 Lyndal’s Lifeline:
World’s Busiest Wildlife Hospital 03:00
Gorilla, Gorilla 04:00 Pet Rescue 04:30
Rogue Predators 05:20 Big Cat Track
06:10 Dog Listener
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
07:00 U Can Do It: Swimming
A series aimed specifically at
kids and young adults,
designed to encourage them
and show how to get involved
in sporting activities. This
week the focus is on
swimming.
07:05 You’re On Sky Sports!
08:00 Football First: Match Choice
09:30 Football First: Match Choice
11:00 The Sunday Supplement
12:00 Goals On Sunday
14:00 Football League:
Championship - Ipswich Town
V Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town take on Crystal
Palace at Portman Road in the
Championship. Three points
and three goals separated
these sides at the end of last
season.
16:30 Ford Super Sunday:
Manchester United
V Tottenham Hotspur
19:30 Super Sunday - The Last
Word
20:00 Spanish Football
23:00 Ford Football Special:
Manchester United
V Tottenham Hotspur
Word
SKY SPORTS 2
Cup Final
08:30 Golf Night
09:30 Golf Night
11:30 Golf Night
Cup Final
14:00 Seamaster Sailing
14:30 Cricket: Natwest Pro40
- Nottinghamshire
V Gloucestershire
Natwest Pro40 Nottinghamshire
V Gloucestershire.
Nottinghamshire challenge
Gloucestershire at Trent
Bridge in a Pro40 encounter.
The Gladiators finished on
top of Division Two last
season, winning six of their
eight games.
20:30 Wild Spirits
21:00 Golf Night
22:00 Golf Night: U.S Amateur
Championship 2007
00:00 Golf Night
Di Stewart presents a
round-up of all the latest golf
highlights, plus the latest
news and scores from around
the world.
01:00 U.S Superbikes
03:00 Golf Night
SKY SPORTS 3
A double-header from La
Liga, where Barcelona will be
determined to win the title
back from Real Madrid. The
sides finished level on points
last year, but Real took the
title by one win.
Afterburn
Entertainment Heat
12:30 Racing News
Entertainment Presents....
14:00 European Tour Golf: K.L.M
Open
Entertainment Experience
23:00 Summerslam Preview
Afterburn
Heat
01:30 Summerslam Preview
02:00 Indy Car Racing
EUROSPORT
Championship
Japan
Japan
Championship
England
Japan
Eurosport will also broadcast
highlights from the
competition. These highlights
are broadcast around 17:00
and include the review of the
day as well as interviews done
by Eurosport’s on-site teams.
20:45 Rally
21:00 Motorsports
21:30 Champ Car
23:00 Volleyball: World Grand Prix
In Ningbo, China
Japan
Japan
ESPN classic
07:30 US Open: Becker V Lendl
10:00 FIFA WCQ 2002: Germany
V England
2000/2001
2001/2002
13:00 Challenge Cup 1985: Wigan
V Hull
V Leeds
14:00 Challenge Cup 96:
Saints-Bradford
14:30 Challenge Cup 03: Bradford
V Leeds
15:00 Rugby League: Gb V N
Zealand
15:30 Golf: The Open’s Best-Ever
Shots
16:30 Golf: The Open
18:00 Live: Gibson Guitar
Champions Cup
21:00 Wimbledon Tennis
Championships
2001/2002
23:00 Sporting Greats: Martin
Offiah
23:30 Sporting Greats: Ellery
Hanley
00:00 Boxing: The Rumble In
The Jungle
2001/2002
02:30 1-5: As The Germans Saw It
03:00 Teleshopping
03:45 Teleshopping
04:30 Boxing: The Thriller In
Manila
05:30 Shane Warne: Cricket
Legend
Ford Super Sunday
Sky Sports 1
16.30 - 19.30
Manchester Utd v Tottenham Hotspurs
Manchester United take on Tottenham at Old
Trafford in a Premier League encounter.
Both Teams are still looking for their first
wins of the season and this being Man
Utd’s worst start to season for 15 years
also Spurs failed to score against the Red
Devils last season. Can new signing Darren
Bent make an impact here?
TELEVISION
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Sunday 26th August 2007
FILMS
SKY MOVIES sci-fi/horror
07:00
11:00
12:25
15:15
17:00
18:25
20:15
22:00
01:00
03:05
To Be Announced
Earth Minus Zero
The Abyss
The Fog
Earth Minus Zero
The Ring Two
The Fog
The Abyss
Underworld: Evolution
The Ring Two
SKY MOVIES premier
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
15:00
16:45
18:45
21:00
23:30
01:10
Premiere Close Up
Wallace and Gromit
Premiere Close Up
Just My Luck
Last Holiday
Tristan and Isolde
Dead Man’s Chest
Adrift
ATL
07:30
09:30
11:30
13:15
15:15
17:15
19:20
21:00
23:00
00:50
01:20
The Beguiled
The Conversation
Rocky IV
The Beguiled
The Terminator
Honkytonk Man
Rocky IV
The Conversation
The Terminator
Death Wish 4: The
Crackdown
03:10 Year of The Dragon
05:35 Rocky IV
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00
13:00
14:45
16:10
18:00
20:00
22:00
23:25
01:10
02:55
Hidden
Love on the Run
March of The Penguins
Transamerica
The Last Mitterand
Hidden
March of The Penguins
Transamerica
Bang
The Last Mitterand
The Pacifier
Sky Movies Comedy
12.40 - 14.20 & 21.00 - 22.40
Assigned to protect the endangered children
of an assassinated scientist working on a
secret invention, Shane Wolfe is suddenly
faced with juggling two incompatible jobs:
fighting evil while keeping house. As he adds
to his usual arsenal of wetsuits and weapons the
new tools of juice boxes and a minivan, While drop
zones, demolitions and destroying enemy targets come
naturally to Shane, he has no idea what tough really
is until he pits his courage against diapering, denmothering and driver’s education. He’s truly a S.E.A.L.
out of water, but this tough-guy loner soon realizes
that he’s also facing the most important mission of
his life: becoming part of a family and bringing them
all closer together.
SKY MOVIES family
07:00 Romeo and Juliet Sealed
With a Kiss
08:20 Curious George
09:50 Sky High
11:30 Madagascar
13:00 Cheaper By The Dozen 2
14:35 Sky High
16:15 Curious George
17:45 Madagascar
19:15 No Time For Nuts
19:25 Cheaper By The Dozen 2
21:00 Oliver Twist
23:10 The Karate Kid
01:20 MXP: Most Xtreme Primate
02:50 Oliver Twist
05:00 Family Close Up
05:30 The Princess and The Pea
SKY MOVIES drama
08:05
09:35
11:15
13:00
15:10
17:10
18:45
19:15
21:00
23:10
01:00
03:10
04:45
06:20
Anna’s Dream
Miss Lettie and Me
Between Love And Honour
Pride and Prejudice
The Weather Man
Between Love And Honour
Drama Close Up
The Story of An African Farm
Pride and Prejudice
The Weather Man
Mississippi Burning
The Robber Bride
The Temptations Part II
Anna’s Dream
SKY MOVIES comedy
07:30
09:00
10:40
12:40
14:20
15:55
17:35
19:30
21:00
22:40
23:00
00:55
Rebound
Best Man in Grass Creek
She’s Having a Baby
The Pacifier
Woo
Rebound
You, Me And Dupree
Best Man in Grass Creek
The Pacifier
The Top 10 Show
You, Me And Dupree
Woo
02:25 She’s Having a Baby
04:15 If Only
05:55 Best Man in Grass Creek
Forrest Gump
Film 4 22.00 - 00.35
The title character leads viewers through an
accidental travelogue of American social
history from the early 1960s through the
present in this revisionist fable. Vietnam,
desegregation, Watergate and more
are presented from the perspective of
Hanks’ lovably slow-witted character as
he finds himself embroiled in situations he
can’t quite comprehend. Academy Award
Nominations: 13, including Best Picture,
Best Actor--Tom Hanks, and Best Director.
Academy Awards: 6, including Best Picture,
Director, Actor and Adapted Screenplay.
SKY MOVIES classics
07:40 Invasion of the Body
Snatchers
09:20 12 Angry Men
11:20 True Grit
13:30 Rawhide
15:15 Zulu
18:05 12 Angry Men
20:00 Rawhide
21:30 Modern Greats Close Up
22:00 True Grit
00:10 Zulu
02:30 Irma La Douce
05:00 Limelight
07:00
09:15
11:15
13:25
13:55
16:00
18:10
20:00
22:00
23:30
01:15
02:55
04:25
06:30
Sahara
Broken Arrow
The Saint
Sinbad and The Eye of
The Tiger
Sahara
Broken Arrow
The Saint
Transporter 2
Payback
Rapid Fire
Transporter 2
Sinbad and The Eye of
The Tiger
SKY MOVIES HD1
12:00
14:00
16:00
18:15
20:15
22:00
23:50
02:00
03:30
Fantastic Four
Never Been Kissed
In Her Shoes
Fantastic Four
The Man
Never Been Kissed
In Her Shoes
The Man
Comedy Close Up
SKY MOVIES HD2
13:00 Just Like Heaven
14:45 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to
the Galaxy
17:15 See Arnold Run
19:00 Just Like Heaven
21:00 No Way Out
23:00 A History Of Violence
00:40 Commando
02:20 See Arnold Run
04:10 Fires of Kuwait
FILM 4
14:00
15:40
17:45
19:40
22:00
00:35
02:55
Belle Starr
Sirocco
The Lady Vanishes
Star Trek: Nemesis
Forrest Gump
Lady Vengeance
The Grudge
TCM
09:05
10:35
12:00
14:00
15:30
16:00
17:45
The Cabin in The Cotton
Little Caesar
Our Man in Havana
At the Circus
Adrian Wootton on Elvis
Elvis On Tour
Brando
20:35
22:00
23:55
01:45
03:35
Bad Day at Black Rock
Dirty Harry
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Savage Messiah
Teleshopping
DISNEY cinemagic
07:00 House of Mouse
Command
08:15 Aladdin
08:40 Disney’s Hercules
09:50 Classic Toons
10:00 The Wild
14:00 Honey, I Shrunk The Kids
15:35 Recess
16:00 The Wild
18:00 Lilo and Stitch 2
22:00 Mulan II
00:10 Recess
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
22:00 The Visit 22:30 Little Britain
23:00 Grownups 23:30 Reading and
Leeds Festival 00:30 My Big Breasts
and Me 01:30 The Visit 02:00 Grownups
BBC 4
20:00 Once a Soldier 20:30 Proms on
Four 2007 22:25 Meetings With Remarkable Trees 22:35 Look: A Hare’s
Life 23:00 Wainwright’s Walks 23:30 A
Pembrokeshire Farm 00:00 Kingdom
of the Ice Bear: The Frozen Ocean
00:55 Peter Scott: A Passion for Nature 01:55 The Great British Holiday
BBC prime
10:00 Days That Shook the World
11:00 EastEnders 12:00 Amazon
Abyss 12:30 Massive Nature 13:00
Dragons Alive 14:00 Cutting It 15:00
Coupling 16:00 A Life Coach Less Ordinary 17:00 Cash in the Attic 18:00
EastEnders 19:00 How to Be a Prince
21:00 Diana: A Tribute To The People’s
Princess 22:00 Althorp after Diana
23:00 Boss Women 00:00 EastEnders
01:00 How to Be a Prince
BBC world
09:00 BBC News 09:10 Another Pakistan 10:00 BBC News 10:30 Indian
School 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Desi
DNA 12:00 BBC News 12:30 This
Week 13:00 BBC News 13:30 HARDtalk Extra 14:00 BBC News 14:30 The
Wedding Business 15:00 BBC News
15:15 Sport Today 15:30 Outsiders
16:00 BBC News 16:05 Have Your Say
17:00 BBC News 17:30 Dateline London 18:00 BBC News 18:30 Reporters
19:00 BBC News 19:10 Another Pakistan 20:00 BBC News 20:15 Sport
Today 20:30 Have Your Say 21:00 BBC
News 21:30 The Wedding Business
22:00 BBC News 22:30 HARDtalk Extra
23:00 BBC News 23:30 Dateline London 00:00 BBC News 00:30 Reporters
01:00 BBC News 01:30 Have Your Say
02:00 BBC News
BRAVO
09:00 Gamer’s Guide to... 10:00 King
of Cars 11:00 World’s Most Amazing
Videos 2 12:00 Gamer’s Guide to...
12:30 Gamer TV 13:00 World’s Most
Powerful Explosions 14:00 Top 25
Outdoor Disasters 15:00 America’s
Hardest Bounty Hunters 16:00 NYPD
24/7 17:00 World’s Most Powerful
Explosions 18:00 World’s Most Amazing Videos 2 19:00 When Sport Goes
Bad: Whacked Out Sports 20:00 Dog
the Bounty Hunter 21:00 Respect:
Countdown to Ufc 74 22:00 UFC 74:
Respect 01:00 The Real Football Factories International
DISNEY
09:30 Recess 09:55 The Replacements
10:40 Cory in The House 11:00 Hannah Montana 11:25 As The Bell Rings
11:30 As The Bell Rings 11:35 That’s
So Raven 12:00 Jump In! 13:20 Recess 13:35 Recess 14:05 The Replacements 14:30 The Suite Life of Zack
and Cody 15:00 Lizzie McGuire 15:30
The Bell Rings 16:35 That’s So Raven
17:00 Recess: All Growed Down 18:00
Recess 18:25 Recess 18:50 The Replacements 19:15 Kim Possible 19:40
Fillmore 20:05 The Suite Life of Zack
and Cody 20:30 Cory in The House
20:55 Lizzie McGuire 21:20 Lizzie
McGuire 21:45 Phil of the Future 22:10
23:00 Recess 23:25 American Dragon:
Jake Long 23:50 Kim Possible
ITV 2
10:35 The New Adventures of Superman 12:35 Emmerdale Omnibus 15:25
Back to The Future 17:35 Coronation
Street Omnibus 20:00 The X Factor
21:00 Xtra Factor 22:00 Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie III 23:00 The
If.Comedy Awards: A Comedy Cuts
Special 00:00 American Pie
ITV 3
10:00 Supersleuths 11:00 Supersleuths 12:00 Michael Gambon - Maigret
And Me 12:05 Maigret 13:50 Agatha Christie’s Marple 15:50 Agatha
Christie’s Garden: Murder and Mystery
in Devon 16:50 Pam and Felicity: Being Rosemary and Thyme 17:55 Supersleuths 19:00 There’s Something
About... 20:00 Death on The Nile 22:40
George Baker - Wexford and Me 22:45
Inspector Wexford 01:00 Supersleuths
and a Half Men 18:00 Courting Alex
19:00 Two and a Half Men 20:00 Courting Alex 21:00 Two and a Half Men
22:00 South Park 00:30 Park Life
03:40
ITV 4Emmerdale Omnibus
09:00 Teleshopping 12:00 Descent
13:50 Fire 15:20 Earthstorm 16:55
Magma: Volcanic Disaster 18:30 Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York
20:20 Taken 22:00 Medium 23:00
Threshold 00:00 Cerberus
14:30 Used Car Roadshow 15:30 Police, Camera, Action! 16:00 UFO 17:00
Cycling: Tour Of Ireland 18:30 Police,
Camera, Action! 19:00 World Rally
Championship 20:00 When Stunts
Go Bad 21:00 Quatermass 22:00 The
Frank Skinner Show 23:00 Night of
The Living Dead 00:50 Fool’s Gold: The
Story of the Brink’s-Mat Robbery
LIVING
09:00 Maury 09:55 The Fix 10:00
Melrose Place 11:00 The Golden Girls
12:00 Charmed 13:00 Bewitched
14:00 Britain’s Next Top Model 15:00
Will and Grace 16:00 Charlie’s Angels:
Full Throttle 18:00 Million Dollar Mansions 19:00 Top Chef 20:00 Dirty Cows
21:00 The Real Housewives of Orange
County 22:00 Ghost Whisperer 23:00
CSI 01:00 Most Haunted 02:00 The
Real Housewives of Orange County
PARAMOUNT comedy
07:00 QVC 10:00 Courting Alex 11:00
Two and a Half Men 12:00 Courting
Alex 13:00 Two and a Half Men 14:00
Courting Alex 15:00 Two and a Half
Men 16:00 Courting Alex 17:00 Two
SCI FI
SKY ONE
10:00 Futurama 11:00 Vroom Vroom
Experience 13:00 Robot Wars 14:00
Star Trek 16:00 A Town Called Eureka
17:00 Lion Man 18:00 Brainiac: Science Abuse 19:00 The Simpsons 22:00
Diana - Her Last Ten Days In Pictures
23:00 Bones 00:00 Weeds
UKTV gold
07:55 Dallas 10:55 Doctor Who 11:55
Only Fools and Horses 18:05 Wallace
and Gromit: A Grand Day Out 18:40
Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers 19:20 Wallace and Gromit: A
Close Shave 20:00 The Vicar of Dibley
22:00 Dalziel and Pascoe 23:55 Only
Fools and Horses
UKTV people
12:00 Airport Miami Special 13:00
Sky Cops 15:00 Airport 17:00 Airport
Miami Special 18:00 Sky Cops 20:00
Airport 22:00 Sky Cops 23:00 Traffic
Cops 00:00 Rail Cops 00:30 Rail Cops
UKTV style
11:00 Living in the Sun 12:00 Escape
to the Country 13:00 DIY SOS 14:00
Flog It! 15:00 Car Booty 16:00 The
Reclaimers 17:00 Flog It! 18:00 Cash
in the Attic 19:00 Flog It! 20:00 I Do,
Let’s Eat 21:00 First Dance 22:00
Wedding Stories 23:00 DIY SOS 00:00
Escape to the Country 01:00 Flog It!
02:00 Living in the Sun
UKTV bright ideas
09:00 Property Prophets 10:00 Our
House 2 11:00 Antiques Roadshow
UKTV drama
10:00 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple
14:25 The Dick Emery Show 14:40
Keeping Up Appearances 16:40 Keeping Up Appearances 17:20 Keeping
Up Appearances 18:00 Pride and
Prejudice 20:15 Pride and Prejudice
22:25 Pride and Prejudice 00:35 The
Inspector Lynley Mysteries 01:35 Sea
of Souls 04:00 The Inspector Lynley
Mysteries 04:50 Howards’ Way 05:40
Secret Army 06:30 Pickwick Papers
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TELEVISION
32
Monday 27th August 2007
BBC 1
07:00
10:00
10:45
11:45
12:15
13:00
13:45
14:05
14:15
14:40
16:10
16:40
17:10
18:40
19:10
19:40
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:10
23:25
01:00
02:35
03:35
04:25
05:10
Breakfast
To Buy or Not to Buy
Countryfile Summer Diaries
Bargain Hunt
Cash in the Attic
BBC News and Weather
Regional News and Weather
Neighbours
Hocus Pocus
‘Allo ‘Allo!
Keeping Up Appearances
Dancing with the Stars
The US version of the ever
popular Strictly Come
Dancing continues. Rock
singer Meatloaf makes
a guest appearance.
The One Show
Test the Nation: The National
IQ Test
EastEnders
Roxy has a shock when
a familiar face returns. At
the Fun Day there’s a fight,
a father and son race and
some very suspicious fish.
Weekend ‘Nazis’
Test the Nation: The National
IQ Test
BBC News
Anchorman: The Legend Of
Ron Burgundy
Raising Arizona
The Big Day
The Tower
How to Live Longer
Joins BBC News 24
BBC 2
07:20
07:35
08:00
08:15
08:30
09:00
09:45
09:55
10:20
10:45
11:15
11:35
12:00
12:25
15:45
16:45
17:30
18:15
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:00
23:30
00:30
02:05
03:05
The Story Makers
Balamory
Charlie and Lola
In The Night Garden
Mona The Vampire
Bring It On
Time Warp Trio
Krypto the Superdog
Even Stevens
The Munsters
World Athletics
Championships 2007
Flog It!
Ready, Steady, Cook
Identity
Eggheads
Kitchen Criminals
World Athletics
Mastermind
Host John Humphrys invites
four contenders to answer
questions in the infamous
black chair. Tonight’s
subjects are the Royle
Family, the life and music of
Dimitri Tiomkin, the Swann
novels of R F Delderfield, and
the life and career of Richard
Nixon.
University Challenge
Hairy Bikers Ride Again
Boys from the Brown Stuff
Buzzcocks... Imagine a Mildly
Amusing Panel Show
TOTP2 Police Special
The Damned
European Hockey
Championships 2007
World Athletics
Championships 2007
ITV 1
CHANNEL 4
07:00
10:25
11:30
13:30
14:15
07:10
08:00
09:00
10:00
10:55
11:30
12:00
13:05
14:25
16:30
17:15
18:00
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:15
14:45
15:15
16:15
16:30
18:00
19:00
19:25
19:40
20:00
20:30
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:00
23:30
23:45
01:50
05:10
06:00
06:30
GMTV
Murder on the Orient Express
The Unforgettable
ITV Lunchtime News and
Weather
Dale’s Supermarket Sweep
60 Minute Makeover
Creature Comforts
The Flintstones
That Antony Cotton Show
You’ve Been Framed!
London Tonight
ITV Evening News; Weather
Emmerdale
Coronation Street
Grimebusters
Coronation Street
Little Devil
Hollywood Lives
ITV News; Weather
There’s Something About
Mary
Hilarious slapstick comedy
about a man so tormented
by memories of a missed
high school date with a
beautiful girl that he hires a
detective to trace her several
years later. He is convinced
that he missed out on his
only chance for love, but
when the detective locates
her, he himself is smitten
and soon proves to be a
ruthless and unscrupulous
rival in love.
ITV Play
Vanessa’s Real Lives
ITV Nightscreen
ITV Morning News
22:00
23:00
00:05
00:40
02:40
05:00
05:25
05:30
06:00
06:55
The Hoobs
Big Brother
Beauty and the Geek
Friends
Friends
Popworld
The Rugrats Movie
Planet of The Apes
Countdown
Deal or No Deal
A Place In The Sun
The Simpsons
Hollyoaks
Channel 4 News
Congo
Frank Marshall’s all-outaction film stars Laura
Linney, Dylan Walsh, Tim
Curry and Ernie Hudson as
a disparate group who set
out on safari into the heart of
the Congo. Each have their
different reasons for setting
out into the unknown. But
having survived volcanoes
and hungry hippo attacks,
nothing could have prepared
them for the greatest danger:
a troop of intelligent killer
apes who, as one critic
wrote, “...make King Kong
look like the Jolly Green
Giant”.
Time Team Special
Big Brother
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
Festival
Big Brother Live
The Insider
3 Minute Wonder
The Avon Tyres British GT
Championship
FIVB Beach Volleyball
Inuk
FIVE
07:00
07:10
07:25
07:35
07:45
07:50
08:05
08:20
08:30
08:45
09:00
09:15
09:25
09:40
09:50
10:00
10:30
11:30
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:30
18:30
18:40
20:10
20:15
21:00
22:00
00:05
02:35
03:25
04:15
05:00
06:10
Thomas and Friends
Make Way for Noddy
Oswald
Peppa Pig
Funky Valley
Franny’s Feet
Little Princess
The Beeps
Bill and His Best Friend
Corky
Make Way for Noddy
Peppa Pig
Thomas and Friends
Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch
Friends
Ebb and Flo
House Doctor
Doctor Doctor
five News
HouseBusters
Dawson’s Creek
American drama series
about four teenagers in a
Boston suburb. Pacey and
Joey enter a beauty pageant.
Ben-Hur
five News
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
five News Update
Cricket on Five
Britain’s Strongest Man
Anger Management
Chinatown
NASCAR Nextel Cup
US PGA Golf: The Barclays
Boxing USA
Major League Soccer
French Football
E4
10:55 Big Brother’s Diary
Room Uncut
11:55 Big Brother
12:55 Smallville
13:50 Smallville
14:45 Smallville
15:35 Smallville
16:30 Smallville
17:25 Hollyoaks
17:55 Friends
18:25 Friends
18:55 Big Brother
20:00 Hollyoaks
21:00 Friends
21:30 Friends
22:00 Big Brother: On The Couch
23:00 Just Married
Just Married
23.00 - 00.55
Ashton Kutcher and Brittany
Murphy are Tom Leezak and Sarah
McNerney, a chalk-and-cheese
couple who fall in love and marry.
Now, all they need for the union
to work is to survive both families
who disapprove of the match,
deal with the well-meaning friends
who meddle too much and, on
their honeymoon,
suffer a selection
of Europe’s worst
accommodation.
DOCUMENTARIES
DISCOVERY
They Do It? 10:30 Deadliest Catch
Intro 10:35 Deadliest Catch 11:35
14:50 Deadliest Catch Intro 14:55
Deadliest Catch 15:55 Deadliest Catch Intro 16:00 Deadliest Catch Intro
18:10 Deadliest Catch Intro 18:15
Deadliest Catch 19:15 Deadliest Catch Intro 19:20 Deadliest Catch 20:20
21:30 How It’s Made 22:00 American
Chopper 00:00 Crime Scene USA
01:00 The F.B.I. Files 02:00 Behind
The Crime 03:00 Forensic Detectives
04:00 American Chopper 05:40 Man
Made Marvels: Seoul Searching 06:30
How It’s Made
DISCOVERY real time
07:00 Grand Designs 11:00 Property Ladder Revisited 12:00 Property
Ladder Revisited 13:00 Property
Ladder Revisited 14:00 Property
Ladder Revisited 15:00 Relocation,
Relocation Updates 16:00 Relocation, Relocation Updates 17:00 Relocation, Relocation Updates 18:00
Escape to River Cottage 21:00 Location, Location, Location 21:30 Build,
Buy or Restore Abroad 22:00 B&B The Best 22:30 B&B - The Best 23:00
Little People, Big World 23:30 Little
People, Big World 00:00 Wheeler
Dealers 00:30 Wheeler Dealers 01:00
American Hotrod 02:00 A Racing Car
is Born 02:30 B&B - The Best 03:00
B&B - The Best 03:30 Little People,
Big World 04:00 Little People, Big
World 04:25 Escape to River Cottage
04:50 Escape to River Cottage 05:15
Joy of Painting 05:40 Joy of Painting
06:05 Barn Free 06:30 Getting Afloat
NATIONAL geographic
09:00 Warplanes 10:00 Warplanes
11:00 Warplanes 12:00 Warplanes
13:00 Megastructures 14:00 War
Machines 15:00 Ultimate Sub 16:00
Megastructures 17:00 War Machines
18:00 Megafactories 19:00 Supercarrier 20:00 War Machines 21:00 Air
Crash Investigation 22:00 Situation
Critical 23:00 Situation Critical 00:00
Situation Critical 01:00 Situation Critical 02:00 Situation Critical
HISTORY channel
Hidden House History 10:00 The Crimean War: A Most Desperate Undertaking 11:00 Sahara 13:00 Khubilai
Khan’s Lost Fleet 14:00 Dogfights
16:00 Artillery Games 17:00 The SS
19:00 Dogfights 20:00 Vic Reeves’ Pirates 20:30 Vic Reeves’ Pirates 21:00
The Dead Sea Scrolls 22:00 Giganto:
The Real King Kong 23:00 Russia’s
Modern Mummies 00:00 Crime Stories 01:00 The SS 02:00 Landscape
Mysteries 02:30 Hidden House History
UKTV documentary
10:00 Extreme Lives 10:55 World’s
Best Places To See 11:00 Planet Earth
12:00 Planet Earth 13:00 Wild Caribbean 14:00 Wild Caribbean 15:00
Wild Caribbean 16:00 Wild Caribbean
17:00 Wild Caribbean 18:00 Wild Caribbean 19:00 Wild Caribbean 20:00
Wild Caribbean 21:00 Planet Earth
22:00 Planet Earth 23:00 Wild Caribbean 00:00 Wild Caribbean 01:00
Wild Caribbean 02:00 Wild Caribbean
Best Places To See 03:45 Radical
Highs
ANIMAL planet
Crocodile Hunter 09:00 Monkey Business 09:30 Animal Crackers 10:00
10:30 Wildlife SOS 18:00 Animal
Cops Houston 19:00 Top Dog 20:00
Monkey Business 20:30 Wildlife SOS
21:00 A Stable Life 21:30 Pet Rescue
22:00 Baby Panda’s First Year 23:00
Animal Cops Phoenix 00:00 Wildlife
SOS 00:30 Monkey Business 01:00
Wild Rescues 01:30 Pet Rescue
02:00 Animal Cops Houston 03:00
Animal Cops Phoenix 04:00 Wildlife
SOS 04:30 Monkey Business 04:55
Pet Rescue 05:20 Top Dog 06:10
Baby Panda’s First Year
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
Bottom Line
09:00 Ford Football Special:
Manchester United
V Tottenham Hotspur
Word
3rd Odi
England take on India at
Edgbaston for the third ODI
of the series. The last time the
sides met here was during the
1999 World Cup. India won
by 63 runs to progress to the
Super Six stage.
19:30 Pioneers of Cricket
20:00 Moto+
20:30 Monday Night Live: Elite
League - Coventry V Lakeside
00:00 Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits
Series - England V India 3rd
Odi
SKY SPORTS 2
07:00
07:30
08:00
08:30
09:30
11:30
12:30
14:30
16:00
16:30
17:00
01:00
Aerobics Oz Style
Ocean
Aerobics Oz Style
Golf Night
Golf Night
Golf Night
Di Stewart presents a
round-up of all the latest
golf highlights, plus the latest
news and scores from around
the world.
Spanish Football
Ford Football Special:
Manchester United
V Tottenham Hotspur
Super Sunday - The Last
Word
Andy Gray has the final word
on the weekend’s Premiership
games with the help of his
advanced studio technology.
This programme will be
shown in High Definition
on Sky Sports HD1
Seamaster Sailing
U.S. Open Tennis
U.S. Open Tennis
SKY SPORTS 3
09:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:00
15:00
17:00
18:00
20:00
21:30
00:00
01:00
02:00
03:00
Indy Car Racing
Seamaster Sailing
Aerobics Oz Style
Racing News
Ocean
Seamaster Sailing
Golf Night
Golf Night
Golf Night
World Wrestling
Entertainment Raw
Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler
present another week of
hard-hitting wrestling action
featuring musclebound stars
such as Triple H, John Cena,
Randy Orton and Shawn
Michaels.
Show Jumping: Spruce
Meadows - C.N Performance
Grand Prix
World Motor Sports
World Wrestling
Afterburn
ECW Wrestling
World Wrestling
Entertainment Heat
World Wrestling
Entertainment Late Night Raw
EUROSPORT
08:30 Motorsports
09:00 GP2
The GP2 Series’ philosophy is
to be the breeding ground of
Formula One, preparing its
drivers to shine a few years
later in the most prestigious
racing series. It took over in
2005 from the now defunct
Formula 3000 International
Championship.
Championship
Japan
Japan
16:00 Tennis: Us Open In New York
Japan
18:00 Football: Eurogoals
Japan
ESPN classic
07:00 Duels: Thompson V Hingsen
08:00 RWC 2003: England V South
Africa
09:00 Rugby League: Gb
V N Zealand
V N Zealand
2001/2002
12:00 Sporting Greats: Martin Offiah
12:30 Teleshopping
14:00 RWC 2003: England
V South Africa
2001/2002
V South Africa
V N Zealand
V N Zealand
V Colorado
21:00 Cricket: England V India
V South Africa
2002/2003
V Colorado
01:30 Leeds V West Brom
02:00 Goals of The Season
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
BBC 1 23.25 - 01.00
Knockabout comedy set in the sexist world of
1970s newscasting. Ron Burgundy, San Diego’s
top-rated anchorman, reigns supreme in the
all-male world of television news until the arrival
of an ambitious female reporter upsets the
status quo. When she steps in to present the
programme in Ron’s absence, an uncivil war
breaks out in the newsroom.
TELEVISION
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Monday 27th August 2007
FILMS
SKY MOVIES sci-fi & horror
11:00 Alien Abduction: The
McPherson Tape
12:50 King Kong Escapes
14:35 Slipstream
16:25 Alien: Resurrection
18:25 Alien Abduction: The
McPherson Tape
20:15 Slipstream
22:00 Alien: Resurrection
23:50 The Hills Have Eyes
01:40 Pet Sematary
03:20 King Kong Escapes
SKY MOVIES premier
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
Family Close Up
Premiere Close Up
Comedy Close Up
15:00 Just My Luck
16:45 Last Holiday
18:45 Tristan and Isolde
21:00 Pirates of The Caribbean:
Dead Man’s Chest
23:30 Adrift
01:10 ATL
07:20
09:05
11:30
13:20
15:10
17:00
18:40
20:30
21:00
23:00
02:00
04:00
06:00
Manhattan
The Great Gatsby
Rocky V
Annie Hall
Manhattan
Tom Horn
Rocky V
Annie Hall
The Godfather
True Romance
To Live and Die in L.A.
Rocky V
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00
12:45
13:45
16:10
Pecker
Space Station
The Portrait of a Lady
The Ice Storm
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Sky Movies Family 12.15 - 13.50 & 17.25 - 19.00
Manny the woolly mammoth, Sid the sloth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger, and
the hapless prehistoric squirrel known as Scrat are still together and enjoying
the perks of their now melting world. Manny may be ready to start a family,
but nobody has seen another mammoth for a long time; Manny thinks he may
be the last one. That is, until he finds Ellie, Their only problems: They can’t
stand each other--and Ellie somehow thinks she’s a possum! Ellie comes with
some excess baggage in the form of
her two
possum
“brothers”-- Crash and Eddie, a
couple of daredevil pranksters.
Manny, Sid and Diego quickly
learn that the warming climate
has one major drawback: A huge
glacial dam holding off oceans of
water is about to break, threatening
the entire valley. The only chance of survival lies at the other end of the valley. So
our three heroes, along with Ellie, Crash
and Eddie, form the most unlikely family-in any “Age”-- as they embark on a mission
across an ever-changing, increasingly dangerous landscape towards their salvation.
18:05 Pecker
19:35 The Portrait of a Lady
22:00 Z Channel: A Magnificent
Obsession
00:05 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
01:50 The Libertine
03:55 Space Station
SKY MOVIES family
07:00 The Land Before Time XII:
The Great Day of the Flyers
08:30 The Perfect Man
10:15 Wallace and Gromit In The
Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
- Special
12:15 Ice Age: The Meltdown
13:50 Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory
15:45 Wallace and Gromit In The
Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
17:15 No Time For Nuts
19:00 The Pink Panther
20:45 Hitchhiker’s Guide to The
Galaxy - Behind The Scenes
21:00 Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory
23:00 The Pink Panther
00:35 The Perfect Man
02:20 Stay Tuned
03:55 Frog and Wombat
05:30 The Land Before Time XII:
The Great Day of the Flyers
SKY MOVIES drama
07:55
09:50
11:35
13:20
15:20
17:20
19:00
21:00
23:00
00:45
02:55
04:50
06:30
Redemption Of The Ghost
Role Of A Lifetime
A Month of Sundays
Washington Square
Role Of A Lifetime
A Month of Sundays
Washington Square
Dark Water
Proof
Nil By Mouth
The Boxer
Piccadilly Jim
Role Of A Lifetime
The Pink Panther
SKY MOVIES comedy
07:25 To Wong Foo, Thanks for
Everything! Julie Newmar
09:15 Kinky Boots
11:05 Theodore Rex
12:40 Straight Talk
14:15 Harold and Kumar Get The
Munchies
15:45 A Lot like Love
17:35 Theodore Rex
19:10 To Wong Foo, Thanks for
Everything! Julie Newmar
21:00 Harold and Kumar Get The
Munchies
22:30 Comedy Close Up
23:00 This Year’s Love
00:55 A Lot like Love
02:45 Kinky Boots
04:35 We’re No Angels
06:25 Straight Talk
SKY MOVIES classics
07:30
09:20
10:50
12:50
14:50
16:40
18:15
20:00
22:00
23:55
02:00
03:55
05:55
Niagara
The Men
The Italian Job
The Poseidon Adventure
Billion Dollar Brain
Niagara
The Italian Job
The Poseidon Adventure
Bullitt
A Foreign Affair
Billion Dollar Brain
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
The Men
07:00
08:45
10:45
12:30
14:35
16:35
18:20
20:25
22:00
23:45
01:55
03:45
05:25
Down’ n Dirty
Red Dawn
The Phantom
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Red Dawn
The Phantom
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Ransom
The Dukes of Hazzard
Flesh + Blood
Down’ n Dirty
City Of Industry
Ransom
Sky Movies family 19.00 - 20.45 & 23.00 - 00.35
A world-famous soccer coach has been murdered and
his priceless, legendary ring has been stolen--a ring set
with the stunning diamond known as the “Pink Panther.” The French government needs a master detective to solve the crime and recover the gem--but
he’s not available, so they recruit none other than
Inspector Jacques Clouseau. A stunning pop star,
a soccer player, a Chinese assassin circles--but
who committed the crime? And can anyone solve
the case?
SKY MOVIES HD1
12:00
13:40
15:30
18:25
20:10
22:00
01:10
03:30
Doctor Dolittle 3
The Shaggy Dog
Saving Private Ryan
Doctor Dolittle 3
The Shaggy Dog
Saving Private Ryan
Goal!
Comedy Close Up
SKY MOVIES HD2
13:00
15:25
17:20
17:50
21:00
23:15
01:15
03:15
Inside Man
Flightplan
King Kong
Inside Man
Flightplan
Undiscovered
Separate Lies
FILM 4
14:00
15:30
17:50
19:50
22:00
23:45
01:25
Monkey Business
The Sons of Katie Elder
The Quiller Memorandum
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Clueless
Creep
Dumplings
TCM
07:50 Teleshopping
08:05 3 Godfathers
10:00 East Side, West Side
12:00
14:05
16:00
17:50
20:20
22:00
23:30
01:40
03:40
High Society
Our Mother’s House
Seems Like Old Times
Mrs. Miniver
Code Name: Emerald
El Mariachi
The Night of the Iguana
Coma
Teleshopping
DISNEY cinemagic
08:15
08:40
09:05
09:30
10:00
11:35
12:00
13:15
14:00
15:35
16:00
17:10
18:00
19:15
20:00
21:35
22:00
23:20
23:45
00:10
00:35
Aladdin
Disney’s Hercules
Lilo and Stitch
Toy Story 2
Buzz Lightyear of Star
Command
Chicken Little
Lilo and Stitch
Flubber
Lilo and Stitch
Home on the Range
Chicken Little
Lilo and Stitch
Toy Story 2
Buzz Lightyear of Star
Command
Home on the Range
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
House of Mouse
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
20:00 Doctor Who 20:45 Reading
and Leeds Festival 21:30 The Real
Hustle 22:00 Honey We’re Killing
The Kids 23:00 EastEnders 23:30
Grownups 00:00 The Mighty Boosh
00:30 Tittybangbang 01:00 Reading
and Leeds Festival 03:00 The Real
Hustle 03:30 Grownups 04:00 The
Mighty Boosh 04:30 Tittybangbang
BBC 4
20:00 Wildlife Special 21:00 Proms on
Four 2007 23:00 Life on Mars 00:00
Life in the Undergrowth 01:00 Bill
Oddie’s Top 10 Birds 02:00 Mark Lawson Talks to...
BBC prime
09:00 Garden Rivals 09:30 Wedding
Stories 10:30 Cash in the Attic 11:00
Model Gardens 11:30 The Crossing
12:30 The Good Life 13:00 As Time
Goes By 13:30 My Family 14:00 Our
Mutual Friend 15:00 Hustle 16:00 Garden Rivals 16:30 Bargain Hunt 18:00
As Time Goes By 18:30 My Family
19:00 Home Front 20:00 Hustle 21:00
Canterbury Tales 22:00 Swiss Toni
22:30 The League of Gentlemen 23:00
Hustle 00:00 The Good Life 00:30 Canterbury Tales 01:30 As Time Goes By
02:00 My Family 02:30 EastEnders
BBC world
10:00 BBC News 10:30 HARDtalk
11:00 BBC News 11:30 Indian School
12:00 BBC News 12:30 World Busi-
The Monday
Rock
Show,
Tuesday
The Country
Music
Show,
ness Report 12:45 Sport Today 13:00
World News Today 14:00 BBC News
14:30 World Business Report 14:45
Sport Today 15:00 BBC News 15:30
Asia Today 15:45 Sport Today 16:00
BBC News 16:30 HARDtalk 17:00 BBC
News 17:30 Click 18:00 World News
Today 19:00 BBC News 19:30 World
News 21:30 Fast Track 22:00 BBC
News 22:30 HARDtalk 23:00 BBC
News 23:15 World Business Report
23:45 Sport Today 00:00 BBC News
00:30 Asia Today 00:45 World Business Report 01:00 BBC News 01:30
HARDtalk 02:00 BBC News
BRAVO
09:00 Gamer’s Guide to... 09:30 Gamer
TV 10:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter 11:00
Street Crime UK 4 12:00 When Sport
Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports 13:00
Knight Rider 14:00 Walker, Texas
Ranger 15:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter
16:00 Street Crime UK 4 17:00 Dog the
Bounty Hunter 18:00 Gamer’s Guide
to... 18:30 Gamer TV 19:00 Knight Rider 20:00 Walker, Texas Ranger 21:00
Dog the Bounty Hunter 22:00 Under
Fire 2: Deadliest Police Shootouts
23:00 The Real Football Factories International 00:00 Ufc: Britain’s Ultimate Fighter 01:00 Under Fire 2: Deadliest
Police Shootouts 02:00 Squidbillies
DISNEY
10:35 As The Bell Rings 10:40 The
Suite Life of Zack and Cody 11:00
The Suite Life Goes Hollywood 11:50
Recess 23:00 The Suite Life of Zack
and Cody 23:20 Lizzie McGuire 23:45
That’s So Raven 00:10 The Proud Family 00:35 Kim Possible
ITV 2
10:55 Emmerdale 11:25 Emmerdale 11:55 The Montel Williams Show
12:35 Judge Judy 13:00 Coronation
Street 13:30 Emmerdale 14:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:40 The Ricki Lake
Show 17:30 Planet’s Funniest Animals
17:55 Dragonheart 20:00 The New
Adventures of Superman 21:00 Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty 21:30
Kasabian 22:00 American Pie 23:50
Coronation Street 00:50 American Pie
2 02:45 ITV Play
ITV 3
09:55 Ironside 10:55 The Rockford
Files 11:55 Due South 12:55 Cagney
and Lacey 13:55 HeartBeat 14:55 Only
When I Laugh 15:25 Goodnight Sweetheart 16:00 Death on The Nile 18:50
Goodnight Sweetheart 19:25 Only
When I Laugh 19:55 The Return of
Sherlock Holmes 21:00 The Bill 22:00
Blue Murder 23:30 Liverpool One
00:40 There’s Been a Murder 01:40
Wednesday, The 60’s Selection,
Simply Great Radio 24 hours a day
Superb daytime line up, plus:
Specialist Music Shows
Every Night from 7 – 9pm
Local issues,
cal views!
local news, lo
Never the Twain 02:15 Only When I
Laugh 02:45 The Return of Sherlock
Holmes 03:45 Ironside 04:40 Savage
Planet 05:00 Teleshopping
ITV 4
16:00 Bennetts British Superbike
Championship 19:00 F1: Grand Prix
Highlights 20:00 The Goodwood Festival of Speed 21:00 Andromeda 22:00
Bad Lads Army: Extreme 23:00 FIFA
World Cup: Greatest Moments 00:00
Fool’s Gold: The Story of the Brink’sMat Robbery 02:15 The One That Got
Away 04:20 The Larry Sanders Show
04:50 Film File 05:00 Teleshopping
LIVING
07:00 Home Shopping 08:00 Divorce Court 09:00 Maury 09:55 The Fix
10:00 Extreme Makeover 11:00 The
Jerry Springer Show 12:00 The Jerry
Springer Show 12:30 Maury 14:20 The
Fix 14:30 Will and Grace 15:30 Dharma and Greg 16:00 America’s Sweethearts 18:00 Charmed 19:00 Extreme
Makeover 20:00 The X Files 21:00
Britain’s Next Top Model 23:00 CSI:
Miami 00:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 01:00 The X Files 02:00 Britain’s
Next Top Model 03:00 Charmed 04:00
Boston Legal 04:50 Increase Your
House Price by Ten Grand 05:40 6ixth
Sense with Colin Fry 06:05 The Jerry
Springer Show 06:30 Home Shopping
PARAMOUNT comedy
07:00 QVC 10:00 Less Than Perfect
11:00 Scrubs 12:00 Less Than Perfect
21:00 Scrubs 22:00 Two and a Half
Men 23:05 The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The
Smell Of Fear 00:40 The Naked Gun
33 1/3: the Final Insult 02:15 Trailer
Park Boys 02:45 South Park 04:15 The
Wonder Years 04:45 Sexy Cam 05:00
Ally McBeal
SCI FI
Teleshopping 12:00 Earthstorm 13:35
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York
15:25 Dark Storm 17:00 Fire 18:35
Magma: Volcanic Disaster 20:10 Solar Strike 22:00 Medium 23:00 Taken
00:40 Dead End
SKY one
10:00 Stargate Atlantis 11:55 The
Towering Inferno 15:00 Angel 16:00
Las Vegas 17:00 Stargate Atlantis
19:00 Malcolm in the Middle 20:00
The Simpsons 22:00 Hybrid 23:40
Football Years 00:40 Cold Case 01:40
Star Trek 03:35 Is Harry on the Boat?
04:30 Miami Uncovered 05:20 Dream
Team 06:10 Taste
UKTV gold
11:50 My Family Christmas Special
12:50 Only Fools and Horses 15:55
Carry on Matron 17:35 The Vicar of
Dibley 19:30 Only Fools and Horses
20:10 Babe 22:00 New Adventures of
Old Christine 23:00 Doctor Who 00:00
Prison Break 02:00 Friday Night with
Jonathan Ross 03:10 New Adventures
of Old Christine
UKTV people
10:00 Seaside Rescue 14:00 Seaside
Rescue 18:00 Seaside Rescue 22:00
Seaside Rescue 00:00 Bailiffs 01:00
Forensic Files 02:00 Seaside Rescue
03:00 Bailiffs
UKTV style
08:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 12:00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition 16:00 Extreme Makeover:
20:00
Extreme
Home
Edition
Makeover: Home Edition 00:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 03:00
Diva on a Dime
UKTV bright ideas
07:00 Ready, Steady, Cook 12:00 Ready, Steady, Cook 16:00 Ready, Steady,
Cook 18:30 Ready, Steady, Cook
UKTV drama
08:00 Secret Army 09:00 All Creatures
Great and Small 10:00 Bergerac 11:50
The Dick Emery Show 12:00 Keeping
Up Appearances 13:20 The Dick Emery
Show 13:30 Pride and Prejudice 20:00
Dangerfield 21:00 Murder, She Wrote
22:00 Waking the Dead 00:20 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 01:20 Waking
the Dead 03:40 The Inspector Lynley
Mysteries 04:25 Howards’ Way 05:15
Secret Army 06:00 All Creatures Great
and Small
Thursday, All That Jazz,
SIMPLY GRE
AT 24-HOUR
RADIO
STUDIO 96 532 62 10
TEXT 662 266 934
OFFICE 96 532 62 09
Friday,
Totally 80’s,
Saturday
Dance Nite,
Sunday,
Smooth
Classics
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TELEVISION
Tuesday 28th August 2007
BBC 1
BBC 2
ITV 1
CHANNEL 4
FIVE
E4
07:00
10:15
11:00
12:00
12:30
13:15
14:00
14:30
14:40
15:05
15:35
07:00
07:20
07:35
08:00
08:15
08:30
09:00
09:45
09:55
10:20
10:45
11:15
11:35
12:00
07:00 GMTV
10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show
11:30 This Morning
Presented by Ruth Langsford
and Eamonn Holmes. Teen
sensation Vanessa Hudgens
discusses starring in the
sequel of the hit Disney
movie, High School Musical,
and Green Goddess Diana
Moran talks about her life as
a fitness guru. Including
11.10 ITV News Headlines.
11.15 Local News and Weather.
13:30 Dale’s Supermarket Sweep
14:00 Have I Been Here Before
14:30 ITV Lunchtime News
15:00 60 Minute Makeover
16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal
17:00 HeartBeat
18:00 That Antony Cotton Show
19:00 London Tonight
19:30 ITV Evening News; Weather
20:00 Emmerdale
Billy’s arrested when he
steals a car to go after Diane.
Debbie, Chas and Lexi decide
to nick some jewellery from
Rodney’s sale. Kelly refuses
Jimmy’s offer to join the
family business.
20:30 Addicted to the Internet
21:00 UEFA Champions League
Live: Liverpool v Toulouse
23:05 Shaun Williamson’s Tough
Gig
23:30 ITV News; Weather
00:00 Regional Weather
00:05 Bouncers
00:40 Crimefighters
01:05 ITV Play
05:10 Kaiser Chiefs in Profile
05:35 Rob Thomas in Profile
06:00 ITV Nightscreen
06:30 ITV Morning News
07:10
07:35
08:00
08:25
08:55
09:55
10:55
11:25
12:00
13:00
13:30
14:00
14:30
16:30
17:15
18:00
19:00
19:30
20:00
07:20
07:25
07:35
07:45
07:50
08:05
08:20
08:30
Join Dermot O’Leary and
guests from the Big Brother
nerve centre for the ultimate
fanzine show. With all the
latest breaking news as it
happens, exclusive
behind-the-scenes access
and insider interviews
with the housemates’
relatives and friends, this
show is an absolute must
for all Big Brother fans.
Also featuring a host of
celebrities, journalists and
psychologists, who all share
their insights into the latest
house events.
13:55 Big Brother
17:25 Hollyoaks
17:55 Friends
Chandler’s flamboyant
mother comes to New
York for a visit where she
ends up snogging Ross.
Monica and Phoebe’s
flirtations with a gorgeous
man lead to an accident
which leaves the poor guy
in a coma. Paolo returns
from Rome and Ross tells
Chandler about the kiss and
convinces him to confront
his mother about his feelings
towards her.
18:55 Big Brother
20:00 Hollyoaks
21:00 Friends
22:00 What About Brian
23:00 Big Brother’s Big Mouth
23:30 Fonejacker
16:20
16:25
16:50
17:05
17:30
18:00
18:25
18:35
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
23:00
23:35
00:05
01:40
02:40
03:40
04:10
04:55
Breakfast
Bargain Hunt
Cash in the Attic
Neighbours
Doctors
All Saints
Medical drama series set in
a busy Australian hospital,
following the lives of the
nursing staff. A young ballet
dancer becomes violent on
the ward and Paula wants
to use restraints, but is
overruled by Nelson. Jared’s
behaviour causes concern.
Scott’s mother is admitted,
but he believes she is faking.
Pitt and Kantrop
The Cramp Twins
Desperados
Evacuation
Evacuation
Newsround
Neighbours
Regional News Programmes
The One Show
EastEnders
Holby City
Silent Witness
BBC News
Outnumbered
Three Fugitives
Fight For Life
Rick Stein’s Mediterranean
Escapes
Grumpy Old Women
How to Live Longer
Joins BBC News 24
15:45
16:45
17:30
18:15
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
23:00
23:30
00:20
01:40
02:05
02:30
02:50
Fimbles
The Story Makers
Balamory
Charlie and Lola
In The Night Garden
Mona The Vampire
Bring It On
Time Warp Trio
Krypto the Superdog
Even Stevens
World Athletics
Championships 2007
Flog It!
Ready, Steady, Cook
Ainsley Harriott presents the
show where two teams battle
it out against the clock,
creating delicious dishes
in 20 minutes. Bucks Fizz
singing sensations Cheryl
Baker and Mike Nolan join
resident chefs Phil Vickery
and Lesley Waters.
Identity
Eggheads
Kitchen Criminals
World Athletics
The Cosmos: A Beginner’s
Guide
Great British Journeys
Tribe
Gavin and Stacey
Newsnight
The Gorgon
Talking Movies
World Athletics
Championships 2007
20:55
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:00
00:05
01:10
02:10
03:35
04:05
04:55
05:25
06:15
The Hoobs
The Hoobs
Frasier
Big Brother
Beauty and the Geek
Friends
Friends
Ugly Betty
News at Noon
A Place In The Sun
Carrington V.C
Countdown
Deal or No Deal
Richard and Judy
The Simpsons
Hollyoaks
Channel 4 News
Includes sport and weather.
3 Minute Wonder
Jamie at Home
Cook Yourself Thin
Big Brother
Highlights from the past
24 hours in the Big Brother
house.
Skins
Amir Khan’s Angry Young
Men
Party Poker.Com Premier
League Poker
Big Brother Live
KOTV
International boxing show
with the latest big-fight
action and global boxing
news and features.
Red Bull Air Race 2007
FIA World Touring Car
Championship
The A-Z Of Boxing
Richard and Judy
08:45
09:00
09:15
09:25
09:40
09:50
10:00
10:30
11:30
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:30
14:40
16:40
16:45
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:15
21:00
22:00
23:00
00:00
01:00
02:00
03:30
04:20
05:00
05:25
06:05
06:35
When I Grow Up
Oswald
Peppa Pig
Funky Valley
Franny’s Feet
Little Princess
The Beeps
Corky
Make Way for Noddy
Peppa Pig
Thomas and Friends
Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch
Friends
Ebb and Flo
House Doctor
Doctor Doctor
five News
Home and Away
Dawson’s Creek
Martin and Lewis
five News Update
Surrender Dorothy
five News
Home and Away
Monkey Life
five News
The Trench Detectives
CSI: Miami
CSI: New York
Law and Order: Criminal
Intent
Shock Docs
Football Italiano
Nissan Qashqai Challenge
Seniors Golf
Golf: The Challenge
Indycar Series
V8 Supercars
Race and Rally UK
DOCUMENTARIES
DISCOVERY
They Do It? 10:30 How Do They Do It?
11:00 Living With Tigers 12:00 Mythbusters 13:00 How It’s Made 13:30 How
It’s Made 14:00 The F.B.I. Files 15:00
Forensic Detectives 16:00 American
Chopper 17:00 Deadliest Catch 18:00
The Garage 19:00 Mythbusters 20:00
How Do They Do It? 20:30 How Do
They Do It? 21:00 How It’s Made 21:30
How It’s Made 22:00 Deadliest Catch
23:00 Deadliest Catch 00:00 After the
Catch 01:00 The F.B.I. Files 02:00 Angel of Death 03:00 Forensic Detectives
04:00 Deadliest Catch 04:50 Deadliest
Catch 05:40 Quake Proof: Building the
Perfect Bridge 06:30 How It’s Made
DISCOVERY real time
07:00 How to Build a House 07:30
New Yankee Workshop 08:00 Carp
Crew 08:30 Carp Crew 09:00 Predators 09:30 Wild Fishing with Henry:
Guernsey 10:00 Joy of Painting 10:30
Watercolours with Charles Evans 11:00
Locks and Quays 11:30 Waterworld
12:00 Trains with Pete Waterman 13:00
Flip That House 13:30 Flip That House
14:00 A Place In The Sun 15:00 A Place by the Sea 16:00 Holmes on Homes
17:00 Rides 18:00 American Hotrod
19:00 Wheeler Dealers 19:30 Wheeler
Dealers 20:00 A Place In The Sun 21:00
Location, Location, Location 21:30
Build, Buy or Restore Abroad 22:00
American Hotrod 23:00 Biker Build-off
Dealers 01:00 American Hotrod 02:00
A Racing Car is Born 02:30 American
Hotrod 03:30 Biker Build-off 04:25
Wheeler Dealers 04:50 Wheeler Dealers 05:15 Joy of Painting 05:40 Joy of
Painting 06:05 Barn Free 06:30 Getting
Afloat
NATIONAL geographic
09:00 Tsunami Warnings Investigated
10:00 Omaha Beach: The Real Horror
11:00 Shroud of Turin 12:00 Battlefront
12:30 Battlefront 13:00 Megastructures
14:00 I Didn’t Know That 14:30 How It
Works 15:00 Bermuda Triangle Investigated 16:00 Air Crash Investigation
17:00 Seconds From Disaster 18:00
Seconds From Disaster 19:00 The
Sea Hunters 20:00 Kalahari Supercats
21:00 Air Crash Investigation 22:00
Seconds From Disaster 23:00 Seconds
From Disaster 00:00 The Boston Strangler 01:00 Life on Mars 02:00 Megastructures
HISTORY channel
Hidden House History 10:00 The Dead
Sea Scrolls 11:00 Giganto: The Real
King Kong 12:00 The Mystery of Jesse James 13:00 Columbus’ Lost Ships
14:00 Dogfights 15:00 The Last Days of
World War II 16:00 Grounded on 9/11
17:00 The SS 18:00 Hell in The Pacific 19:00 Dogfights 20:00 Columbus’
Lost Ships 21:00 Churchill’s Secret
Bunkers 22:00 The Mystery of The
Tibetan Mummy 23:00 Escape to The
Legion 00:00 Crime Stories 01:00 The
SS 02:00 Landscape Mysteries 02:30
Hidden House History
UKTV documentary
Best Places To See 11:00 Natural World
12:00 Ocean Odyssey 13:00 Wild Caribbean 14:00 Natural World 15:00
Shipwreck Detectives 16:00 Galapagos 17:00 Ocean Odyssey 18:00 Wild
Caribbean 19:00 Natural World 20:00
Shipwreck Detectives 21:00 Ocean
Odyssey 22:00 Wild Caribbean 23:00
Galapagos 00:00 Natural World 01:00
Shipwreck Detectives 02:00 Galapagos
Best Places To See 03:45 Radical Highs
ANIMAL planet
07:00 Animal Cops Phoenix 08:00 Cro-
codile Hunter 09:00 Monkey Business
09:30 Animal Crackers 10:00 Shauna’s
Amazing Animal Videos 10:30 Top Dog
11:30 Wildlife SOS 12:00 Animal Cops
Houston 13:00 E-Vets: The Interns
13:30 Wild Rescues 14:00 A Stable Life
14:30 Pet Rescue 15:00 Baby Panda’s
First Year 16:00 Top Dog 17:00 Monkey
Animal Cops Houston 19:00 Top Dog
20:00 Monkey Business 20:30 Wildlife
SOS 21:00 Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures
22:00 Rogue Predators 23:00 Animal
Cops Phoenix 00:00 Wildlife SOS 00:30
Monkey Business 01:00 Wild Rescues
01:30 Pet Rescue 02:00 Animal Cops
Houston 03:00 Animal Cops Phoenix
04:00 Wildlife SOS 04:30 Monkey Business 04:55 Pet Rescue 05:20 Top Dog
06:10 Rogue Predators
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
Afterburn
10:30 Speedway
Action from the Elite League
as Coventry rev up against
Lakeside. British aces Scott
Nicholls and Chris Harris ride
for the Bees, but the Hammers
have Swedish sensation
Andreas Jonsson.
3rd Odi
- Somerset V Leicestershire
20:30 Gillette Soccer Special
23:00 Revista de la Liga
00:00 Hyundai A League
00:30 Foot Brazil
01:00 Carling Cup Football: Carling
Cup Rnd 2 Match TBA
04:00 Foot Brazil
04:30 The Dogs
SKY SPORTS 2
08:30 Ocean
Action, news and features
from the beach in an in-depth
look at the world of the wave
and those who love to ride
them.
3rd Odi
10:30 World Motor Sport
An essential guide to who is
racing where, when and how,
taking followers of motor
sport to the heart of the race
world.
13:00 British Superbikes
16:00 Speedway
18:00 Ladies European Tour Golf:
Ladies Norwegian Masters
19:00 Foot Brazil
20:30 Live Carling Cup Football:
Carling Cup Rnd 2 Match TBA
01:00 Challenge Series Golf:
Scottish Challenge/Rolex
Trophy
02:30 European Seniors Tour Golf:
European Seniors - English
SKY SPORTS 3
10:00 Ocean
10:30 Show Jumping: Spruce
Grand Prix
12:30 Racing News
Take advantage of top tips
from the definitive guide to
today’s racing programme.
13:00 Ocean
13:30 Wild Spirits
15:00 Ocean
15:30 Show Jumping: Spruce
Grand Prix
Entertainment Smackdown
20:00 Texaco Havoline Ginetta
Championship
- Somerset V Leicestershire
Seniors Open
00:00 World Pool Masters
01:00 The Dogs
01:30 Sports Unlimited
Championship
03:00 World Pool Masters
EUROSPORT
10:00 Football: Eurogoals
The weekly European football
magazine including highlights
of the best European Leagues:
Germany, France, Portugal,
The Netherlands, the Scottish
derbies etc...
Japan
Japan
Japan
18:00 Football: Eurogoals Flash
Japan
Japan
ESPN classic
07:00 Duels: Carl Lewis V Mike
Powell
08:00 RWC 2003: England V Wales
V N Zealand
09:30 Teleshopping
10:15 Teleshopping
2002/2003
V Colorado
13:30 Leeds V West Brom
2002/2003
17:00 Duels: Carl Lewis V Mike
Powell
V N Zealand
19:30 Rugby League: Gb V Australia
2002/2003
2003/2004
00:00 Mike Tyson
01:30 Derby County V Leeds
2003/2004
03:00 Mike Tyson
04:30 Teleshopping
05:15 Teleshopping
V N Zealand
UEFA Champions League
ITV 21.00 - 23.05
Liverpool v Toulouse
Steve Rider presents live coverage from
Anfield of the Champions League third
qualifying round, second-leg game
between Liverpool and French club
Toulouse. The Reds take a 1-0 lead
into the tie against Toulouse who
have never qualified for the Champions League before.
TELEVISION
35
Tuesday 28th August 2007
FILMS
SKY MOVIES sci fi & horror
11:00
12:45
14:45
16:25
18:15
20:15
22:00
23:45
01:25
03:10
The Cave
The Arrival
Silent Running
The Cave
The Arrival
Silent Running
Event Horizon
Man-Thing
Altered
Event Horizon
SKY MOVIES premier
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
15:00
16:45
18:45
21:00
23:30
01:10
Premiere Close Up
Wallace and Gromit
Family Close Up
Just My Luck
Last Holiday
Tristan and Isolde
Dead Man’s Chest
Adrift
ATL
07:50 Witness
09:50 The Last Temptation of Christ
12:35
14:15
16:20
19:05
21:00
22:40
00:45
02:30
05:30
Pretty in Pink
On Golden Pond
The Last Temptation of Christ
Witness
Pretty in Pink
Salvador
Across 110th Street
Casino
On Golden Pond
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00
12:45
13:15
15:00
16:45
18:30
20:15
22:00
23:40
01:25
03:45
04:30
El Perro
Drama Close Up
What’s Bugging Seth?
The Consequences of Love
L’enfant
El Perro
What’s Bugging Seth?
Blood Simple
L’enfant
Le Bossu
Into the Deep
Drama Close Up
SKY MOVIES family
07:00
08:45
10:30
11:00
12:40
Arizona Summer
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Family Close Up
Nanny Mcphee
Corpse Bride
Final Destination 3
Sky Movies HD2
14.45 -16.45 & 21.00 - 22.35
When a high school
student fails to stop
the fated roller
coaster ride that she
predicted would
cause the deaths
of several of her
friends, she teams
with a schoolmate,
in a race against
time to prevent the
Grim Reaper from revisiting the survivors of the
first tragedy
14:00
15:40
17:30
19:10
19:40
21:00
22:40
00:25
02:00
02:30
Mousehunt
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Nanny Mcphee
Family Close Up
Corpse Bride
Mousehunt
Rookie of the Year
Jett Jackson: The Movie
The Making of... Madagascar
Confessions of an Ugly
Stepsister
04:05 Me and the Kid
05:45 Balto
SKY MOVIES drama
08:15
10:05
12:25
14:20
16:20
18:40
19:10
21:00
23:00
01:20
03:20
05:05
The Rosa Parks Story
Evita
Little Man Tate
The Edge
Evita
Drama Close Up
Little Man Tate
Ask The Dust
Brokeback Mountain
The Edge
Obsessed
Little Man Tate
SKY MOVIES comedy
08:00
09:40
11:15
12:55
14:35
16:10
17:45
19:25
21:00
22:40
23:00
00:40
02:20
03:55
05:40
Wag The Dog
Teen Wolf
Project: Alf
Home Team
Project: Alf
Just Friends
Home Team
The Top 10 Show
Just Friends
Wag The Dog
Crazy People
Bad Santa
Teen Wolf
SKY MOVIES classics
07:30
09:20
12:10
13:40
Shadow of a Doubt
The Big Country
The Disorderly Orderly
Rebecca
15:50
17:40
20:30
22:00
00:15
02:15
04:10
05:55
Shadow of a Doubt
The Big Country
The Disorderly Orderly
Rebecca
The Desperate Hours
Rio Grande
The Party
Look Back In Anger
07:15
09:00
10:45
12:40
14:35
16:20
18:15
20:00
22:00
23:35
01:30
03:00
05:35
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain
The Haunting of Helen Walker
Shadow Conspiracy
xXx2: The Next Level
Dragon Dynasty
Revolver
Shadow Conspiracy
xXx2: The Next Level
Dragon Dynasty
Revolver
Sexual Indiscretion
Sleepers
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain
SKY MOVIES HD1
12:00
13:55
16:35
18:20
20:15
22:00
00:25
00:55
03:30
Because of Winn-Dixie
Amistad
Gone Fishin’
Because of Winn-Dixie
Bring It on: All Or Nothing
Elizabethtown
Premiere Close Up
Amistad
Comedy Close Up
SKY MOVIES HD2
13:00
14:45
16:45
18:45
19:15
21:00
22:35
23:00
00:50
02:55
Unstrung Heroes
Final Destination 3
Bee Season
Unstrung Heroes
Final Destination 3
The Top 10 Show
Lucky Number Slevin
Gattaca
Bee Season
FILM 4
14:00 Three Came Home
16:00 Sea of Sand
17:55 The Way West
Lucky Number Slevin
Sky Movies HD2 23.00 - 00.50
Set in New York City, a case of mistaken identity lands Slevin
(Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a war being plotted by two of
the city’s most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley)
and The
Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin
is under
constant surveillance by
relentless
Detective Brikowski
(Stanley
Tucci) as well as the
infamous
assassin
Goodkat (Bruce
Willis) and finds
himself having to
hatch his own ingenious plot to get them...
before they get him.
20:15
22:00
23:40
23:55
02:25
Porridge
Billy Madison
The Edukators
Live Flesh
TCM
07:50
08:10
09:55
12:00
14:10
16:00
18:10
20:10
22:00
00:15
02:15
03:25
03:40
06:00
Teleshopping
Courage of Lassie
That Forsyte Woman
The Barretts of Wimpole
Street
Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got
a Lovely Daughter
Major Dundee
Mogambo
The Rounders
Ocean’s Eleven
Sweet Bird of Youth
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Teleshopping
The Treasure of The Sierra
Madre
The Barretts of Wimpole
Street
DISNEY cinemagic
07:00
07:25
07:45
08:10
08:35
The Little Mermaid
Aladdin
House of Mouse
Recess
09:00
09:25
09:45
10:00
11:10
11:30
11:55
12:20
12:45
13:10
13:35
14:00
14:25
14:50
15:15
15:35
16:00
16:20
16:45
17:10
17:35
18:00
19:20
19:35
20:00
21:40
22:05
22:25
22:50
23:15
23:45
00:10
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Disney’s Ducktales the Movie
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Toothless
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
One of Our Dinosaurs
is Missing
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Quack Pack
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
20:00 Doctor Who 20:45 Doctor Who
Confidential 21:00 Spendaholics 22:00
Outrageous Wasters 23:00 EastEnders
23:30 Family Guy 23:50 Family Guy
00:15 F*** Off I’m A Hairy Woman
01:15 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 02:10 Outrageous Wasters 03:10 Spendaholics 04:05 Honey
We’re Killing The Kids
BBC 4
20:00 World News Today 20:30 Proms
on Four 2007 23:00 Life on Mars
00:00 Primate Primers 00:10 Galapagos 01:00 Lonesome George and The
Battle For Galapagos 02:00 Nation on
Film 02:30 Proms on Four 2007
BBC prime
07:00 Little Robots 07:10 Binka 07:15
Tweenies 07:35 Balamory 07:55 Big
Cook Little Cook 08:15 The Roly Mo
Show 08:30 Binka 08:35 Teletubbies
09:00 Garden Rivals 09:30 Home Front
10:30 Cash in the Attic 11:00 Model
Gardens 11:30 Going Ape 12:30 Dad’s
Army 13:00 As Time Goes By 13:30 My
Family 14:00 Our Mutual Friend 15:00
Hustle 16:00 Garden Rivals 16:30 Bargain Hunt 17:15 Bargain Hunt 18:00 As
Time Goes By 18:30 My Family 19:00
Little Angels 19:30 Little Angels 20:00
Hustle 21:00 Supernova 21:30 The
Mighty Boosh 22:00 Swiss Toni 22:30
The League of Gentlemen 23:00 Hustle
00:00 Dad’s Army 00:30 Supernova
01:00 The Mighty Boosh 01:30 As
Time Goes By 02:00 My Family 02:30
EastEnders 03:00 Hustle 04:00 Our
Mutual Friend 05:00 Cash in the Attic
05:30 Balamory 05:50 Tweenies 06:10
Big Cook Little Cook 06:30 Tikkabilla
BBC world
Today 09:00 BBC News 09:30 Click
11:00 BBC News 11:30 Fast Track
Sport Today 15:00 BBC News 15:30
Asia Today 15:45 Sport Today 16:00
BBC News 16:30 HARDtalk 17:00
BBC News 17:30 Indian School 18:00
Sport Today 20:00 World News Today 21:00 BBC News 21:30 Talking
Movies 22:00 BBC News 22:30 HARDtalk 23:00 BBC News 23:15 World
00:00 BBC News 00:30 Asia Today
03:00 BBC News 03:30 Indian School
BRAVO
Sports 13:00 Battlestar Galactica 14:00
Walker, Texas Ranger 15:00 Dog the
Bounty Hunter 16:00 Street Crime UK
4 17:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter 18:00
Street Crime UK 4 19:00 Battlestar
Galactica 20:00 Walker, Texas Ranger
Under Fire: Deadliest Police Shootouts
23:00 Macintyre’s Underworld 00:00
Porn Week 2 00:30 Porn Week 01:05
02:05 Metalocalypse 02:15 Saul Of The
Mole Men 02:30 Tom Goes to the Mayor 02:45 The Venture Brothers 03:15
Harvey Birdman 03:30 Space Ghost
Coast to Coast 03:45 Aqua Teen Hunger Force 04:00 Arrested Development
DISNEY
07:00 Little Einsteins 07:25 My Friends
Tigger and Pooh 07:35 Mickey Mouse
11:25 Hannah Montana 11:50 The Suite Life of Zack and Cody 12:15 The Suite Life of Zack and Cody 12:40 Hannah
Montana 13:05 Hannah Montana 13:30
Hannah Montana 14:45 Hannah Montana 15:10 The Suite Life of Zack and
Cody 15:35 The Suite Life of Zack and
Cody 16:00 Hannah Montana 16:25
Hannah Montana 16:50 The Suite Life
of Zack and Cody 17:15 The Suite Life
of Zack and Cody 17:40 Hannah Montana 18:05 Hannah Montana 18:30 The
Suite Life of Zack and Cody 18:55 The
Suite Life of Zack and Cody 19:45 Cory
in The House 20:10 Hannah Montana
20:35 That’s So Raven 21:00 Read It
and Weep 22:20 Recess 22:35 Recess
23:20 Lizzie McGuire 23:45 That’s So
Raven 00:10 The Proud Family 00:35
Kim Possible
ITV 2
15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:40
The Ricki Lake Show 17:30 Sally Jessy Raphael 18:15 Airline 18:45 Judge
Judy 19:10 Judge Judy 19:35 Judge
Judy 20:00 The New Adventures of Superman 21:00 Supersize Kids: Britain’s
Tallest Teens 22:00 American Pie 2
00:00 American Pie: The Wedding
ITV 3
Holmes 09:55 Ironside 10:55 The Rockford Files 11:55 Due South 12:55 Cagney and Lacey 13:55 HeartBeat 14:55
Only When I Laugh 15:25 Goodnight
Sweetheart 16:00 The Rockford Files
17:00 Due South 18:00 The Return
of Sherlock Holmes 19:05 Goodnight
Sweetheart 19:45 Movies Now 19:55
Never the Twain 20:25 Only When I
Laugh 21:00 The Bill 22:00 Kiss and
Tell 00:15 The Wyvern Mystery 01:40
Body Heat 03:40 The Return of Sherlock Holmes 04:40 Savage Planet
ITV 4
19:00 Randall and Hopkirk 20:00 Police, Camera, Action! 20:30 The Force
21:00 Andromeda 22:00 The Professionals 23:00 FIFA World Cup: Greatest
Goals 00:00 The One That Got Away
02:10 Police, Camera, Action! 02:40
The Force 03:10 The Larry Sanders
Show 03:40 Millennium 04:40 Film File
LIVING
Jerry Springer Show 12:30 Maury
14:20 The Fix 14:30 Will and Grace
15:30 Dharma and Greg 16:00 Missing 17:00 Charmed 19:00 Extreme
Britain’s Next Top Model 22:00 Ghost
Whisperer 23:00 Sensing Murder
01:30 Haunting Evidence 02:00 Most
Haunted 03:00 Derek Acorah’s Ghost
Towns 04:00 Boston Legal 04:50 Increase Your House Price by Ten Grand
05:40 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry
PARAMOUNT comedy
17:00 King of Queens 18:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 19:00 Frasier
20:00 Becker 21:00 That ‘70s Show
22:00 King of Queens 23:00 Sex and
The City 00:10 South Park 00:40 World
Stands Up 01:10 Al Murray Presents
Edinburgh and Beyond 02:10 Trailer
Park Boys 02:40 South Park 03:10 Badly Dubbed Porn 03:40 World Stands
Up 04:10 Sexy Cam 04:30 Linc’s 05:00
King of Queens
SCI FI
Dark Storm 17:35 Psychic Detectives
Mysterious Ways 21:00 Angel 22:00
Dead End 23:35 Heroes 00:35 The
Sender 02:30 Mimic: Sentinel 04:00
Logan’s Run 05:00 She Spies 06:00 Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World
SKY one
07:00 Sunrise With Eamonn Holmes
10:00 Stargate Atlantis 12:00 Brainiac:
Science Abuse 13:00 Malcolm in the
Middle 14:00 Cold Case 15:00 Angel
16:00 Las Vegas 17:00 Stargate Atlantis 19:00 Malcolm in the Middle 20:00
The Simpsons 22:00 The 4400 23:00
Road Wars 00:00 Street Wars 01:00
The Son of The Dragon 02:00 Star
Trek: The Next Generation 03:40 Is Harry on the Boat? 04:30 Miami Uncovered 05:20 Dream Team 06:10 Taste
UKTV gold
07:00 Neighbours 07:30 Close Up
07:40 As Time Goes By 08:20 2point4
Children 09:00 EastEnders 09:40 One
Foot in the Grave 10:20 Some Mothers
Do ‘Ave ‘Em 11:00 Doctor Who 12:00
Doctor Who 13:00 The Thin Blue Line
13:40 The Thin Blue Line 14:20 My
Family 15:00 My Family 15:40 Only
Fools and Horses 16:20 Only Fools
and Horses 17:00 Doctor Who 18:00
Doctor Who 19:00 My Family 19:40
The Thin Blue Line 20:20 The Thin Blue
Line 21:00 New Tricks 22:00 New Tricks 23:20 Jonathan Creek 00:30 Only
Fools and Horses 01:35 Men Behaving
Badly 02:15 Men Behaving Badly 02:50
Jack Dee’s Happy Hour 03:20 Friday
Night with Jonathan Ross 04:20 Wogan: Now And Then 05:10 Merseybeat
06:00 Close Up 06:10 Neighbours
UKTV people
10:00 A Life of Grime New York 11:00
Animal Park 12:00 Airport 13:00 A Life
of Grime New York 14:00 Animal Park
New York 17:00 Animal Park 18:00
Airport 19:00 A Life of Grime New
York 20:00 Animal Park 21:00 Airport
22:00 Seaside Rescue 23:00 Traffic
Cops 00:00 Bailiffs 01:00 Forensic Files 02:00 Seaside Rescue 03:00 Traffic
Cops 03:50 Close Up
UKTV style
08:00 Cash in the Attic 09:00 Flog
It! 10:00 Car Booty 11:00 What Not
to Wear 12:00 I Do, Let’s Eat 12:30
Wedding Diaries 13:00 Beat the Burglar 14:00 Homes under the Hammer
Flog It! 19:00 Cash in the Attic 20:00
Homes under the Hammer 21:00 What
Not to Wear 22:00 Escape to the Country 23:00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition 00:00 First Dance 00:30 First
Dance 01:00 Wedding Stories 02:00
Car Booty 02:30 Car Booty 03:00 Diva
on a Dime
UKTV bright ideas
08:00 Art Deco Designs 08:30 Buying Style 09:00 Antiques Roadshow
10:00 The Weekend Gardener 10:30
Garden Highs 11:00 Ready, Steady,
Cook 11:30 Chefs at Sea with Ed Baines 12:00 Great Food Live 13:00 Food
Uncut 13:30 The Weekend Gardener
14:00 Antiques Roadshow 15:00 Gary
Rhodes’ Local Food Hero 2006 16:00
Art Deco Designs 16:30 Buying Style
17:00 Ready, Steady, Cook 17:30 Chefs at Sea with Ed Baines 18:00 Antiques Roadshow
UKTV drama
Great and Small 10:00 Bergerac 11:50
The Dick Emery Show 12:00 Just
Good Friends 12:40 As Time Goes By
18:00 Just Good Friends 18:40 As Time
Goes By 19:20 Last of the Summer
Wine 20:00 Dangerfield 21:00 Murder,
She Wrote 22:00 Silent Witness 23:55
Silent Witness 02:50 The Inspector
Lynley Mysteries 03:40 Howards’ Way
Great and Small 06:10 Juliet Bravo
TELEVISION
36
Wednesday 29th August 2007
BBC 1
07:00
10:15
11:00
12:00
12:30
13:15
14:00
14:30
14:40
15:05
15:35
16:20
16:25
16:50
17:05
17:30
18:00
18:25
18:35
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
23:00
23:35
23:40
00:10
01:45
02:35
03:35
04:05
Breakfast
Bargain Hunt
Cash in the Attic
Neighbours
Doctors
All Saints
Pitt and Kantrop
The Cramp Twins
Evacuation
Beat The Boss Does
Comic Relief
Newsround
Neighbours
Carmella gives Oliver an
ultimatum to stay away from
Elle. Elle’s relief at Paul’s
awakening is short-lived
when she discovers the
extent of his brain damage.
Pepper is given pause to
ponder some painful
psychoanalysis when Susan
steals her suitor. Ringo is
rocked when Frazer passes
him over for best man.
Regional News Programmes
The One Show
Super Vets
Rogue Traders
Silent Witness
BBC News
The National Lottery Draws
Outnumbered
My Boss’s Daughter
Ganges
India with Sanjeev Bhaskar
Indian Food Made Easy
How to Live Longer
BBC 2
07:00
07:20
07:35
08:00
08:15
08:30
09:00
09:45
09:55
10:20
10:45
11:15
11:35
12:00
15:45
16:45
17:30
18:15
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
22:45
23:00
23:30
00:20
02:35
03:00
03:20
Fimbles
The Story Makers
Balamory
Charlie and Lola
In The Night Garden
Mona The Vampire
Bring It On
Time Warp Trio
Krypto the Superdog
Even Stevens
World Athletics
Championships 2007
Flog It!
Ready, Steady, Cook
Identity
Eggheads
Dermot Murnaghan hosts
a general knowledge quiz
in which teams from all
over the UK battle to beat
the formidable Eggheads,
who include millionaire
winner Judith Keppel, former
Brain of Britain Chris
Hughes and World Quiz
Champion Kevin Ashman.
Kitchen Criminals
World Athletics
Rick Stein’s French Odyssey
The Restaurant
Heroes
Heroes Unmasked
Tittybangbang
Newsnight
Brazil
Joins BBC News 24
ITV 1
07:00 GMTV
Jeremy Kyle presents a
confrontational talk show
in which guests thrash out
their conflicts, dilemmas
and relationship issues in
front of a studio audience.
11:30 This Morning
14:30 ITV Lunchtime News and
Weather
Terri Dwyer and the
makeover team head to
Tottenham, North London,
today, to help a family totally
transform their mother’s
house, under the watchful
eye of designer Kathryn
Rayward.
17:00 HeartBeat
20:00 Emmerdale
20:30 Coronation Street
21:00 The Bill
22:00 Crash Scene Investigators
23:00 Ann Widdecombe Versus
00:00 Carling Cup Highlights
Matt Smith presents the
best of the action from the
Carling Cup second round.
Expect some upsets, as
most Premier League clubs
enter the competition at this
stage.
01:00 ITV Play
CHANNEL 4
FIVE
07:10
07:35
08:00
08:25
08:55
09:55
10:55
11:25
12:00
07:00 Thomas and Friends
07:10 Make Way for Noddy
07:20 When I Grow Up
Educational series giving
children the opportunity to
examine a number of
careers.
07:25 Oswald
07:35 Peppa Pig
07:45 Funky Valley
07:50 Franny’s Feet
08:05 Little Princess
08:20 The Beeps
08:30 The Adventures of Bottle Top
Corky
08:45 Make Way for Noddy
09:00 Fifi and The Flowertots
09:15 Peppa Pig
09:25 Thomas and Friends
09:40 Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch
Friends
09:50 Ebb and Flo
10:00 House Doctor
10:30 Doctor Doctor
11:30 The Trisha Goddard Show
12:30 five News
13:00 Home and Away
13:30 Dawson’s Creek
14:30 Russell Grant’s Postcards
14:40 Wounded Heart
16:35 five News Update
16:40 Baby For Sale
18:30 five News
19:00 Home and Away
19:30 Monkey Life
20:00 five News
20:15 David Beckham’s Soccer USA
21:00 Britain’s Strongest Man
22:00 The Devil’s Own
00:10 Crimes That Shook The
World
01:10 Partypoker.Net World
Open III
02:40 Major League Baseball
06:00 Dutch Football
13:00
13:30
14:00
15:00
16:30
17:15
18:00
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:55
21:00
22:00
23:00
00:00
00:30
00:55
01:10
02:15
04:55
05:20
06:10
06:55
The Hoobs
The Hoobs
Frasier
Big Brother
Beauty and the Geek
Friends
Friends
Ugly Betty
It’s Halloween and Betty is in
for a series of frightful
experiences, from showing
up dressed for the Mode
fancy dress contest... only
to learn there isn’t one, to
dealing with her growing
attraction to Henry - while
a jealous Walter fumes
- and, worst of all, tracking
down a watch Daniel left at
one of his many girlfriends’
apartments.
News at Noon
A Place In The Sun
Death Drums along the River
Countdown
Deal or No Deal
Richard and Judy
The Simpsons
Hollyoaks
Channel 4 News
3 Minute Wonder
Supernanny
Big Brother
Brothers and Sisters
Will and Grace
Will and Grace
Carling Festival’s Postcards
Big Brother Live
Adrenalin Rush: The
Microsoft UK Challenge
Richard and Judy
Countdown
Inuk
E4
07:00
13:25
14:55
17:25
17:55
18:25
18:55
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
22:30
23:00
23:30
00:00
01:00
Big Brother Live
Big Brother Live
Hollyoaks
Friends
The flatmates are
antagonised by Phoebe’s
psychiatrist boyfriend, Roger
when he constantly analyses
their lives. Chandler
accidentally walks in on
Rachel after a shower and
sees her in the nude, but
is very shocked when she
insists that he return the
favour, much to his disgust,
this leads to a series of
shower room peepings.
Meanwhile, Joey endures
a family crisis when he
discovers his father has
been having an affair for
six years.
Friends
Big Brother
Hollyoaks
Clive storms back into
Jessica’s life in time to save
Zak’s television from being
seized by the bailiff who
assumes that it’s hers.
Hannah feels all alone in the
world now that Melissa is in
hospital. Her troubles mount
when Suzanne grounds her
after finding out Melissa had
been to the house.
Friends
Supernanny: Beyond The
Naughty Step
How to Look Good Naked
My Name Is Earl
Brothers and Sisters
Big Brother Live
DOCUMENTARIES
DISCOVERY
How Do They Do It? 11:00 Living With
Tigers 12:00 Mythbusters 13:00 How
It’s Made 13:30 How It’s Made 14:00
The F.B.I. Files 15:00 Forensic Detectives 16:00 American Chopper 17:00
Deadliest Catch 18:00 The Garage
19:00 Mythbusters 20:00 How Do They
Do It? 20:30 How Do They Do It? 21:00
How It’s Made 21:30 How It’s Made
22:00 UK’s Toughest Jobs 23:00 UK’s
Toughest Jobs 00:00 Crime Scene USA
00:30 Crime Scene USA 01:00 The
F.B.I. Files 02:00 Escape from Death
Row 03:00 Forensic Detectives 04:00
UK’s Toughest Jobs 04:50 UK’s Toughest Jobs 05:40 Building The Alaskan
Highway 06:30 How It’s Made
DISCOVERY real time
07:00 The Ben Huggins Project 07:30
The Ben Huggins Project 08:00 Carp
Crew 08:30 Carp Crew 09:00 Predators
09:30 Wild Fishing with Henry: Mozambique 10:00 Joy of Painting 10:30
Watercolours with Charles Evans 11:00
Locks and Quays 11:30 Waterworld
12:00 Trains with Pete Waterman 13:00
Flip That House 13:30 Flip That House
14:00 A Place In The Sun 15:00 A Place by the Sea 16:00 Holmes on Homes
17:00 Rides 18:00 American Hotrod
Dealers 20:00 A Place In The Sun 21:00
Location, Location, Location Revisited
21:30 Build, Buy or Restore Abroad
22:00 River Cottage Forever 22:30 River Cottage Forever 23:00 Narrow Boat
Afloat 23:30 Narrow Boat Afloat 00:00
Wheeler Dealers 00:30 Wheeler Dealers
01:00 American Hotrod 02:00 A Racing
Car is Born 02:30 River Cottage Forever 03:00 River Cottage Forever 03:30
Narrow Boat Afloat 04:00 Narrow Boat
Afloat 04:25 Wheeler Dealers 04:50
Wheeler Dealers 05:15 Joy of Painting
05:40 Joy of Painting 06:05 Barn Free
06:30 Getting Afloat
NATIONAL geographic
09:00 Spacemen Investigated 10:00
Bridge on The River Kwai: The Documentary 11:00 Knights Templar
- Warriors Of God 12:00 Battlefront
12:30 Battlefront 13:00 Megastructures
14:00 I Didn’t Know That 14:30 How It
Works 15:00 Loch Ness Investigated
16:00 Air Crash Investigation 17:00
Seconds From Disaster 18:00 Life on
Mars 19:00 The Sea Hunters 20:00
Hyena Queen 21:00 Air Crash Investiga-
tion 22:00 History’s Conspiracies 23:00
History’s Conspiracies 00:00 Jack The
Ripper 01:00 Loch Ness Investigated
02:00 Megastructures
HISTORY channel
09:00 Hidden House History 09:30
Hidden House History 10:00 Churchill’s
Secret Bunkers 11:00 The Mystery of
The Tibetan Mummy 12:00 Joseph: The
Silent Saint 13:00 Penicillin: The Magic
Bullet 14:00 Dogfights 15:00 Hell in The
Pacific 16:00 Whittle: The Jet Pioneer
17:00 The SS 18:00 Hell in The Pacific
19:00 Dogfights 20:00 Penicillin: The
Magic Bullet 21:00 Ancient Monster
Hunters 22:00 Cities of the Underworld
23:00 Black Death 00:00 Crime Stories
01:00 The SS 02:00 Hidden House History 02:30 Hidden House History
UKTV documentary
Best Places To See 11:00 Natural
World 12:00 Ocean Odyssey 13:00
Wild Caribbean 14:00 Natural World
15:00 Shipwreck Detectives 16:00 Galapagos 17:00 Ocean Odyssey 18:00
Wild Caribbean 19:00 Natural World
Ocean Odyssey 22:00 Wild Caribbean
23:00 Galapagos 00:00 Natural World
Galapagos 03:00 Extreme Lives 03:40
World’s Best Places To See 03:45 Radical Highs
ANIMAL planet
07:00 Animal Cops Phoenix 08:00 Crocodile Hunter 09:00 Monkey Business
09:30 Animal Crackers 10:00 Shauna’s
Amazing Animal Videos 10:30 Top Dog
11:30 Wildlife SOS 12:00 Animal Cops
Houston 13:00 E-Vets: The Interns
13:30 Wild Rescues 14:00 Nick Baker’s
Weird Creatures 15:00 Rogue Predators 16:00 Top Dog 17:00 Monkey
Animal Cops Houston 19:00 Top Dog
20:00 Monkey Business 20:30 Wildlife
SOS 21:00 Planet Action 22:00 Saba
and The Rhino’s Secret 23:00 Animal
Cops Phoenix 00:00 Wildlife SOS
00:30 Monkey Business 01:00 Wild
Rescues 01:30 Pet Rescue 02:00 Animal Cops Houston 03:00 Animal Cops
Phoenix 04:00 Wildlife SOS 04:30
Monkey Business 04:55 Pet Rescue
05:20 Top Dog 06:10 Saba and The
Rhino’s Secret
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
Entertainment Heat
Cup Rnd 2 Match TBA
10:30 Foot Brazil
13:00 Foot Brazil
Cup Rnd 2 Match TBA
A match from the second
round of the Carling Cup.
Chelsea won the trophy last
season, beating Arsenal 2-1
at the Millennium Stadium,
with Didier Drogba scoring
two goals.
16:30 Foot Brazil
- Hampshire V Warwickshire
20:30 Gillette Soccer Special
00:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial
Cup Rnd 2 Match TBA
SKY SPORTS 2
09:00 Sports Unlimited
10:00 Ocean
Championship
Scottish Challenge Trophy
14:00 Powerboating: Zapcats
National Championships
Championship
18:30 The Dogs
20:00 Live Carling Cup Football:
Carling Cup Rnd 2 Match TBA
23:00 Watersports World
00:00 Ocean
00:30 Wild Spirits
SKY SPORTS 3
10:30
11:00
12:00
12:30
13:00
14:00
15:00
15:30
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
23:00
23:30
00:00
00:30
01:00
02:00
02:30
03:30
The Dogs
World Pool Masters
Aerobics Oz Style
Racing News
Sports Unlimited
NFL: Total Access
Ocean
Powerboating: Zapcats
World Pool Masters
World Wrestling
Bottom Line
World Wrestling
Afterburn
Irish International Show
Jumping
Total Rugby
European Tour Weekly
Cricket: Natwest Pro40
- Hampshire V Warwickshire
Total Rugby
Irish Greyhound Racing
Rallyzone
Irish International Show
Jumping
Watersports World
Powerboating: Zapcats
Max Power
Rallyzone
EUROSPORT
08:30 Olympic Magazine
26-minute monthly show
looking at the Olympic
movement through its
institutions, athletes, partners
and actions.
09:00 Rally
Championship: FIA WTCC
Magazine
Japan
Japan
Japan
18:00 Football: Eurogoals Flash
Japan
ESPN classic
07:00 Duels: Drechsler
V Joyner-Kersee
08:00 Teleshopping
08:45 Teleshopping
V Hull
V Joyner-Kersee
2003/2004
12:00 Mike Tyson
13:30 Derby County V Leeds
14:00 RWC 2003: England V France
2003/2004
16:30 Shane Warne: Cricket Legend
V Joyner-Kersee
19:00 Rugby League: Gb V N
Zealand
19:30 Fei Equestrian World 2007
2003/2004
2004/2005
00:00 Ali or Tyson: Who Was
Greatest?
02:00 Teleshopping
Greatest?
05:30 Liverpool V Arsenal
V Leeds
Friends
Channel 4 11.25 - 12.00
Ross applies for a palaeontology grant, but
discovers that Dr Hobart, who allocates
such funding, used to go out with
Ross’s girlfriend Charlie. Dr Hobart
has a proposal for Ross... Meanwhile,
Mike wants Phoebe to get rid of one of
her bizarre paintings, but neither Rachel nor
Monica is keen to take it. And Chandler lies to
Joey about watching his audition tape.
TELEVISION
37
Wednesday 29th August 2007
FILMS
07:00
11:00
12:45
14:30
15:00
16:40
18:35
20:20
22:00
23:40
01:25
03:10
To Be Announced
The Dark
Cry_Wolf
Phase IV
Space Truckers
Cry_Wolf
Phase IV
The Dark
Saw II
Space Truckers
The Serpent And The
Rainbow
SKY MOVIES premier
11:30 Charlie and The Chocolate
Factory Special
12:00 Action and Thriller Close Up
15:00 Just My Luck
16:45 Last Holiday
Dead Man’s Chest
23:30 Adrift
01:10 ATL
07:20
09:20
11:20
13:20
15:00
17:00
19:00
21:00
23:00
00:40
02:25
04:00
05:55
Rocky
Rocky II
The Exorcist III
Sixteen Candles
Rocky
Rocky II
The Exorcist III
Sixteen Candles
Death Wish
RoboCop
Coffy
The Accused
Rocky
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00
13:00
13:20
15:20
18:15
20:00
22:00
23:35
01:20
03:10
Rice Rhapsody
Lai See
La Dolce Vita
The Four Hundred Blows
Rice Rhapsody
Fandango
Asylum
The Four Hundred Blows
SKY MOVIES family
- Special
The Benchwarmers
09:10 The Adventures of Sharkboy
and Lavagirl in 3-D
10:45 George and The Dragon
12:20 Zathura: A Space Adventure
14:05 Valiant
15:25 Lassie
17:40 The Adventures of Sharkboy
and Lavagirl in 3-D
19:15 Zathura: A Space Adventure
21:00 Valiant
22:20 George and The Dragon
23:55 Lassie
01:40 Wallace and Gromit
02:10 My Uncle the Alien
03:55 Rain
05:35 Air Bud 3: World Pup
SKY MOVIES drama
07:00
08:45
10:30
12:10
13:55
15:35
17:20
19:20
21:00
22:45
00:45
03:05
04:50
06:30
The Sign of Four
The Patron Saint of Liars
The Clinic
One Special Night
The Sign of Four
Just Like Heaven
United 93
One Special Night
Just Like Heaven
United 93
Kundun
The Tie That Binds
Our America
The Sign of Four
SKY MOVIES comedy
Sky Movies HD1 12.00 - 13.45 & 17.30 - 19.15
Gus and his nerdy buddies,
Richie and Clark, are scouted
by a millionaire nerd, Mel, who
wants to form a baseball team
and compete with the meanest
Little League teams in the state. A
stellar ballplayer, Gus becomes
a role model for nerds and
outcasts everywhere. But when
his fans learn that Gus, himself,
was once a school bully, they feel
outraged and betrayed, until Gus
takes extraordinary steps to win back
their admiration and trust.
07:20
09:00
10:40
12:50
14:20
16:25
18:40
19:10
21:00
23:00
01:15
02:50
04:25
05:50
Whiskey Down
Bad Manners
Kiss Me, Stupid
The Silence of The Hams
Wedding Crashers
In Her Shoes
Comedy Close Up
Princess Caraboo
Wedding Crashers
In Her Shoes
Whiskey Down
Bad Manners
The Silence of The Hams
Princess Caraboo
SKY MOVIES classics
07:45 One of Our Aircraft is Missing
09:40 The Man Who Shot Liberty
Valance
11:50 Around The World In 80 Days
14:45 Let’s Make Love
16:45 One of Our Aircraft is Missing
18:35 Around The World In 80 Days
22:00 Let’s Make Love
00:00 Irma La Douce
02:25 The Comedy of Terrors
03:55 A Taste of Honey
05:45 The Man Who Shot Liberty
Valance
07:20
09:15
09:45
11:45
14:00
15:50
17:40
19:50
22:00
23:50
01:50
03:15
05:10
Above Suspicion
Young Guns II
Conan the Barbarian
Four Brothers
Young Guns II
Stealth
Conan the Barbarian
Four Brothers
Stealth
Bulletproof
The Passion of Darkly Noon
Angel Flight Down
SKY MOVIES HD1
12:00
13:45
15:45
17:30
19:15
22:00
23:40
01:40
The Benchwarmers
D.A.R.Y.L.
Scary Movie 4
The Benchwarmers
Scent of a Woman
Scary Movie 4
Casualties of War
The Producers
SKY MOVIES HD2
13:00
15:00
17:00
19:00
21:00
22:45
01:05
03:10
The Hudsucker Proxy
Good Night, and Good Luck
Mayday
The Hudsucker Proxy
Good Night, and Good Luck
Walk The Line
Stay
Mayday
Scary Movie 4
Sky Movies HD1 15.45 - 17.30 & 22.00 - 23.40
The ever-naïve Cindy Campbell, seeking a career
in home healthcare, finds work with a creepy old
lady in an even creepier old house haunted by a
ghostly presence. Throw in a good-looking guy next
door and the threat of aliens intent on global domination and Cindy’s instantly up to the top
of her extremely blond head in danger.
Our fearless heroine catapults into action
once again struggling to decipher ominous messages from the beyond, looking
for love in some very weird places and
trying to save the world from mass destruction.
As she struggles to discover life-saving answers, Cindy
encounters horrific plane crashes, bodacious blind girls,
village idiots, disheveled rappers, kinky contraptions, psycho survivalists, alien sphincters and even Oprah!
FILM 4
14:00
15:55
17:35
19:40
19:55
22:00
00:15
02:15
02:30
Chance of a Lifetime
The Vicious Circle
The One That Got Away
Jack and Sarah
K-Pax
Mona Lisa
Repo Man
TCM
07:50
08:15
10:20
12:00
13:35
16:00
18:15
20:05
22:00
00:40
03:50
04:10
06:00
Teleshopping
Captains Courageous
42nd Street
The Red Badge of Courage
Gaslight
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate
Factory
Murder By Death
White Heat
Absence of Malice
Ryan’s Daughter
Teleshopping
Hot Millions
The Red Badge of Courage
DISNEY cinemagic
07:00 The Little Mermaid
07:25 Aladdin
07:45
08:10
08:35
09:00
09:25
09:45
10:00
11:15
11:30
11:55
12:20
13:35
14:25
14:50
15:35
16:20
16:45
17:10
17:35
18:00
19:25
19:35
20:00
21:30
21:40
22:05
22:25
22:50
23:15
23:45
00:10
00:35
House of Mouse
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Atlantis: Milo’s Return
Recess
Disney’s Hercules
Disney’s Hercules
Disney’s Hercules
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Inspector Gadget 2
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Rocket Man
Recess
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Quack Pack
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
House of Mouse
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
20:00 Doctor Who 20:50 Down with
Love 22:30 Little Britain 23:00 Heroes
23:45 The Real Hustle 00:15 Red Sonja
01:40 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet
of Crisps 02:10 Two Pints of Lager and
a Packet of Crisps 02:35 F*** Off I’m
Small 03:30 Outrageous Wasters
BBC 4
20:00 World News Today 20:30
Wainwright’s Walks 21:00 When the
Levees Broke 01:20 Wildlife in a War
Zone 02:20 The Cultured Ape 03:20
The Last Roar of The Taiga 04:20 Ellen
Macarthur and The Albatross
BBC prime
09:00 Garden Rivals 09:30 Little Angels 10:00 Little Angels 10:30 Cash in
the Attic 11:00 Model Gardens 11:30
Born To Be Wild 12:30 Dad’s Army
13:00 As Time Goes By 13:30 My Family 14:00 Our Mutual Friend 15:00
Hustle 16:00 Garden Rivals 16:30 Bargain Hunt 17:15 Bargain Hunt 18:00
As Time Goes By 18:30 My Family
19:00 The Week The Women Went
19:30 Small Town Gardens 20:00
Hustle 21:00 Spooks 22:00 Swiss Toni
22:30 The League of Gentlemen 23:00
Hustle 00:00 Dad’s Army 00:30 Spooks 01:30 As Time Goes By 02:00 My
Family 02:30 EastEnders 03:00 Hustle
04:00 Our Mutual Friend 05:00 Cash in
the Attic 05:30 Balamory 05:50 Tweenies 06:10 Big Cook Little Cook 06:30
Tikkabilla
BBC world
Today 09:00 BBC News 09:30 Indian
School 10:00 BBC News 10:30 HARDtalk 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Talking
Movies 12:00 BBC News 12:30 World
15:30 Asia Today 15:45 Sport Today
19:45 Sport Today 20:00 World News
Today 21:00 BBC News 21:30 Our
World 22:00 BBC News 22:30 HARDtalk 23:00 BBC News 23:15 World
BRAVO
Sports 13:00 Starsky and Hutch 14:00
Walker, Texas Ranger 15:00 Dog the
4 17:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter 18:00
Street Crime UK 4 19:00 Starsky and
Hutch 20:00 Walker, Texas Ranger
22:30 Under Fire: Deadliest Police
Shootouts 23:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter 00:00 Porn Week 2 01:05 Under
Fire: Deadliest Police Shootouts 01:35
02:05 The Venture Brothers 02:30 Robot Chicken 02:45 Squidbillies 03:00
Perfect Hair Forever 03:15 Harvey
Birdman 03:30 Space Ghost Coast to
Coast 03:45 Aqua Teen Hunger Force
DISNEY
11:25 Hannah Montana 11:50 The Suite Life of Zack and Cody 12:40 Hannah
Montana 13:05 Hannah Montana 13:30
Hannah Montana 14:45 Hannah Montana 15:10 The Suite Life of Zack and
Cody 16:00 Hannah Montana 16:25
Hannah Montana 16:50 The Suite Life
of Zack and Cody 17:40 Hannah Montana 18:05 Hannah Montana 18:30 The
Suite Life of Zack and Cody 19:45 Cory
in The House 20:10 Hannah Montana
20:35 That’s So Raven 21:00 Wendy
Wu: Homecoming Warrior 22:25 As
The Bell Rings 22:35 Recess 23:00
Lizzie McGuire 23:45 That’s So Raven
00:10 The Proud Family 00:35 Kim
Possible
ITV 2
16:40 The Ricki Lake Show 17:30 Sally
Jessy Raphael 18:15 Airline 18:45 Judge Judy 19:10 Judge Judy 19:35 Judge Judy 20:00 The New Adventures of
Superman 21:00 Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie III 22:00 American Pie:
The Wedding 00:00 Coronation Street
00:30 There’s Something About Mary
ITV 3
Holmes 09:50 Ironside 10:55 The
Rockford Files 11:55 Due South 12:55
Cagney and Lacey 13:55 HeartBeat
14:55 Only When I Laugh 15:25 Goodnight Sweetheart 16:00 The Rockford Files 17:00 Due South 18:00
The Return of Sherlock Holmes 19:05
Goodnight Sweetheart 19:45 Film File
19:55 Never the Twain 20:25 Only
When I Laugh 21:00 Poirot 22:00 Rising Damp 22:30 Body Heat 00:25 Law
and Order: Trial by Jury 01:10 Never
02:10 HeartBeat 03:10 The Return
of Sherlock Holmes 04:10 Ironside
ITV 4
19:00 Used Car Roadshow 20:00
WKD Nuts Football Awards 2007
20:30 UEFA Champions League Live:
Arsenal V Sparta Prague 23:15 David
Beckham: New Beginnings 00:15 Oh
Marbella! 02:00 The Place of the Dead
04:10 The Larry Sanders Show 04:40
Film File 04:55 And Another Thing...
05:00 Teleshopping
LIVING
Jerry Springer Show 12:30 Maury
14:20 The Fix 14:30 Will and Grace
15:30 Dharma and Greg 16:00 Missing 17:00 Charmed 19:00 Extreme
Grey’s Anatomy 22:00 Dirty Cows
23:00 CSI: Miami 00:00 CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation 01:00 The X Files
02:00 Threat Matrix 03:00 Will and
Grace 04:00 Boston Legal 04:50 Break
With The Boss 05:40 6ixth Sense with
Colin Fry 06:05 The Jerry Springer
PARAMOUNT comedy
11:00 Two and a Half Men 11:30 Two
and a Half Men 12:00 King of Queens
13:00 Everybody Loves Raymond
14:00 Veronica’s Closet 15:00 Becker
of Queens 18:00 Everybody Loves
Raymond 19:00 Frasier 20:00 Becker
21:00 That ‘70s Show 22:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 23:00 Sex and
The City 00:10 South Park 00:40 World
Stands Up 01:10 Al Murray Presents
Edinburgh and Beyond 02:10 Trailer
Park Boys 02:40 South Park 03:10 Badly Dubbed Porn 03:40 World Stands
Up 04:10 Sexy Cam 04:30 Linc’s 05:00
Everybody Loves Raymond 06:00 Sir
Leslie Quint A Life In Film 06:10 That
‘70s Show
SCI FI
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York
Mysterious Ways 21:00 Angel 22:00
Taken 23:40 The Island of Dr. Moreau
01:35 Screamers 04:00 Logan’s Run
05:00 She Spies 06:00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World
SKY one
10:00 Stargate Atlantis 11:00 Stargate
Atlantis 12:00 Brainiac: Science Abuse
13:00 Malcolm in the Middle 14:00
Cold Case 15:00 Angel 16:00 Las Vegas 17:00 Stargate Atlantis 19:00 Malcolm in the Middle 20:00 The Simpsons 20:30 The Simpsons 21:00 Diana
- Her Last Ten Days In Pictures 22:00
Bones 23:00 Law and Order 00:00
Cold Case 01:00 Star Trek 02:40 Angel 03:40 Is Harry on the Boat? 04:30
Miami Uncovered 05:20 Dream Team
06:10 Taste
UKTV gold
07:00 Neighbours 07:30 Close Up
Children 09:00 EastEnders 09:40 One
Foot in the Grave 10:20 Some Mothers
Do ‘Ave ‘Em 11:00 Doctor Who 12:00
13:40 The Thin Blue Line 14:20 My Family 15:00 My Family 15:40 Only Fools
and Horses 16:20 Only Fools and Horses 17:00 Doctor Who 19:00 My Family 19:40 The Thin Blue Line 20:20 The
Thin Blue Line 21:00 New Tricks 22:00
The Vicar of Dibley 22:55 Only Fools
and Horses 00:00 The Catherine Tate
Show 00:40 Only Fools and Horses
01:45 Men Behaving Badly 02:25 Jack
Dee’s Happy Hour 03:00 Friday Night
with Jonathan Ross
UKTV people
Cops 03:50 Close Up
UKTV style
08:00 Cash in the Attic 09:00 Flog
It! 10:00 Car Booty 11:00 What Not
to Wear 12:00 I Do, Let’s Eat 12:30
Wedding Diaries 13:00 Beat the Burglar 14:00 Homes under the Hammer
Flog It! 19:00 Cash in the Attic 20:00
Homes under the Hammer 21:00 What
Not to Wear 22:00 Escape to the Country 23:00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition 00:00 First Dance 01:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - How Do
They Do That? 02:00 Car Booty
UKTV bright ideas
09:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 The
Weekend Gardener 10:30 Garden Highs
11:00 Ready, Steady, Cook 11:30 Chefs at Sea with Ed Baines 12:00 Great
Food Live 13:00 Food Uncut 13:30 The
Weekend Gardener 14:00 Antiques
Roadshow 15:00 Gary Rhodes’ Local
Food Hero 2006 16:00 Art Deco Designs 16:30 Buying Style 17:00 Ready,
Steady, Cook 17:30 Chefs at Sea with
Ed Baines 18:00 Antiques Roadshow
UKTV drama
09:00 All Creatures Great and Small
12:00 Just Good Friends 12:40 As Time
Goes By 13:20 Last of the Summer
Wine 14:00 Dangerfield 15:00 Murder,
She Wrote 16:00 Agatha Christie’s Miss
Marple 18:00 Just Good Friends 18:40
As Time Goes By 19:20 Last of the
Summer Wine 20:00 Dangerfield 21:00
Murder, She Wrote 22:00 The Inspector
Lynley Mysteries 23:55 Campion 00:55
Campion 03:40 Howards’ Way 04:30
Secret Army 05:20 All Creatures Great
and Small 06:10 Down to Earth
38
TELEVISION
Thursday 30th August 2007
BBC 1
BBC 2
ITV 1
CHANNEL 4
07:00
10:15
11:00
12:00
12:30
13:15
14:00
14:30
14:40
15:05
15:35
16:20
16:25
16:50
17:05
17:30
18:00
18:25
18:35
19:00
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
23:00
23:35
00:05
07:20
07:35
08:00
08:15
08:30
09:00
09:45
09:55
10:20
10:45
11:15
11:35
12:00
12:25
07:00 GMTV
GMTV News Hour with John
Stapleton and Penny Smith.
Kate Garraway and Ben
Shephard with the latest
news, views and chat. Plus
guest James Blunt, and
Richard Arnold’s TV highlights.
11:30 This Morning
14:30 ITV Lunchtime News
and Weather
17:00 HeartBeat
20:00 Emmerdale
20:30 Luton Airport
21:00 The Bill
22:00 Robbie Coltrane’s B-Road
Britain
23:00 Benidorm
Madge unwittingly gives
Donald and Jacqueline the
impression that she’s a
swinger. Martin is in an
upbeat mood about the sex
he and Kate had - but she
was too drunk to remember.
Troy gets drunk and flirts
with Mateo. The Oracle tries
to come the bigshot, playing
pool with Telle - but she
takes the piss out of him.
00:00 Mika
00:35 Jimmy Carr’s Orange Playlist
01:00 ITV Play
07:10
07:35
08:00
08:25
08:55
09:55
10:55
11:25
01:45
02:15
03:15
04:15
05:00
Breakfast
Bargain Hunt
Cash in the Attic
Neighbours
Doctors
All Saints
Pitt and Kantrop
The Cramp Twins
Evacuation
Best of Friends
Newsround
Neighbours
The One Show
EastEnders
What Not to Wear
Panorama
BBC News
Outnumbered
The Bachelor
Romantic comedy about a
grandson of an eccentric
millionaire who discovers
that he stands to inherit 120
million dollars on his 30th
birthday, provided he is
married. Unfortunately for
him he has just proposed to
his girlfriend in such a
clumsy way that she has
refused him and left town on
the eve of his birthday.
Weekend ‘Nazis’
Saira Khan’s Pakistan
Adventure
Cooking in the Danger Zone
How to Live Longer
Joins BBC News 24
15:45
16:45
17:30
18:15
19:00
19:30
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00:20
01:05
02:25
02:50
03:10
The Story Makers
Balamory
Charlie and Lola
In The Night Garden
Mona The Vampire
Bring It On
Time Warp Trio
Krypto the Superdog
Even Stevens
The Munsters
World Athletics
Championships 2007
Flog It!
Ready, Steady, Cook
Identity
Eggheads
Kitchen Criminals
World Athletics
Rick Stein’s French Odyssey
The Restaurant
Mock the Week
Saxondale
That Mitchell and Webb Look
Newsnight
Heroes
Facing a crisis involving her
son Micah, a distraught
Niki reveals her recent
personal struggles to a
friend. Pushing aside his
own issues at home, Matt
assists Audrey’s investigation
into another bizarre murder,
but their pursuit of
mysterious serial killer Sylar
takes an unexpected turn.
The Sorcerers
Joins BBC News 24
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14:30
14:35
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17:15
18:00
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19:30
20:00
20:55
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23:35
00:05
01:05
03:40
05:20
06:10
06:55
The Hoobs
The Hoobs
Frasier
Big Brother
Beauty and the Geek
Friends
Friends
Monica reluctantly agrees
to cook Thanksgiving dinner,
but locks everyone out when
they turn up late: Joey and
Ross went to a hockey game
while Rachel and Phoebe
took Emma to a baby beauty
contest. And then Monica
gets some adoption news...
Ugly Betty
News at Noon
A Place In The Sun
3 Minute Wonder
A Letter to Three Wives
Countdown
Deal or No Deal
Richard and Judy
The Simpsons
Hollyoaks
Channel 4 News
3 Minute Wonder
10 Years Younger Summer
Special
Big Brother
8 Out of 10 Cats
My Name Is Earl
Sex Change Hospital
Big Brother Live
Your Friends And Neighbours
Richard and Judy
Countdown
Inuk
FIVE
07:00
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06:15
Thomas and Friends
Make Way for Noddy
Oswald
Peppa Pig
Funky Valley
Franny’s Feet
Little Princess
The Beeps
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five News
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five News
Home and Away
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five News
UEFA Cup Football:
Blackburn Rovers V Mypa-47
The Enforcer
Cricket on Five
Quiz Call
European Drag Racing
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Football Argentina - The
Highlights
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01:40
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Big Brother Live
Big Brother
Big Brother Live
Hollyoaks
After spending the night
in a cell Jacqui is ashamed
of her behaviour, but she
seems to be on a mission to
self-destruct. Tony tells her
he loves her and that they
have to try to move on from
the miscarriage, but Jacqui’s
not sure that she can. Rhys
and Josh return, oblivious
to what’s gone on at home,
and regale Gilly with tales of
their conquests.
Friends
Friends
Phoebe doesn’t get on
with her identical twin
Ursula. Unfortunately, no
one can tell them apart,
which leads to a few cases of
mistaken idenity; not least
for Joey, who is quite taken
with Ursula.
Big Brother
Hollyoaks
Friends
Friends
Scrubs
Star Stories
Fonejacker
Big Brother Live
Big Brother Live
DOCUMENTARIES
DISCOVERY
Made 10:00 How Do They Do It?
10:30 How Do They Do It? 11:00 Ultimate Guide 12:00 Mythbusters 13:00
How It’s Made 13:30 How It’s Made
14:00 The F.B.I. Files 15:00 Forensic
Detectives 16:00 American Chopper
17:00 Deadliest Catch 18:00 The Garage 19:00 Mythbusters 20:00 How
Do They Do It? 20:30 How Do They
Do It? 21:00 How It’s Made 21:30
How It’s Made 22:00 Oil, Sweat and
Rigs 23:00 Oil, Sweat and Rigs 00:00
Crime Scene USA 00:30 Crime Scene
USA 01:00 The F.B.I. Files 02:00 Forensic Factor 03:00 Forensic Detectives 04:00 Oil, Sweat and Rigs 04:50
Oil, Sweat and Rigs 05:40 Aircraft
Carrier 06:30 How It’s Made
DISCOVERY real time
07:00 The Ben Huggins Project 07:30
The Ben Huggins Project 08:00 Carp
Crew 08:30 Carp Crew 09:00 Predators 09:30 Wild Fishing with Henry:
County Kerry, Ireland 10:00 Joy of
Painting 10:30 Watercolours with
Charles Evans 11:00 Locks and Quays
11:30 Waterworld 12:00 Trains with
Pete Waterman 13:00 Flip That House
13:30 Flip That House 14:00 A Place
In The Sun 15:00 A Place by the Sea
16:00 Holmes on Homes 17:00 Rides
18:00 American Hotrod 19:00 Wheeler Dealers 19:30 Wheeler Dealers
20:00 A Place In The Sun 21:00 Location, Location, Location Revisited
21:30 Build, Buy or Restore Abroad
22:00 Miami Ink 23:00 Little People,
World 00:00 Wheeler Dealers 00:30
Wheeler Dealers 01:00 American
Hotrod 02:00 A Racing Car is Born
02:30 Miami Ink 03:30 Little People,
World 04:25 Wheeler Dealers 04:50
Wheeler Dealers 05:15 Joy of Painting 05:40 Joy of Painting 06:05
This Old House with Steve and Norm
06:30 Getting Afloat
NATIONAL geographic
09:00 Pyramids Investigated 10:00
Nuremberg: The Trial of Hermann
Goering 11:00 Rivals of Jesus 12:00
Battlefront 12:30 Battlefront 13:00
Megastructures 14:00 I Didn’t Know
That 14:30 How It Works 15:00 Ancient Astronauts 16:00 Air Crash
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The Sea Hunters 20:00 The Mugger
Crocodile 21:00 Air Crash Investigation 22:00 Megastructures 23:00
Megastructures 00:00 The Washington Sniper 01:00 King Arthur 02:00
Megastructures
HISTORY channel
09:00 The British UFO Files 10:00
Ancient Monster Hunters 11:00 Cities of the Underworld 12:00 Black
Death 13:00 Heaven: Beyond The
Grave 14:00 Dogfights 15:00 Hell in
The Pacific 16:00 Beyond the Shuttle
17:00 The SS 18:00 Hell in The Pacific 19:00 Dogfights 20:00 Heaven:
Beyond The Grave 21:00 The Lost
Evidence 22:00 Hi-Tech Hitler 23:00
On a Wind and a Prayer 00:00 Crime
Stories 01:00 The SS 02:00 The British UFO Files
UKTV documentary
Best Places To See 11:00 Sharks
12:00 Seals - Invaders Of The Sea
13:00 Wild Caribbean 14:00 Sharks
Galapagos 17:00 Seals - Invaders Of
The Sea 18:00 Wild Caribbean 19:00
Sharks 20:00 Shipwreck Detectives
21:00 Seals - Invaders Of The Sea
22:00 Wild Caribbean 23:00 Galapagos 00:00 Sharks 01:00 Shipwreck
Detectives 02:00 Galapagos 03:00
Booze 03:50 World’s Best Places To
See 03:55 World’s Best Places To
See
ANIMAL planet
Crocodile Hunter 09:00 Monkey Bu-
siness 09:30 Animal Crackers 10:00
10:30 Top Dog 11:30 Wildlife SOS
E-Vets: The Interns 13:30 Wild Rescues 14:00 Planet Action 15:00
Saba and The Rhino’s Secret 16:00
Top Dog 17:00 Monkey Business
17:30 Animal Crackers 18:00 Animal
Cops Houston 19:00 Top Dog 20:00
Monkey Business 20:30 Wildlife SOS
00:30 Monkey Business 01:00 Wild
Rescues 01:30 Pet Rescue 02:00
04:30 Monkey Business 04:55 Pet
Rescue 05:20 Top Dog 06:10 Animal
Cops Houston
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
07:00 European Tour Weekly
07:30 Total Rugby
Entertainment Experience
Cup Rnd 2 Match TBA
10:30 European Tour Weekly
11:00 European Tour Golf: Johnnie
Walker Championship at
Gleneagles
14:00 FIFA Fútbol Mundial
From Serie A to the
Bundesliga, from Major
League Soccer to the
J-League, Fútbol Mundial
reviews all the action from
the world game.
14:30 Total Rugby
4th Odi
Cup Rnd 2
01:00 Poker Week
01:30 Cycling: Tour De Deutschland
4th Odi
04:00 Speedway
SKY SPORTS 2
07:00
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09:00
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10:30
11:00
11:30
12:30
13:00
14:00
14:30
16:00
19:00
19:30
20:30
23:00
01:00
02:00
03:00
Aerobics Oz Style
Ocean
Aerobics Oz Style
Ocean
Watersports World
Ocean
Rallyzone
Trans World Sport
Join the team on their
hour-long foray into sports
news, tournaments and
competitions across the
globe. With special features,
exclusive footage and
interviews.
Cycling: Tour De Deutschland
Powerboating: Zap Cats
Carling Cup Football: Carling
Cup Rnd 2 Match TBA
European Tour Golf: Johnnie
Walker Championship at
Gleneagles
Premier League World
Carling Cup Football: Carling
Cup Rnd 2
Speedway
Golf Night
NFL: Total Access
Race World
Golf Night
SKY SPORTS 3
11:00 Total Rugby
11:30 Irish International Show
Jumping
12:30 Racing News
13:00 Watersports World
15:00 Rallyzone
15:30 Powerboating: Zap Cats
Zap Cats National
Championships The
courageous captains test their
vessels over all conditions,
from calm lakes to swelling
surf in the Zapcat National
Championships.
Entertainment Heat
20:30 Live Rugby League: National
League Match TBA
Entertainment Late Night Raw
01:00 ECW Wrestling
02:00 Powerboating: Zap Cats
02:30 Rugby League: National
League Match TBA
EUROSPORT
09:30 Rowing: World Championship
In Munich, Germany
The international rowing
season culminates each year
with the all-important World
Rowing Senior
Championships, which
determine the world’s best
in each existing boat class.
Since 1962 FISA (The
International Rowing
Federation) has held World
Rowing Championships at
first every four years and
since 1974 every year apart
from the Olympic year.
Japan
Japan
18:00 Football: UEFA Champions
League
Japan
Japan
ESPN classic
07:00 Sporting Greats: Roger Black
08:00 RWC ‘03 Final: England
V Australia
09:00 Teleshopping
09:45 Teleshopping
2004/2005
Greatest?
V Australia
2004/2005
17:00 Sporting Greats: Roger Black
17:30 Sporting Greats: Sally Gunnell
V Australia
V Leeds
19:30 Challenge Cup 96:
Saints-Bradford
2004/2005
V Australia
2005/2006
00:00 Boxing: The Thriller In Manila
01:00 Liverpool V Arsenal
01:30 Chelsea V Man United
2005/2006
The Simpsons
Channel 4 19.00 - 19.30
Radioactive Man. Series 7, episode 2.
When Bart discovers that the new Radioactive
Man movie is being filmed in Springfield, he does
his best to get the part of Fallout Boy. Unfortunately,
that honour is given to the reluctant Milhouse,
who finds out that showbusiness isn’t
all it’s cracked up to be. Guest Starring
Mickey Rooney as Himself, Phil Hartman
as Lionel Hutz.
TELEVISION
39
Thursday 30th August 2007
FILMS
07:00
11:00
12:40
14:40
16:35
18:10
19:55
22:00
23:45
01:40
To Be Announced
War of the Worlds
Earth Minus Zero
War of the Worlds
Ravenous
The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre 2
03:25 Earth Minus Zero
SKY MOVIES premier
11:00 Action and Thriller Close Up
11:30 Charlie and The Chocolate
Factory Special
15:00 Just My Luck
16:45 Last Holiday
Dead Man’s Chest
23:30 Adrift
01:10 ATL
08:00
09:50
11:30
13:30
15:20
17:10
19:10
21:00
22:50
00:40
02:25
04:50
06:30
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Top Gun
Rocky III
Rocky IV
The Terminator
Flashdance
Top Gun
The Terminator
The Crow
Born On The Fourth Of July
Flashdance
Rocky III
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00
13:05
15:05
17:05
18:05
19:55
22:00
23:35
01:20
03:20
The Sea Inside
Ridicule
Après vous...
The Secret Life of Earth
Wal-Mart: The High Cost
Of Low Price
The Sea Inside
Boxcar Bertha
Bang
Après vous...
Stolen Kisses
SKY MOVIES family
07:00 Spirit Bear: The Simon
Jackson Story
Rush Hour
Sky Movies action/thriller 12.45 - 14.35 & 22.00 - 23.45
As the FBI scrambles to save the life of the kidnapped
daughter of the Chinese Consul, the diplomat hires
trusted Hong Kong police detective Lee to find the
girl. Unwilling to have their investigation invaded by
a meddling outsider, the FBI assigns a rogue LAPD
detective to keep Detective Lee away from the case at
any cost. Carter, the detective, covertly embarks on
a one-man crusade to solve the case, having first
distracted Lee. Within hours, Carter realises he has
greatly underestimated his Hong Kong counterpart,
who has seen through his ruse, given Carter the
slip, and landed in the middle of the FBI’s
investigation. Both excluded by the FBI,
these two cops from very different worlds
must join forces to save the young girl.
08:35 Aquamarine
Wardrobe
14:15 The Librarian: Quest for
the Spear
15:55 The Derby Stallion
17:40 Aquamarine
Wardrobe
23:20 The Librarian: Quest for
the Spear
00:55 The Derby Stallion
03:10 Blizzard
05:00 The Top 10 Show
05:15 Young Ivanhoe
SKY MOVIES drama
08:05
09:40
11:15
13:30
15:05
17:05
18:45
21:00
23:00
01:25
03:50
05:25
Going for Broke
Miss Lettie and Me
The Merchant of Venice
Going for Broke
No Way Out
Miss Lettie and Me
No Way Out
Cinderella Man
The Day of the Locust
The Temptations Part I
SKY MOVIES comedy
07:30
09:35
11:35
13:30
15:30
17:15
19:00
21:00
23:00
00:40
02:10
04:00
06:05
The Birdcage
That Thing You Do!
Big Bully
The Matador
The Wedding Singer
Big Bully
The Matador
The Wedding Singer
Woo
The Birdcage
That Thing You Do!
SKY MOVIES classics
08:00 Limelight
10:20 12 Angry Men
Holmes
14:10 Indiscreet
15:50 Limelight
18:10 12 Angry Men
Holmes
22:00 Indiscreet
23:45 Soldier Blue
01:45 The Abominable Dr Phibes
03:30 Dr. Phibes Rises Again
05:10 The Devil And Daniel Webster
07:25
09:15
11:05
12:45
14:35
16:35
18:25
20:05
22:00
23:45
01:40
03:25
05:05
Determination Of Death
The Fourth Angel
Paparazzi
Rush Hour
Fearless
The Fourth Angel
Paparazzi
Fearless
Rush Hour
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Substitute 2: School’s Out
Hard Men
Siege at Marion
SKY MOVIES HD1
12:00
13:45
14:15
16:15
18:15
20:15
22:00
23:50
01:40
03:30
The Honeymooners
Comedy Close Up
Something New
The Karate Kid, Part III
Five Easy Pieces
The Honeymooners
Something New
Keeping Mum
Five Easy Pieces
Premiere Close Up
SKY MOVIES HD2
13:00
14:00
16:40
18:40
21:00
22:50
Mountain Gorilla
Armageddon
Chain Reaction
The White Countess
Firewall
Armageddon
The Honeymooners
Sky Movies HD1 12.00 - 13.45 & 20.15 - 22.00
Meet Ralph Kramden--a man of vision, taste, and refinement. Now, if he can just get the rest of the world to see
it. By day, Ralph’s an ordinary New York City bus driver.
But in his off-hours, he’s an innovator, an entrepreneur
who’s just one great idea away from instant wealth.
His best friend is Ed Norton, who’s always up for
the latest plan. These two dreamers believe they’re
taking their families to the next level, but Ralph’s
wife, Alice, has set her sights on a more practical
goal: buying a duplex fixer-upper with Ed and
his wife, Trixie. When Ralph loses their down
payment on yet another of his half-baked projects,
Alice is at the end of her rope, giving Ralph just one day
to come up with the cash and save their marriage.
01:25 Chain Reaction
03:20 Grendel
FILM 4
14:00
15:50
17:40
19:25
19:40
22:00
00:35
00:40
Highly Dangerous
Where The Sidewalk Ends
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Star Trek: Nemesis
Forrest Gump
Movie Rush
Conquest of The Planet of
The Apes
02:20 Second Best
TCM
07:35
09:30
12:00
14:30
16:00
17:55
20:00
22:00
01:00
02:30
03:25
03:40
Kismet
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Twelfth Night
Lili
Moonstruck
Without Love
Somebody Up There Likes
Me
Twelfth Night
Hit Man
All About Bette: The Life
And Films Of Bette Davis
Teleshopping
The Fixer
DISNEY cinemagic
07:25 Aladdin
08:10
08:35
09:00
09:25
09:45
10:00
11:15
11:30
11:55
12:20
12:45
13:35
14:00
14:25
14:50
15:15
15:35
16:20
16:45
17:10
17:35
18:00
19:00
19:10
19:35
20:00
21:25
21:40
22:05
22:25
22:50
23:15
23:45
00:10
00:35
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
An Extremely Goofy Movie
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Recess: All Growed Down
Classic Toons
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Escape to Witch Mountain
Recess
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Quack Pack
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
House of Mouse
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
20:00 Doctor Who 21:00 Honey We’re
Killing The Kids 22:00 The Restaurant
22:30 The Real Hustle 23:00 EastEnders 23:30 The Visit 00:00 The Great
Sperm Crisis 01:00 Two Pints of Lager
and a Packet of Crisps 02:00 The Visit
02:30 The Real Hustle 03:00 The Great
Sperm Crisis 04:00 Honey We’re Killing The Kids
BBC 4
20:00 World News Today 20:30 Natural World 21:30 100 Years of Wildlife
23:30 Natural World 00:20 Leopard: a
Wildlife Special 01:10 Darwin’s Nightmare 02:50 The Wild Life of Gerald Durrell 03:55 Natural World Symphony
BBC prime
09:00 Garden Rivals 09:30 The Week
The Women Went 10:00 Small Town
Gardens 10:30 Cash in the Attic 11:00
Model Gardens 11:30 Earth Ride 12:30
Dad’s Army 13:00 As Time Goes By
13:30 My Family 14:00 Our Mutual
Friend 15:00 Hustle 16:00 Garden Rivals 16:30 Bargain Hunt 17:15 Bargain
Hunt 18:00 As Time Goes By 18:30 My
Family 19:00 Staying Put 19:30 Staying
Put 20:00 Hustle 21:00 Spooks 22:00
Swiss Toni 22:30 The League of Gentlemen 23:00 Hustle 00:00 Dad’s Army
00:30 Spooks 01:30 As Time Goes By
02:00 My Family 02:30 EastEnders
03:00 Hustle 04:00 Our Mutual Friend
05:00 Cash in the Attic 05:30 Balamory
05:50 Tweenies 06:10 Big Cook Little
Cook 06:30 Tikkabilla
BBC world
Today 09:00 BBC News 09:30 Fast
Track 10:00 BBC News 10:30 HARDtalk 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Our
World 12:00 BBC News 12:30 World
15:30 Asia Today 15:45 Sport Today
17:00 BBC News 17:30 Talking Movies 18:00 World News Today 19:00
BBC News 19:30 World Business Report 19:45 Sport Today 20:00 World
News Today 21:00 BBC News 21:30
Click 22:00 BBC News 22:30 HARDtalk 23:00 BBC News 23:15 World
03:00 BBC News 03:30 Talking Movies
BBC News 05:30 Extra Time 06:00 BBC
BRAVO
Sports 13:00 Buck Rogers in The 25th
Century 14:00 Walker, Texas Ranger
Street Crime UK 4 17:00 Dog the
4 19:00 Buck Rogers in The 25th Century 20:00 Walker, Texas Ranger 21:00
Dog the Bounty Hunter 22:00 Under
Fire: Deadliest Police Shootouts 23:00
Is That a Nail in Your Head? 00:00
Porn Week 2 00:30 Porn Week 01:05
02:05 Tim And Eric Awesome Show,
Great Job! 02:15 Moral Orel 02:30 Metalocalypse 02:45 12 oz. Mouse 03:00
Saul Of The Mole Men 03:15 Harvey
Birdman 03:30 Space Ghost Coast to
Coast 03:45 Aqua Teen Hunger Force
DISNEY
Cory in The House 10:05 Hannah Mon-
tana 10:30 As The Bell Rings 10:35 As
Zack and Cody 11:05 Hannah Montana 11:25 Hannah Montana 11:50 The
Suite Life of Zack and Cody 12:40 Hannah Montana 13:05 Hannah Montana
14:20 Hannah Montana 14:45 Hannah Montana 15:10 The Suite Life of
Zack and Cody 15:35 The Suite Life of
Zack and Cody 16:00 Hannah Montana 16:25 Hannah Montana 16:50 The
Suite Life of Zack and Cody 17:40 Hannah Montana 18:05 Hannah Montana
19:45 Cory in The House 20:10 Hannah
Get a Clue 22:20 Recess 22:35 Recess
23:20 Lizzie McGuire 23:45 That’s So
Raven 00:10 The Proud Family 00:35
Kim Possible
ITV 2
15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:40
The Ricki Lake Show 17:30 Sally Jessy Raphael 18:15 Airline 18:45 Judge
Judy 19:10 Judge Judy 19:35 Judge
Judy 20:00 The New Adventures of
Superman 21:00 Victoria Beckham:
Coming to America 22:00 There’s Something About Mary 00:15 101 Sexiest
Celebrity Bodies 01:15 Keane in Profile
01:45 Franz Ferdinand in Profile 02:15
ITV Play
ITV 3
Holmes 09:55 Ironside 10:55 The
Rockford Files 11:55 Due South 12:55
Cagney and Lacey 13:55 HeartBeat
14:55 Only When I Laugh 15:25 Goodnight Sweetheart 16:00 The Ro-
ckford Files 17:00 Due South 18:00
The Return of Sherlock Holmes 19:10
Goodnight Sweetheart 19:45 Movies
Now 19:55 Never the Twain 20:30 Only
When I Laugh 21:00 The Casebook of
Sherlock Holmes 22:00 Doc Martin
23:05 P. D. James 00:10 P. D. James
01:20 Reilly: Ace of Spies 02:20 Never
03:15 HeartBeat 04:10 The Return of
Sherlock Holmes 05:00 Teleshopping
ITV 4
19:00 The Champions 20:00 UFO
- Best Evidence Ever Caught on Tape
21:00 UFO 22:00 Homicide: Life On
The Street 23:00 FIFA World Cup: Biggest Nightmares 00:00 The Place of the
Dead 02:10 The Larry Sanders Show
02:40 The Larry Sanders Show 03:00
Millennium 04:00 Millennium 04:50
Movies Now 05:00 Teleshopping
LIVING
07:00 Home Shopping 08:00 Divorce
Court 09:00 Maury 09:55 The Fix 10:00
Extreme Makeover 11:00 The Jerry
Springer Show 12:30 Maury 14:20
The Fix 14:30 Will and Grace 15:30
Dharma and Greg 16:00 Missing 17:00
Charmed 19:00 Extreme Makeover
20:00 The X Files 21:00 Blood Ties
23:00 Grey’s Anatomy 00:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 01:00 The X
Files 02:00 Blood Ties 03:00 Veronica
Mars 04:00 Boston Legal 04:50 Break
With The Boss 05:40 6ixth Sense with
Colin Fry 06:05 The Jerry Springer
PARAMOUNT comedy
17:00 King of Queens 18:00 Everybody
Loves Raymond 19:00 Frasier 20:00
Becker 21:00 That ‘70s Show 22:00
Everybody Hates Chris 23:00 Sex
and The City 00:10 South Park 00:40
World Stands Up 01:10 Ardal O’Hanlan
Live 02:30 Trailer Park Boys 03:00
South Park 03:30 Badly Dubbed Porn
04:00 Sexy Cam 04:30 Linc’s 05:00
Ally McBeal 06:00 Sir Leslie Quint
A Life In Film 06:10 That ‘70s Show
SCI FI
Solar Strike 18:00 Star Trek 19:00
Profiler 20:00 Mysterious Ways 21:00
Angel 22:00 Threshold 23:00 The Frighteners 01:10 Cerberus 03:00 Psychic
Detectives 03:30 Psychic Detectives
04:00 Logan’s Run 05:00 She Spies
06:00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The
Lost World
SKY one
10:00 Stargate Atlantis 12:00 Brainiac: Science Abuse 13:00 Malcolm
in the Middle 14:00 Cold Case 15:00
Angel 16:00 Las Vegas 17:00 Stargate
Atlantis 19:00 Malcolm in the Middle
20:00 The Simpsons 22:00 Las Vegas
23:00 Cold Case 02:00 Star Trek: The
Next Generation 03:40 Is Harry on the
Boat? 04:30 Miami Uncovered 05:20
Dream Team 06:10 Taste
UKTV gold
08:20 2point4 Children 09:00 EastEnders 09:40 One Foot in the Grave 10:20
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em 11:00
14:20 My Family 15:40 Only Fools and
Horses 17:00 Doctor Who 19:00 My
Family 19:40 The Thin Blue Line 21:00
New Tricks 22:00 The Vicar of Dibley
22:40 Only Fools and Horses 23:45
Jack Dee’s Happy Hour 00:25 Prison
Break 02:25 Jack Dee’s Happy Hour
Children 04:05 One Foot in the Grave
04:35 Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em
UKTV people
Cops 03:50 Close Up
UKTV style
09:00 Flog It! 10:00 Car Booty 11:00
What Not to Wear 12:00 I Do, Let’s
Eat 12:30 Wedding Diaries 13:00 Beat
the Burglar 14:00 Homes under the
Hammer 15:00 Escape to the Country 16:00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition 18:00 Flog It! 19:00 Cash in
the Attic 20:00 Homes under the Hammer 21:00 What Not to Wear 22:00
Escape to the Country 23:00 Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition 00:00 First
Dance 00:30 First Dance 02:00 Car
Booty 03:00 Diva on a Dime
UKTV bright ideas
08:00 Art Deco Designs 08:30 Buying Style 09:00 Antiques Roadshow
10:00 The Weekend Gardener 10:30
Garden Highs 11:00 Ready, Steady,
Cook 11:30 Chefs at Sea with Ed Baines 12:00 Great Food Live 13:00 Food
Uncut 13:30 The Weekend Gardener
14:00 Antiques Roadshow 15:00 Gary
Rhodes’ Local Food Hero 2006 16:00
Art Deco Designs 16:30 Buying Style
17:00 Ready, Steady, Cook 17:30 Chefs at Sea with Ed Baines 18:00 Antiques Roadshow
UKTV drama
Great and Small 10:00 Agatha Christie’s
Miss Marple 12:00 Just Good Friends
12:40 As Time Goes By 13:20 Last of
the Summer Wine 14:00 Dangerfield
15:00 Murder, She Wrote 16:00 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple 18:00 Just
Good Friends 18:40 As Time Goes By
22:00 Dalziel and Pascoe 00:20 The
Inspector Lynley Mysteries 01:20 Dalziel and Pascoe 03:35 Howards’ Way
Great and Small 06:05 Down to Earth
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MAGAZINE
LEISURE
PICK OF THE WEEK
Cinema review
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
This is a listing of cinemas that show movies in English. Visit their website or call for
weekly listings for their current showings.
Look out for V.O.S. (versión original subtitulada - original subtitled version).
YELMO CINEPLEX
ALICANTE
Centro Comercial Puerta de Alicante
Avda. Alcalde Lorenzo Carbonell s/n,
esquina Vía Parque
Telephone sales: 902 220 922
www.yelmocineplex.es/puerta_alicante.html
CINE ROMA
MATT
DAMON
(Jason
Bourne) may have been
annoyed about comparisons
between Bourne and Bond,
but this third instalment
is definitely post-Casino
Royale territory.
The action is constant;
we
have
globe-trotted
impressively
within
the
opening ten minutes, but
it is delivered in a style so
effortless that you bowl
along with it.
There’s a great early
sequence in Ultimatum in
which Bourne, fresh from
avenging his girlfriend’s
death in the previous
movie,
manipulates
a
journalist through London’s
crowded Waterloo Station
via cellphone, dodging
hitmen, and taking down
opponents in the blink of an
eye. These scenes are funny,
suspenseful, and exquisitely
shot and edited.
Bourne’s memory is working
again and his quest takes
us into territory that queries
our current surveillance and
espionage quandaries.
The violence comes in
bursts and the documentary
style is characteristic of
DVD review
ALFAZ DEL PI
El Hort s/n
Telephone: 96 588 82 66
director Paul Greengrass,
who also directed The
Bourne Supremacy, as well
as the Sept. 11 drama United
93. The film seems absurdly
real,
despite
Bourne’s
apparent indestructibility.
There’s also a car chase
in New York City that is so
brutally real it seems to
verge on the magical.
After three movies’ worth
of hand-to-hand combat,
Damon seems content with
the physical action.
When Bourne does a
running leap off one of
those
Tangier
rooftops
across an alley and into an
apartment window, it’s a
familiar action-flick move
but the movie doesn’t hover
over it, you catapult with
him into scene after scene.
There are some late plot
twists worthy of a thriller,
and some fine acting here,
which means the movie
is more reminiscent of the
revived Bond genre, than
lame old sequel territory.
Expect the return of Bourne
as there are at least two
more novels to cover, albeit
not written by the masterful
Robert Ludlum.
CD review
MIKA - LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION
CINE COLCI RINCÓN
BENIDORM
Calle Zamora s/n
Telephone: 96 585 38 59
www.cinescolci.com/index2.htm
CINE JAYÁN
JÁVEA
Cristo del Mar s/n.
Very close to the port.
www.cinesxabia.com/evf.htm
28 WEEKS LATER
CINE CLUB 7º ARTE
PILAR DE LA HORADADA
Pilar’s English cinema.
An independent cinema showing films in
English. Close to the Calle Mayor in Pilar de
la Horadada - directions on their website:
www.cinemapilar.com
This cinema is now closed for the summer.
It will re-open on September 8.
28 WEEKS Later is another
addition to this summer’s
sequels and threequels
trend; and although the
thought of yet another dragged-out plot arouses a sense
of wearisome dread in most of us, 28 Weeks Later is a
refreshingly good continuation of the 2002 hit 28 Days Later
and was described by The Rolling Stone as “the rarest thing
you’re going to see at the movies this summer: a sequel
that doesn’t suck.”
The zombie horror takes the disaster from the original
film and pulls it into futuristic London where, as far as the
unsuspecting population is aware, it is safe to return to...
Starring Robert Carlyle and directed by Juan Carlos
Fresnadillo, 28 Weeks Later is the must-see sequel of the
summer and is now available on DVD.
IF you have been for a night
on the tiles recently, no
doubt you will have heard
something
from
Mika’s
debut album, Life in Cartoon
Motion.
The tunes stick
in your head and
tracks like Love
today and Big
girl will have you
dancing around
the room for
ages after you
first hear them. It is
currently in the UK
top ten and recently spent
some time at number 1.
It didn’t quite make it into
the top ten of the Spanish
charts, peaking at number
11, but for a début album
that is still impressive.
This feelgood CD will be
playing in your head for days
which, for many people,
is great but opinions vary
greatly. Life in Cartoon
Motion is the marmite
of music today with
listeners either loving
its bouncy vibe or
hating its poppy
feel.
Decide
for
yourself, the brightly
coloured
album
is available from
w w w. a m a z o n .
co.uk and Mika will
be in Barcelona in
October. See www.
ticktackticket.com for
ticket information.
Book review
A weird and wonderful guide to Barcelona - Le Cool Publishing 2006
IF you are seeking a guided tour of the
Sagrada Familia, the Monjuïc or the Museu
Picasso, look elsewhere, but if you are seeking
to get to know underground Barcelona, then
this book is for you.
The title, A weird and wonderful guide to
Barcelona, sums up the content perfectly
– where to get away from the madding
crowds, where to go to escape the tourists
and great places to eat, drink and put your
head down for the night are all covered, but
from an angle never explored before in any
guidebook.
Taking you through the Raval district step
by step – ‘smelly, badly-lit, non-stop, alive and
lowdown dirty, it hides some of the city’s most
carefully-guarded jewels’ – amongst other
back-street locations where you will encounter
such off-the-wall attractions as the Museum
of Funeral Carriages and a clutter-shop run
by an aged Tarot-card reader, A weird and
wonderful guide to Barcelona provides a
warts-and-all account of the city as only
those who live there and know it intimately
can give.
Written by a multi-national team of young
people who live in Barcelona, the book tells
you where to go clubbing, where to get sex,
where to find a cheap meal out, and where
to get drunk in peace. Art-house cinema,
alternative music festivals, shopping ranging
from ‘second-hand tat’ to designer gear,
accommodation ranging from five-star hotels
to backpackers’ hostels at €20 a night, gayfriendly pubs, clubs, beaches and even
clothes shops are featured – plus areas where
you can get stoned, admire or contribute to
the city’s graffiti and a chapter dedicated to
how to understand the catalanes.
Jazzily decorated with avant-garde photos
and sketches, slogans and of course, more
graffiti, the artwork alone makes this a bright,
colourful, eye-catching publication that is
effortless to read and a perfect complement
to a more conventional guidebook.
This publication is available at Librería Europa Bookshop, Calle Óscar Esplá 2, Calpe, 03710. Tel. 96 583 58 24 Email enquiries: europa@ctv.es
Website: www.libreria-europa-calpe.com Open M-F 10.00-14.00, 17.00-20.00 Sat 10.00-14.00. Free parking available. Cut out this book review to get a 5% discount on this title.
CLUBS
MAGAZINE
clubs &societies
What’s going on:
Table tennis
We propose to start a table tennis
league around the Torrevieja and
Mazarrón Axis area with fixtures
commencing at the beginning of
October. Men and women, of any
level interested in playing in a local
league, please call Jim Brogan 616291-026 or Ian Lloyd 96-895-62-46 or
636-401-134.
Asociación Protectora de
Animales de El Campello
To all those who supported the Rastro on August 11 to raise money for
our animals a ‘Big thank you’ for your
help 433 euros was raised. The following fundraising events are being organised. Top Table Sale: September
9, Xmas Fayre: November 24, Xmas
Lunch: December 14. Please come
and give your support, become a
member of our Association, or make
a donation. To adopt one of our dogs
contact Eve on 96-569-90-28. To view
our dogs, visit www.myvicinity.co.uk.
Last year, many dogs and cats were
rescued and treated plus one collared dove. Without support and all
the hard working volunteers many
animals would suffer. JG Vets give all
our animals a clean bill of health be-
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES:
Jim’ll fix it
JIM CAMPBELL and his partner,
Julie, are very active raising
money for charity in the La
Manga area. “I’ve spent many
years in the entertainment
industry and have always made
sure that money was raised for
good causes, wherever I worked,”
says Jim, who has worked in bingo
halls and nightclubs in the UK,
before deciding to live in the La
Manga area. “I’m off to the UK to
collect the rest of my belongings
because, after 18 months of living
here, I have fallen in love with the
place and there’s no going back
for me.”
Jim is a bit of a character; two
years ago he had his hair dyed
pink to raise money for breast
cancer research. “I told them I
would do it if they raised £1,000
and they did!” he laughed. Jim is
seen here handing over the €370
he raised to HELP Murcia Mar
Menor’s President, Tony Horn,
at the Autocine market in Los
Alcázares, where HELP runs a
stall every Saturday.
“We’re delighted Jim has chosen
HELP, and long may it continue.”
says Tony. Since coming to La
Manga, he has run several race
nights at The Square Bar in Cabo
de Palos and at Paddywack’s
Restaurant on La Manga. He is
very happy to run further race
nights and bingo evenings for
HELP if a suitable venue can be
found, and he is also circulating
the area to collect clothes, bric-abrac, books and similar items for
donation to the HELP stall.
HELP Murcia Mar Menor assists
all kinds of people with all kinds
of problems and can be reached by
telephone on 968 570 059, or on the
emergency number 616 546 378.
fore adoption. Our charity shop on
Avda. Germanies opens Monday to
Saturday 10.00-14.00 hrs. Tel. 96-56335-47. 24-hour, mobile: 687-398-507.
Help Murcia Mar Menor
September 2 – cheese and wine, 8
euros, 14.30-19.00 hrs, Valle del Sol.
(Tickets and further details from Pam
Clough on 646-786-444 or Janice
Clark on 968-134-355). September
11 – HELP General Meeting, 12.00
hrs, Biblioteca/CISSMU Building, Los
Narejos, Los Alcázares. September
26 – ABBA Show, 20 euros including
meal, 20.00 hrs, Olympia Restaurant,
Mil Palmeras (tickets and further details from the HELP office 968-570059). Every Saturday – car boot sale
at the Autocine Market, San Javier/
Los Alcázares, 09.00-14.00 hrs
Model Railway Enthusiasts
Want to continue enjoying your hobby but do not have space to build
your own layout? We are based in
Catral so why not come and join us.
Tel. 662-022-190 for more info.
Crossroads club
Next meeting Friday September 14
and every Friday at 14.30 hrs at The
Olympia Restaurante in Mil Palmeras. Tel. Ina on 96-532-98-64. We have
speakers, a regular cooking spot by
our chef every 2 weeks and a weekly Spanish lesson from Clara, a native Spaniard. The social side means
a monthly outing of some sort and
some longer excursions or holidays.
Jávea Free Health Visitor’s Clinic
for 0 – 5 year olds
Wednesdays in Clínica Tarraula La
Plaza from 14.00 to 15.30 hrs. Starting
September 5 2007. Tel. 96 579 41 79.
Jalón Valley Writers’ Group
Interested in writing? Our members
vary, from published novelists to
absolute beginners, sharing experiences and ideas and learning from
each other. Meetings at Bar Torre in
Alcalalí, first and third Wednesdays
of each month at 20.00hrs. Tel.Jill 96597-33-93 or Agnes 96-648-25-49.
The Castle Theatre
The September Club night will be
held at the Bar Trifàssic on the main
coast road just past the Port of Dénia.
Details will be given out in future notices, so watch this space! Tel. Christine 626-201-636/Eileen 662-267-367
Careline Theatre - Alcalalí
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate
Town’s Women’s Guild Dramatic Society‘s Production of A Christmas
Carol, by David McGillivray & Walter
Zerlin Jnr on October 18, 19 and 20
at 20.00 hrs. The play is directed by
Dennis Arthurs and promises to be
very funny. The 10-euro tickets are
available on 639 285 464 or at Kelly’s
of La Xara. The annual paella at Fontilles is on September 16 with Care-
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line rounders/cricket. Members and
friends call Colin and Hazel to book
on 96 573 30 96. Tel. 616 212 121.
Oils Club
Meetings start in September on Tuesdays in Ràfol d’Almúnia, Wednesdays in Dénia, Thursdays in Jávea.
For anyone who wants to learn to
paint or already can, please call
Hanka (fully qualified) on 669 624
949 or 96 640 80 36.
Royal British Legion (Jávea Branch)
Tuesday meetings resume on September 11 at 11.00 hrs at Scallops
Restaurant, Arenal Beach. Everyone
welcome. Anyone with service in
the Armed Forces who needs help
and/or advice on welfare matters
can ring Sheila on 96 579 56 87.
Alpengold Showband group
Alpengold Showband plays traditional brass band music, and oompah style. It rehearses Tuesdays at
13.00 hrs and 15.30 hrs and Thursdays at 17.30 hrs at the Casa Cultura, San Miguel, near Torrevieja. The
Band, with its extensive repertoire,
is available to play at most venues,
also welcoming new players. Interested then contact Bas Starbuck on
96 677 50 75, or Di Hedley on 96 571
66 01, John Bawden on 96 670 69 59
or Tony Murray on 96 678 99 65 Visit
www.TorreviejaInformation.com/alpengold
Please note that the deadline for listings or changes is Thursday at 17.00 hrs and news articles is Monday at 17.00 hrs. If you
would like us to feature your club telephone: 96 648 08 14 or email: clubs@thinkspain.com
MABS finally takes
delivery of first car
MABS (Cancer Support Group)
have
branches
extending
from Valencia to Marbella,
but the Mazarrón branch has
only been in operation for 18
months.
AT LAST!: Paul Garner of Automóviles Crespo in Elche hand over the keys to Ann Warmsley
(chief fundraiser), Kay Cooper (Treasurer), Jean Barrie (Publicity) and Jacqui Phillips (president).
So when their fundraisers
suggested they not only raise
money to enable the branch to
run on a day-to-day basis, with
volunteers taking patients in
their own cars to hospital but also
raise enough money to buy a car
to use for the same purpose, we
never thought it would actually
happen. Well 10 months later and
following a lot of hard work it was
announced 14,000 euros had been
raised for the car fund.
The branch then set about
looking for a suitable car and found
it in Elche at AUTOMÓVILES
CRESPO. S.A. who could not
have been more helpful, a very
generous discount was given and
help with the complicated paper
work.
The Cancer Support Group
exists to help and support all
those diagnosed with cancer and
their families during what can
be a very difficult time. If you
find you need our support please
contact Jacqui on 96-579-40-83 who
will put you in touch with your
nearest branch.
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MAGAZINE
CLUBS
BENITACHELL
ALBIR
Aerobics and Pilates
A Course in Miracles
Wednesday nights. Tel. 639-361-999 - www.innerpeace.es
Arts and Crafts
Benitachell HELP
Volunteers needed. Tel. 667-034-576 - www.helpofDénia.
com
Ballet/Aerobics school. Tel. 96-686-42-63
Tuesdays/Thursdays. Tel. 96-686-81-82.
Card Making Class
Thursdays 10.30-12.30hrs. Tel. 96-686-66-80.
Dru Yoga
Children/adults. Tel. 639-361-999 - www.innerpeace.es
Egyptian Bellydance
Tel. Shona 659-549-276.
Jewellery Classes
Monday - Thursday. Tel. Julie 636-373-750.
Euroslim
Mondays 17.00hrs. Tel. 96-588-11-02/629-656-434.
New Hope Christian Fellowship
Sunday 11.00hrs. Tel. Pastor Stuart Wilson 635-359-581.
Patchwork Quilting Club
Fridays 10.30hrs. Tel. Jean 639-566-692.
Ladies Lunch Club
All ladies welcome. Tel. Betty Inglis 609-477-476.
Martial Art
Tel. 664-358-961, - davidtangsoo@hotmail.com.
ALCALALÍ
Jalón Valley Writers Group
Meetings: Bar Torre First/3rd Wednesdays 20.00hrs.
Tel. Jill 96-597-33-93 or Agnes 96-648-25-49.
Needle Craft Group
Fridays/Mondays 14.00-17.00hrs. Tel. 96-648-22-68.
Reiki Educational
1st Sundays, 11.00hrs.
innerpeace.es
Tel.
639-361-999
-
www.
Tai Chi Class
Wednesdays 10.30-11.30/11.45-12.45hrs. Tel. 619-613-236.
Yoga on the move
Walk/talk Yoga! Tel. 639-361-999 - www.innerpeace.es
ACEC - Cultural and Ecological Association
1st Saturday. Tel. 639-637-520 - www.acecalpe.org.
ALFAZ DEL PI
Alfaz Animal Home
Monday - Saturday. Tel. 96-588-71-16/96-588-90-71.
Alfaz Spiritual Foundation
Sunday Service 18.30hrs. Tel. 96-574-56-06/616-319-725.
Casa Sjengarden Cultural
16.30-19.00hrs - musical/literary. Tel. 96-686-05-22
Association Foreign Property Owners
Information to help ex-pats in Calpe. 10 euros per
household. Tel. 96-583-01-06/96-583-59-75.
Amigos de los Niños de EMAUS
Improve the lives of the underprivileged children. Tel.
Carole 639-637-520/Lin 679-813-462.
Badminton Club
Mondays/Thursdays 09.00hrs. Tel. Diana 96-649-84-82.
Emotional Freedom Techniques
Day workshop. Tel. Chris Padro 653-468-373.
Egyptian belly dance classes
Mondays/Thursdays. Tel. 96-588-90-05/659-549-276
British Sub Aqua Club
Scuba divers Jávea/Moraira/Calpe. Tel. 96-646-3906/96-583-21-69 - www.bsacmarinaalta.com
Reiki
Tel. Louise, Usui and Shambala 96-588-95-04.
Calpe Christian Fellowship
Service 11.00hrs. Tel. Pastor John Adamson 96-583-26-07.
Sporting Alfàs Cricket Club
Tel. Phillip Pennick 96-686-69-65.
Calpe Craft Club
Tel. Dilys 96-583-93-60.
The Third Age Home Charity Shop
tomclarkjavea@hotmail.com - Tel. 96-579-44-62
Calpe HELP
Be a volunteer. Tel. 616-237-135 - www.helpofDénia.com.
Yoga
Wednesdays 15.00hrs. Tel. Louise 96-588-95-04.
Calpe Tuesday Walkers
Tel. Tim 96-579-38-47 - timladd@terra.es.
ALICANTE
Alicante Writers’ Group
2nd Thursday 20.00hrs. Tel. 636-675-127/639-280-286.
English Speaking Club
Penny: englishspeakingalc@hotmail.com.
Cantal Roig Dance Group
Learn local folk dances, 19.00hrs. Tel. 666-253-480.
Harley Owner’s Group
Do you ride a Harley? Tel. Max 625-011-892.
Kingpins Skittles Club
Monday nights 19.30hrs. Tel. Jan 600-837-054.
ALTEA
Altea English Library
Mondays/Thursdays/Fridays. Tel. 96-584-47-07.
Machine Knitting Club
Tel. Vilma 96-583-76-31/Jean 96-573-31-47.
BENIDOLEIG
MOFTAG
Ladies Social/Fundraising Club. Tel. 96-587-47-23.
Benidoleig Jive
Sundays 19.45hrs, El Cid. Tel. 96-557-06-77.
Paquita’s Country Club
Tel. 96-640-43-06/96-642-52-81 or www.paquitascc.com
Valleys International Bridge and Social Club
Tuesdays/Thursdays El Cid, 13.30hrs. Tel. 96-640-45-33.
BENIDORM
Diabetes Support
Help and advice. Sylvia Tel. 96-640-08-75.
Eckankar
Religion of Light and Sound of God. Tel. 686-161-889.
Land Problems
LRAU-LUV Valencian land grab problems? Tel. 600837-054 - www.abusos-no.org.
CALPE
The Dutch Belgium Club
Fridays, La Luna ‘live music’. Tel. 96-648-30-68.
Costa Blanca Yachting Association
Mondays 20.00hrs, Mason de Paco bar, Jávea - Benitachell
Hope for the family Romania Trust
Many Romanian children are abandoned or live in
very poor conditions. Charity no. 1089073. Tel/fax:
0044-1622-762-743 - kmevans@nascr.net.
Nola’s Fitness Class
Legs, Bums and Tums/pilates. Tel. 669-377-830
Spanish Dance School
Flamenco/Rumba/Tango/Salsa. Tel. 627-019-403.
Costa Blanca Video and DVD Club
Tel. 96-673-02-10/616-651-143/618-414-243.
Patchwork in Calpe
Face character problems. Thursdays. Tel. 96-583-13-62.
Probus Club of Calpe & District
Retired business men. 4th Wednesday. Tel. 96-597-34-59.
Rodeo Stompers Linedancing
Tel. Barbara 630-113-649.
Masonry Costa Blanca
Tel. 96-671-96-53 - provincialcharitysteward@hotmail.
com.
NARPO – Costa Blanca North
2nd Wednesday 11.30hrs. Tel. Ian 600-867-398.
RAFA North
2nd Monday 12.00-13.00hrs - www.rafancb.org - Tel. 96642-15-93.
Re-Upholstery
Tel. Pat 96-574-13-39
Rotary International Fellowship CB North
Fridays 13.45hrs. Tel. by Wednesday 17.00hrs - 96-57954-21.
Royal Society of St George on the CB
Tel. 96-579-16-94/96-649-34-38/609-812-285/609-156-759
Waggs
Breeders/owners of birds. Tel. Nick 645-503-219.
Women in Business Club
Free networking/support club. Tel. 96-597-32-34.
CATRAL
Model Railway Enthusiasts
Telephone 662-022-190.
DÉNIA
Amigos de Dénia
Shop in Paseo del Saladar 87, Mondays - Saturdays
10.00-13.00hrs. Tel. 96-642-42-99.
A.P.A.D. - Dénia Dog Sanctuary
Shop at No 1 Calle San Antonio. Tel. 669-635-438.
Asociación Protectora de Animales - Charity Shop
C/ San José, 14. Monday - Friday 10.00-13.00hrs.
Critical Mass Bike Ride, Dénia
First Saturday - Tel. 618-223-927.
Dénia - Calpe - Orba Triangle
Learn about Spain. Tel. Jazz 652-584-272.
Dénia Cat Protection League - Aldea Felina
Shelter, feed/re-home cats. Tel. 628-498-813. Charity
shop in Els Poblets, Monday-Saturday 10.00-14.00hrs.
Dénia Choral Society
Mondays/Thursdays. Tel. Chris 96-575-53-49.
Dénia Craft Club
C/ Loreto, Dénia. Thursdays 14.30hrs. Tel. 96-642-07-23.
Dénia International Bridge Club
Monday/Wednesday, 16.00hrs. Tel. 96-578-53-87.
Dénia Writers’ Circle
Alternate Thursdays 15.00hrs. Tel. 96-643-19-14.
Benidorm Card Making Class
Friends
The Royal British Legion Calpe
Closed for the summer reopening in September.Chairman: 96-584-24-67, welfare – Ursula: 96-574-78-47.
HELP of Dénia
Volunteers providing support. Interpreters Monday
- Friday 11.00-14.00hrs. Medical equipment. Tel. 96-64270-44/96-578-72-76/96-557-27-54 - www.helpofdenia.com.
Social Scene
Knitting and crochet workshop. Tel. 96-579-44-62
International Fellowship Dénia
1st/3rd Monday 19.30hrs. Tel. 96-575-53-49/96-578-86-24.
U3A CALPE
Tel. Pat 96-583-45-86 - www.u3acalpe.com.
Irish Setdancing
Fridays 20.00hrs. Tel. 96-642-31-58/660-871-023.
Meet new friends. Tel. 96-586-47-34/669-988-615.
GATAMI – Cat welfare
Fostering/rehousing, all cats are spayed, fully vaccinated and treated for fleas. Tel. 96-680-69-76/654-729-977.
Help Benidorm International
Tel. 679-751-281. Medical aids: 96-687-86-02. Home visits:
96-587-85-41. Interpreters needed: 679-751-281.
History Group
1st Thursday 19.30hrs. Tel. Tony 666-097-807.
International Singles Club
Wednesdays 11.00hrs. Tel. 699-301-494/96-584-59-01.
Les Amis de la Francophonie Culture & Loisirs
French-speaking association with all nationalities.
Tel. 96-586-20-26/616-007-946.
Royal British Legion Benidorm
1st/3rd Tuesday 11.00hrs. Tel. 96-585-95-88.
Villasol Squares
Tuesdays 19.00-22.00hrs. Tel. Peter 686-208-730
Crafty Di’s
Tuesday 11.00-13.00hrs. Tel. Di 616-309-341
BENIMAR
The Benimar Social Group
Wednesdays 19.30hrs. Tel. 96-572-42-73/96-572-41-21.
Campoverde Theatre Group
Next meeting September 5 14.30hrs at Olympia Annex,
Mil Palmeras. Tel. 96-532-14-94.
Buddhism
Thursdays 20.30hrs. Tel. Diane 96-532-14-94/636-002-034.
COSTA BLANCA
Aromatherapy
Tel. Brenda 96-285-56-24 - brendainoliva@yahoo.co.uk.
Bereavement Group
For parents who have lost a child. Tel. 96-692-34-05.
BENIMARCO
Benimarco Doll Group
Interested in Porcelain dolls? Tel. 96-573-11-98.
Charity e-cards
Send electronic greetings cards while donating 50% to
charity - www.charitye-cards.co.uk.
BENISSA
Costa Barber Singers
Thursdays 20.00hrs. Tel. 96-574-46-12/96-649-76-57.
Marina Alta & Costa Blanca Floral Club
Next meeting September 27 at Centro de Culture in
Benissa. Tel. Sue 96-689-63-50.
School of Ministry
Biblical, theological and Christian courses - www.
bensom.org - Tel. 96-573-34-62.
665-278-801
CAMPOVERDE
Alcoholics Anonymous
Is alcohol costing you more than money? Drinking to
excess not only affects your health it can spill over into
every other aspect of your life, damaging everything
that is important to you. AA offers free help to anyone
with a drink problem. Call Costa Blanca North: 648 16 90
45, Costa Blanca South: 625-912-078. www.aa-europe.org.
BENIJÓFAR
Tel.
Yoga
Tuesdays 10.00-11.30hrs. Tel. 620-147-089.
CARTAGENA
Totalique Twirlers
Children aged 4+ from September 2007 and summer
school - www.totalique-twirlers.org
The King’s Church
Sundays
11.00hrs.
thekingschurch.net.
Yoga
Tel. Pat 96-583-45-86.
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www.
Costa Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy
Church of England. Senior Chaplain - Father Eric Lewis:
96-649-07-37/696-754-439. Chaplain: Father Peter Edwards:
630-103-378. www.costablanca-anglicanchaplaincy.org.
Costa Blanca Flyers
www.costablancaflyers.net - Tel.629-352-727/679-352-327.
Costa Blanca Mountain Walkers
Depart 10.00hrs. Boots, water and first aid kit required.
Tel. 96-283-99-53/96-647-66-37.
Costa Blanca Samaritans
Tel. Steve 667-764-412 - steveashley@tiscali.es.
ELS POBLETS
English Speaking Residents Group
Queries/problems: Tel. 96-647-57-62/96-647-45-24. Outings to places of interest. Information pack for new
arrivals. Tel. Heather 96-647-54-29 - hcrowe@tiscali.es
Los Caballos Tennis Club
Tuesdays/Sundays. Tel. 96-647-51-77.
P.I.R.E.E.
Last Thursdays 19.00hrs, Els Poblets Bar.
GANDIA
Azahar Fun Quiz and Dinner Evening Gandia
Wednesday evenings. Tel. Chris 96-280-82-86
Ballroom, Latin and Salsa Dancing
Tel. 626-676-024 - amandakaye@hotmail.co.uk.
Church of England
Holy Communion every Sunday at 12 noon in the
Ducal Palace in the centre of Gandia. Tel. Stephen
Carden 96-280-74-83/Terry Ewers 96-280-50-99 or email
cardenstephen@yahoo.co.uk. Part of the official Costa
Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy.
Gandia Area Social Club
Ten-pin bowling, flamenco classes, walking, petanca,
golf, etc. Thursday evenings: dinner at Viva España.
Tel. 96-287-82-98 – www.gandiaareasocialclub.com
Gandia Help
Tel. Tony 96-281-90-04 - www.helpofDénia.com
Sociedad Protectora de Animales
Viewing days Tuesdays/Thursdays/Saturdays, 12.0014.00hrs. Tel. 96-286-81-58/96-280-70-42.
The Gandia Bridge Club
Thursdays 16.00hrs. Tel. Fred 96-283-93-70.
The Royal British Legion, Gandia Branch
First Tuesdays. Tel. Cilla 676-938-739.
Western Dancers Alfauir
Fridays 19.00hrs - Tel. Patricia 96-285-58-87/629-937-971.
GATA DE GORGOS
AMADEM
Fights for the rights of those with mental disabilities.
Tel. 96-646-91-20.
Camera Club
Tel. 96-576-13-49 - chris@chrisrobin.co.uk.
HONDÓN VALLEY
The Royal British Legion, Hondón Valley Branch
3rd Tuesday 19.30hrs. Tel. Dennis 600-670-870. Email:
publicity.rbl.hv@gmail.com
Dénia Anglican Church
Sundays 11.45hrs at church on left on Las Rotas road.
Rotary International Fellowship Club
Tuesday lunches 13.00hrs. Tel. 96-583-89-41.
Tuesday 10.30-12.30hrs. Tel. Anne 96-686-66-80.
ELCHE
Elche RFC
Rugby Club. Tel. 618-048-532/647-618-463.
Jewellery Classes
Tuesday evenings. Tel. Amy 662-140-040
Mums and Tots
Wednesdays 10.00-12.00hrs. Tel. 96-578-21-52.
Sewing Group
Tel. Christine 96-578-57-10.
Solidarity in Dénia
Spanish/English together. - elenallor@hotmail.com.
Tai Chi
Monday mornings 11.00hrs. Tel. 646-821-614.
The Castle Theatre Group
The Courtyard, 7 Calle San Cristóbal, Dénia. Tel.
Christine 626-201-636 or Eileen 662-267-367.
The Spiritually Free Society
All welcome. Tel. 96-647-11-73/650-334-443
U3A Dénia
Tel. 96-597-77-78 - u3adenia.org
Worship Service
Sunday Service 10.30hrs. Tel. Barbara 96-578-21-52.
EL CAMPELLO
A.P.A.C. - Asociación Protectora de Animales de
El Campello - charity shop
Monday - Saturday 10.00-14.00hrs. Tel. 24hr 687-398-507
- www.myvicinity.co.uk to view the dogs - All MOT’d.
Callanetics – Exercises
Monday/Friday 10.45-12.15hrs. Tel. 96-685-22-93.
D.I.N.A
Dogs looking for homes. Blood tested, microchipped,
inoculated/sterilised. Tel. 96-563-57-83/664-151-677.
JÁVEA
Acrylics Workshops
Wednesday afternoons - Craft Centre. Tel. 96-646-34-30
Animales de San Antonio
Help needed - Cat Welfare Programme. Tel. 646-866-432
APASA
Tel. 96-579-68-54.
Art Centre Association Jávea
Tel. 96-647-20-49
Art Clubs in Jávea
Tel. 96-579-44-62.
Art of Enlightenment Workshops
Fridays 14.00-16.30hrs. Tel. 96-646-36-89/670-384-851.
Bob Ross Artcasa
Art classes. Tel. Gaynor 620-664-988
Campo Crafters
Alternate Tuesdays 10.00-12.30hrs. Tel. 639-987-301
Cáncer Charity Centre, Jávea Park
Monday - Saturday 10.00-13.00hrs. Tel. 96-579-01-29.
Classic Choir
Friday evenings. Tel. Ann/Colin 96-579-03-71
Jávea Al-Anon Support Group
Tel. 96-646-36-89.
Jávea Backgammon Club
Mondays 20.00-23.00hrs. Tel. Steve 635-377-335.
Jávea Book Circle
Tel. Anne/Huw Griffith 96-647-21-05.
Jávea Bridge Club
Avda de Paris, Jávea Park. Tel. Margaret 96-579-34-13.
www.javeabridgeclub.com
Jávea China and Porcelain Painting
Tel. Lavender Studio 96-646-15-37.
Jávea Community Group
Tel. Jeni 96-579-04-70.
Jávea International Baptist Church
Sunday 11.00hrs. Tel. 638-205-280.
Jávea Ladies
Legs bums/tums, Mondays 16.00hrs. Tel. 96-642-34-63.
Jávea Lions Club
2nd Tuesdays/4th Thursdays. Restaurant La Sella
20.00hrs.
Jávea Netball Club
L’Àncora Club Wednesdays 20.00-21.30hrs.
Jávea Players
Tel. 96-648-20-60
Jávea Speakers & Toastmasters
Tel. Sylvia 96-579-23-16.
El Campello Craft Club Centre
Thursdays 10.00-13.00hrs. Tel. 96-563-03-30.
Jazzercise
Tel. Lisa 687-275-592/96-577-07-56.
Reiki Group
Wednesdays/Thursdays. Tel. Yvonne 696-655-028.
Labour International CB North
www.terra.es/personal4/lsocbn/
The Royal British Legion, Campello Branch
Last Tuesdays 11.00hrs. Tel. 96-563-44-76/616-172-209.
Martial Art
Thursdays 18.30-19.30hrs. Tel. 664-358-961.
CLUBS
Nueva Jávea Social Club
Tel. Angela 96-646-09-78 - angelachantry@gmail.com
MAPA Social Club
Tel. 96-649-08-40.
A.E.C.C
Tel. 96-571-66-79/96-679-82-96. La Marina: 96-679-60-04.
Mingles - 2
Tel. Amanda 600-612-368/Sally 635-343-867.
A Touch of Class
Wednesdays 12.00-14.00hrs Tel. Sue 96-679-86-40.
Mirador Dance Club
Tel. Mike/Jan 96-679-85-88/627-030-404.
Age Concern CB Sur
Tel. 96-678-68-87. Mondays - Fridays 10.00-13.30hrs.
Nirvana Dining Club
Tel. Jane 667-836-495.
Alpengold Showband
Tuesdays 13.00 and 15.30 hrs,Thursdays 17.30 hrs at the
Casa Cultura, San Miguel, nr Torrevieja. Tel. Bas 96-67750-75/Di 96-571-66-01.
Postnatal Support Group
Tel. 96-570-82-27 - colinbeaven@tiscali.es
Association of Retired Police Officers
2nd Wednesdays 10.30hrs. Tel. 96-679-70-15.
Reiki
Tel. Ann Barber 96-671-73-10.
Silk Crafts
Tel. Rayne 96-283-99-11 - singingrayne@hotmail.com
Belly Dancing with Cleo
Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays. Tel. 619-512-714.
Squash/Raquetball Club Los Amigos
Tuesdays/Friday 17.00-19.00hrs. Tel. 606-919-124.
Bob Ross Artcasa
Art classes. Tel.620-664-988 - gaynorartclass@hotmail.
com.
Royal Air Forces Association
Branch No.1359. 3rd Tuesday. Tel. 96-679-80-71/96-501-3186 - mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/rafacostablanca
Costa Blanca Christadelphians
www.thisisyourbible.com
Egyptian Belly Dance Classes
Tuesdays/Thursdays/Saturdays. Tel. 96-285-25-82
Public Library
Tuesdays/Saturdays 10.00-12.00hrs. Tel. 636-898-162
Friends in Oliva
Tel. Val 96-283-94-06/650-278-592
Reiki
Friday mornings. Tel. Richard 96-647-15-62.
Martial Art
Wednesdays/Fridays 18.30-19.30hrs. Tel. 664-358-961.
Rotary International Fellowship CB
No meetings until September 14. Tel. 96-579-54-21.
Oliva Circle of Friends
Tel. 609-477-476/96-505-06-30 - bettyinglis@tiscali.es
Roundabout Charity Shop Jávea
Jávea old town. 10.00-13.00hrs Monday - Saturday.
Royal British Legion, Jávea
Meetings resume on September 11. Tuesdays 11.00hrs.
Tel. Hilary 96-577-01-21.
Salsa classes
Tuesday/Wednesdays. Tel. 96-579-56-56.
Tai Chi ‘Yang’ Style
19.00-20.00hrs. Tel. Carlos 667-959-237.
Oliva Knitting Group
Wednesdays 14.00hrs.
wits@hotmail.co.uk.
Tel.
647-202-940
Tennis Club Los Amigos
Sundays/Mondays/Tuesdays/Thursdays
Tel. 606-919-124.
Tango Argentino
Tel. Tamar 96-579-69-83/617-591-145.
Taoist Tai Chi Society of Jávea
Tel. Jean 649-161-290 - www.taoist.org.
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knit-
10.00hrs.
The Oliva Craft Club
Tel. Val 96-283-94-06 - lesleyclark@craftclubsjavea.com
The Costa Blanca Yarn Group
Tel. 96-579-44-62 - lesleyclark@wanadoo.es
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Action 4 Anim
Tel. Suzi 659-677-749/Jo 686-887-592.
OLIVA
Oasis Evangelical Centre
Sundays 11.00hrs. Tel. 96-646-28-48.
MAGAZINE
Western line-dancing
Mondays 19.30-22.00hrs. Tel. Carole 96-283-96-60.
Bob Ross Painting
Tel. Denis 96-679-09-27/Ron 96-679-03-69.
Bon Bon Club
May 21, 14.00hrs, New York Bar, Washington Square,
La Siesta Urbanization
Rascals
Variety show group for raising money. Tel. 96-672-72-82.
San Luis Neighbourhood Watch
Tel. Graham/Jean 96-678-47-35.
Table Tennis
Beginning October. Tel. 616-291-026/96-895-62-46/636401-134.
Tennis
Monday/Wednesday - Friday 10.00hrs. Tel. 696-199-265.
Cabaret Dance Group
Tel. 647-082-021.
Tennis Club Campoamor
Wednesdays 15.00hrs/Sunday 10.30hrs. Tel. 675-395-168
Lions Clubs International
Tel. Bob Spokes 675-377-473.
CALPE - Aid for the physically & mentally disabled
Day care and teaching for disabled. Tel. 626-514123/696-876-688.
The Buffs
Wednesdays 16.00hrs. Tel. John 96-671-81-22.
The Tai Chi Society Costa Blanca
Sundays in July, sandy beach (Arenal), Jávea, 08.30hrs.
Tel. 610-01-60-80. www.balansvita.com.
Orba Slimmers
Mondays 11.00hrs. Tel. 96-558-14-18/680-138-931.
Celtic Supporters Club
Tel. Steve 669-340-528/Maureen 618-180-290.
U3A Jávea
www.u3ajavea.org - Tel. Rosi 96-599-52-27
Crossroads club
Next meeting September 14 and every Friday 14.30 hrs,
The Olympia Restaurante, Mil Palmeras. Tel. Ina 96532-98-64.
The Material Girls
Wednesday 10.00-13.00hrs. Tel. 96-579-00-86/96-646-32-27.
ORBA
The Original Charity shop and library
Monday - Saturday 10.00-13.00hrs. Tel. 96-646-08-03.
Wall Hangings and Rug Making Club
Alternate Tuesdays 09.30-12.00hrs. Tel. 639-987-301
ORIHUELA
PARCENT
Yoga
Tuesdays. Tel. Maria Palomar 96-646-08-51.
International Music Circle
2nd Monday. Tel. 96-640-53-80.
LA NUCÍA
Mediterranean Garden Society
Tel. Jenny Bussey 96-640-53-65.
Pilates
Mondays/Wednesdays/Thursdays. Tel. 96-588-24-08
PEDREGUER
LA XARA
The Cancer Support Group
Tel. Maureen 690-756-836.
Costa Blanca Cross Stitchers
Thursdays 14.00-16.00hrs. Tel. Vivian 96-597-95-34
The HELP Charity Shop
Tel. Joy 96-578-72-76/Mavis 96-642-14-34.
The Enrique Montoliu Foundation
Ecological Mediterranean Garden. Tel. 96-352-30-99
PEGO
LLÍBER
Chapel Santa María del Mar
Father Noe Tel. 699-928-377. Parochial Tel. 96-670-39-65.
Cherokee Line Dancers
Tuesdays/Thursdays. Tel. 96-676-06-63/96-676-01-38.
Chris Jarvis Dance Academy
Tel. Yvonee 96-679-68-20.
Church Services of the Anglican
Sunday service 18.00hrs. Tel. 96-833-82-92/96-676-27-15.
C & M Crafts
Tel. Christine/Margaret 96-670-72-23.
Company Women
Lunches 1st Thursdays. Tel. Caroline 96-679-53-22.
Crescendo International Choir
Tel. Sue 96-678-41-08/Phyl 96-678-53-32.
Denelle Dance Club
Wednesdays/Thursdays 19.00hrs. Tel. 635-584-431.
Business 4 Business Networking Club
Tel. Garry 619-767-006.
Charity Book Stall Pego Thursday Market
Profits to animal protection charity. Tel. 96-597-72-28.
Dolores - Catral Area
Tuesdays 10.00-12.00hrs. Tel. 96-671-16-53/647-356-945.
Diners’ Club
Tel. Jazz 652-584-272/Jean 96-648-04-61.
Pego Aerobics
Tuesdays 09.30hrs. Tel. Caroline 96-640-08-78
El Limonar neighbourhood watch
Tel. 96-678-58-32/96-678-54-30/96-678-44-12.
MARINA ALTA
Pego Craft Club
Tuesdays 15.00-17.00hrs. Tel. Val 96-283-94 06.
4 Paz
Save our sea. Tel. 628-031-758 - www.4paz.org.
Exciting Oils Club
Start September: Tuesdays – Ràfol d’Almúnia, Wednesdays – Dénia, Thursdays – Jávea. Tel. Hanka 96-640-80-36.
Marina Alta Equine Society
Tel. 96-558-77-47 - marinaaltaequinesociety@yahoo.com.
Royal British Legion, Pego
1st/3rd Tuesdays 12.00hrs. Tel. 96-558-43-29/96-558-74-00.
Slimming Club
Wednesdays 15.30-16.30hrs, Societat de Caçadors
The Monte Pego Theatre Company
Tel. 96-597-75-34.
PILAR DE LA HORADADA
The Financial Forum
Tel. Phillip Day 618-830-830.
Coro Pilar Mixed Choir
Friday 18.00hrs. Tel. Christine 96-676-23-08.
MARINA BAIXA
Jazz Greats
Mondays 20.00-23.00hrs. Tel. Roger 96-676-23-08.
U3A - Marina Baixa
Tel. Chris 96-587-88-79.
MAZARRÓN
M&M’s Dance Clubs
Wednesdays/Fridays 20.00-22.30hrs. Tel. 610-981-795.
Cañadas del Romero Mazarrón
Yoga/Spanish/flower arranging etc. Tel. 660-384-778.
Toastmasters International
Increase your self-confidence/communication - www.
levantetm.com for information.
Mazarrón Bahía Lions Club
2nd/4th Mondays. Tel. 96-815-45-89
P.A.L.S.
Fundraising for medical equipment. www.mazarron.
com. Tel. 96-813-88-23/626-460-465
Table Tennis
Beginning October. Tel. 616-291-026/96-895-62-46/636401-134.
MORAIRA
Artists Unlimited
Thursdays 10.30-12.30hrs. Tel. 96-574-41-94/96-583-60-64.
Costa Blanca Striders
Tel. Phil/Laura 96-649-12-19.
QUESADA
Church On The Way
Sundays 11.00hrs. Tel. Pastors Rod/Janet McCoy 96671-25-84
Gloria’s Crafts and Hobbies
Tel. Gloria/Avril 96-572-44-42/690-351-015.
Golden Girls
Alternate Wednesdays 14.00-16.00hrs. Tel. 96-532-90-92.
HELP Association of Torrevieja
Tel. 96-672-37-33/24hr help-line 96-570-42-82.
Jardín del Mar Urbanisation, Neighbourhood
Tel. Anne 96-670-19-21/José 96-570-97-98.
International Christian Assembly
Ladies meeting - Wednesdays 11.00hrs. Prayer and
bible study - Thursdays 18.30hrs. Sunday service 18.30hrs. C/San Miguel de Salinas 2, corner Santomers
(nr. Centro de Salud). Rev. Rafael Restrepo: 660-127-276,
Rev. Steve Campbell: 662-428-530, contacts: 96-692-82-98.
International Ladies Choir
Tel. Derek 96-676-06-63. Rehearse Mondays.
Just Brass
Tuesdays 10.00hrs. Tel. 96-670-69-59/96-678-99-65.
Keep Fit
Tel. Suzanne 627-371-731.
The Spiritual Awareness Society of Spain
Next meeting September 9. Tel. 96-570-33-46/96-676-33-54.
Labour International CB South
2nd Thursdays 11.00hrs. Tel. Alan 96-692-50-59.
SAN JUAN
San Juan and District English Speaking Club
Tel. 96-565-21-14. Wednesdays/Sundays 12.00-14.30hrs.
SANET I NEGRALS
SANTA POLA
Moraira & District Royal Naval Association
Tel. Peter 96-640-40-54/Robert 96-649-51-11.
Santa Pola Dollshouse Group
2nd Wednesdays 10.30am. Tel. Janette 96-541-54-10.
Moraira HELP
Tel. Ian 667-036-188 - www.helpofDénia.com
Santa Pola/Gran Alacant Writer’s Circle
Tel. 600-277-869.
TEULADA
Shirley’s Classes
Aerobics to pole dancing. Tel. Shirley 96-574-41-17.
Gardening Club Vega Baja
1st Monday 14.00hrs. Tel. 96-671-66-76/96-671-65-27.
Quesada Art Group
Tel. Suzanne 680-961-025.
Reiki
Tel. Alice 96-640-80-70/Joan 96-576-14-74.
Moraira - Centre Vital
Pilates Step/Qi - Gong/Capoeira. Tel. 699-456-978.
Emerald Isle Mother and Toddler Group
Mondays 11.00-13.00hrs. Tel. 675-401-325/617-232-235.
L.A Concert Band
Tel. Lorraine 96-671-94-84/687-429-144/670-719-911.
Ladies Self Improvement Group (LSIG)
Tel. Violet 96-670-25-56.
La Marina & San Fulgencio Computer Club
Wednesdays 11.00-16.00hrs. Tel. Ron 96-679-03-96.
La Marina Residents Association
11.00-12.00hrs Monday - Friday, C/Madrid Urbanisation.
The Carrot Crunchers Club
1st Sunday 12.30hrs. Tel. Roy 676-919-630.
The Friendship Club
Last Friday 11.00hrs at the Biblioteca.
The Royal Air Forces Association CB Branch 1359
3rd Tuesday, 14.30hrs. Tel. 96-672-34-51/686-859-441
The Royal Naval Association Torrevieja Branch
1st Wednesdays 17.00hrs. Tel. Rod 96-676-42-92
Torrevieja Barbershop Harmonisers
Tuesdays 10.00-12.30hrs. Tel. 96-671-72-62/96-677-50-29
Torrevieja Christian Fellowship
Sundays 09.30hrs. Comm. 11.30hrs. Tel. 96-670-03-91.
Torrevieja Coda Group
Relationship problems? Tel. 96-678-42-83.
Torrevieja Computer Club
Wednesdays 19.30hrs. Tel. Anne 96-678-62-81
Torrevieja Costa Lions Club
2nd/4th Thursdays 19.00hrs. Tel. 96-676-48-82.
Torrevieja Digital Camera Club
1st/3rd Tuesday. Tel. 96-679-80-84 - perryman@terra.es.
Torrevieja Flower Club
Next meeting September 19 at Rocajuna restaurant.
Tel. 96-677-51-67/96-670-73-30
Torrevieja Self Awareness and Healing Fellowship
Tel. Morag 96-572-02-56 - moragb@terra.es.
Torrevieja U3A
Tel. Ann Ross 96-677-30-22.
Torrevieja Writers’ Circle
Wednesdays 11.00-13.00hrs. Tel. Nik 96-679-68-66
Total Crafts
Mondays 14.00-17.00hrs. Tel. 96-678-99-77/96-670-62-68
Trailblazers Line Dancers, Torreta 2
Wednesdays. Tel. Gill 96-571-85-80.
Trash and Treasure
Sundays 15.00hrs. Tel. 96-571-31-17/647-843-387.
Vecinos Cooperando Vega Baja
Tel. 96-679-88-89/96-678-44-04/96-571-62-58.
Velvetones
Tel. 96-572-70-34/96-678-41-39 - www.velvetones.net
World Ship Society
Meetings: 1st Monday 18.00-21.00hrs in Hoggies Bar, Urb.
San Luis. Tel. 96-676-51-66 - Jim2stevens@yahoo.co.uk.
VALENCIA
Valencia Native American Flute Circle
Tel. 96-341-76-56 - www.geocities.com/entreflautas
VILLAJOYOSA
Caring Together
www.caringspain.com - info@caringspain.com
VILLAMARTÍN
Craft Classes
Wednesdays/Thursdays. Tel. 96-676-52-00/676-754-489.
XALÓ
Jalón Mingles 30+Club
Sundays 20.30hrs. Tel. 646-274-926/619-933-187.
Jalón Valley Dolls House & Miniatures Club
1st Wednesdays. Tel. 96-648-11-17 - club@dollshouse
shopspain.com.
Jalón Valley Writers’ Group
La Marina Tappers Dance Troupe
Mondays/Fridays. Tel. 96-679-68-20/660-191-975.
Meetings at Bar Torre in Alcalalí, 1st and 3rd Wednesday
each month at 20.00hrs. Tel. 96-597-33-93/96-648-25-49.
La Siesta Charity Library
C/ Weber, 12, La Siesta. 10.30-12.30hrs Tel. 96-678-55-13.
Lions Clubs International
Twice monthly 19.00hrs. Tel. 675-377-473
The Charity Shop Moraira
Tel. 96-579-44-62.
Asociación Benéfica de Teulada - charity shop
Avenida Mediterráneo 10.00-12.30hrs Monday - Friday.
Tel. Pat 606-274-948.
La Siesta - Computer Club
Wednesday 19.45hrs at PALS social club.
The Marina Alta Slimming Club
Wednesdays 11.15hrs. Tel. 96-558-14-18/680-138-931.
The Spiritually Free Society
Tel. Sandra 650-334-443.
Gardeners’Circle
Tel. Margarete 96-574-06-66.
La Siesta Evangelical Church
Rev. Daniel Reyes B.D. Tel. 96-850-80-28 - www.TorreviejaInformation.com/lasiestachurch
The Money Club - Xaló
Tel. 96-573-34-11.
MURCIA-MAR MENOR
La Fustera Church of England
Tel. Edith 96-574-54-30/Josie 96-649-72-03.
Duplicate Bridge
Thursdays 18.30-22.00hrs. Tel. 96-857-57-60/676-346-118
Help Murcia Mar Menor
10.00-13.30hrs Monday - Friday. Tel. 968-570-059/616546-378 – helpmarmenor@hotmail.com – www.helpmarmenor.org
The No-smoking Club Mar Menor
Wednesdays
Biblioteca
nosmomarmenor@hotmail.com
Centre
-
The English Choir
Thursdays. Tel. June 96-578-67-12/Colin 96-577-12-87.
TORREVIEJA
La Zenia Toastmasters
Increase your confidence/communication. Tel. 678105-008/96-818-32-58 - www.toastmasters.org.
Los Balcones Neighbourhood Watch CB
2nd Thursday. Tel. 96-672-28-61.
U3A Vall de Pop
Tel. Agnes 96-648-25-49 - www.u3avalldelpop.com.
XÀTIVA
Ballroom, Latin/Salsa Dancing Xàtiva
Tel. 626-676-024 - amandakaye@hotmail.co.uk.
6-a-Side football in the Torrevieja Area
Tel. Dougie 628-789-335.
Linedance Unlimited
Tel. Sally/Gerry 600-362-044.
P.E.P.A - The Helping Hands Charity
Dogs: Tel. 678-059-750/650-256-678. Domestic cats: 96-28071-59. Feral cats: 605-460-828. - www.pepaspain.com.
A Bible Message
Tel. CALPE 96-587-51-28.
Lynne’s Lively Ladies
Tel. Lynne Adams 96-678-56-61.
Xàtiva Fellowship Club
1st Tuesdays 19.30hrs. Tel. Sue 96-228-75-49.
MAGAZINE
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PUZZLES
Rules and answers on page 46
CROSSWORD
QUICK QUIZ
1.
What does a Frenchman mean when he
says Quel dommage?
3.
At which naval battle in
the Napoleonic wars was
Nelson killed?
4.
What is the large fortified dropping gate of a
castle?
5.
What birds are Accipitridae?
6.
Where were the 1964
olympics?
7.
With what sport would
you associate Kel Nagle?
8.
What are scotophobia,
nyctophobia, achluophobia and lygophobia?
Where was Martin Luther
King assassinated?
10. Which European discovered the Philippines?
LANDMARKS
wordgames.co.uk
ELIMINATIONS
What were Genesis selling by the pound in their
6th album title?
2.
9.
LOTTERY LOTTO
Your six jackpot balls must total
128
ACROSS
DOWN
1. Reflecting optimism
(of spectacles) (4-8)
1. Regulations (5)
CHILDREN’S WORDSEARCH
8. Smallest in amount (5)
2. Plastic used for financial
transactions (5,4)
9. Obvious (7)
3. Quote as an example (4)
10. Indulge to excess (4)
11. Delicate in texture, flimsy
(4-4)
4. (Of a domestic employee)
resident in the employer’s
house (4-2)
14. Argue rationally (6)
5. Inappropriate (8)
15. Smoothly, without emotion
(6)
6. Receding tide (3)
17. Old-fashioned, primitive
(8)
18. Jeers (4)
21. Give the right to (7)
23. Immature but active
insect stage (5)
24. Andersen’s potential
swan? (4,8)
and all odd-numbered
5 balls on its radius
and balls a half and a
28 quarter this number
and all even-numbered
30 balls with a 3
41
balls with a 4
and balls higher in
23 position in the twenties
and all single-digit balls
8 on its circle
and the ball which is the
27 sum of its digits
and balls with digits total
12 12
and the ball with reverse
24
these digits
and next-but-two balls to
2 2 on its circle
17 balls on its diameter
and balls four, five and
4 ten times 4
THIS WEEK FIND WORDS RELATED TO
LOONEY TUNES
7. Avidly
12. Fragrant dried petals
(3-6)
13. Truthfully (8)
14. Having an edge (6)
16. Rich cake (6)
19. Colloquial language (5)
20. Anti-aircraft fire (4)
22. Garment label (3)
ANAGRAMS
In which city would
you find this building?
Theme: EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS
The answer is a Spanish word
1. Nobody likes it, but everyone needs to
know their numbers.
TE AMC Á M I TA S
2. Learning about the whole world
and how it works.
F ERG OA Í G A
3. The science that deals with plants
and living things.
A BOG OL Í I
4. Learning about events and issues
in the past.
TH IRI S AO
5. This science deals with elements and
reactions.
CU MÍQIA
BUGS
ROADRUNNER
DAFFY
SYLVESTER
ELMER
TAX
PORKY
TWEETY
SUDOKU
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PUZZLES
Rules and answers on page 46
GHOST DETECTIVES
Eldritch Castle is notoriously one of the most haunted buildings in Great Britain,
and a recent investigation by the Phantasmagorial Society of London showed
that its ghosts are as active as ever. From the clues below, can you reconstruct
the log of their overnight vigil – the time of each sighting, who made it, where
it was made and which of the ghosts of Eldritch Castle was seen.
CLUES
1. Nothing was reported until
01.00 hrs, when Miss Bodie and
Mr Doyle (the PSL investigators
always work in pairs) saw a
ghost, which was not that of
Lady Mabel, murdered by her
husband in the 16th century;
exactly an hour later, another
team of “ghost detectives”
made a sighting in the Minstrel’s Gallery.
2. The White Lady, believed to
be a ghost of a 12th century
mistress of Eldritch Castle, was
seen at 02.30 hrs; the phantom
Black Monk, a Benedictine friar
who died of poisoning in the
12th century, was reported by
Dr. Wolfe and Ms Goodwin.
3. The ghost of Wicked John (he
was Lady Mabel’s husband)
appeared after 03.00 hrs; the
03.45 hrs sighting of a female
ghost was not made in the
West Tower
4. The ghost seen in the castle’s
dungeons by Mrs Holmes and
Miss Watson has a colour in its
name.
5. Mr Carella and Miss Meyer did
not encounter a ghost on the
castle ramparts.
6. The Red Lady was seen in the
Gatehouse, where she was
stabbed to death by her husband’s gypsy mistress in 1429.
YOUR
LOGIC
Stars
Will you meet a dark, handsome stranger? Will your lottery ticket show
the winning number? Or is it time you decluttered the cupboard under
the stairs and remembered to take the curtains to the dry-cleaners?
Find out what our stars have in store for you this week...
CAPRICORN
CANCER
Don’t be too proud to ask a
friend or co-worker to help
out this week. You are tired
of being accused of being
materialistic, so show others your softer, deeper side
– it will be appreciated. The
end of this week sees you
full of energy, drive and
passion, and you can move
mountains if you put your
mind to it.
Go for it! Do it now and ask
questions later – you are
a born leader – not afraid
to try things out on your
own. Your sense of mission makes for impulsive,
sometimes rash and brave
actions. Your motto may be
to not think too long on any
one thing. Bosses are impressed with your work.
Dec 22 – Jan 19
AQUARIUS
Jan 20 – Feb 18
WORD JIG
WORD WHEEL
FILL THE WORDS BELOW INTO THE GRID.
E
W
P P
A
L
R
The clue for the nineletter word this week
is:
L
A
A material used
to cover walls and
ceilings.
This week you will either
feel full of energy and storm
through your workload at
double the usual speed, or
you will feel apathetic and
unable to achieve anything.
Try to strike a balance. Your
relationship with your colleagues is great at the moment, but look out for obstacles in your personal life at
the weekend.
PISCES
Feb 19 – March 20
Stand your grounds and
stick up for your values this
week, but remember to give
praise where it is due and
tread carefully around those
in authority. Today and tomorrow you have all the
answers and find yourself
organising things at work or
socially, but take some time
out to chill on Sunday.
ARIES
BATTLESHIPS
3 LETTER WORDS
WRY
DAY
FIG
APE
ASH
4 LETTER WORDS
ALEC
EMYD
IMPI
COACH
8 LETTER WORDS
GIDDIEST
DISTINCTION
13 LETTER WORDS
5 LETTER WORDS
MAFIA
11 LETTER WORDS
WIMPISHNESS
DISCONCERTING
ASSESSOR
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thoughts and comments on the puzzle pages to
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Aircraft carrier:
Battleship:
Cruiser:
Destroyer:
VIRGO
Aug 23 – Sept 22
This is a time when you can
expect some extra support
or recognition from those
around you. You may feel
that you are in touch and in
harmony with others; the
lines of communication are
open. The support you need
is there for anything you
want to accomplish.
TAURUS
May 21 – June 21
MELODRAMATICS
Secrets, conspiracies and the
hidden links that unite all
things take on greater importance in your life now. Digging into the past for hints
about the present and future
uncovers a lot of answers to
the questions that will not go
away. Relationships, whether
partnerships, personal or the
social scene in general, are
very important at this time
and can have a very decided
influence on your career and
workplace.
Marriage, children, animals or gardening can be
enjoyed this week. As the
day progresses, you may
find the occult, psychology,
initiation and mysticism
of great interest and may
even find yourself at some
sort of a psychic fair today.
You are constantly involved
in personal change as a lifelong habit.
GEMINI
THEATRICALISM
July 22 – Aug 22
LIBRA
You are at the top of your
class and if a project is at
hand, take your time to
complete everything and
then look over your work
thoroughly, as you will tend
to hurry yourself today.
Personal achievements are
easy today. You are at your
most elegant, particularly
in social situations.
A strong devotional nature
becomes apparent to anyone who takes time to know
the real you. You love attention and somehow you can
manage to gravitate to the
centre of almost any group
or happening this week. You
enjoy expressing yourself
and could find yourself entertaining others.
STILLNESS
LEO
March 21 – April 19
April 20 – May 20
9 LETTER WORDS
June 22 – July 22
The energies in your chart
through the end of this
month show that this is a
good time to begin a new
habit – perhaps a healthy
nutritional exercise therapy. Whatever you begin now
will have a higher success
rate of being completed
according to your plans.
A possible rise in interest
rates will make debts less
desirable now.
Sept 23 – Oct 23
SCORPIO
Oct 24 – Nov 21
You may be especially influential just now. There is
a lot of energy and drive
available to accomplish just
about anything you set out
to do now. You may have
to realize that some people
will not ever match your
speed or schedule. Patience
may be in order.
SAGITTARIUS
Nov 22 – Dec 21
You could be most persuasive with others today – perhaps you are a top salesperson. Whatever the circumstances, the situation is a
natural for self-expression
and lends itself to your particular ideas and thoughts.
This time brings a sudden
change of fortune for the
better and is considered to
be a truly lucky time.
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MAGAZINE
PUZZLES
RULES AND ANSWERS TO THIS WEEK’S PUZZLES
RULES
CROSSWORD
SUDOKU
Lottery Lotto
Eliminate 43 balls and WIN THE JACKPOT! Link
all eliminated balls as you go.
Word wheel
Find as many words as possible using the
letters in the wheel. Each word must include
the letter in the centre, and at least three
other letters. Plurals and proper nouns do not
count. See if you can make some Spanish
words.
Solving Logic Problems
Read the information about the problem and
then, using the clues, solve the problem using the
grid. The grid cross-references all possible solutions
and once you know whether a solution is correct
or not you can mark a definite “no” with a cross
(✗) and a definite “yes” with a tick (✓). Once you
have marked off everything you can find out from
the clues, use the grid to find out new answers
and then check through the clues again – don’t
forget to include information in all the relevant
places in the grid! Use the reference table below
the grid to help you. (Hint: when you know something is right, don’t forget to cross off everything
that therefore must be wrong.)
LOGIC
ANAGRAMS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
QUICK QUIZ
MATEMÁTICAS
GEOGRAFÍA
BIOLOGÍA
HISTORIA
QUÍMICA
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Lottery LOTTO
WORDSEARCH
BATTLESHIPS
England
What a pity’
Trafalgar
Portcullis
True Eagles
Tokyo
Golf
Fear of Darkness
Memphis (Tennessee)
Magellan
WORD WHEEL
WORD JIG
Sudoku
Complete grid so that each column, row and
3x3 square contains the numbers 1 to 9.
English words:- Appeal, apple,
earl, lapel, leap, pale, papel,
paper, pawl, peal, pear, pearl,
real, reap, wall, wrap.
Spanish words:- Paella, Palpar,
papa, papel, para, pelar,
peral, perla, ralea, ralla, rape.
real
Nine letter word:- WALLPAPER
Battleships:
Find all the ships in the grid. Some parts of the
boats or sea have already been filled in, and the
number next to a row or column refers to the total
number of squares in that row / column occupied
by ships. Boats may be positioned horizontally or
vertically but no boats can touch each other so
boat parts are never in adjacent squares – horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
LANDMARKS
Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia in
Barcelona
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MAGAZINE
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W H AT ’ S O N
What’s on & where to go
This week’s hotspots
RAINY DAY ACTIVITIES – August in Spain is normally a scorching month when all anyone wants to do is cool off, but not
this year. We’ve had our hot days but we’ve also had torrential rainy days in between and, especially for those on holiday,
sitting around all day just isn’t fun. We confidently expect a sunnier week to come but just in case, we’ve made this issue of
What’s On and Where to Go a Rainy Day Special!
Useful telephone numbers
Ambulance......................................................................... 061
Coast guard ............................................................900 100 009
Consumer Information.........................................900 775 757
Directory Enquiries.......................................................11818
Directory Enquiries International...............................11825
Domestic abuse .....................................................900 100 009
Emergencies/Urgencias .................................................. 112
Emergencies/Urgencias Médicas ...................... 96 514 40 00
Fire Brigade/Bomberos .......................................... 080 / 085
Forest fires .............................................................900 850 500
Immigration information ....................................900 150 000
Local Police ....................................................................... 092
Police/Guardia Civil ........................................................ 062
National Police/Policía Nacional .................................... 091
Red Cross/Cruz Roja............................................ 96 525 25 25
Traffic.....................................................................900 123 505
24 hr Women’s Centre/Centro de la Mujer 24H..900 580 888
Churches
For listings of local church services in your region, go to:
www.costablanca.org/eng/servicios/iglesias buscar.asp
Consular offices
British Consulate General - Madrid
For all consular services, the office is open from 09.0015.00hrs. Located at C/ Fernando El Santo, 16, 28010,
Madrid ..............................Tel. 917 008 200 - Fax. 917 008 272
United Kingdom Consul - Alicante
Open from 08.30-13.30hrs, at Plaza de Calvo Sotelo, 1,
2ºApdo. de Correos 564, 03001 Alicante .................................
............................................... Tel. 96 521 61 90 or 96 521 60 22
Embassies
Australia ............................................................... 91 353 66 00
Canada .................................................................. 91 423 32 50
Ireland ................................................................... 91 436 40 93
New Zealand ......................................................... 91 523 02 26
UK .......................................................................... 91 700 82 00
US .......................................................................... 91 587 22 00
Museums and art galleries
BOWLING: A great dry activity for all the family on a very wet day
C HILDREN
Bear Mill
Make your own bear at the Bear
Mill in Benissa. Located in the
Christmas Store in the industrial
estate, children can design and
make their own teddy bears. The
Bear Mill also does birthday parties. Tel. 96 573 38 27.
65. Aladdin’s Cave in Pedreguer (below Quick Save on the
N-332) have card-making classes every day (Tel. 96 645 67
89) and the Jávea Craft Centre do a variety of craft classes,
call 646 569 907.
FA M I L I E S
Cinema
Go to page 40 for our list of local cinemas and spend an
afternoon (or evening) at the flicks. A family-pack of popcorn is a must!
Galactic Parc
Play place for children with ball pits, trampolines, slides,
water play, internet access and other activities in Alcalà
de Xivert in El Baix Maestrat, north of Castellón. Parties,
days out, mini-holidays and more. Half an hour from €2.70.
Tel. 690 667 425
Craft Clubs
Give your creative side some exercise with one of the many
craft clubs and classes in the area. Clubs: Calpe Craft Club
– Tel. 96 587 47 99 and Torrevieja Craft Club – Tel. 96 678 66
LUCENTUM - Ciudad Íbero-Romana Tossal de Manises ...
.............................................................................. 96 526 24 34
MARQ - Museo Arqueológico Provincial ........... 96 514 90 00
MUBAG - Museo de Bellas Artes Gravina .......... 96 514 67 80
TORREVIEJA
Museo de Belenes ................................................ 609 459 514
Museo de la Semana Santa Tomás Valcárcel ... 96 670 80 37
Museo del Mar y de la Sal ...................................... 96 670 68 38
VALENCIA
Ciudad de Artes y Ciencias ................................. 902 100 031
Museo de Bellas Artes ........................................ 96 360 57 93
Museo de Cerámica............................................. 96 351 63 92
Museo Fallero ...................................................... 96 352 54 78
IVAM ....................................................................... 96 386 30 00
Tourist Information
AIRPORTS
Alicante..................................................................996 919 000
Barcelona .............................................................. 93 298 38 38
Madrid .................................................................. 902 35 35 70
Málaga................................................................... 95 204 88 04
Murcia ....................................................................968 172 000
Palma .................................................................... 97 178 90 99
Valencia ................................................................ 96 159 85 00
A DULTS
Football
Now the league has started again, enjoy the games in a
sporty atmosphere in one of the many sports bars of the
area. Venues showing football matches include Champions
in Benidorm (in The Square), Saffy’s Sports Bar in Calpe
(Tel. 630 137 942) and New Chester’s Bar in Calpe (C/ La
Pinta, next to Boomerang)
ALICANTE
Caves
The original indoor dwellings – caves. For rock formations,
stalagmites, stalactites and everything else cave related,
stay dry in one of the caves in the region and look back
at prehistoric cave paintings: Cova de les Calaveres in Becontinued over the page
GENERAL TOURIST INFORMATION
Costa Blanca including Alicante ...........................................
..................................................... www.costablanca.org/eng
Murcia (Note: much of the Murcia tourist information is
only available in Spanish) ............ www.murciaturistica.es
Valencia .............................www.comunitatvalenciana.com
Trains
RENFE .................................................................. 902 240 202
International ........................................................ 902 243 402
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WHERE TO GO
WHERE TO GO
What’s on & where to go
continued from previous page
nidolieg, Cuevas Del Canelobre in Alicante, and Cova del
Rull in the Vall D’Ebo.
Bowling
A great dry sport for children and adults alike is bowling.
At Eurobowl in Calpe you can enjoy a bowling session
and also take advantage of their games area where you
can play pool, table football, air hockey and basketball.
Eurobowl also serve food and have a large bar.
Chocolate Factory
In La Vila Joiosa visit the Valor chocolate factory and partake in a guided tour of the museum and the factory and
discover how chocolate is made. There is also a gift shop
and tasty samples. Call 96 589 09 50.
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
ALCALALÍ
Medieval Tower
Apart from being a history museum where one can learn
about Alcalalí’s fiestas and raisin production, the tower
also has a high 5th floor with large glass windows where
one can experience fantastic views of the whole Jalón Valley. The Medieval tower is also available for weddings and
meetings. For more information call the town hall on 96 648
20 24 or visit www.alcalali.es.
ALICANTE
Museo Casa de la Asegurada
This 17th century building has been a prison, an artillery
storehouse, a school of commerce, a city hall and now
houses a large collection of contemporary art from artists such as Gris, Miró and Picasso. In the Plaza de Santa
Maria, call 96 514 09 59 or 96 514 07 68.
ALTEA
The Fusion Gallery
A fantastic international art gallery in the Old Town of
Altea. A wide range of styles and mediums are displayed
on the 3 floors of the gallery. Please visit their website
on www.thefusiongallery.com or call 96 688 04 66 for more
information.
CALPE
Fiesta Museum
The Museo Fester on Calle José Antoni explains the local
Moors and Christians fiestas as well as Calpe’s other fiestas. Entry is free, visit www.calpe.es for more information.
DÉNIA
Toy Museum
El Museo del Juguete is a museum dedicated to the history
of toys since 1904. Situated on the Calle Calderón, the toy
museum shows how toys were made up until the 1960s and is
a great visit for kids. Call 96 642 02 60 or visit www.denia.es
TORREVIEJA
Museum of Sea and Salt Dedicated to Torrevieja’s mariners, El Museo Del Mar y De
La Sal is s showcase of Torrevieja’s marine history.
Open every day, call 96 670 68 38.
VALENCIA
Municipal History Museum In the Plaza Del Ayuntamiento, Valencia’s history museum
exhibits the history and evolution of the city as well as
paintings and other works of art. Open Monday - Friday
from 9am until 2pm. Price: 2 euros; call 96 352 54 78, ext. 1181.
IVAM The Valencian Modern Art Museum houses permanent collections as well as temporary exhibitions and offers talks,
courses and workshops. There is also a restaurant, a café
and an impressive giftshop. Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am
- 8pm. Entrance is 2 euros, free on Sunday. Call 96 386 30 00.
STOP PRESS !!
MUSIC
Benidorm
On August 24 at 11pm in the Auditorio Julio Iglesias
there is a concert by the Electric Light Orchestra.
Ring : 96 585 55 00/96 681 54 00
Gig guide
DAVE LEWIS
Friday August 24
Singer-songwriter Dave Lewis has enchanted audiences
all over the globe with his extraordinary vocal, piano,
guitar and composing skills. Dave performed to packed
audiences for over 14 years in London’s West End at top
music bar and restaurant Smollensky’s on The Strand,
mastering the full gamut of popular music: R&B, jazz, soul
and the standards, but never forgetting his distinctive rock
register. Dave then moved onto the international Piano
Bar circuit performing regular spots in Tokyo (where there
is a long-standing Dave Lewis Fan Club), The Caribbean,
Sweden, and Cairo, to name but a few. Dave Lewis
does his own arrangements in his digital studio, building
on his already imposing list of published and recorded
compositions. Among his songwriting credits are Happy
to be on an island in the sun, which was a number one
hit for the legendary Demis Roussos (the single sold over
500,000 copies and went platinum). More recently Dave
had a No 1 US rap hit with a sample of one of his songs
being used on the title Feel it in the air by Beanie Siegel
(2005 Rocafella Records). Van Morrison is another big
Dave Lewis fan and Dave not only opened his last show
in his hometown of Belfast but he also played keyboards
on his album Magic time. He now brings his own form of
magic to the Costa Blanca and can be seen performing on Thursdays and Saturdays at the new Piano Bar
nights at The Dénia Marriott – La Sella in the Piano Bar
from 10,30pm till 2am and also every Friday night at the
Monte Pego Restaurant.
LA LUNA
Alcalalí
AZUL Y TÚ
– evening
BAR DREAMS
Els Poblets
THE SPLASHES
– 21.00 hrs
BUDA BAR
Benitachell (96-649-41-79)
NIGHT TRAIN
Soul, blues – 21.30 hrs
MARRIOTT HOTEL
Dénia (96-645-40-54)
DOUBLE IMPACT
Pop – 22.00 hrs
EL FARO
Jávea, Balcón al Mar (96-577-00-47)
THE BRINK
Blues, rock, Latin – 21.00 hrs
MONTE PEGO RESTAURANT
Pego (96-557-19-73)
DAVE LEWIS
Pop, jazz – evening
THE CASINO
Villajoyosa
JOEY LEGEND WITH BIG BAND
– 22.30 hrs
Saturday August 25
LA LUNA
Alcalalí
JUST US
Pop, rock, blues
– evening
BUDA BAR
ROCK OF AGES
– evening
EL CHIRINGUITO
Cumbre Del Sol, Pueblo de la Paz
THE BRINK
Blues, rock, latin – 21.00 hrs
MARRIOTT HOTEL
Dénia (96-645-40-54)
DAVE LEWIS
Jazz, pop – 22.00 hrs
AN SHEBEEN
Jávea (96-579-64-75)
DARK HORSE
Rock, soul, blues – 22.30 hrs
TUSK
Jávea, Arenal
THE SPLASHES
– 22.30 hrs
DON QUIJOTE BAR
Moraira
CHILL FACTOR
Pop – 21.30 hrs
BAR EL CASINO
Parcent (692-801-636)
STANDARD JAZZ LTD
– 22.00-00.30 hrs
THE CASINO
Villajoyosa
JOEY LEGEND WITH BIG BAND
– 22.30 hrs
Sunday August 26
EL CISNE RASTRO
Benidorm
THE TAILGATE SWING BAND
– 12.00-15.00 hrs
EL CHIRINGUITO
Cumbre del Sol, Pueblo de la Paz
NIGHT TRAIN
Soul, blues – 21.30 hrs
LATITUDE LOUNGE BAR/REST
Dénia, Marina (96-578-32-35)
INTI CARDOSO & GUEST
Spanish guitar, pop, latin
– 21.00-00.00 hrs
QUO VADIS
Jávea (96-646-37-34)
THE BRINK
DON QUIJOTE BAR
Moraira
PAISLEY PARK
Blues, rock, pop – evening
Monday August 27
ROCK & ROLL HOUSE
Benidorm (96-585-60-20)
JOEY LEGEND
– 22.00 hrs
BUDA BAR
JAM SESSION
Various local musicians – 21.30 hrs
EL PESCADITO
Pilar de la Horadada, Mil Palmeras
(96-532-00-71)
JAZZ GREATS
– 20.00-23.00 hrs
by Carlos Rodríguez
Tuesday August 28
BUDA BAR
THE BRINK
Wednesday August 29
ROCK & ROLL HOUSE
Benidorm (96-585-60-20)
JOEY LEGEND
– 23.00 hrs
LATITUDE LOUNGE BAR/REST
Dénia, Marina (96-578-32-35)
INTI CARDOSO & TØRSTEN
Spanish guitar, pop, Latin
– 20.30-23.30 hrs
BAR DREAMS
Els Poblets
THE SPLASHES
– 21.00 hrs
MONTE PEGO RESTAURANT
Pego (96-557-19-73)
DAVE LEWIS
Pop, jazz – evening
Thursday August 30
HOTEL REGENT
Benidorm
JOEY LEGEND
– 22.00 hrs
BUDA BAR
THE SPLASHES
– 21.30 hrs
MARRIOTT HOTEL
Dénia (96-645-40-54)
DAVE LEWIS
Pop, jazz – 22.00 hrs
SABOR DE MAR RESTAURANT
Dénia, C/ Las Marinas
INTI CARDOSO
Spanish guitar solo – 21.00-00.00 hrs
AN SHEBEEN
Jávea (96-579-64-75)
IRISH DES & JOHN RAMON
– 22.30 hrs
EL PRESIDENTE BAR-RESTAURANT
Jávea
COLIN FRASER QUINTET
Jazz, swing – 20.30-23.30 hrs
THE LEES
Orba
CHILL FACTOR
Pop – 21.30 hrs
Please email costablancalivemusic@hotmail.com should you have any gigs which you would like included in the local gig guide, or call
667 959 237. You can also book an artiste or have your venue included on the new website www.costablancalivemusic.com
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49
MUSIC
EVERYBODY
SINGS:
Even the public
I
F YOU have ever dreamt of
taking part in a large-scale
musical production, then
this is your chance.
The Institut Valencià de Música
and Fundación la Caixa are, for the
fourth year running, organising a
production of Händel’s Messiah
in which over 150 non-professionals will be able to take part, alongside five of the best choirs in the
Comunitat Valenciana.
Choirs
participating
are
the Generalitat’s choir, the
Fecocova Youth Choir, the Coral
Catedralicia de Valencia, the
Orfeón Universitario de Valencia
and the Orfeó Valencia Navarro
Reverter.
The production, due to be staged
in Barcelona and Granada as well
as in Valencia, brings together
people of all ages and experience.
In total, over 150 people will take
part alongside the professionals
that make up the top-level choirs
starring in the production.
Monday
Getting a Händel
on the Messiah
The end result is quite astonishing. Literally, the whole theatre
sings because the non-professionals are seated where the audience
normally sits.
This year, the magnificent Palau
de les Arts Reina Sofía, designed
by Santiago Calatrava, will be providing the stage.
Key information
This concert, generally known as
El Mesías participativo (“Messiah
for the people”) will be held on
December 21 and 22 at the Palau de
Tuesday
Wednesday
les Arts Reina Sofía, but those nonprofessional singers who would
like to take part need to request
an audition before September 4 at
the Institut Valencià de la Música
either by post or via the internet
at www.laCaixa.es/obrasocial.
The production is open to anyone
with choral experience, musical
or vocal training. Auditions will
be held on September 15 and 16.
In order to take part in the auditions, hopefuls need to meticulously prepare two pieces from
the work. One has to be The Lord
Thursday
8 - Midday
The Chris Wood Breakfast Show
12 – 2pm
The Nick Hawkins Show
2 – 4pm
Kay C In the Afternoon
4 – 7pm
7 – 9pm
9pm – 7am
Friday
Drive Live with Dan ‘The Man’ Davis
Exite FM’s
Rock Show
with Mike
Poole
Roger T
Bof’s
Country
Club
Chris
Heard’s 60s’
Selection
All that
Jazz with
George T
Moore
9 – 11
Hold Back
the Night with
Gerry Shaw
Totally
80s’ with
Gary King
9pm – 1am
Boogie Nights
with Chris Wood
gave the Word (Ed. Novello, Nº 37)
and the other can be chosen by
the singer.
Selection will be made taking
into account numbers needed for
each vocal range, results of the
auditions and the order in which
applications were received. The
results of the auditions will be
published on September 19. For
those lucky enough to be chosen,
hard work lies ahead.
In order to be prepared those
selected will need to take part
in rehearsals every Saturday
and Sunday throughout October,
November and December at the
Conservatorio Profesional de
Música de Valencia and in the
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía.
The cost of participating is very
reasonable, only 18 euros, which
includes rehearsals, the musical
score and one ticket per concert.
For more information
Obra Social Fundación “La
Caixa”
Tel. 96 350 45 11
www.laCaixa.es/ObraSocial
Saturday
Sunday
9 – 12
Chris Heard
Breakfast
Sweet sounds on Sunday
with George T Moore
8-9
9 – 1pm
12 – 3
Francis
Symons’
Saturday
Selection
Sunday Morning with
Nick Hawkins
&
Sunday Morning
Love Songs
3–7
Sports World
from the BBC
with Russell
Fuller
Northern Soul
with Stevie B
7 – Midnight
DJ Parker’s
Dance Night
Exite overnight Music Marathon
1–4
4–6
Totally 80’s with Gary King
6–8
Bring Back the 70’s with
Gerry Shaw
8 – 10
Chris Heard’s
Smooth Classics
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24-HOUR RADIO
STUDIO 96 532 62 10
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MUSIC
Let me entertain you
Saxy, bold and bohemian,
The Nomad rocks his way
onto the music circuit and
into his audience’s hearts.
Jade Holden reports.
bade me from getting a moped so
of course I immediately went out
and bought one. I quickly got into
Harley-Davidson’s and have owned
Harley’s for over 25 years. My current bike is a customised Heritage
Softtail, 1450cc.
Does Biking ever have to take a
back seat to your music career?
Nope. Never. My bike gets ridden
seriously. Kathy and I travel all
over Spain, when we are touring
or going to biker rallies. I do my
music for fun and because I love it
– and I hope that transmits to the
audience – but it is not a full-time
job. Two or three gigs a week is
normally enough for me, so that I
can enjoy the rest of what living in
Spain has to offer.
C
OSTA Blanca resident Bruce Dowding has been
singing and performing as The Nomad for one and
a half years now, playing gigs all over Spain.
As anyone who has ever seen Bruce’s show will attest, a concert
by The Nomad will surprise and invigorate, as Bruce is not shy
of giving his all.
His main musical tool is his voice but he also plays the
harmonica and tenor saxophone, and using both he gets up close
to his audience.
Bruce and his wife Kathy have lived in Spain for nearly four
years now, with their dog, Mutley. This weird and wonderful
character with his trademark top hat and long black drape coat
is dynamite on stage.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome The Nomad, pictured
right, to the stage.
So Bruce, how did you start out
as a musician?
It was an accident really! When I
retired from the business world
and came to Spain 4 years ago, I
very quickly got bored and needed
a new challenge. I’d always liked
watching live music, particularly
rock and blues, and the harmonica
looked to be easy and cheap and I
love that bluesy sound. So I decided
to try to learn to play harmonica.
I’ve never wanted to be at the back
of a band, I’d never play drums or
bass – I have always known that if
I was in a band I would be the front
man – I just love the theatre of it all
– and the blues harmonica seemed
like a great solo instrument.
Were you right about the harmonica?
Yes, it is a great solo instrument
and yes, it was cheap (to start with),
but easy? No way. I spent about 2
hours each day for a year learning
to play the harmonica. I play blues
or diatonic harps. What I hadn’t
realised was that I need a different
harp for each song key – so I had to
buy many more harmonicas. Now
I use Lee Oskar Pro diatonic blues
harmonicas – damned expensive
but they sound great, and I can
rebuild them with new reedbeds
whenever a reed goes flat.
UPCOMING GIGS
When did you start performing?
I’ve been a performer since I was
about 2 years old. I’ve always enjoyed playing up and pushing
boundaries. I have always been an
extrovert and I know I’m not normal. I have taken character tests
that have shown that my tenacity
or determination has always been
off the scale and my tolerance of
the boring and the mundane is
zero. I am easily bored and always
looking for challenges and new
experiences. Moderation is for
wimps; never be moderate! To answer your question though, I have
been performing music for a living for 2 and a half years, I came
to Spain to retire but, returning to
what I said earlier, I got bored.
days it was all rock music, but
now my tastes have widened enormously and I enjoy playing rock,
pop, dance, disco, reggae, funk, big
band, soul, blues and ballads. Sorry, never country music or opera
though – they are about the only
styles that do not do anything for
me. Mainly ‘70s, ‘80s and early ‘90s,
I like all that good cheesy music.
What do you do in your spare
time?
I have always been a biker and I
have owned Harley Davidson’s
since my late teens. Also Kathy
and I spent all of last year planning and organising our wedding,
which was a project in itself. But
when I am not playing live music, I
love watching it.
...And to listen to?
When I’m not performing, I’m
mostly practicing, playing, learning new songs or amending old
ones to make them more fun and
personal so I rarely sit down and
actually listen to music. Music, to
me, is best live – you never say I
am going to go, sit down and hear a
band; you always go to see one.
What got you into music and
what made you decide to perform?
Wanting to play live with others,
learning harmonica and getting
into jamming sessions in bars.
During those sessions, I had to
learn basic rock and blues tunes to
be able to keep up with the people
I was playing with. I then started
singing as well as playing songs;
not all musicians are interested
in singing but I have always been
confident and I saw it as an opportunity to entertain.
Why did you choose to move to
Spain?
I had done well in the corporate
business world in the UK and I had
enough money to retire. I chose
Spain because I had holidayed here
and loved the culture, the freedom,
the climate, the food and the living
costs. Retirement lasted 18 months,
during which time Kathy and I
were on a sort of extended holiday
getting to know each other.
Who are your musical influences and what sort of music is
your favourite to perform?
I’m a child of the ‘70s. Well, I was
a teenager in the ‘70s and, like
most people, the influences that
stay with you through your life
are the ones that got you through
your teenage years – T-Rex, Thin
Lizzy, The Rolling Stones, Deep
Purple, Led Zeppelin etc. In those
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25 - Bar Pachito,
Calle Dr Flemming, Calpe, 10.30pm.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26 - Pedramala
Restaurant, Coll De Rates, (the CV715
road between Parcent and Tarbena), 2pm.
Ring to book: 671 216676.
- Oscar’s Beach Bar, Arenal beach (Paseo
Maritimo), Calpe, 8.30pm.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 28 - Full Moon BBQ
Party at Pedramala Restaurant, Coll de
Rates, (CV715 road between Parcent and
Tarbena), 7pm start. Play from 8.30pm.
Ring for details: 671 216 676.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 - Shores Of
London, Albir (opposite the Albir
Gardens Hotel), 11pm.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 - La Luna
Bar, Alcalalí, 9.30pm.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 - Oscar’s Beach Bar,
As a British artist in Spain, do
you find it easy to get gigs?
Yes, I have taken the trouble to
learn Spanish and play some Spanish songs, I do not know many but
it is a nod to the Spanish audience.
I am also prepared to travel.
How did you get to be The Nomad? What bands were you in
before?
My stage name The Nomad comes
from a joke because I hate playing the same place over and over
Arenal beach (Paseo Maritimo), Calpe, 8.30pm.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 - Oscar’s Beach Bar,
Arenal beach (Paseo Marítimo), Calpe, 8.30pm.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 - Restaurant Variety (road
between La Nucía and Polop), 9pm.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 - Bar Pachito, Calle Dr
Flemming, Calpe, 10.30pm.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 - Pedramala Restaurant,
Coll De Rates, (CV715 road between Parcent and
Tárbena), 2pm. Ring them to book: 671 216676.
- Oscar’s Beach Bar, Arenal beach (Paseo
Marítimo), Calpe, 8.30pm.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 - Shores Of London,
Albir (opposite the Albir Gardens Hotel), 11pm.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 - Bar Pachito, Calle
Dr Flemming, Calpe, 10.30pm.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 - Bar Quo Vadis, Jávea
(behind tennis courts, near the An Shebeen Irish
Pub), 9pm.
again. I do everything from small
bars to very large rock and pop festivals – and I enjoy travelling and
playing at a variety of venues. So
I guess I am nomadic. I started off
with a guitarist in a duo called The
Nomads and I did that for about a
year but now I play as a solo artist.
There are no fixed set list restrictions and I can play a wide range
of music and tailor my shows to
my audience. In parallel to that,
I formed a five-piece band called
Cruzados Rock for a while. We
played large venues and music festivals, including Castellón Biker
Festival, which was attended by
30,000 people. To be honest, the hassle of organising a five-piece band
is enormous. I have now bought
my own full PA system and I am
totally independent.
Before becoming well-known,
how did get bookings?
I produced a demo CD and some
publicity material (business cards,
flyers etc.) then I door-knocked,
travelled and visited bar after
bar. I went to restaurants and hotels and offered to do “beer gigs”.
That meant I would play for beer
and they did not have to pay me on
the first night, if I went down well
then they would book me again. I
do not do that anymore though! I
offer something completely different to usual live music acts: I am
an energetic, entertaining, oneman music show.
You are also very into motorbikes, tell us about that side of
your life.
I have always been a biker. I think
it is to do with the sense of freedom
and exhilaration you feel when
riding a bike. At 16, my mum for-
You recently got married; tell
us about your new wife.
Out of the blue, 6 months before
we moved to Spain I met Kathy on
the Internet! No, not on a singles
or dating website but on a discussion board. She responded to a post
of mine and we got chatting. I had
managed to avoid marriage for 47
years but in April this year I was
finally trapped. We met face to face
a couple of weeks after we started
talking and I soon discovered that
she was my perfect partner, my
soulmate. She left her Financial
Adviser’s career, her old life and
her friends in England so we could
move to Spain. She has become too
special to me to ever lose, so I proposed to her (yes, the full one-knee
jobbie) in front of all our friends at
her birthday party in a bar in Altea just over a year ago.
Tell us about the wedding
We live in a beautiful little village near Altea called Polop de la
Marina, and were married by the
mayor. The civil wedding ceremony was in Spanish, with one of our
friends translating for our family
and friends from England. We then
had a huge party with hundreds of
friends and relatives at La Plantación Hotel near Finestrat. After
that I took four weeks off while
we honeymooned in Thailand.
Kathy is now my manager, roadie,
driver, CD salesman, groupie and
wife!
What advice would you give to
budding musicians?
Honestly? Just do it! You only get
one life, this is not a rehearsal. If
it is in your heart then do it. Practice, practice, practice and then
practice some more. Then get out
there and perform to your family,
to your friends, to anybody who
will listen. That will improve your
confidence when playing to in
public. But always remember the
bottom line – if you are really enjoying yourself, your audience will
see that and will find your enthusiasm contagious.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 - Full Moon BBQ
Party at Pedramala Restaurant, Coll de Rates, (the
CV715 road between Parcent & Tárbena). 8.30pm.
start. Ring for details: 671 216 676.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 - The Tower Irish bar,
Moraira town centre, 11pm.
Saturday, September 29 - Pedramala 1
Restaurant/Bar, (on the Benissa to Calpe/Moraira
CV745 road just outside Benissa), 8.30pm. For
bookings ring: 96 574 8315.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 - Pedramala
Restaurant, Coll De Rates, (the CV715 road
between Parcent and Tárbena), 2pm. Ring to
book: 671 216 676.
To find an updated list of gigs check out The
Nomad’s website, www.nomadshow.piczo.com.
To book The Nomad for your private event or to
play in your venue, call (0034) 629 809 638 or
email: brucedowding@yahoo.co.uk.
MARINA ALTA
Music and dancing in
the streets of La Xara
By Samantha Kett
LA XARA’S fiestas kick
off with live music in the
street tonight and continue until tomorrow.
The Festa al Carrer starts
with the event’s presenta-
tion at 10 pm, followed by a
concert at the Aljub sports
centre half an hour later.
On Saturday, a muixeranga
(traditional dance and human castles) workshop will
take place at 11.00 am, at the
same time as a folk dance
workshop. Demonstrations
of both will be held in the
FESTIVAL: Poster for La Xara’s spectacular fiesta
Youth dig turns
up mausoleum
ANCIENT
HISTORY:
Calpe dig
reveals
pre-historic
building
YOUNG voluntary archaeologists have dug up a prehistoric building from a
well-known dig in Calpe.
A Paleo-Christian mausoleum was discovered last
week by 50 youths working
on the site as part of an international exchange programme.
Traces of Calpe’s ancient
history came to light last
year when the foundations
of a church dating back to
the 5th or 6th centuries was
found.
New tombs have been
found whilst excavating
more of the church.
Restoration works will be
carried out on the dig to allow tourists and residents
to go underground, explore
the finds and learn more
about how Romans lived in
Calpe, say local authorities.
The Baños de la Reina
(Queen’s baths) a Roman archaeological site that is being turned into a tourist attraction, is one of the most
renowned in the region.
Volunteers working on
the site are aged between 18
and 24 and are from France,
Turkey, Italy and Spain.
open air at 5 pm.
Throughout the day, the
Fira de Luthiers – an instrument-making fair where
handicraft experts display
their work in progress
– will run while concerts involving percussion instruments and the traditional
dolçainer will be held at 6
pm and 8 pm in the Plaça
del Garrofer and C/ Pintor
Segrelles respectively.
Participants can enjoy a
free meal in the gardens
of the Casa Municipal at
9.30 pm and a disco will
be held later at 12.30 am at
the Romàntica del Saladar
sports centre.
Finally, the Festa al Carrer ends with live singing in
the open air.
Hard-working local bands
from Ondara, Pego, Teulada, Benissa, Calpe, El Verger, Dénia, Jávea, Pedreguer, Gata, and La Xara itself
will take part in the festival.
ALICANTE NEWS
51
Hash
stash
DRUGS in two rucksacks
were found dumped in a
public garden in Dénia last
week.
Police reported that the
bags, containing 14 kilos of
hashish, were abandoned
at Calles Fora Mur and Sanchis Guarner. Police chief,
José Martínez Espasa said
the rucksacks may have
been dropped if their carriers had suspected officers
were patrolling the area.
Espasa says the owners
of the illicit haul have not
been traced.
52
ALICANTE NEWS
Guardamar
as role model
for town
SINCE the beginning of the
summer the town hall in
Guardamar has been campaigning for the environment with the slogan ‘think
globally and act locally in
Guardamar’.
The goal of the campaign
is to raise the awareness of
the residents and visitors
about keeping the town
clean.
Two volunteers daily distribute leaflets encouraging
people to recycle their rubbish at appropriate points
as well as giving them other
useful tips.
The campaign has been
a remarkable success in
highlighting public awareness.
Melanoma
prevention
AS IN previous years the
Department for Health and
the Association for the Prevention of Melanomas have
issued a warning about the
development of skin cancer
due to intense sunbathing.
The beach information
centre will be at the Náufragos beach today and on
Monday between 10.30 and
14 hrs, to assist with concerns over possible skin
cancer.
VEGA BAJA
Residents block roads
with dirty protest
Demonstrators say Torrevieja has
double standards for public street
cleaning and rubbish collection
By Alicia Negre
LAST week several demonstrations blocked the
entrance from the N-332
via La Mata into the centre of Torrevieja. One
of their main concerns
was the lack of professional staff in the local
health centres and their
inability to cope with
the number of casualties
needing medical help
over the holiday season.
Another more important
complaint of the hundreds
of spontaneous demonstrators was the bad standard
of the public cleaning and
rubbish collection service.
They claimed that the cen-
Culture
Paul Freeman
Hugh Stewart
Eric Taylor
Charlotte Graham
Pauline McGough
Beverly Stewart
Vince Tracy
tre of Torrevieja enjoys a
much better service than La
Mata.
The first demonstration
started spontaneously. Hundreds of people gathered in
the streets, and soon the traffic had to be diverted. From
kilometre 68 cars travelling
towards Cartagena were
diverted onto the CV-895,
whereas those travelling
towards Alicante were diverted onto the CV-905 from
kilometre 58 of the national
road. Traffic into town had
to endure long traffic jams.
As a quick solution was
needed,
the
councillor
for urbanisations, Eduardo Gil, the councillor for
health, Pilar González, and
the responsible person for
parks and gardens, Javier
Montoro, went to see the
demonstrators to listen to
their complaints and to
come to an agreement.
Unfortunately, they did not
achieve much. The following day the local residents
were out demonstrating in
the streets again.
This has caused a political
earthquake in Torrevieja.
More and more people have
joined the demonstrators.
The spokesperson of the
Green Party, José Manuel
Dolón, said that his party
supports the decision of the
neighbours not to accept
the half-hearted offer of the
town hall. He pointed out
that the town hall promised
a year ago to solve the problem, but the locals are still
waiting for this solution.
ACCESS TO THE N-332: A perfect stage for the
demonstrators
N
BLOCKED ACCESS
THE roadblocks of the access into town caused
more problems. Volunteers and lifeguards could
not access the beaches to do their work. They need
to come in on the N-332 from Santa Pola, Alicante
and the urbanisations north of Torrevieja to reach
La Mata, Torrevieja and Orihuela Costa.
Prison looms for secretary
at Torrevieja town hall
SEVEN years ago a policeman was allowed to
pass the entrance exam
with forged documents
and join the local police
force.
The secretary of the
town hall of Torrevieja,
Pilar Vellisca, has been
accused of forging public
documents,
malpractice
and neglect of public duties, because she allegedly
manipulated the results of
entry exams for a local policeman seven years ago.
Also involved in the
case are Antonio Hódar,
a current councillor for
the Partido Popular, and
formerly councillor for
sport, public works and
development, Manuel Antonio López Vera, a local
policeman, and Santiago
Romero, the head of the
urbanistic services.
The court is demanding
six years in prison and an
eight-year ban on work as
a civil servant for Vellisca,
and four years in prison
and a twelve-year work
ban for the other involved
parties.
The accusation is based
on an incident during
entry exams for new policemen. In 2000, Ricardo
Morer decided to file a
complaint against Vellisca
for malpractice and forg-
ANTONIO HÓDAR (in the middle): Suspected of
forging public documents
ing of official documents,
relating to a number of
applicants who sat their
exams for two vacancies
for policemen in the local
police station.
Vellisca, Hódar and another four people marked
the exams that took place
on March 6. It appeared
that Vellisca told her colleagues only minutes before the beginning of the
exam that she was otherwise engaged. She also
told the applicants that
she could not mark the
exam personally, but that
her five colleagues would
do it on her behalf.
It is possible that she
prepared four exams with
the corresponding results
so that only one of them
had to be filled out during
the exam and the others
would be destroyed after
the exam.
Julio Morer, who is
Ricardo’s brother, passed
the test and was incorporated into the police force.
On the other hand, Santiago Cabrera failed. Here
the irregularities begin,
because two days later
Vellisca decided to repeat
the exam, and this time
Cabrera passed. At a later
point a test of Vellisca’s
handwriting determined
that she might have made
changes to Cabrera’s exam
to ensure he passed.
Two years ago the state
prosecutor of the provincial court in Alicante
became interested in the
case and instructed the
local courts in Torrevieja
to investigate the details.
Now the case is being
heard in court.
LA SAFOR
VALENCIA NEWS
Mum, 20, knifed
to death by her ex
Daughter
witnessed
stabbing
By Samantha Kett
GANDIA is in shock
after learning that a
young mum from the
town has been stabbed
to death by her former
boyfriend in front of
her daughter.
The
victim
suffered
knife-wounds to her neck,
chest, back and buttocks
and was taken to casualty
at the Francesc de Borja
hospital.
She was later transferred
to
Valencia’s
Hospital
Clínico, where she died in
the early hours of Monday
morning.
Police heard that Sorina
Simpoenso, a 20-year-old
Romanian national, was
working in a shop on the
esplanade on Gandia beach
on Sunday. Her two-yearold daughter was with her.
She was approached by
her ex-boyfriend, M.Z.C.,
23, also from Romania, who
had a court order preventing him from going near
the victim due to domestic
violence charges she had
brought against him.
He then pulled a knife on
her and stabbed her seven
times in front of their
daughter.
Police heard that Sorina
had taken refuge in the
house of her work colleague Juan Guillermo
Ramos, 17, an Ecuadorian
national, with her daugh-
ter after leaving the home
she shared with M.Z.C. due
to his violent behaviour.
Juan Guillermo was hiding in the shop at the time
of the attack, but the aggressor found him and
stabbed him repeatedly.
Officers are unsure of
the motives for the attack
that left the young woman
dead, her child orphaned
and her friend with knifewounds to the chest and
kidneys.
Juan
Guillermo
was
treated in casualty in Gandia before being admitted
EVENING meals to the
tune of birdsong whilst
floating down the river
are hoped to draw in
more visitors to the
spectacular
Albufera
wetland, the region’s
largest nature reserve.
It may not be a bateau
mouche on the Seine, but a
set-price night menu featuring traditional local cuisine
by the light of the moon on
board a boat is expected to
appeal to romantics, nature-lovers and those keen
to explore more of the Valencian countryside.
The Albufera wetland
stretches from Xeraco (La
Safor) to the city of Valencia along the coast, and is
famous for its paddy-fields
which lie in the Sueca and
Cullera area.
This is not a new idea,
since smaller-scale family
celebrations on boats sailing through the Albufera
have been common in the
past, but never on this
scale, say local authorities
in the area.
Last year, though, councillors in Valencia quashed
proposals to launch ‘floating dinners’ because they
said it could be harmful to
wildlife and the environment.
This claim is now being
analysed in more depth to
ascertain whether the new
tourist attraction is feasible.
Up to 15
houses
robbed
to La Fe Hospital in Valencia, where he remains in a
critical condition.
Local Police arrested the
attacker on the seafront
after the incident when pedestrians gave chase and
pinned him down.
Juan Guillermo’s parents, who are keeping a
bedside vigil, say M.Z.C.
had threatened to kill him,
his ex-girlfriend and their
child if the family did not
throw Sorina out after she
moved in with them to hid
from her violent former
partner.
Floating meals
by moonlight
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A WAVE of burglaries that
hit the Gandia area earlier
this month have led homeowners fearing for their
safety.
Some 15 houses and villas were raided whilst their
owners were asleep in the
last two weeks of July and
the first week in August.
National Police have recently revealed that on
Sunday, August 5, they were
called out by the owners of
a villa on the outskirts of
the town who had caught
two burglars in the act.
The detainees, a 31-yearold woman and a man of
22, are thought to have been
behind the other 14 night
robberies.
A patrol car rushed to
the scene and officers gave
chase on foot when the offenders attempted to flee
the property, and succeeded
in arresting them.
Police say the woman
stood on guard whilst the
man relieved the properties
of their valuables.
They say the burglars took
advantage of windows and
patio doors left open due to
the heat.
Unexplained
drowning
RETURN TO STYLE: Boat parties in the Albufera wetlands
THE Mediterranean has
claimed another victim, this
time a 51-year-old man swimming off an Oliva beach.
Emergency services were
called just after 19.30 hrs
last Thursday and an ambulance rushed to the scene.
However, paramedics were
unable to revive the man,
who had already drowned
by the time he was pulled
from the water.
The circumstances that
led to the victim’s death
have not yet been clarified,
say rescue workers.
Drugs lab raided
and arrests made
Gandia charities help
Perú earthquake victims
A COCAINE lab has been busted in
Tavernes de la Valldigna and two
brothers arrested, Guardia Civil
sources say.
News has just been released of a
laboratory set up in the offenders’
homes that was raided on the weekend of August 11 and 12.
One of the men was caught whilst
driving round the town.
Officers, who caught him with 11
grams of cocaine, say he already
has a criminal record for drug-dealing.
Some of the drugs were hidden in
the loudspeakers of his car radio.
He accompanied police to the station without putting up a fight and
spent the night in a cell while officers searched his house.
They then arrested the first man’s
brother.
They also found 15 grams of co-
EARTHQUAKE victims in
Perú are being given a helping
hand by Gandia charities, who
have received a welcome boost
from the town council.
Local authorities have donated 7,000 euros to the Red Cross
and 5,000 to the charity Cáritas
to enable them to provide vital
support to those who have lost
their homes in the freak tremor
last week.
Both organisations are arranging for basic materials such as
food, clothes, blankets, hygiene
and cooking kits to be distributed amongst the victims of the
quake, which has destroyed the
towns of Ica, Pisco and Chincha to the south-east of Lima.
Already 41 tonnes of aid equipment have been flown to Perú by
the Red Cross.
caine, 20 grams of hashish, 150
grams of marijuana and 10,300 euros in notes of 500, which were hidden between the pages of various
magazines.
Officers discovered a laboratory
in the house where the young men
doctored pure cocaine with other
ingredients to increase its weight
and acquire more money from its
sale.
These ingredients included ammonia, bleach, methadone and other, similar chemical products.
Using a drug-detector, police
found cocaine in various parts of
the house, including in the hooverbag.
Guardia Civil officers also arrested a 25-year-old man in Sueca
last week, when he was caught redhanded with 120 grams of hashish,
believed to be for resale.
The two charities say they will
be able to help 20,000 people to
get back on their feet over the
next five months with the council’s donation.
An earthquake measuring 7.9
on the Richter scale with its epicentre in the sea off the coast of
Pisco rocked the country on the
evening of Wednesday, August
15. A total of 502 bodies have
been found under the wreckage and more than a thousand
were injured, with 70 per cent
of buildings in Pisco reduced to
rubble. Tsunami warnings were
issued after tidal waves were
seen in Perú, Ecuador, the south
of Colombia and Chile.
To make a donation, call the
Red Cross on 902 22 22 92 or pay
into Cáritas’ Bancaixa account,
number 2077-2005-44-1100555276.
FOOD AID: Red Cross
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REGIONAL NEWS
Quick
response
unit for
La Unión
POLICE, fire and ambulance will be able to reach
the scene quicker when
they receive calls from residents in La Unión.
A new headquarters for
the emergency services,
reached by calling 112, is
due to be set up in the area.
New rescue boats and a
land vehicle will also be
given to lifeguards working on Portmán’s beaches,
confirms La Unión’s mayor
Francisco Bernabé, to enable them to attend to more
bathers in trouble.
La Unión residents and
local authorities have long
complained about the scarcity of police officers and
availability of emergency
services in the area, a need
that becomes greater during the holiday season when
the population rockets.
As yet, however, councillors have not confirmed
when the new 112 headquarters and lifeboats will
be in place.
MURCIA
Daytrippers spoilt for
choice in Cartagena
Roman
discovery
EXCITING new findings
have been uncovered at an
archaeological dig in La
Unión near Portmán bay.
The Roman village known
as El Huerto del Paturro is
currently being excavated
to the tune of 455,000 euros,
and is said to be the largest
and most complete in the
Murcia region.
This week, an entire
house has been dug up. A
banquet hall with a mosaïctiled floor, bearing images
of a peacock and a woman’s
head, together with a
complex of industrial and
work rooms thought to
be related to the fishing
industry, have come to
light.
Work has been ongoing at
the site since December last
year.
Mary Poppins
in Mar Menor
YOUNG
bookworms
are being encouraged to
increase their word power
reading Mary Poppins and
Don Quijote on the beach.
To convince kids that
reading is fun, a mobile
library is travelling along
Spain’s 5,000 kilometres of
beaches and has reached
the Mar Menor.
Mary Poppins, Little Red
Riding Hood, Pinocchio
and Don Quijote are among
the characters children can
read about while catching
the sun in books and
comics.
Other Spanish heroes
like Captain Trueno, Doña
Inés and Captain Alatriste
– created by Cartagenaborn author Arturo Pérez
Reverte and now a box office
hit nationwide – are high on
the list of favourites.
EXCURSIONS: Travel by boat or catamaran to the Fuerte de Navidad or journey back to the Middle Ages with the Dance of the Crypt
By Daniel Vidal
HOLIDAYMAKERS in
Cartagena will have all
they need at their fingertips and a wide range of
exciting excursions to
choose from thanks to
efforts on the part of the
local tourist authority,
Puerto de Culturas.
This August, they can
take a trip to the recentlyrestored Cripta de la Muralla Púnica and witness
the exciting Dance of the
Crypt, where the frescos,
the ‘dance of the skeletons’,
and the music transport
the visitor back to the Middle Ages and early Renaissance.
An excursion by boat to
the Fuerte de Navidad is
not only open at Christmas
– the 19th-century building
displays artillery and defence systems from the period, scenes from daily life
and the town’s strong links
with the Mediterranean.
The boat trip to El Fuerte
de Navidad also gives the
tourist a fantastic view of
the defence port on the way.
Only a few places remain
on these and other trips.
For further information
take a look at the websites
w w w. c a r t a g e n a p u e r t o deculturas.es or www.cartagena.es, or call 968 50 00 93.
No more queuing at the
town hall from October
RESIDENTS will no longer
have to queue up for hours
at the town hall whenever
they need to sign on the
padrón, request planning
permission for their house
or make other enquiries
thanks to a new helpline due
to be installed in October.
The town council already
offers a similar service
online via its website www.
cartagena.es,
but
now
those without an internet
connection will be able to
ask questions and carry
out
administration
by
telephone.
Contesting a parking ticket
or driving fine, finding
out about school places or
seeking compensation for
injury or damage in the
street will become easier,
since the helpline staff can
explain the process step by
step.
Residents who then have to
visit the town hall to finish
the process will be given an
appointment and told what
paperwork to bring with
them.
Facilities for online and
telephone enquiries are
designed to cut down on red
tape and delays.
To make life even easier
for residents, the helpline
will be open 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
Once the service is up and
running, residents should
call 010 from anywhere in
the Cartagena area to speak
to a town hall advisor.
CHANGES: Fortunate residents are about to see the town hall move into the 21st century
MURCIA
Brits flock to Totana
The UK
tourists
seek out
culture
By José Andúgar
BRITS make up the highest number of holidaymakers who come to
Totana, says the tourist
information office.
Some 1,480 people visited
the centre in the first eight
months of 2007 seeking information, most of whom
were from the UK.
Just over a thousand enquiries were made by Spanish people, both those living
locally and those on holiday,
whereas a total of 445 were
from abroad.
Of these, 389 visitors were
British, just 10 were French,
around 30 were German
and Ecuadorian nationals
and 16 were Argentinean.
They sought information
about historical monuments, country walks and
other sites of particular interest to tourists.
Totana’s rich history is a
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Lorca has
new courts
SPORTS fans in Lorca are
in luck as the local leisure
centre plans to install two
new paddle tennis courts.
A game played with tennisballs and rackets similar
to those used in tennis but
with a shorter handle, it is
played in a room with walls
in the same manner as a
squash court.
Widely-played in Spain
and Latin America, paddle’s
popularity on the Costa del
Sol means it is beginning to
spread throughout the UK
thanks to holidaymakers
and part-time residents
who take the game home
with them.
Lorca’s La Torrecilla
sports’ village will shortly
install two new courts in
response to the growing
number of amateur players
in the town.
Let’s party!
VISITOR INTEREST: Holidaymakers mostly likely to seek tourist information and sites are British
constant attraction to visitors, given that the origins
of the town date back to
prehistoric times.
The earliest archaeological remains discovered date
back to the Eneolithic era.
These were found in digs
Britain is too
cold for melons
FLOODS in the UK have
taken their toll on the
Costa Cálida as well as
in the worst-affected
parts of Britain.
Watermelon exports to
the UK, Murcia’s largest
consumer, have ground to a
halt as few people eat them
when the weather is poor.
With summer temperatures of 8ºC, Brits are more
inclined to cook themselves
a warm winter stew whilst
huddling round the fire
than tuck into a juicy watermelon.
During last year’s hot
summer in Britain, the
amount received by Murcian watermelon farmers
rose to a whopping 20 euros
a kilo – it has now fallen to
around 10 cents.
Most farmers in the Murcia region are unable to afford to harvest the fruit and
leave it to rot in the fields.
This situation has been
made worse by the delay in
cultivating the crop. Given
that the Spanish sun was
nowhere to be seen until
around mid-April in the
Murcia area, farmers left it
much later before planting
their fruit.
The regional Ministry of
Agriculture says the melon
crop is the backbone of the
REGIONAL NEWS
PRODUCE: Watermelons being shunned by the British are
causing a market crash and the fruit is then left to rot
farming industry in Murcia
along with tomatoes, lettuce
and broccoli.
The region is responsible
for a fifth of Spain’s melon
produce, and fields dedicated to cultivating the fruit in
Murcia make up around a
tenth of those seen nationally.
It is mainly grown in the
Valle del Guadalentín (Lorca area) and the Campo de
Cartagena district.
Spain is one of the world’s
largest melon producers after China and Turkey and
the UK is its largest importer, after Germany and the
Netherlands.
in the Blanquizares, Anchura, Lebros, Antiguarejo
and La Bastida areas.
English-speaking tourists
can find out more in their
own language via the town’s
website, www.totana.net.
CARNIVAL fever has hit
Fuente Álamo with the
start of the annual patron
saint fiestas tomorrow
(Saturday).
Fancy-dress parades, openair discos, concerts, plays,
competitions and other
activities will take place
over the course of the week.
The San Agustín festival
and carnival will run until
Saturday, September 2.
For further information
take a look at www.aytofuentealamo.es
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When our society
stops creating
T
HE OTHER day I
discovered one of
my own thoughts
printed in a newspaper. It would have
been much worse to
have found a list of my
sins instead.
But I wasn’t personally
credited with this thought
– it had been used as the
title of an interview with
a biologist and Valencia
University professor, Juli
Peretó: “Knowing too much
impedes innovation.”
One would suppose, therefore, that this was one of
the lines that stood out
the most in said interview,
which is why they chose it
for the title.
What they call ideas, or
thoughts, are like partridges in the hunting season
– they fly in full view of
everyone, but they disappear as soon as anyone
aims or tries to shoot at
them. According to sociologists, scientific inventions
are discovered by numerous people at the same time
and on more occasions than
we realise. That is why they
also invented the register of
patents and authors’ rights.
Every period in history
has its own mental prototype, meaning that all
would-be inventors were
working in similar conditions at the same time and
the first one to the post will
be the one who takes the podium. Also, before you start
you need to travel light, no
briefcases or covered wagons, because if you just rely
on extensive knowledge you
will never reach first base
before the rest – that is, you
will never be involved in the
innovation of anything.
I don’t know whether
Professor Peretó will have
observed this personally,
given that he is a ‘science
person’ – I’m an ‘arts person’ and have put Peretó’s
comment to the test in my
sector. The most learned
amongst them are those
who know the most quotes
off by heart and know the
most about their field of
expertise, but later it turns
out they are the least creative and innovative people
and are filled with horror
when faced with any idea
that is not already firmly
established.
When I discover these
types of characters who
use knowledge like a set of
jewellery or some other decoration, I renounce universities. That is when I understand better than ever that
knowledge is a hindrance
and puts the brakes on social springs, since it seems
that the slightest attempt to
stray from the fixed ideas of
the university are treated
with the maximum contempt.
f those who occupy posts
in universities – following, without doubt, an
obsolete system that guarantees them jobs for life
– never let the fresh air of
invention pass between
them, who will? Those who
work for a privately-run
company for pure financial
gain? Those who ignore any
type of ground-breaking
thought?
“You have to put forward
a point of ingenuity, of daring, to be able to progress,”
Juli Peretó also said in his
interview. He puts this forward himself in his declarations, because he gives
the impression – as often
commented on, and by
many – that, rather than being a temple of invention,
universities are a qualification-factory and a means for
some to earn a good salary.
When society does not
create, it loses the rhythm
of time, it stagnates in the
past and the rot sets in as it
forgets the enjoyable sensation of exercising vital creativity – and what doesn’t
go up must come down.
We don’t realise it, but
history is always moving
in one direction or another,
even if we fail to notice it
– just as we never notice the
hands of the clock ticking
by.
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Bulls, rules and a bit
of responsibility
D
ESPITE the disturbing headlines
reporting rising
levels of crime in
Britain, the British at
heart remain a law abiding people.
We stop at zebra crossings
and red lights, we buckle up
our seat belts and check the
regulations for the appropriate child safety seat.
We honour our reputation
for being patient queuers
and face the approbation of
the line if anyone dares to
push in. New and unpopular laws may be criticised,
argued over, tested in court
but rarely are they openly
flouted.
This is evident with the
overall acceptance of the
ban on smoking in public
places. A sizable minority of
people still wish to smoke,
both in their workplace and
in their leisure hours, but
few will blatantly light up in
their local pub.
I have been pleasantly surprised how readily the ban
on smoking in Spain has
been accepted.
Here too, few people smoke
in prohibited areas although
the get out clause allowing
bars under 100 square metres to allow smoking has
made this law easier to swallow.
In other areas where laws
directly challenge people’s
traditions and sense of identity there is often a strong rejection of the rules amongst
all age groups.
However I suspect that this
is less to do with an innate
anarchism in the Spanish
character than the consequence of lack of enforcement of the law.
This was made very clear
to me this week when in my
official capacity of Deputy
Mayor I had to enforce the
regulations from the Valencian Government concerning public safety during the
festival of the bulls in the
village square. The Town
Hall had to ensure that no
one under the age of sixteen
or physically incapacitated
entered the compound and
that no cruel or dangerous
behaviour was inflicted on
the bulls.
The clear instructions
were given to the municipal
police women, attending
councillor and the organisers of the fiesta.
What followed was an almost constant battle with
the local youths, egged on
by the crowd, to be allowed
to jump in the ring with the
bulls.
The explanation that the
rules were there to keep
them safe and that the Town
Hall was responsible if they
were gored fell on deaf ears.
For the spectators it was
unheard of to stop a brave
fifteen year old facing the
bull; they had always done
it, why should we try to stop
them now?
his tussle between rules,
responsibility for safety
and traditional behaviour is played out daily.
Outside many local schools
parents pick up their chil-
T
dren on ‘motos’ without helmets, often in front of the
local police whilst underage
teenagers ride motorbikes
with the blessing of their
parents.
Children are surprised to
be asked to put on a seat belt
in my car and would never
expect a car to stop to allow
them to cross the road.
The Government attempts
to improve road safety or to
reduce injury in the notoriously dangerous street bull
events by introducing new
laws to protect the vulnerable.
The unfortunate reaction
of many is to criticise such
legislation as it controls
activities long considered
normal.
The authorities, whether
they be schools, police, local
councillors or parents will
find it a continual struggle
to uphold the rules in a society where adults teach the
young that laws are only to
be respected if you agree
with them.
EDITORIAL & OPINION
Penny Lapenna
Berta Chulvi
p.lapenna@thinkspain.com
A
ing....
T the weekend,
we participated
in a ritual orgy,
that got me think-
By orgy, I mean a group
of around 500 people, of
all ages, nationalities and
tastes, in the very public
plaza, jostling and shrieking in total abandon.
It was the annual Chocolatina – like a mini version
of the Tomatina, only involving indecent amounts
of hot melted dark chocolate.
Every child in the village was invited, however,
there was surreptitious
adult gorging too. Trays
of sugar buns began passing overhead at about 18.00
hrs, and the orderly queue
showed signs of fraying as
the crowd thickened.
By 18.30 the noise in the
plaza was unbearable, as
hundreds of spoons clattered in hundreds of cups,
like an anticipatory fanfare.
Eager smiling faces were
replaced by ones of desperation as the huge vats
of swilling chocolate appeared, and the crowd
surged inhumanely forward like a many-legged
beast.
Small
children
were
passed overhead, as families tried to steal a march
on their neighbours, and
get more of their clan to
the front.
Eventually the first lucky
Wonka winners appeared
– struggling free of the
seething mass to run towards seats clutching the
prized and brimming cup,
teeth clenched around the
accompanying bun.
One girl stumbled, pouring bubbling brown goo
over her arm and down her
chest. Her wails of pain
resulted in an unceremonious dunking in the fountain, which probably prevented third-degree burns.
This stuff was HOT.
I pushed forward anxiously, trying to tug my daughter’s arm and alert her to
the danger. “It’s like lava
– careful, don’t panic, there
is enough for everyone!”
ot one person heeded,
as the crowd opened to
let a wheelchair user
through, only to splash
shut in waves as more chocolate lovers took advantage
to push to the front.
Eventually, I spotted my
youngest daughter, bun
underarm, elbows moving
commando-style as she escaped the masses.
Ensconced on a stone
wall, she began tearing
the bun into sugary pieces,
and dipping them in the
chocolate, at which point
her face changed to one of
divine reverence as each
morsel went down.
She was in seventh heaven.
For journalistic purposes, I forced myself to sample some of the concoction,
and at a guess I would say
it was at least 70 per cent
cocoa – and it was being
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COCOA
N
THE ORGY OF CHOCOLATE: Some say it’s better than sex
given away freely to all.
Apparently, in a controlled experiment comparing 20 different people, researchers found that dark
chocolate was a significant
factor in lowering blood
pressure, while white chocolate was not.
The
key
ingredient
thought to cause this phenomenon is flavonoids.
Dark chocolate can help in
prevention of cancer due to
a high level of flavonoids /
antioxidants – a higher level than wine, berries, and
green tea.
Dark chocolate is a valid
source of iron, magnesium,
phosphorus, potassium; it
helps to generate seratonin in the brain, creating a
healthy, feel good sensation,
and it does not cause acne,
as it has less milk content
than other chocolates. This
stuff is dynamite.
There are festivals around
the world dedicated to chocolate consumption, and
since Montezuma allegedly
drank 50 cups a day, and
taxed people in cocoa beans,
we have been trying to justify our obsession with it.
It’s clear to me after participating in this display of
orgiastic gluttony, that the
cocoa bean tax should be
revived.
We should be paid in
Crunchies or Snickers bars,
with a quantity of cocoa
beans going straight into
a high interest account, to
pay for our kids university
fees.
Forget alcohol and drugs;
whoever heard of a chocoholic abusing his kids, or
driving erratically! In fact,
chocolate actually stimulates concentration and the
smell of it aids relaxation.
The revolution starts
here.
hold your peace
S
INCE the death
of my mother-inlaw, I have been
spending the last
two weeks of August on
an orange farm located
halfway between Valencia and Sagunto where
my son’s father grew up
which is, without doubt,
an idyllic refuge that my
son’s grandfather is reluctant to give up.
We come here to look after the boy’s grandfather,
but also so that my son can
learn to swim and ride a bicycle.
The truth is that it is a
very cool place and very
tranquil, except on windy
days, and sometimes at
night as well.
Everything would be perfect if it were not for the
blessed noise pollution. Let
me explain.
The Masía San Rafael, as
the farm is called, is a perfect example of what has
happened to many Spanish
families with properties in
the country.
The first blow to the masía
came in the 1980s when the
government decided to
build a ring road - the V30 which passes within a kilometre of the orange farm.
This means, for example,
that at eight o’clock in the
morning, as well as the
sound of the hoopoe and
myriad other birds that nest
among the palm trees and
the impressive Jacaranda
trees in the nearby pine
wood, the continual hum
of cars heading towards Sagunto, Castellón, Barcelona
or Heavens knows where,
can now also be heard in
the background.
My husband complains
that not one single acoustic
barrier has been installed
along this freeway and always compares the situation on English main roads.
Two of his sisters live in
England so he often travels
to see them and repeatedly
brings up this example.
I have tried to remember
whether or not he is exagerating, and I must say
that, from somewhere at
the back of my mind, I have
managed to dredge up the
memory of the car journey
from London to Oxford by
car, and do recall a road
with acoustic barriers.
You will be able to confirm whether my husband
is guilty of idealising England or whether it is, in fact,
more usual for this type of
protective equipment to be
used.
But the disaster does not
end there. What happened
a couple of years ago was
much worse. I shall explain.
You will already be aware
that there is a renewed
trend in this country for
weddings to be ostentatious
and extravagant. The truth
is that this fashion never really disappeared, but nowadays even the most progressive are getting married in
style.
Personally, I think it is a
stupid waste of money and
effort to stage a huge wedding for a marriage that nobody ever knows how long
it might last.
And while I am on the
subject, it seems to me to be
the most unromantic thing
in the world to parade past
rows and rows of friends
and relatives all dressed in
white like some huge merengue about to be eaten.
Anyway, let’s assume that
people are happy that way,
and more and more are
organising major events
to celebrate their wedding
day.
As organising large-scale
weddings is not a bad business to be in, there has
been a proliferation in the
number of venues offering
to stage this kind of party.
As bad luck would have it,
two entrepeneurs bought
up the two masías adjacent
to the one where my husband’s family has always
spent its summer holidays,
and converted them into
wedding reception venues.
This means that whenever a pair of young lovers
decides to celebrate their
nuptials next door, we cannot get to sleep until four or
five o’clock in the morning
because of the horrendous
music that sounds like it is
being played much louder
than the legal decibel limit.
have started thinking
about what we can do and
have found a website that
may be useful if you ever
find yourselves in a similar
position to ours.
The address is www.ruidos.org and you will find
abundant documentation,
legislation, examples of
case like mine (and yours
too perhaps) and even contact details for lawyers offering free advice and quotations.
My sister-in-law, who is a
lawyer, says that we cannot
do a thing unless we want to
spend a fortune.
She is almost certainly
right, but I cannot help wondering why the rights of
these men to make money
should be considered more
important than our right to
sleep peacefully?
For the time being we
have bought ourselves some
ear plugs, and fortunately
there are fewer weddings
at the end of August than
the rest of the year because
nobody wants to mess with
their friends’ summer holiday plans.
My advice: travel more
and get married less as
travelling is better for your
marriage.
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129 Pine Tree Trail and your pension fund
YOU may well think from
the above title that three
weeks in the Florida sunshine (it was not quite
warm enough on the
Costa Blanca) has addled
my brain.
However, follow the story
through and you’ll understand better why global
stock markets (in which
pension funds invest) have
suffered significant falls
recently and an unusual
degree of volatility.
On arrival in Pine Tree
Trail, the first thing I
noticed was that the house
next door to the one we were
renting appeared to have
been abandoned.
Next I noticed that in this
road of rather nice modern
four-bedroom, three-bathroom houses with private
pools (and about 30 minutes
away from the Disney theme
parks) about 40 per cent had
‘for sale’ signs up.
I am, however, going to
focus on number 129 Pine
Tree Trail (the address is
real except for the type of
tree so as to protect the
innocent) because a couple
of weekends ago we saw
a handwritten sign at the
entrance to Pine Tree Trail.
It said something along the
lines of ‘open house – for
sale to highest bidder, must
sell within seven days as
bank about to foreclose’.
The following Thursday
a removal van turned up
outside number 129. I’ve
occasionally wondered to
this day whether the bank
took possession or whether
an unusually quick sale was
achieved.
How is this relevant to
your pension fund?
Well, the story may well go
something along these lines.
A few years ago certain
banks (in fact, a lot of them)
were willing to grant mortgages to virtually anybody.
Those mortgages granted
to those with a poor credit
record were known as ‘sub
prime’ mortgages. Initial
interest rates were as low
as one per cent per annum
– but of course, very soon
became much higher.
In the then-hot American
housing market, financial
institutions thought they
could take a punt lending
to these folks, and of course
make a lot of money both
from upfront fees and from
the higher interest rates the
sub-prime folks pay.
So, I would bet my bottom
dollar (or euro) that the people who until the Thursday
before last owned 129 Pine
Tree Trail were in this
category. They bought the
house and managed to pay
the loan instalments. Or, at
least until the interest rate
recently hit 10 per cent.
What they did not appreciate was that their mortgage,
along with thousands of oth-
ers, was being packaged up
into some form of security
that other people bought on
the basis of the high yields
they could enjoy.
It’s this sub-prime borrowing that has caused the
recent stock market gyrations – and the value of
your pension fund as a consequence. It’s not so much
that the sub-prime borrowers are defaulting on their
loans (though that’s part of
it). It’s three other things
that have spread the pain
globally.
One, investors worldwide
ended up owning those
sub-prime mortgages. Two,
some aggressive investors
borrowed heavily to buy
these sub-prime mortgages. Three, when these first
two balloons burst, people
started to get very nervous, and the nervousness
spread across all sorts of
kinds of investment. Let’s
have a look at each of these.
How people ended
up with these subprime loans
In the States, these subprime mortgages would get
bundled up and sold off to
investors as a CDO (a collateralised debt obligation).
It worked like this. The
CDO would hold, say, $100
million of sub-prime mortgages with the borrowers
paying (let’s say) 10 per cent.
So there’s $10 million a year
of interest payments coming in from the borrowers.
The CDO would offer
investors three flavours of
investment. It would offer
$50 million of relatively
secure investment that paid
eight per cent; holders of
this safer flavour got paid
first, so they got the first $4
million of the borrowers’
payments. The CDO would
offer a middle-quality flavour – let’s say $40 million
that paid 10 per cent.
The holders of this stuff
got paid next, so they got
the next $4 million. That
left $2 million of borrowers’
payments still in the CDO,
which got paid to the most
junior people, namely the
investors holding the bottom-quality $10 million.
If everything works out,
then the bottom quality
investors earn 20 per cent.
These three flavours of reparcelled sub-prime loans
went all over the world
because, chances were, one
or other of the flavours
appealed to someone.
The middle and low quality bits of these CDOs were
already reasonably risky. If,
for example, 20 per cent of
the sub-prime borrowers
were to stop making their
mortgage payments (not at
all impossible, given their
poor credit standing) then
only $8 million of interest
payments comes into the
CDO. That’s only enough to
pay out the top two tiers of
investor: there’s nothing at
all left to pay the junior bottom tier. Their investment
is now worthless.
Despite these risks, however, some investors and
fund managers took on
another level of risk again:
leverage. They thought
CDOs were worthwhile, so
they borrowed to buy some.
Leverage increases returns
when things go well, but
it amplifies losses when
things go pear-shaped.
And then things did,
indeed, go pear-shaped. The
housing market weakened
in the States. More people
fell behind on payments or
lost their home equity as
house prices fell. First, the
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because the leverage magnified their losses.
To repay their borrowings,
they were forced to sell their
CDOs onto an already weak
market: prices fell more.
The unleveraged bottom
quality CDO tiers started
falling over, and gradually
the losses started extending
up into the middle-quality
flavours. And, all along the
way, worried investors trying to get out before worse
befell them caused prices
to keep falling, in an everdecreasing spiral.
Investors’ nervousness
then started spreading. One
consequence, for example,
was that private equity
groups, which had previously easily been able to
raise large pots of money,
found that they couldn’t
persuade investors to take
such large punts any more.
That led to lower share prices, because some shares had
been priced on fancy valuations on the expectation
of bids from private equity
consortia.
The biggest
investment
implication
Nobody really knows what
the next turn in the subprime melodrama might
bring. It’s possible that
people have over-reacted by
dumping these CDO investments at any price. It’s
encouraging that the world’s
major central banks have
stepped in to stabilise things
somewhat. Equally, though,
there might even be more
volatility down the track.
Whatever happens, it
shows once again the vital
importance for investors of
all risk profiles of diversification.
When things like the past
month come along, as they
always do, it’s vital to have
a portfolio that is broadly
spread across different asset
classes, different fund managers, and different styles
of investing.
Nothing’s ever foolproof,
but diversification remains
a great tool, anywhere, anytime.
And I can’t help wondering
where the people who used
to own 129 Pine Tree Trail
will be sleeping tonight.
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contacted by email at s
ward@premierfinancialso
lutions.co.uk or by telephone to the Moraira office of Premier Financial
Solutions (UK) Ltd on 659
579 265.
GOOD news for investors,
but hardship could be on the
cards for mortage-holders
as interest rates creep
closer to a record high.
According
to
market
intelligence gathered by
research firm Servimedia,
the Euribor – which acts
as the base for mortgage
interest rates in most EU
member states, including
Spain – shot to 4.656 per
cent last Friday.
This is just short of its
historic high between May
and December 2000, when
the rate fluctuated between
4.849 and 5.248 per cent.
The latter figure was
reached in August 2000 and
remained above 5.1 per cent
until November of that year,
the highest rates seen since
the Euribor was created in
January 1999. The lowestever was June 2003’s 2.014
per cent.
Experts say this month’s
increase
is
the
23rd
consecutive rise and the
current Euribor rate has
only ever been exceeded
eight times.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Ryanair bookings
are flying high
By Samantha Kett
BUDGET flight firm
Ryanair says it has
seen record numbers
of bookings recently
for new flight routes
starting from Alicante
and Valencia airports.
In the last week alone, the
Ireland-based airline has
sold nearly 200,000 seats on
soon-to-be-opened
flights
Record numbers for new routes
starting from Alicante and Valencia
to Santiago de Compostela,
Basel,
Bologne,
Paris,
Oporto, Malta and Billund,
leaving from Valencia, and
to Doncaster, East Midlands,
Bournemouth and Milan
from Alicante. Flights to
these destinations currently
only run from Madrid and
Girona.
Ryanair’s
marketing
and sales director Maribel
Rodríguez says “The new
routes will not open until
October because at the
moment, many people are
on holiday and are not
thinking about their winter
holidays yet.”
Last
week
Ryanair
announced that from the
end of October, Valencia
would be its 21st largest
base and Alicante its 22nd
largest. They rank third and
fourth in Spain respectively.
Flights start at 10 euros
one-way, including taxes,
and can be booked on www.
ryanair.com.
MOBILE phone giant Nokia
is recalling 46 million batteries that could cause short
circuits and lead to a fire.
The Finnish firm says batteries for its model BL-5C
become dangerously warm
when recharging.
They say the only ones that
are defective are the batteries
manufactured by Japanese
company,
Matsushita
Battery Industrial between
November 2005 and 2006.
Since these hit the shelves,
Nokia has detected over a
hundred cases of short circuits caused by putting BL5C on charge, although they
stressed that no injuries or
damage to the phones themselves had been heard of.
Nokia says not all the batteries in question will be
defective, but it will change
those that are, free of
charge.
Consumer
association
FACUA has issued a written communication to all
mobile telephone operators
requesting they contact
their customers.
Nokia has posted a list of
52 models that may carry
the defective battery on its
website, www.nokia.com.
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Shot in a spray
WHEN a shot is rather a
lot, a squirt is probably
all you need and certainly
will not put you over the
limit. Plus you can keep
a bottle in your handbag
without straining your
shoulders.
International
wine manufacturer
Bodegas
Torres,
originally based in
Spain and now with
a strong presence in
three continents, has
invented a brandy in
a spray-bottle that is small
enough to carry around
with you.
You can add a shot to your
drinks, turning a café
solo into a carajillo, or
liven up desserts when
you are in a restaurant.
The bodega’s owners
say the carajillo vaporizado, as the brandyspray is known, is the
result of two years’
work and is now on
sale under the brand
names of Torres
5 and Torres 10 in
specialist shops and
restaurants specialising in haute cuisine.
Their other lines of
spray-in alcohol include
Moscatel.
BA to fly across
the pond from
Spanish capital
By Samantha Kett
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BRITISH AIRWAYS has
announced it will open
a new flight path next
year between Spain and
the USA.
A high-flying agreement
between the EU and the
United States, known as
the ‘open skies’ scheme,
was recently signed to push
for more air connections
between the old and new
world.
As a result, BA will run
flights from Madrid, Paris
and Frankfurt to a major
North American city, probably New York, from May
2008, says British daily The
Independent.
Deputy chief executive
of BA, Willie Walsh, hinted
that the company may consider opening other routes
between more European
and US cities, although
did not confirm when or
where.
FLYING HIGH: Air links to USA
SPORT
Sport
Champions
get Atlético
for season’s
stiff opener
CHAMPIONS Real Madrid
kick off the 2007-08 season
with a home game against
Atlético de Madrid on
Saturday (kick off 7pm).
The only other fixture on
the opening day is Sevilla v
Getafe (kick off 9pm).
Sunday see La Liga get
into full swing with 6pm
starts for Athletic Bilbao
v Osasuna, Deportivo La
Coruña v Almería, Mallorca
v Levante, Murcia v Real
Zaragoza, Racing Santander
v Barcelona, Recreativo
Huelva v Real Betis and
Valencia v Villarreal while
Espanyol play Valladolid at
8pm.
Liga de Fútbol Profesional,
commonly known as La
Liga, is the professional
football league in Spain.
It is considered to be
one of the best leagues in
the world along with the
English Premier League
and the Italian Serie A.
Nine clubs have been
crowned Campeones de
Liga.
Since the 1950s, Real
Madrid and FC Barcelona
have dominated the competition. The former have
been champions 30 times
while the latter have won it
on 18 occasions.
However during the 1930s
and 1940s and in more
recent seasons, La Liga has
been more competitive.
Other winners include
Valencia
CF,
Sevilla
FC, Atlético de Madrid,
Deportivo de La Coruña,
Athletic
Bilbao,
Real
Sociedad and Real Betis.
In addition to their success
in La Liga, Real Madrid and
FC Barcelona are two of
the most successful teams
in European competition
history.
In 2005/06 FC Barcelona
won the UEFA Champions
League and Sevilla FC won
the UEFA Cup. La Liga
became the first league to
do the European “double”
since 1997.
La Liga is currently first
in the UEFA rankings of
European leagues based
on their performances in
European
competitions
over a five-year period,
ahead of Serie A in second
and the Premier League.
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FOCUS ON LA LIGA’S NEW SEASON
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Benfica
and the
Real deal
SEVILLA coach Juande
Ramos has said he
received a “dizzying”
offer to take charge at
Tottenham Hotspur but
never considered accepting the approach from
the English club.
“They made an excellent, dizzying offer, but I’m
under contract to Sevilla
and my decision is to fulfil
it,” Ramos told a news conference this week.
“There was not the slightest possibility that I would
accept it because I’m under
contract. It did not interest
me or the club.
“I wasn’t in a meeting with
anyone, what happened was
that I met with a person
and that person went on
to meet other people who
were surely Tottenham,”
said Ramos, who led Sevilla
to UEFA Cup victory last
season.
Tottenham
yesterday
issued a statement denying
they have offered the position of manager to anyone
whilst Martin Jol has been
in the job.
Ramos has been linked
I FEEL DIZZY: Juande Ramos, above, is staying put as is Martin Jol, below
with a possible move to the
Premier League club ever
since media reports suggested that manager Martin
Jol no longer enjoyed the
confidence of club chairman Daniel Levy.
Speculation went into
overdrive when the Sevilla
sports
paper
Estadio
Deportivo published photographs of an alleged meeting between Ramos and
Tottenham club secretary
John Alexander at a hotel
in the Andalucían city.
Ramos has guided Sevilla
to five trophies in the last
two seasons, including
back-to-back UEFA Cups
and the King’s Cup.
His side crushed Real
Madrid 5-3 on Sunday to
complete a 6-3 aggregate
win in the Spanish Super
Cup and play Milan in the
European Super Cup next
week.
La Liga: Beckham
not one of US now
THE START of the new La
Liga term will have one of
its star pupils not attending
the opening day.
Step forward one David
Beckham, whose stars are
still in the ascendency
but now for the Stars ‘n’
Stripes of another footballing nation – across the
Atlantic.
Beckham has insisted that
he can cope with the jet
lag from the trans-Atlantic
flights to play for England.
The
32-year-old
Los
Angeles Galaxy midfielder
played all 90 minutes of
England’s 2-1 friendly defeat
at the hands of Germany at
Wembley.
He had jetted into London
from New York on Monday.
The former Manchester
United and Real Madrid
star insisted that he had
not been affected in the
slightest by the flight.
He said: “I’ve slept really
well since I’ve been here,
I’ve slept nine hours every
night since I’ve been here.
“My body clock has slotted back into the way of life
here in England, so far it
has not affected me, in the
future who knows, I can’t
say it’s not going to.
“But at the moment it’s
not, and I’ll go on playing
for my country as long as
I’m wanted.”
Beckham played his first
full 90 minutes for Los
BECKHAM:
Played for
90 minutes
with Galaxy
for the first
time
Angeles Galaxy in their 5-4
reversal against New York
Red Bulls on astroturf at
Giants Stadium.
His injured ankle flared
up again but it was not a
reason to worry.
“My ankle took a pounding. I’m not used to this surface but it wasn’t bad,” said
the 32-year-old midfielder.
Beckham played a role in
three of the Galaxy’s goals
but a brace from former
Aston Villa striker Juan
Pablo Ángel helped the Red
Bulls to victory.
Afterwards, Beckham said
he was surprised to have
lasted the whole game.
FORMER Spain and Real
Madrid coach José Antonio
Camacho, above, took over
as Benfica manager on
Tuesday.
He replaced Fernando
Santos, who was fired on
Monday after only two competitive games this season.
It is Camacho’s second
spell as Benfica coach. He
joined the club midway
through the 2002-03 season
and left in 2004, leading the
Eagles to the runner-up
spot in both seasons.
Santos
was
halfway
through a two-year contract
but the Lisboa club’s jaded
performances in recent
games brought sharp criticism from fans.
The Eagles were held to a
1-1 draw at Leixoes in their
first Portuguese league last
weekend. They edged FC
Copenhagen 2-1 at home in
a Champions League thirdround qualifier and play the
return leg on Wednesday.
“I’m very happy to return
to Benfica,” Camacho said,
but added that “I can’t
change things overnight.”
Benfica sold its captain
and crowd favourite Simao
Sabrosa to Atlético de
Madrid in the off-season,
while Portugal midfielder
Manuel Fernandes is on the
verge of moving to Everton.
The club has signed
Paraguayan striker Óscar
Cardozo and American
teenage star Freddy Adu.
Benfica, who finished
third in the league last season, has only won the title
once in the last 13 years. It
hasn’t held on to a coach
for two consecutive seasons
since Sven-Göran Eriksson
in 1992. Camacho has also
coached Rayo Vallecano,
Espanyol and Sevilla.
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LOCAL SPORT
GOLF
FOOTBALL
Unlucky Torry
are Alcoy in
their defeat
FC Torrevieja
Alcoyano
2
3
TORRY suffered what
could be best described as
an unlucky defeat at the
hands of second division
Alcoyano, who were mainly
ineffectual in the game but
counted where it mattered
in scoring three goals in as
many attempts,
The host’s produced a
much improved attacking performance with the
midfield and forward line
gelling superbly and created enough chances to
have won the match, but
the post and near misses
spoilt a wonderful evenings
entertainment, which had
the crowd applauding until
well after the final whistle
had gone.
A much improved performance all round and
much to cheer about for the
coming season.
Ciudad de Lorquí
Torrevieja
Stars are
primed
for Junior
Masters
2
2
THIS was a game much
dominated by Torry but
they again failed to make
the most of their chances.
Torry went ahead in the 6th
minute as Manrique scored,
and the visitors continued
to dominate.
In the second half it was
a poor performance on a
poor surface and with some
seriously dim floodlights,
which in the end made it
difficult to watch anything.
Lorquí scored in the 56th
minute and a penalty 10
minutes from time put the
hosts ahead, but Larry
scored for Torry.
BOWLS
Christians
roar to win
THE CHRISTIANS came
and conquered Greenlands
who did get one more point
than last week and were
unlucky not to get another.
Cas Thomas, Les Barber
and Mike Thomas were the
only winning rink.
Brian Tomlin, Arthur
France and Brian Gardiner
had a very close game, all
square after nine ends,
pulled away to 18-11 lead
but were pegged back by
San Miguel to draw the
game.
PLEASED AS PUNCH: Some of the triumphant Pego winners after a great day’s golf
Relaid
greens
make
golfing
easier
at Pego
SOME 36 Pego golfers
turned out to play Alicante
Golf Course on Tuesday.
The weather was great
and the course in wonderful condition, even with
three temporary greens
remaining.
Some of the re-laid greens
had been opened since our
last visit and were a delight
to play on.
The results for the day
were :Division 1: 1st Ian Robertson
with 40 pts off 11.5, 2nd
John Guest with 39 pts off
7.1, 3rd Alan Price with 37
pts off 9.4.
Division 2: 1st Steve Legg
with 41 pts off 27.3, 2nd Dick
Whetstone with 39 pts off
25.3, 3rd Hannay Bahouse
with 39 pts off 26.7.
Our guest prize was won
by Michael Creighton with
37 pts off 8.
Nearest the pins were won
by John Costigen on the 3rd
and Ian Robertson on 14th.
Five Twos were recorded by John Guest, John
Chessher, Ian Robertson,
Mike Holloway and John
Costigan. Some 98 balls
in the water were cor-
rectly forecast by Janine
Ackerman.
On the social scene, our
Captain, Dick Whetstone,
will soon give details of
the dining arrangements
for Tuesday September 18.
Paul Richardson will also
give information on the
bowling night planned for
the end of September.
Next Monday, we are at El
Bosque with an early first
tee time of 9.30am so please
be at the course for 8.30am.
Guests welcome subject to
certificates.
Going gets rough
AUGUST is always a slow
month with members on
holiday or taking a break
due to the heat, so 37 players was not a bad turnout at
Hacienda last Monday.
There was a Stableford
competition in our usual
three categories plus our
nearest the pins on the par
threes and a twos competition which was voluntary
for one euro. The course
was in superb condition again and Billy Sim
(Director of Golf) was even
on hand to welcome us. Our
first tee time was 10am and
already it was very warm
so the majority of players
had a buggy and took plenty of water as it’s a long
way round Hacienda, but
all players seemed to play
better in the sun.
In Cat 1 the top score came
from Alan Masters (who
incidentally doesn’t like the
course) with 37 points playing off 4, right behind him
was Bob Marksman with 36
pts. Third place went to Ian
Earey with 30 pts.
Cat. 2 was a bit closer with
the top 5 scoring 34 pts and
over. The handicap secretary had to count back on
the first four players to get
the results. In 1st place with
38 pts was David Lundy, 2nd
on 38 pts was John Sinclair;
3rd place went to Sean
Matthews with 36 pts on
countback from Alan Ross.
Cat. 3 players didn’t fare
so well with our winner
Paul Fernández scoring 33
pts, 2nd Brian Goodbourn
on 31 pts on count back
from Steve Millgate in 3rd.
The day was a great success for John Sinclair who
had been receiving tuition
from Teo, resident teaching
professional at the Escuela
de Golf. John managed two
nearest the pins, on the 5th
and 8th holes and was presented with a prize donated by Billy Sim and also
was the sole player with a
two so collected the whole
purse of 35€. With his 2nd
place in cat. 2 it made a
very rewarding day. Billy
Sim also presented a prize
to Lyn Watts for her nearest-the-pin shot on the 5th.
The other NTP prizes went
to Roy Herbert on the 12th
and Paul Matthews on the
15th.
The next game for San
Javier is August 29 at the
newly opened El Valle Golf
Resort.
THE ESCUELA de Golf
2nd Junior Masters Golf
Tournament is due to be
held again at the end of
September at the La Sella
Golf Resort.
Many thanks go to the
Tour nament
sponsor
Darryl Smith Tennis without whom the Escuela de
Golf would not be able to
host such a prestigious
event.
The young golfers at the
Golf School have amassed
points from competitions
played during 2007 and the
points will determine who
is eligible to take part in the
Junior Masters and only
the top 28 students will be
eligible.
The first round is played
over nine holes and is medal
play. At the end of the first
round a cut is made and
only the top 16 go through
to the final round on the
Sunday which is an 18 hole
medal round with the winner being crowned Junior
Master 2008.
Good luck to Alex OakRhind (age 15) who will be
defending her hard fought
title of 2007 and will have
to fend off her rivals, which
will include Luke Curtis
(age 13) and George Pay (age
14) who took second and
third place in last year’s
event. Alex’s handicap has
been reduced from 13 to
seven over the past twelve
months and she is well on
her way to her target of
a scratch handicap by the
time she is 18. Alex plans
to become a Professional
Tour Player and has all the
potential of a truly great
player. Luke Curtis’s handicap has been reduced from
21 to 12 over the past year
and he is hard on the heels
of Alex as he also wishes to
become a tour player and
follow in the footsteps of
his cousin Oliver Fisher
who already plays on the
European Tour.
Good luck to all the competitors who play in the
Junior Masters and we look
forward to publishing the
results at the end of the
tournament.
There are junior and adult
golf classes for all abilities
from beginners to advanced
at the Escuela de Golf.
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SAND ACTION: Rugby on the beach, including Tag for junior players
TOMORROW Dénia Rugby
Club are hosting the 15th
Annual Dénia Beach Sevens
on the Punta del Raset, the
main Dénia beach from 11am
until 8pm.
Ten teams will compete in two
groups of five with the top two
in each group progressing to the
semi-finals.
Last beach tournament
Teams participating include
Dénia, La Vila, Alicante University,
Jaca from the Pyrenées, Lobos
from France, Alcobendas from
Madrid, and La Trila from
Mallorca.
There will also be a Tag Rugby
event specially organised for
Junior players from six to 16
years old and a bouncy castle for
the even younger ones, making it
a real family day.
Please come along and watch or
join in the fun. It costs nothing
to watch or participate and of
course the sandy beach and sea
are also free. And the beach bar
will be open all day.
There is plenty of parking
near the fair by the small boat
harbour and plenty of bars and
restaurants within walking distance. This is the last of five tournaments in the Fourth Annual
Comunitat Valenciana Beach
Sevens Circuit, which has kept
Rugby clubs along the coast busy
during the summer period.
Training will continue on the
beach until the end of August
before switching to the grass at
the Sports Stadium in Dénia.
Please see the website for more
details.www.deniarugbyclub.com
Morer the merrier
Stadium at
Oliva is like
home for
Jávea team
HOT PERFORMANCE: Dominated by the red and whites
UD Oliva
CD Jávea
1
3
IT was described by many as
one of the most perfect performances by CD Jávea for a
long time.
For much of the time the rojiblancos dominated this game
against a side that had been playing Third Division football last
season. Despite cautious words
that next season is merely one in
which to compromise – the travelling army left the ramshackle
Morer Stadium warmed with
enthusiasm for the coming campaign.
It was from the left flank that
Jávea opened the scoring. Ribes
floated a superb free-kick into the
box and there was a short skirmish before the ball dropped to
the feet of striker Juanito who
smashed it confidentially past the
keeper and into the back of the
net to send the sizeable travelling
army into celebration.
The goal lifted the rojiblancos
another notch and wave after
wave of attack had the hosts running around without a clue on
how to stop the assault.
Minutes later Juanito almost
doubled the advantage when he
swept the ball beyond the reach of
the advancing goalkeeper but his
effort hit the base of the left-hand
post and bounced back out into
the area to be cleared in a hurry
by the defence.
Oliva began to creep back into
the game with their small No.7
causing great problems down the
right-hand side.
A throw-on on the far side almost
produced an equaliser when the
throw was launched high into the
box and keeper Ortolá was on top
form to tip over a powerful header
from ex-Jávea player Salva Costa.
However Jávea hauled themselves up and battled back control
of midfield to score once again.
Skipper José Luís and Javi combined beautifully in the middle
of the park, stroking the ball in a
series of 1-2’s before Javi slid the
ball into the path of Juanito and
the young striker smashed the
ball past the keeper from 20 yards
to make it 2-0 at half-time.
Coach Kenny Brown made inevitable changes for the second-half
and the game took on a different
tone with Oliva clawing their way
back into the competition and it
was no surprise that they pulled
a goal back after some very slack
defending from the rojiblancos
allowed the hosts to convert a
great cross from the right-hand
side at the near post.
The rojiblancos were unflustered
and contained Oliva´s attacks
before extending the lead late in
the game when Javi smashed the
ball into the roof of the net to
make it 3-1, the final score.
It had been a great work-out
for the team and it was difficult
for enthusiasm to remain under
wraps, as the performance ranked
as one of the best for some time.
Long may it remain when the real
thing starts in two weeks.
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Sport
FORMULA One car
racing
champion
Fernando Alonso is
considering playing
soccer for a club in
Prangins, near Nyon,
to stay in shape.
Alonso is reported to
have showed up last
week for a practice of
Prangins FC, a team
in the Swiss third
division.
The
26-year-old
Spanish race driver
moved with his wife
into a semi-detached
villa at Mont-sur-Rolle
in the Lake Geneva
region in January.
Alonso, set to compete in the Turkey
Grand Prix this weekend, may be following in the footsteps
of former F1 racing
champion
Michael
Schumacher, who also
plays soccer locally.
“His goal is to be able
to play simply, first of
all to stay in shape,
and to play a sport at
the heart of a team,”
a friend of Alonso’s
said.
For the moment it’s
not known whether
he has finally decided to play with the
Prangins club.
He first discreetly
visited the club’s manicured grounds near
Lake Geneva after
getting an introduction in June from a
Geneva friend, former
Servette soccer club
goalie Eric Pédat.
New star out
MANCHESTER City
striker Valeri Bojinov
will be out for at least
five months after suffering a knee ligament
injury.
The 21-year-old made
his first start for City
in the Manchester
derby on Sunday but
had to be replaced
after just six minutes.
A City statement
said Bojinov sustained
damage to the lateral
and anterior cruciate
ligaments of his left
knee.
Bojinov signed a fouryear contract with
City on 3 August after
leaving Fiorentina for
a reported £6m.
He had made two
substitute
appearances for Sven-Goran
Erikkson’s side before
he was picked to start
against United.
100mph CRASH,
BANG, WALLOP
Young race ace Zollo in lucky escape after Oulton pile-up
THE COSTA teenager who
could be the next Lewis
Hamilton had lucky brush
with death in a 100mph
crash at Oulton Park ovber
the weekend.
British racing driver William
Zollo, 16, hit the skids at the
Cheshire circuit.
The track was damp and greasy
following oil spillages in earlier
races.
William, driving a single-seater
Reynard Formula Ford, had a poor
practice session and qualified only
12th of 20 starters.
He made a brilliant get-away and
was up to 6th after the first corner.
Then, on the straight at 100 mph
or more he had to swerve to avoid
another competitor in trouble.
He clipped the verge and spun
onto wet grass before returning to
the track facing the wrong direction.
A following racer could not avoid
William and struck his car head on
causing many thousands of pounds
of damage to both machines.
The race was immediately red
flagged to a stop.
Rescue teams were quickly on
the scene and were initially fearful
of injuries to William’s neck and
ankle which was trapped between
the brake and clutch pedals.
He was taken first to the circuit
medical centre and then to a local
hospital which cleared him of injuries.
A bruised William, who lives in
Benedoleig, said, “It was just a racing accident, my first involving
another competitor and no one was
to blame.
“I was most impressed by the marshals and medics of the British
Racing and Sports Car Club who
attended.”
“I will be racing again at
Silverstone on Sunday and next
Thursday and hope to improve my
position in the Midlands and South
Championship.”
Henman over the Hill
TIM Henman will retire from tennis after Great Britain’s Davis Cup
tie with Croatia at Wimbledon next
month.
The 32-year-old former world
number four made the announcement at a news conference in New
York.
It brings to an end a 14-year career
that included six Grand Slam semifinals, one Masters Series title, and
an Olympic silver medal in doubles.
Henman, left, who had Henman
Hill named afterf him at Wimbledon,
will play his final Grand Slam event
at next week’s US Open, where he
will open against Dmitry Tursunov.
He will then try to help Great
Britain beat Croatia in a vital Davis
Cup encounter on Wimbledon’s
Number One Court on 21-23
September.
“From a professional point of view,
it’s something I’ve been thinking
about for some time,” said Henman.
And the former British number
one admitted that ongoing back
problems and the forthcoming birth
of his third child had hastened his
decision.
“It’s made my life a little bit harder, a little bit less enjoyable,” he said
of the back problems.
“With our third child on the way,
there’s an even bigger incentive to
be at home. It certainly gets harder
and harder to be away from your
family.”
He added: “It’s not necessarily the
end of things for me. It’s a new
beginning and I’d like to feel there’s
going to be a lot of new opportunities out there for me and lots of new
things to explore.
“I’m looking forward to stepping
away from things. If it’s next year
or the year after, I’ll look at what’s
out there. I’m sure that will involve
tennis.
“It’s been such a good part of my
life.”
Henman also admitted that he was
not tempted by the chance of a final
swansong at Wimbledon next year.
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