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August 3 - August 9 2007
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Top academic applauds our gentle touch to over-development
EXCLUSIVE by Berta Chulvi
BRITS living in Spain got
a ringing endorsement
of their caring side in
the battle with the “real
barbarities” of relentless
development of the Costas.
The UK population in the country
was applauded for how it’s a
positive “force for change.”
Brits abroad, often seen as
colonists wanting to return to their
empire-building roots of Victorian
times, got the unexpected accolade
from a top Valencian academic.
Pedro
Ruiz,
professor
of
contemporary history at the
University of Valencia and its
former principal, paid tribute
to the UK’s ancestor merchants
who brought many “liberal ideas
and progressive methods to this
country.”
González Pons, ex-minister for the
Environment of the Generalitat
Valenciana,
affirmed that the
English have acted like ‘colonists’
but Ruiz said: “I would not call
them this. I believe that they act as
a force for change.”
He added that Brits had more
sensitivity to the environment at
a time when “real barbarities are
being committed and they react
against this.
“Besides,
they
come
from
countries where there is a greater
respect for the life of the others.”
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UGLY SIDE: One of the complexes on the Oropesa del Mar development in Castellón with Pedro Ruiz, inset
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NATIONAL NEWS
Accident
Drink driver
kills clubbers
A scene of
carnage
occurred last weekend
at a Huesca discotheque,
after a driver drove into a
crowd of clubbers, killing
two and wounding another
seven, three of them
seriously.
The
incident,
which
occurred at 06.30hrs at
Manhattan disco in the
outskirts of the town,
caused chaos and hysteria
among nightclub revellers.
The driver, identified as
22-year-old Víctor Manuel
Gómez
Rivero,
tested
positive for alcohol with
0.70 mg/l; police revealed
they were also carrying
out drugs tests on the
man.
Police are now studying
CCTV footage of the
incident, which they hope
will help them identify
the exact cause of the
accident.
Electricity
Payout for
blackout
Electricity
company
Fecsa-Endesa is to pay
between 60 and 300 euros
to customers who lost
power during Barcelona’s
historic
blackout
last
week.
The amount of money
customers will receive will
depend on the number of
hours they went without
power and the number of
residents in each property.
SPAIN
August 3 - August 9 2007
Canary Islands burn
Worst fires
in history
devastate
countryside
and homes
on islands
A. Elgar
President of the government, José Luis Rodríguez
Zapatero, flew to the
Canary Islands this week
in an emergency visit to
witness at first hand the
scale of devastation in
Gran Canaria, Tenerife
and La Gomera. More than
35,000 hectares of land
have been destroyed and
more than 12,000 people
were forced to flee their
homes.
Spain’s minister of the
environment,
Cristina
Narbona, announced that
more resources would be
sent to the area to help fire
fighters, stating that the
situation was “extremely
alarming”.
Winds of up to 70km an
hour were causing fires to
spread and complicating
the work of emergency
services, with some areas
burning for over 140
hours.
Paulino Rivero, president
of the Canary Islands,
has called the situation
“dramatic”, stating the
fires are some of the worst
in the Islands’ history.
FOREST FIRES: 80% of forest fires are intentionally started and a man has been arrested
In Gran Canaria, the
worst affected island, fire
concentrated around the
town of San Bartolomé
de Tirajana. Fire fighters
have been pulling out all
the stops to prevent fires
spreading to nearby Pico de
las Nieves and el Barranco
de SantaLucía. A fire that
had been brought under
control on Sunday night
in the Morro de Santiago
area, which affected 3,500
hectares of pine trees, reignited on Monday due to
strong winds.
In the town of Mogan,
more than 2,000 people
were evacuated when fire
swept across the hillside,
destroying
at
least
thirty houses. Strong
winds made the task of
extinguishing
flames
almost impossible for nine
helicopters and a plane
used in the operation.
The Guardia Civil closed
various stretches of road
in Gran Canaria and San
Bartolomé de Tirajana’s
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town
council
urged
tourists and residents not
to visit the summit of the
island.
In Tenerife, Rivero stated
that the worst fires were
in the towns of Ralejos,
Santiago del Teide, and
most worryingly in the
highland area of Icoo,
where there are many
houses.
By Sunday night, 14,000
hectares of land, mostly
pine forests, had been
destroyed and 3,700 people
had been evacuated as a
precaution. On Tuesday,
firemen
were
trying
to prevent fires from
spreading to the south of
the island, where two small
fires had been declared
active. More than 100
Guardia Civil joined fire
fighters in dousing flames
and controlling traffic.
Earlier in the week,
police arrested forestry
watchman, Juan Antonio
Navarro
Armas,
for
allegedly starting the fires
on Gran Canaria.
He told police he had set
fire to vegetation so that
authorities would extend
contracts for forestry
workers and improve the
island’s fire prevention
programme.
The Canary Islands’
government
announced
that it will be giving
economic aid to help
residents pay for damage
caused by the fires,
although
president
Paulino Rivero stated:
“Our first priority is to
extinguish the fires.”
In Spain, man causes
95% of forest fires, and
80% of fires are started
intentionally. In spite of
the statistics, only 2% of
those people are arrested,
and less than 1% are
condemned.
SPAIN
August 3 - August 9 2007
Police appeal to public
to hunt ETA members
Police release photos of six
dangerous ETA terrorists
A. Elgar
Police have appealed to
the public to help them
hunt down six dangerous
etarras or ETA members
by releasing their photos,
a tactic that has been
instrumental in the past
to locate them.
The photos of the
six most sought after
members of the group are
those of Ander Múgica
Andonegui, (top centre),
whose fingerprints were
found inside a taxi he
fled as it approached a
police checkpoint on the
N-340 near Torreblanca
(Castellón) on July 19;
Joseba Mikel Olza Puñal
(bottom left), who was
convicted for 15 months in
2002 for painting graffiti
threats against the PP
and the PSOE on walls
in Pamplona during the
summer of 2001; Eneko
Zarrabeitia Salterain (top
right) and Saioa Sánchez
Iturregui (bottom right)
are thought to be part
of a terror cell planning
attacks on public buildings
in Santander.
A third member of
the same cell, Aritz
Arginzoniz
Zubiaurre,
who
is
Iturregui’s
boyfriend, was arrested at
Santander coach station
on July 10; Aitzol Etxaburu
(top left) is believed to
have been involved in a
car bomb attack on the
Vicolozano
industrial
estate near Ávila on
September 24 last year
that damaged the offices
of the Imcodávila printing
company and Leire López
(bottom centre), one of
fifteen suspects charged
with belonging to or
collaborating with the
‘Donosti’ terror cell. A
warrant for her arrest
was issued by the High
Court last May.
Head of Spain’s police
and Guardia Civil, Joan
Mesquida, stated that
during ETA’s ceasefire, 90
arrests were made, with a
further 20 since then. He
stated: “Police pressure
has been at a maximum.
ETA: The police are asking for the public’s help to hunt down six ETA terrorists
All resources have been
utilised, and despite some
criticising the naivety
of the government, our
efforts have not fallen one
inch.”
He
also
praised
international police and
citizen collaboration in
helping
capture
ETA
members, which have led
to the arrests of etarras in
Canada and Mexico.
It has furthermore been
revealed that during ETA’s
ceasefire, the government
was considering proposals
to spend 300 million euros
over a ten-year period
on reinserting ex-ETA
members back into the
community, with each
earning up to 1,500 euros
a month.
There are currently 610
ETA members in Spanish
and French jails.
Aznar warns that Spain will Three million in
disintegrate and lose identity summer getaway
Ex-president of Spain
José María Aznar has
warned that Spain is in
danger of disintegrating,
comparing the country to
ex-Yugoslavia.
In an interview published
in Argentinean daily La
Nación, Aznar argued:
“The new statutes of
autonomy are causing
disintegration of the state
and a clear weakening of
Spanish national identity.”
He maintains that not ETA
but “national dissolution”
will be the dominant
theme in the next general
electoral campaign.
PSOE general secretary,
José Blanco has called the
ex-president “ignorant”
and “irresponsible” to
compare
the
present
situation in Spain with
that of the disintegration
of Yugoslavia after the
Balkans war.
On his internet blog,
Blanco refers to the
ex-head of Spain as “a
character who is more
and more dislikeable.”
For Blanco, comparing
nationalist demands in
Spain with Yugoslavia
AZNAR: “increasingly
dislikeable”
is a reflection “that only
an ignorant person can
make.”
An estimated three million
vehicles took to the roads
this week in Spain’s great
summer getaway, referred
to as operación salida.
The General Department
of Traffic (DGT) offered
safety
and
traffic
information to drivers to
facilitate journeys, while
8,350 traffic police were
drafted in to help and 250
police vehicles equipped
with radars were used to
control speeding vehicles.
The greatest volume of
traffic was registered on
Madrid exit roads towards
the Mediterranean coast,
particularly roads towards
Castilla-La
Mancha,
Comunitat
Valenciana,
Murcia and Andalucía.
It is estimated that a total
of 46 million car journeys
will be made during
August this year. Last
year, 250 people died in
road accidents in August,
while 325 were killed in
the same month in 2005.
The DGT advises anyone
intending to drive a long
distance to obtain traffic
information
prior
to
travelling.
Gabriel Cisneros, father of Spanish Constitution, dies
Gabriel Cisneros, one of
the fathers of the Spanish
Constitution, died last
Sunday aged 66. He had
been suffering from a long
illness.
Cisneros, the third vicepresident of Congress
and a Partido Popular
MP, was born in Zaragoza
in 1940.
Graduating
in
law
and elected MP by the
Democratic
Central
UCD party in the first
democratic elections in
1977, he, along with six
others, was responsible
for writing the Spanish
Constitution.
In 1979, Cisneros escaped
an ETA attempt to kidnap
him, which ended in a
violent struggle in which
he was shot in the stomach
and the left leg.
Cisneros received a special
tribute in June this year,
in a solemn act attended
by Don Juan Carlos and
Doña Sofía.
President
of
the
government,
José
Luis
Rodríguez
Zapatero,
expressed
his
condolences
to
Cisneros’ family, which
he extended “to all the
Partido Popular family”.
He
said:
“Cisneros
contributed
in
an
important
way
to
the
construction
of
Spain during its entire
democratic period.”
NATIONAL NEWS
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Weather
Droughts
more severe
last century
Droughts that occurred
in the 20th century in
Spain were worse than
the
current
drought,
according to a study.
Climatologist José Ángel
Núñez Mora has revealed
that the scarcity of water
at the beginning of the
last century was more
severe than the present
situation. During those
times, droughts commonly
lasted for four or five
years, an occurrence that
has not happened in Spain
since 1955.
In the last fifty years, the
most severe period of
drought was between 19931996, only a three-year
period.
Although the data refers
to climate observed in
Valencia, the author has
stated that many of the
droughts extended to
the rest of the Spanish
Mediterranean and to
other peninsula areas.
One of the driest periods
ever recorded in Spain
was between 1872-1879
when
Valencia
and
other places in the Med
registered their lowest
rainfall ever, causing
widespread devastation
of countryside.
�Education
Nursery
places to
quadruple
over 8 years
The Spanish government
has promised to quadruple
the number of places
available
in
nursery
schools over the next four
to eight years, sources
have revealed.
With
the
help
of
autonomous regions, town
councils, the private sector
and families themselves,
the
government
will
enlarge the network of
nursery schools to reach
all of Spain, meaning
that the number of
places available to 0-3
year olds will quadruple,
the minister of work
and social affairs, Jesús
Caldera announced this
week.
The
measure,
which
forms part of the “star”
proposals of Caldera’s
electoral campaign, will
generate
employment
and reduce the amount of
mothers who are forced to
give up work following the
birth of a child.
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REGIONAL NEWS
COMUNITAT VALENCIANA
August 3 - August 9 2007
In the right Camps, unity
with the left on security
B.Chulvi&S.Walker
The Spanish government
has promised to look closely at a call by Francisco
Camps, president of the
Generalitat Valenciana, for
extra police.
The news came out of a
high-level meeting between
Camps and Interior Minister, Alfredo Pérez Rubacalba, who is the man in Zapatero’s government with
ultimate responsible in all
matters of security.
In order to tackle the
problem of security, both
central government and the
regional government of Valencia have agreed to the establishment in September
of a combined committee
presided over by Antonio
Camacho, the Secretary of
State for Security (Madrid)
and Serafín Castellano, the
Interior Minister for the
Valencian regional government.
This committee will look
at the security needs of this
autonomous region, which
has grown by a million inhabitants.
When he left the meeting
with the Minister, Francisco Camps announced,
without giving any exact
figures, an increase in the
CONTROVERSY:
Autonomous police force
There is growing controversy over the idea of creating an autonomous police force, an intention
that the PP has denied for many years now.
In the Statute of Autonomy, the basic law applied
to the Comunitat Valenciana’s regional government, the creation of an autonomous police force
is provided for, but only on a small scale and with
limited power.
Rubalcaba made it clear that he felt it was time to
“increase the force and, at the same time, look at
the responsibilities it has”.
According to the Minister, there are only 350 officers in the force, although it was set up with 500
in mind.
Camps told Rubalcaba that he felt that the Policía
Nacional and the Guardia Civil should continue
to have full power in matters of public security.
President Camps said that “just because we
haven’t got an autonomous police force does
not mean that we are not constantly striving for
greater levels of public security”.
IN HARMONY: Alfredo Rubacalba, left, with Francisco Camps
number of Policia Nacional
and Guardia Civil officers,
who “would have full authority in matters of public
security”.
After thanking Camps
for his official visit on
Tuesday, the Minister of
the Interior said his inten-
tion to study “the needs
of a community that had
changed so much”.
The Minister confirmed
that the committee would
be looking at three main
areas, which he summed
up as an “assigned police
force” that would be simi-
lar to an autonomous police force, an agreement
between regional and central governments to reach
a financial settlement with
regard to “improving the
network of Guardia Civil
HQs”, and the “co-ordination of 112” the emergency
telephone number that we
all call when our security is
threatened.
Camps was pleased at
how quickly Rubalcaba had
met him.
He said their conversation had focused on how
much the Comunitat had
grown, in view of the fact
that the last few years have
seen more than a million
new people come to the region.
This situation required
“a generalised study to predict changes in the medium
and long term,” he added.
Generalitat comes down hard President ‘to cut back salaries’
on council’s illegal-build ways to control government costs
The Valencian Regional
government is taking measures against one PP-controlled local council for granting illegal building licences
for a new development to
the powerful construction
company Marina d’Or.
The Environment Ministry has demanded that the
town council in Cabanes
(Castellón) revoke the licences it granted for the
construction of at least 500
houses in Torre la Sal, the
only untouched stretch of
the Castellón coastline, bordering the El Prat national
park.
In her motion, the director
general of town and country planning, Soledad Martínez, argues that Cabanes
has committed a “serious
offence” against Valencian
town planning law, and
therefore demands that the
licences granted to Marina
d’Or for the extension of
their current development
be revoked.
Despite the fact that the
month the town council
had to meet requirements
ran out on July 16, according to Esquerra Unida MP,
Carles Mulet, the PP has
not revoked the licences, so
the Generalitat will be taking legal action against the
council as laid down in its
initial motion.
The action came about originally in response to a complaint by a local resident
who reported the illegal li-
N
cences for 500 houses in the
area to the Generalitat.
Despite the resident’s letter and only days before the
elections, the PP issued licences for another 700 houses, licences that will have to
be revoked in exactly the
same way.
EU alarmed
The European Union has added its voice to
those alarmed by the PAI (Plan de Actuación
Integrada) or urban plan under development
by Marina d’Or in the Torre la Sal district of
Cabanes.
The EU has started proceedings against the
company for “extracting water and draining
the subsoil” of the protected El Prat natural
parkland in Cabanes.
The proceedings were started because of a complaint presented by Esquerra Unida after it was
discovered that building work had begun in the
Torre la Sal district of Cabanes with the drainage of an area adjoining the natural parkland.
Brussels is now adding its weight to the demands already being made by the Environment
Ministry to Cabanes town council to carry out
a “detailed” hydrogeological study covering
all the building work planned for the Torre la
Sal area and its possible effect on the protected
parkland alongside.
Milagrosa Martínez, President of the Cortes Valencianas and member of the PP,
has taken another bold step
in her crusade to control
costs within the autonomous parliament.
Martínez has proposed salary cuts for those on the
Cortes’s presiding committee and for the spokespersons of each parliamentary
group, in order to use the
money to cover payments
that should be made to
Council members.
Milagrosa Martínez’s annual salary is 124,578 euros,
considerably higher than
the 77,988 euros paid to the
president of the Generalitat.
Members of the presiding
committee of the Cortes
receive an annual salary
of 110,272 euros, a much
greater amount than that
paid to council members
who receive 66,435 euros
per annum.
Martínez’s proposal plans
to “rationalise spending”
within the institution, but
could not be approved this
time around because it had
not been included on the
official order of the day. It
will be looked at again in
September and, if thought
appropriate, will be approved then.
The socialists proposed
that this salary comparison be continued across the
board, with all MPs being
paid the same as secretaries within the autonomous
parliament.
Martínez is convinced
that by lowering salaries
it would be possible to
achieve “one of her main
objectives” as President
of the Cortes Valencianas,
namely “spending controls
as a result of efficient and
precise economic management, compatible with the
interests of people in Valencia”. The president of
the Diputación de Valencia, the PP’s Alfons Rus,
also decided to reduce his
salary because, he said, it
did not seem right for him
to be earning more than the
President of the Council.
In sharp contrast, the man
in charge of the Castellón
wing of the government,
Carlos Fabra, did completely the opposite last week
– he raised his own salary
so that he now earns more
than the President of the
Central Government.
What about her
advisers?
The socialist group
within the Cortes Valencianas applauded the
proposals made by their
president, but wanted
to know why the president’s advisers are not
included in the plan,
seeing as their salaries
are even higher than
the MPs who report to
the House. The spokesperson for the socialist
group in the Cortes,
Ángel Luna, complained
that “the real savings
could be made by finding
out why, for example,
Milagrosa Martínez’s
11 advisers have higher
salaries than the rest of
the MPs”.
L’HORTA
August 3 - August 9 2007
CAMP DE MORVEDRE
Bioparc replaces zoo
Valencia Zoo finally closed
its doors to the public on
Tuesday – after 42 years.
The resident animals
will now have to wait until
later in the year before going on show again in their
new, 21st century home
that the town hall is calling
Bioparc.
The new setting is in
Valencia’s Parque de Cabecera in the west of the
city and can be found at the
former headwaters of the
river Turia.
The Bioparc is already
up and running and new
species have started arriving from other European
zoos, but it will not open its
doors to the public until November.
The Bioparc concept
is completely different to
that of a zoo, with animals
housed in areas designed
to replicate their natural
habitats as far as possible,
rather than in cages.
Valencia’s Bioparc project, drawn up by the town
hall, but to be run by a private company, expects to
house some 4,000 animals
representing 250 African
species.
The park will eventually
cover 10 hectares, although
only eight are going to be
built for now. The remaining two will be used to extend the park in order to
make room for animals from
Asia and South America.
Nostalgia
Although there’s no deny-
named after him in honour
of all his work to protect
animals over the years.
The old zoo, which stood
in the middle of the city centre, has now said goodbye to
the public and its 60 mam-
N
mals and 100 birds now just
have to sit and wait until
they are moved to the new
park ready to open, which
should be in November, all
being well.
Open and very near
THANKS FOR THE MEMORY: Saying goodbye
ing that the new zoo will be
better for all concerned, local people have gathered in
a show of nostalgia to say
goodbye to the old zoo. By
means of a thank you to its
faithful public, the Viveros
Zoo (which gets its name
from the Jardines de Viveros that surround it) held
an open day for everyone
who wanted to come and
enjoy the zoo for free one
last time.
Where the zoo currently
stands, a new museum will
open, housing a collection of invertebrates donated by Ignacio Docavo,
the naturalist who has
been the zoo’s curator for
42 years. Nature lovers,
and especially those with
a particular interest in invertebrates, will be able
to go on enjoying the old
Viveros zoo as it is turned
into a museum to house the
collections put together by
Professor Docavo, architect
of the new Bioparc. In fact,
the new museum will be
One museum that will be remaining open
throughout the summer season is the Natural History Museum in the Jardines de los Viveros, entry
to which is free at weekends.
The museum, in the heart of Valencia, is home
to an interesting permanent collection of fossils,
considered to be Europe’s best collection of South
American palaeontology.
In the 19th century, these fossils were, in actual
fact, the basis for the first ever palaeontology
museum in continental Europe.
27,000 hit by blackouts as power cuts
wreak havoc in Valencia’s dark day
Power cuts brought Valencia to a standstill on Tuesday.
A faulty transformer in the
Fuente de San Luis electricity substation, owned by
Iberdrola, left some 25,000
people without electricity
for several hours.
Both the Avenida Peris y
Valero and Ausiàs March,
as well as a number of
streets in the Russafa district, were affected by the
power cuts, which came
and went intermittently between 12.30pm and 2pm
As well as the faulty transformer, one of the underground medium voltage cables also went down leaving
2,000 residents in Alboraia
and Primado Reig streets
without power for more
than an hour.
Motorists were also affected as traffic lights stopped
working in Gran Via de
Germanias, Antic Regne
de València and Peris y
Valero.
The power cuts left several
people trapped in lifts and
they eventually had to be
rescued by the fire service.
The central fire station in
Avenida La Plata was then
itself a victim of the power
cuts.
The fault in the Fuente de
San Luis district set off a
series of power cuts starting at 12.35pm, causing
blackouts lasting over an
hour and a half.
During this time, Iberdrola
managed to repair the fault
from the transformer itself
and restore power to those
without it.
However, people in Ausiàs
March had to put up with
three
more
10-minute
blackouts in the afternoon,
which added to the misery
they’d suffered during the
morning.
Iberdrola’s customer service department kept altering the information it gave
out to during the morning’s
blackouts, much to the chagrin of its customers, who
saw their own power cuts
appearing and disappearing from the company’s answerphone message.
“I’ve just called them and
there’s nothing at all about
my power cut, but I’m still
here without any electricity and without the land-
LEFT IN THE DARK: Motorists in Valencia
line”,
complained
one
resident of Calle Ausiàs
March.
The thousands of people liv-
ing on this street had to put
up with one power cut after
another. Sources at Iberdrola blamed Tuesday’s prob-
lems on “general” faults.
“Sometimes we get faults”,
the company said, by way
of explaining the faulty
transformer at the Fuente
de San Luis substation.
Because of faults in Iberdrola’s equipment, traffic
lights and businesses were
brought to a halt.
The junctions along Avenida Peris y Valero and some
in the Russafa district of
the city added more problems to those already being
experienced as a result of
the road closures and diversions already in operation
because of work being done
on the metro’s T2 line.
Despite the problems, the
local police in Valencia
were not called out to a single traffic accident.
In another incident, a faulty
underground medium voltage line caused a power
cut for some 1,700 people in
the L’Albufereta district of
Alicante beach on Sunday
night.
According to an Iberdrola
spokesperson, the blackout
started at 11pm and power
was not restored for nearly
two hours.
VALENCIA NEWS
5
University
Preparing
Formula One
engineers
The link-up between Valencia President Francisco
Camps and Formula One
boss Bernie Ecclestone will
bring a bonus to students in
Valencia.
Starting this coming academic year, Valencia’s Universidad Politécnica will
offer a masters course in
engineering for competition cars designed for “all
those who aspire to work in
the competitive automotive
industry at the very highest
level”.
The curriculum at the second most important university in the region will cover
topics like aerodynamics,
electronics, engines, materials and design as well as
areas like team management or the world and development of competitive
motor racing.
Another new course on offer
at the Universidad Politécnica this coming year is the
International Specialist in
Strategic Tourism Planning which hopes to give
students the knowledge
necessary to draw up, execute and follow up tourism
development projects, with
the aim of helping to regulate the sector, say sources
at the university.
Jobs
Town hall to
take on 220
Valencia Town Hall has announced that it will be taking on 220 new staff in the
autumn.
A budget of 3,024,638 euros
has been set aside by the
town hall for these new employees via the Emcorp and
Salario Joven programmes.
Ma Jesús Puchalt, regional
Minister for Employment,
said: “The aim of these
programmes is to promote
employment among social
groups that often have difficulties breaking into the
employment market, for example women, young people
with very little work experience, those with disabilities,
the long-term unemployed
or people at risk of being ostracised”.
Through the Salario Joven
programme, 80 unemployed
young people under the age
of 30 will be taken on to carry out jobs of general and
social interest.
Through the Emcorp programme, 140 jobs will be created in 19 different projects.
These include the improvement of the Alquería de
Ricós area, the project to
give the municipal markets
a facelift, the project to improve the quality of our
environment, the project
to support shelters for the
homeless, painting for those
with disabilities and the
improvement of green belt
areas.
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LA SAFOR
VALENCIA NEWS
Music
Hot Latin pop
princess wows
5,000 fans
Mexican pop sensation
Paulina Rubio wooed thousands at her concert in Gandia last week.
The Latin star, a regular
in the Top 40 whose latest
album Ananda has been a
sell-out, performed in front
of 5,000 at the María Enríquez high school.
Despite the huge number of
spectators of all ages, the
temporary stadium in the
school playground was not
entirely full and ticket sales
failed to cover the expenses
of the event, some 140,000
euros.
However, the audience were
delighted with the show,
dancing non-stop for an
hour and a half.
Paulina’s catchy, pop-friendly brand of music proved
to be a huge hit with those
who went along.
Charity
Sahara kids
meet their
Oliva parents
Children from the Sahara
region of Morocco arrived
in Oliva at the weekend to
meet the people who will be
their foster parents for the
summer.
Some 36 children who will
spend the month of August
on an organised holiday
living with host parents in
La Safor were received by
mayor Salvador Fuster on
Saturday.
Both kids and foster parents
find the summer adoption
scheme, which takes place
every year, highly rewarding. Children discover life
in the West and marvel at
running water, cars and
lifts, whilst parents are able
to see the world through the
eyes of youngsters who live
the rest of the year in basic
conditions in desert shanty
towns.
August 3 - August 9 2007
Cova Foradà remains
excite archeologists
Human and animal bones,
as well as bone utensils open
new avenues for research
Samantha Kett and
Cornelia Muller
New excavations in the
Cova Foradà de Oliva have
revealed many new finds,
which proved that the cave
was inhabited before 50,000
years BC. The latest finds
include human bones from
before 30,000 AD., a child’s
skull, as well as animal
bones, hunting utensils,
other practical utensils
and even pieces of jewellery from between 8,000 and
40,000 AD.
The team of archeologists hope to find answers
to the disappearing of the
Neanderthal and the appearance of the Sapiens
Sapiens, which coincided
with the transition from
the Medium to the Superior
Palaeolithic.
The animal bones main-
ly belonged to the tropical
fauna: turtles, elephants,
rhinoceros, panthers, lions, lynxes, hyenas, and
there was even the molar
of a hippopotamus. The archeologists could also confirm that deer, bulls, horses
and goats came down to
the cave and the coastal
area from the surrounding
mountains. With the beginning of the Upper Palaeolithic the large animals,
such as elephants, rhinoceruses and panthers disappeared and were replaced
by smaller species, such as
deer, bears, goats, wolves
and foxes. This means that
it always must have been
easy for the local inhabitants to hunt and find suffficient food.
The archeologists described the area between
the river Bullent and the
marshes between Oliva and
A CHILD’S SKULL: The cave was inhabited more than 50,000 years ago
Pego as an “extraordinary
habitat” with an immensely varied fauna and flora.
The leading archeologist, José Aparicio, does
not exclude the possibility
of finding remains of fish.
The sea used to be far away,
but there were connections
Council worker arrested for
false residence card racket
Guardia Civil officers are
questioning a Gandia council employee over forged
residence cards.
Elvira M. is thought to be
the ringleader of a racket
handing out false documentation allowing non-EU immigrants to live in Spain.
She is said to have registered some 2,500 foreigners on the padrón, many
of which are thought to be
false.
According to the Guardia
Civil, she has admitted to
manipulating the electoral
roll to allow a number of
immigrants without visas
to remain in Spain.
Yet she denies that her boyfriend, a Pakistani national
who owns a locutorio in
Gata de Gorgos, accepted
2,000 euros from each foreign resident who accepted
a fake residence card.
Officers say if it transpires
that she accepted money for
the transactions, she could
be charged with bribery.
Jávea officers detained Elvira M., who works in the
statistics office at Gandia
town hall, at around 15.00
hrs on Friday.
They have spoken to mayor
José Manuel Orengo, his
right-hand man and the
council’s head of IT to find
out who has the passwords
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A list of the 2,500 people the
suspect registered on the
census will be sent to the
National Institute of Statistics (INE) to ascertain how
many are fraudulent.
Disciplinary action was immediately commenced on
hearing the news, according to the council’s general
administration
manager,
Alfred Boix.
Any staff involved could
face suspension of their
employment and salary.
In addition to Elvira M.,
a Moroccan national and
three non-EU citizens said
to have bought fake resident permits from her have
been taken into custody.
Police say more arrests
in La Safor and the Marina Alta are likely to take
place.
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between the coastal population and the settlements
in the interior. People used
to barter, therefore it is not
suprising that remains of
shells were found in the interior or hunting utensils
on the coast.
Among the recent finds
were items made of bone
and stone that were used
for the treatment of skins
or the sewing of clothes.
The cave is surrounded
by a masonry and protective roof to keep curious
visitors out.
La Safor villages
have quadrupled
La Safor’s population has
grown immensely in the
last decade.
Almost 171,000 people now
live in the district that stretches from Oliva to Tavernes.
A censorship, taking figures
from 2006, says these two
towns and the capital, Gandia, have seen the largest
increases in headcount.
Gandia has 80,000 people registered, whereas Oliva has
27,000 and Tavernes 18,000.
However, this does not take
into account the number
of people who live in these areas but have failed to
register their presence on
the padrón, or local census,
which is a legal requirement and a civic duty.
In the meantime, since the
end of 1995, certain small
villages have multiplied
by up to four times – such
as Guardamar de la Safor,
which has risen from 62 to
300 inhabitants.
Beniflà has gone up 121 per
cent, from 141 residents to
313, whilst Daimús has almost doubled in headcount
and is now home to nearly
2,700 people.
Some smaller villages,
such as Ròtova, Potries,
L’Alquería de la Comtessa
and Simat de la Valldigna,
have decreased in size.
This said, the latter attracts
day-trippers all year round
to visit the 14th-century
Santa María de la Valldigna
monastery, one of the largest and most prestigious
in the Valencia province.
It has recently been restored and is open to visitors
seven days a week, free of
charge, until 20.00 hrs, closing for lunch between 14.00
hrs and 16.00 hrs.
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be under one roof.
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ALICANTE NEWS
MARINA ALTA
August 3 - August 9 2007
A Red Cross rescue
in record time
Crime
Coke dealer
caught in
Calpe
Guardia Civil officers arrested a 31-year-old man
in Calpe last Thursday in
connection with trafficking
cocaine.
They confiscated nearly a
kilo of the drug, together
with some 18,500 euros in
cash which were thought to
be the proceeds of his illicit
sales.
The suspect, a Moroccan
national, was arrested in
his Calpe flat.
Officers say his clients came
to his home to purchase the
drugs
The volunteer simulation
exercise was highly praised
Samantha Kett
Teulada’s Red Cross volunteers took just 16 minutes to
rescue a diver in trouble off
Moraira’s Platgetes beach
last Thursday.
A lifeboat had attempted
to rescue the swimmer
when he fell into difficulties, but crashed into the
rocks causing a fuel leak
from the engine.
Losing its bearings, the
boat then ran into the man,
who became injured.
Three Red Cross staff
members set off at around
10.30 hrs in a boat after being alerted by the
coastguard workers at the
L’Andragó cove.
They brought the injured
diver in to shore together
with the lifeboat, which
was transferred to Moraira’s yacht club.
An ambulance was waiting for the victim on the
beach.
This rescue was a simulation exercise to train Red
Cross volunteers to act in
an emergency, and they
were praised for their lightning-quick response.
Every summer sees a
phenomenal number of accidents and deaths off the
coast of the Comunitat Valenciana.
Last Thursday, a French
national, aged around 50,
died whilst he was swimming off La Fustera beach
in Benissa just before 10.00
hrs.
Lifeguards do not start
work until 10.30 hrs, however.
Of the six people who
have died off the coast of
Ibiza oil-slick
ferry fleet suffers
second crash
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Incident
Dad asks for
victims’
sympathy
SAFETY: Red Cross huts are located on most of the main beaches in Moraira
the Alicante province so
far this summer, five were
swimming in the sea in the
early morning before lifeguards started their shifts.
Teulada town council has
announced that bathers
will be fined between 750
and 3,000 euros for failing
to heed warning signs, such
as red flags.
They will also face heavy
penalties for starting fires
on the beach or allowing
their animals to swim in
the sea, since dogs are
banned from all beaches in
the region throughout the
summer.
Local authorities will
also levy hefty fines on travelling sales people who operate on the beach.
Arsonists start forest fires in
Las Marinas
Two hectares of farmland
were wiped out in the Las
Marinas area of Dénia on
Friday in what was believed
to be an arson attack.
The fire, which occurred on
the right-hand side of the
road heading into the town
opposite the Les Fonts complex, started in two places
leading fire-fighters to believe it was deliberate.
Wiping out orange groves
and abandoned wasteland,
the flames broke out at
around 16.00 hrs but were extinguished relatively quickly
as the fire brigade was still
working on the aftermath of
a fire that started in the same
place the day before.
Fortunately, however, nobody
was hurt and no damage to
property was recorded.
Despite this, seven people became trapped in their homes
in the Almadrava area of
Els Poblets and have called
for greater protection from
emergency services, who
were forced to rescue the affected householders.
Emergency services say the
Marina Alta has suffered a
‘black week’ as blazes were
also started in Gata, the
Orba-Benidoleig border, and
the Coll de Rates area of Parcent, let alone the disastrous
conflagration further afield
in Tenerife that has caused
11,000 people to be evacuated
from their homes.
All of the Marina Alta blazes
took place on abandoned
stretches of farmland, which
has caused more concern
over the dangers posed by
untended areas, left to lie fallow or simply unmaintained
by their owners. Without
clearing natural debris from
foliage each year, there is often a risk of fire.
A drunk driver who injured
an entire family in Xaló is
asking for mercy from the
victims.
Details came to light this
week about a crash on Avenida Rey Juan Carlos I on
Saturday, July 21.
Witnesses say a young man,
who was over the drinkdriving limit, ran a car off
the road in the early hours
of the morning.
The occupants of the damaged vehicle, an entire family, needed hospital treatment.
One woman broke her neck
and suffered total amnesia.
She says she has no recollection of the crash.
However, the driver’s father has pleaded with the
victims to withdraw their
statement to the police.
He says the injured family
should ‘bear in mind’ that
his son ‘was also injured’.
The motorist who caused
the accident sustained a
broken arm, but no serious
wounds.
Yet the family, all Spanish
nationals, have refused to
retract their accusations.
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the safety of the fleet.
On July 11, the ship Don
Pedro, part of the Iscomar
line, collided with the island of Daus en route from
Valencia to Ibiza and sunk
beneath the waves with 150
tonnes of fuel on board.
Technicians have worked
constantly since then to extract the spillage from the
waters using specialist divers and cleaning vessels.
This week, the Carmen del
Mar ferry, also one of the
Iscomar fleet and based in
Dénia, crashed into one of
the lighted buoys installed
to guide ships to their destination at night.
The accident happened in
the Es Freus strait between
Ibiza and Formentera, although the company has
not confirmed whether there were any passengers on
board at the time.
Ibiza and Formentera’s naval division has ordered the
Carmen del Mar to be taken
off the water and analysed
to ascertain the cause of
the collision, even though
it appears that there was no
threat to nor loss of life.
A spokesperson from Iscomar says the organisation
is
specifically
worried
about passenger safety and
the risk of causing sea pollution if an accident mirroring that of the Don Pedro were to occur again.
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Tourism
Castle by
night
Guided tours of Dénia castle
at night are being held until
Friday, August 31.
Groups of a maximum of 20
can join in the trip, which
lasts 50 minutes.
The aim is for visitors to gain
a greater appreciation of the
architecture and history of
the castle.
Tours start from the Torre
del Consell, at the entrance to
the castle, between 19.00 and
21.00 hrs from Tuesdays and
Fridays.
Aside from the usual cost of
a ticket to enter the castle, no
added fees are charged for the
guided tours.
Incident
Accident
caused by
intoxication
A driver who was found to be
six times over the legal alcohol limit was arrested in Ondara on Saturday.
The motorist, a 39-year-old
Spanish national, suffered an
accident on the AP-7 as a result of his intoxicated state.
Nobody was injured, but the
driver was immediately arrested.
Police have stepped up vigilance on both minor and
major roads throughout the
Comunitat Valenciana and
the Murcia Region for the
summer, since the number of
accidents and drink-driving
incidents soars during the
tourist season.
Culture
New theatre
Jávea shall have a new theatre, the councillor for culture Quica Gil announced
this week. She wants to
build it next to the new conservatory in order to create a cultural area on more
than 6,000 square metres
between the medical centre
and the municipal school
with an open square in the
middle for open air shows.
The building will have
space for an audience of 856
people (600 in the stalls and
256 in the gallery). The access to the building and the
ticket office will be from the
square.
It is planned to build a 1,600
square metres basement for
storage, technical equipment and dressing rooms.
The first ideas for a theatre
were discussed about ffifteen years ago. Until now it
could never have been taken further as the financing
was not in place.
The town cuncillor is committed to finding the funds
and finishing the project
within the next four years.
MARINA ALTA
August 3 - August 9 2007
Rubbish area reeks
from human waste
After complaints to the
Mayoress, a local resident is
no nearer to solving hazard
Samantha Kett
A blind retired expat living
in Dénia has tried to protest
about the deplorable state
of public land near to his
residence, but the Mayoress has done little to help.
Edwin Lewis moved to his
apartment block in Dénia
in 2000, when he claims
the area was well-cared for
and attractive to residents.
Since then he has seen it
decline into a filthy untended mess that has caused a
public health hazard. The
area in front of his block
has been home to a succession of problems. Firstly,
the natural bamboo was
culled to clear the area for
parking, resulting in a dust-
bowl that coats his terrace
and apartment with layers of dirt. The circus uses
the area as its regular site,
flushing sewage water from
people and animals onto
the land, and leaving heaps
of manure. After the circus
leaves, huge refrigerated
container lorries occupy
the site, and lorry drivers
urinate and defecate on
the land. The lorries are
noisy, running generators
at night, and fumes as they
start up in the morning, but
the police have not moved
them on as the parking is
in an ideal situation for the
lorries to move into traffic
headed to the interior.
Mr Lewis has convinced
the president of the block,
Alfred Norman to complain
DUMPING GROUND: An area of Dénia has become a public health risk
to the Town Hall, which
resulted in a bulldozer
dragging the heap of rubbish and manure into one
area and then leaving it to
deteriorate in the heat. Mr
Norman agreed that he has
tried to resolve the issues
without success.
“Surely I have the right
to a quiet enjoyment of my
property, rather than being
forced to live in a tip. But I
suppose one blind man just
isn’t enough of a protest,”
commented Mr Lewis, with
some rancour.
He is still seeking a response from the local government, since the area in
which he lives is known as
the ‘gateway to Dénia’ and
he feels it reflects badly on
the town as a whole.
Tourists encouraged to go
underground
Benissa residents
left powerless
Caves in the Marina Alta
are being given a huge
push as tourist attractions.
The Association of Spanish Tourist Caves (ACTE)
wants to promote what it
calls ‘underground tourism’, particularly amongst
those who are less keen
on spending their summer holidays topping up
their tans on Costa Blanca
beaches.
The Coves del Rull in the
Vall d’Ebo, the Coves de les
Calaveres in Benidoleig
and the Cova de l’Atzúvia
NO ELECTRICITY: People are reverting to generators
are the three main ones
in the Alicante province
which are being advertised
as popular attractions, although the ACTE has also
visited the Cuevas de Don
Juan in Jalance (Valle de
Ayora-Cofrentes, Valencia
province).
The caves in Benidoleig
date back to the mid and
late Paleolithic eras and
valuable
archaeological
findings have been discovered inside them.
Information
published
in four languages and a
touch-screen display giv-
ing details of the caves
and the village itself are
now available at the entrance to Les Calaveres.
The Coves del Rull were
discovered by a man out
hunting in the early 20th
century. A rabbit disappeared down a hole and
his dog followed, hence
the hunter, known in the
village as El Rull, followed
him, discovering as he did
so a million-year-old cave.
Guided tours of these
fascinating underground
rock formations run hourly.
Cancer hospital plans are
temporarily called off
A long-anticipated cancer
hospital in Benissa has
been shelved indefinitely,
local authorities confirm.
The proposal for a specialist oncology centre in the
coastal town, put forward
by the Fundación Europea
contra el Cáncer (FECC)
was fraught with problems,
alleges mayor Juan Bautista Roselló (PP). He claims
that the plot put aside for
the hospital in the Pla de
Carrals area of town is
common land. Roselló reveals handing over the land
for building is outside the
council’s jurisdiction, and
it is alleged that some of
the promoter’s activities
could be unlawful.
FECC spokesman Javier
Huerta, also the promoter
accuses the mayor of ‘unbridled political ambition’.
Yet a source from Levante
Hospital, who Huerta had
chosen to manage the cancer centre, claims he became ‘suspicious’ when
Huerta proposed that a
third company should manage the equipment supply
for the new centre. Compa-
ny representative Sr Gómez
says Hospital de Levante
has experience in equipping
hospitals and owns a cancer
treatment centre in Benidorm.
Gómez says his firm then
discovered that Huerta did
not figure on the registrar of
companies’ records.
At this point, Hospital de
Levante severed its commercial ties with Huerta.
Benissa’s mayor, however,
stresses that he plans to build
an oncology unit “as long as
any plans for it respect all legal requirements.”
Tourists and residents in
Benissa have been without electricity for up to 12
hours last week.
From Tuesday onwards,
those living in the Montemar, Los Almendros and
part of the Benimarco
urbanisations have complained of power cuts lasting a day at a time.
Electricity board Iberdrola
says these are due to maintenance works being carried out on the network.
People in Benissa say they
do not receive any warning
before their supply goes
off, and at the height of the
summer this situation is
extremely inconvenient.
This is when the population grows considerably
due to second-home owners
travelling to Benissa for
their holidays.
They say Iberdrola ‘has the
rest of the year to carry out
maintenance works’, and
some of them have complained to both the electricity board and the council.
Pressure has been put on
the household insurers of
those affected, and the companies have responded by
clubbing together to put a
temporary generator in the
town.
Last Friday, electricity was
off between 08.00 and 18.00
hrs, and on Saturday, from
08.00 to 22.00 hrs.
Cooking, washing clothes
and keeping food and drink
fresh is impossible without electricity and more
necessary than ever in the
intense heat the Alicante
province is currently witnessing.
MARINA BAIXA
August 3 - August 9 2007
New bus station
may not open again
this summer
Town planning hopes to
speed up the process so that
it will be operational by the
end of August
Sergi Castillo and
Maria Askew
The town councillor for
planning in the Town Hall of
Benidorm, José González,
explained that the new bus
station will not be operational during August. But
by speeding up the process
the station could possibly
be operational in the last
week. However, only the
station will be open, not
any of the other proposed
buildings. The opening of
the shops and the hotels is
N
subject to agreement with
the builder Enrique Ortiz.
The company responsible
for managing the station
is Alsa, who requested that
the Town Hall allow it to
open as soon as possible.
Jose González signaled,
“We are waiting to amend
small technical details of
the management system
which was approved in
2001. The license for the
opening and occupation is
ready. The objective for the
town councillor was to pass
it by the Town Planning
Commission this month
and we could well get the
Hotel controversy
According to the town’s technical experts, the hotel next
to the bus station has excess construction, specifically
two additional floors which total 2.000m2. The constructor actually presented a different plan to that of the
winning project of 2001, in addition to the modifications
made to the initial project approved in March 2003. The
solution adopted by the consistory to legalise the project
did not take into consideration a penalisation for the infringement in town planning. Although the consistory
withdrew the permissions of the two floors “he built because he wanted to” according to the spokesman for PP,
Antonio Pérez. The PP diverted questions relating to
the excess build area, by decreasing other areas in size
like the parking area, so that the overall area did not supercede the overall square metres – even though there
were two additional floors. The opposition allowed the
developer to construct even though it did not follow the
initial project, knowing that it could lead to an adjudication and that there was no full building license.
the town of Huelva in Andalucía, even some foreign
entries from Italy. And also
there is diversity in the materials used such as plastic,
iron, wool, stone, wood...”
Each contestant can enter
two works of art, and they
have to be between 14 and
35 years old. The works
need to be original and unknown, display technique,
and have a theme. Paintings
need to be presented before
August 14 – and already
prepared for mounting at
the exhibition. Those interested in participating in the
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Crime
Street signs
defaced in
Benidorm
The PSPV-PSOE has denounced the “damaged
situation” of urban areas
of Benidorm. The councillor, Isabel Martínez highlighted “the bad image of
the town” showing defaced
signaling and photographs
of some deteriorated signs
in the centre. The signs
on some roads are broken,
illegible, incomplete or
defaced. According to the
councillor, signs should be
better maintained in a town
which thrives on tourism.
There are also old signs
with unpleasant graffiti.
Martínez described this as
“depressing for those that
visit and for us too”.
Environment
Dolphin
stranded
DELAYED: Buildings will not be ready when the station becomes operational
green light.” If this were
the case, the only other obstacle would be the General
Transport
Management.
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This coinciding with the
month of August, when
some administrations are
inactive, is another ob-
struction which González
needs to overcome for it to
be operational by the end of
the summer.
Battle between mayor and Enrique Ortiz
According to sources, the opening of the
bus station (not including the shopping
centre or the hotel) will take place without
the consent of Enrique Ortiz. It seems that
the constructor and the investors urgently
want the entire infrastructure in place in
order to begin to profit from the development. Ortiz had an understanding with
the first councillor, Vicente Pérez Devesa,
but he recently died and the relationship
with the new councillor Pérez Fenoll is
proving more difficult. The current mayor
confirmed, after the recent elections, that
he will abide by the law in accordance
with the wishes of the developer. Ortiz announced that prior to Easter a grand opening party would take place with Niña Pastori booked, but this finally was cancelled
due to bad weather and the fact that the
installations were not yet open.
At the beginning of May, in the middle
of the controversy, the Director of Public
Prosecution for the Province of Alicante,
José Antonio Romero, wrote a letter to the
Town Hall Secretary of Benidorm, requesting information relating to the irregularities in Town Planning for the Bus Station.
The required date for a reply by the Registry Office according to the Director of
Public Prosecution for Alicante was April
3, but this did not take place until May 4.
Romero asked the Town Hall secretary to
“inform him as a matter of urgency”. The
Socialist Town Councillor Jaime Llinares
asked if the mayor had committed the offence “by omission” as it meant that the
infrastructure was put in motion without
a definitive project.
The Cultural Youths Department
supports new talent with an art contest
Young artists across Spain
have an opportunity to
show off their talent in Benidorm with the ‘Contest of
New Creations’ organised
by the Cultural Youth Department. This will be the
19th edition of the show in
which 34 youngsters took
part last year, 25 in painting and 9 in sculpture. The
origin of these artists is
very diverse as pointed
out by the minister José
Bañuls. “We have received
projects from towns close
by like L’Alfàs del Pi, Altea
or Polop, and as far away as
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Contest can go to the Information Centre for Youths in
Benidorm, in C/Tomás Ortuño 66. The winner in each
category – painting and
sculpture – will receive a
prize of € 1.000. In addition
there will be a special prize
for the main winner under
18 years old. The paintings and sculptures will
be on display in the town
hall for two weeks with the
following details: name &
surname, DNI or NIE, age,
address, telephone number
and title of artwork.
On the beaches of La Olla in
Altea, a dolphin measuring
3.1 m long was found stranded. A coastguard notified
the Local Police at around
19.00 hours, Wednesday
July 25 upon the sighting of
what he firstly thought was
a dead dolphin. The University of Valencia turned
up to determine the species
and evaluate the possibility
of studying it. The Risso’s
Dolphin is a pelagic species
not normally found in the
Mediterranean although it
has been sighted regularly
further off the Spanish,
French, Italian and African
coasts.
Services
Finestrat
rubbish
dumps closed
The first phase to eradicate
the out of control rubbish
dumps in Finestrat took
place in Partida Carquendo. The plot was found full
of uncontainable rubbish
such as debris, wood, glass
and mattresses amongst
other things. The situation,
apart from affecting the
environment, damages the
image offered by the town
on one of its main access
roads. By intervention of
a lorry from the Cultural
Department of Technical
Services – they removed
the rubbish to the Tranfer
Plant in Benidorm for its
respective treatment.
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Transport
Catch the
bus and hug
a friend
Benidorm residents and
tourists are being encouraged to leave their cars at
home.
In order to promote use
of public transport in the
town, four new buses costing an estimated 1.2 million
euros have been put on the
streets.
Llorente Bus, Benidorm’s
local transport company,
says the buses bear slogans
to encourage people to use
public transport.
Under the motto ‘Travel by
bus, save time’ are a series
of phrases that emphasise
the advantages of leaving
the car behind.
Examples include ‘I get affectionate when I travel by
bus’ and ‘I hug my friend
when I travel by bus’.
Environment
Collywobbles
over jellyfish
Benidorm is preparing in
case a swarm of jellyfish
hits its shores.
Given the record temperatures for this time of year,
the threat of a plague on
Costa Blanca beaches is
heightened.
Councillor in charge of
beaches, Josefa Pérez, explains when an alarm is
activated, two boats are
moved to where the current
is dragging the jellyfish into
the bay, with a net extended
between them.
These boats are owned by
a private individual and
members of the local fishing union will be on alert
for mass populations of jellyfish floating into shore.
Incident
Swimmer dies
off beach
A 50-year-old Frenchman
died whie swimming off a
Benidorm beach last Thursday.
Witnesses say he was bathing between Playa Poniente
and La Cala at around
noon, when he got into difficulties.
The victim was rushed
to Benidorm’s Hospital
Clinical, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Medics say his death was
caused by a heart failure
while in the water and was
not a drowning incident.
However, this is the first
death of the 2007 tourist season in the Marina Baixa.
MARINA BAIXA
August 3 - August 9 2007
Putting the big Bloc on
‘concrete jungle’ plans
Extraordinary meeting
witnesses extraordinary
voting pattern in bid to halt
Ortexa’s 3,500 new homes
Sergi Castillo and
Samantha Kett
Plans to build 3,500 homes
have met with fierce opposition in Orxeta.
This week the town hall
witnessed an extraordinary meeting at the request
of nationalist party El
Bloc who wants to see the
project, approved on April
4, scrapped.
Yet their motion to bin
the plans only received
three votes, one of which
came from right-wing PP
party’s number two, Alejandro Llorens. However,
PP spokesman Miguel Ángel Lloret abstained.
Lloret suggested alternative plans but given that it
was an extraordinary meeting, these fell on deaf ears.
His argument was that
the socialist party, the
PSPV, who is in office until
2011 and are keen to push
the plans ahead, obtained
leadership without a majority vote.
Lloret claims there is
no consensus and that the
plans were approved too
quickly for everyone to be
able to put their point of
view forward.
Despite this, mayor Vicente Llinares insists he has
always shown ‘respect’ for
other councillors’ decisions
concerning the planned
concrete jungle and that he
is ‘open to modifications’.
The council meeting was
attended by the promoters,
residents of Orxeta and several Guardia Civil officers.
Llinares threatened to
evacuate the room if the situation became out of hand,
but those present remained
relatively calm.
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CALM BEFORE STORM: On the streets of Orxeta
From 700 to 7,000 inhabitants
The new town plan, or PGOU, would mean the population multiplies tenfold if proposals to build 3,500
homes and a golf course go ahead.
Socialist party PSPV-PSOE, the brains behind the
project, won the May 27 elections but lost the majority that it enjoyed in the last term of office. At present, the party has three councillors whilst the PP has
two and nationalist party El Bloc has another two.
These latter parties, which effectively form the majority, are against the building plans and fully in
support of the pressure group formed by residents,
Horta d’Orxeta.
In fact, secretary-general of the PSOE for the Marina Baixa, Jaime Llinares, has blocked the plans
on a number of occasions and has announced that
legal action will be taken against those who are
pushing it forward.
Socialists were forced to introduce modifications to
the plan, but these were not enough to convince either the PP or the left-wing members of the district
council to vote in favour.
Llinares explained at the time that of the 25 million
square metres set aside for building, only two million would be reclassified as building land of which
700,000 were for the golf course and only 30 per cent
of the land would be constructed upon.
The original plans proposed the construction of
4,721 houses but 1,200 were to be left for the final
phase, leaving 3,511.
Orxeta’s population would have risen to an estimated 10,003 from 700, yet even with the reduced version
the headcount is expected to soar to 7,070.
‘Beach image comes before forest
fires’ in blast on tourism waste
Not enough equipment is
on hand to deal with forest
fires in the Marina Baixa,
Benidorm local authorities
have warned.
They say public money is
being invested in improving the image of the popular tourist magnet’s beaches instead.
This became apparent last
Wednesday when a blaze
wiped out three hectares
of scrubland in Finestrat,
close to the boundaries of
Benidorm.
Socialist councillor Conrado Hernández criticised the
fact that the fire brigade’s
all-terrain vehicle, allowing it to access mountainous areas, had broken down
and officers should have
used the one designated for
beach rescue operations.
He also complained that
heavy investments had
been made by the council in
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FANNING THE FLAMES: Firefighters under pressure
beach skates and spotlights
– the latter reaching 60,000
euros – was ‘wasteful’.
Hernández says Benidorm
is ‘only concerned about
its image’ and not about
‘basics like being able to
reach and extinguish forest
fires’.
He continued that in any case,
the spotlights do not work on
windy days or at night.
José Bañuls, councilor for
traffic and public safety
of the PP, insisted that the
fire was not within the municipal boundaries of the
town and the police ‘got as
near to the fire as they
could’.
“We worked to 100 per
cent of our ability,” insists
Bañuls.
“If it had been necessary
we would have put the other 4x4 vehicle into use because in emergency cases
all means can be used.”
Bañuls also defended the
decision to install spotlights, because it was this
that alerted the firemen of
the fire and permitted their
rapid action.
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August 3 - August 9 2007
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“La Nit de L’Albà”
set to be Elche’s
most spectacular
Fireworks to light sky for 45
minutes
Esperanza Blanc
and Jade Holden
Every August 13th, the people of Elche dedicate 45
minutes to sending up fireworks, known as palmeras,
into the sky from all points
of the city. One palmera that
illuminates the sky of Elche
and leaves tourists and
strangers open mouthed is
the Virgin palmera which
is launched from the Saint
Mary basilica at midnight.
The mayor, Alejandro Soler,
has maintained a good relationship with the director
of “Ferrández Pyrotechnics” where the palmera of
the Virgin is ordered, to finalise the details from this
year’s spectacular Nit de
L’Albà.
The amount of palmera
fireworks launched from
apartment blocks and public spaces of the city will
see a 5% increase at La Nit
de L’Albà 2007, reaching 370
palmeras – 18 more than
last year. Also illuminating
the Elche sky this year will
be more than 9,000 boxes of
rockets and a mixture of
other pyrotechnics including over 1,000 bangers and
whistling fireworks. The
councillor of fiestas, Blanca González, assured that
“they are going to launch
more palmeras than last
year, and in addition they
are going to expand over
other districts so that they
can be launched from other
places.” Every year, the
palmeras are launched in
a coordinated manner and
will follow a firing rhythm
with the intention of keeping the sky permanently
illuminated with light and
colour for 45 minutes, from
11.15pm to midnight. This
year’s firing points have
been arranged in the footbridge of the Mercado, the
footbridge Avelino Rubio,
the bridge of Altamira, the
diagonal of the palace, the
Paseo de la Estación, the
Avenida de la Universidad
and the railway bridge.
At midnight the lights of
the city will be turned off
and the palmera of the Virgin will be launched from
the basilica of Saint Mary.
Onlookers will be treated
to a pure white palmera
created exclusively for the
Elche town hall by Fernández Pyrotechnics and made
up of over 3,000 rockets.
This grand palmera completely illuminates the sky
of the city of Elche for a
few seconds, reaching a
height of 300 metres and
spreading over a diameter
of 600 metres. The fiestas
continue with the ringing
of the church bells and the
ignition of the silhouette of
Elche’s patron, which will
STUNNING: More fireworks planned for this year
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Fiesta recognition
The presidents of the fiesta commission and the mayor,
Alejandro Soler, promise to continue working towards
getting the Elche festivities, especially the Nit de l’Albà,
to be considered fiestas of national touristic interest.
For a fiesta to receive this status it has to be seen as specially beautiful and of touristic importance to the Spanish government.
be visible in the bell tower.
From midnight the traditional ‘war of the fireworks’
starts, in which the streets
of the old town serve as
another space for pyrotech-
nics to be launched. The
night of the 13th of August
uses about 15,000 kilograms
of explosive powder and
7,000 boxes of Catherine
wheels.
Three Elche citizens have been arrested
for suspected money forgery
The agents of the national
police station of Elche have
arrested three individuals of Chinese nationality
for the crime of ‘falsification of money and illicit
associations’ as part of its
criminal operation named
‘Operation Asia’.
This operation, developed
by the civil employees of
the Elche police station, is
related to the MEZCLA 2
operation, carried out in
the Headquarters of the
Madrid Police which resulted in 14 detainees from six
house searches.
After the detentions in Madrid, came further detentions
in the city of Elche, of W.C.
(26 years old), Y.C. (23 years
old) and W.L. (25 years old),
FAKE OPERATION: Equipment and materials seized in Elche
all of Chinese nationality.
After the detentions, a
house search was carried
out at the homes of those already detained, situated in
the Elche district of Toscar,
where they found more
than 800 credit cards in various stages of production, 5
computers, microcameras
used for the installation of
devices in the ATMs, numerous fake weapons, materials used for impressing
credit cards and two vehicles used during the illicit
operations.
The evidence was used in
the trial of the detainees in
the Court of Elche, and has
lead to their imprisonment.
Ian Clack
Murcia Region
902 947 637 /
667 306 972
[email protected]
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Environment
Tons of algae
on the beach
Last week a team of beach
cleaners collected a mountain of 40 tons of algae on
the beaches in Guardamar
del Segura. Strong currents
had swept the sea weed onto
the beaches. The majority
of the algae were on a small
stretch of the La Roqueta
beach. The town hall spends
700,000 euros per year to
clean the beaches.
Culture
Journalism
Award
The cultural foundation
Miguel Hernández in Orihuela has announced that it
will award an international
prize to journalists in 2008.
The winner will receive
8,000 euros. The entries to
the competition will have to
be on the poet Miguel Hernández and be published in
a newspaper or a digital media in 2007. The pieces can
be in any language; however, if the original is not
Spanish a translation into
Spanish has to be included.
The deadline for the presentations is January 10, 2008.
Tourism
For a more
attractive
coast
The Project for Santa Pola
– Alicante Park is planning
to regenerate the coastal
area to make it suitable for
public use and to create a
nature conservation park.
There is a plan to install a
series of toilets, sports facilities and paths on the beaches, as well as to improve
parking areas.
The project will cover 19 kilometres from the Lisa beach in Santa Pola to the La
Mata beach in Torrevieja.
VEGA BAJA
August 3 - August 9 2007
Green light for new
desalination plant
The court does not envisage
any environmental
damage to the adjacent
natural parks or the
marine reserves close by
Alicia Negre and
Cornelia Muller
The desalination plant in
Torrevieja, which will be
one of the most productive
and extensive ones on the
continent, can now be built
after several ecological attacks failed, but more importantly after the authorisation of the Constitutional
Court was given last week.
According to the court,
there are no reasons why
the desalination plant cannot be built. It will provide
urgently
needed
water
to the farmers irrigating
alongside the canal Tajo-Segura. The High Court claims
that the plant will not have
a detrimental effect on the
environment, and therefore
a cancellation of the project
cannot be in anybody’s interest as it supplies the area
with fresh water. It said
that the desalination plant
is crucial to confront the
water deficit of the river Segura in recent years.
With its decision, the
court refers to one of the
most controversial issues
of the last months. It was
said that due to its location
the plant might cause severe damage to the Natural
Parks of Las Lagunas and
La Mata. However, according to the court, the desalination plant will not cause
any danger whatsoever.
The Valencian Government has put this argument
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Now, the Constitutional
Court has pointed out that
the Valencian laws allow
certain parts of the infrastructure to be placed close
to a natural park if ‘there is
no other preferrable place
to build it’. The Court adds
that at present the sewage
plant of the hospital is virtually on the perimeter of
the natural park.
Another accusation made
by the Valencian Government, which the Constitutional Court dismantles,
is the deposit of the brine.
The Generalitat stressed
that this waste could seriously damage the Cabo
Roig, which is a ‘LIC’, a
place of communal interest, and a marine reserve
with protected areas of
Neptune grass.
The High Court, backed
by the Declaration of Environmental Impact said that
the Neptune grass meadows are at a sufficient distance of 500 metres and will
therefore not be damaged.
It is, however, planned to
put a series of protective
measures in place to avoid
any damage of the marine
environment.
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”The constitutional court is siding with the PP”
Joan Ignasi Pla, the current secretary of
the socialist party in the Comunitat Valenciana, raised his voice against the verdict
of the Constitutional Court. He said that
this resolution is based on the strategy of
the Partido Popular in their war for water
and shows that the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Francisco Camps, and
the PP prefer a drought, if it helps them to
win the elections.
However, the Constitutional Court is the
responsible body that has given the green
light for the Project. Pla laments that the
court had to intervene to stop the politicians from boycotting the investment of
the Spanish government for the desperately needed water supply in the Comunitat Valenciana.
A young mother is Close escape from
sent to prison after gas leak in Orihuela
killing her baby
Last week a 22-year-old
Spanish woman was arrested for the alleged murder
of her new born baby. She
had gone to hospital in her
home town Torrevieja because she felt severe pain in
her lower abdomen. After
a medical examination the
doctors diagnosed that she
must have just given birth
to a child as the placenta
was still inside her womb.
The young woman claimed
that she was 12 weeks pregnant and far from giving
birth, although this figure
did not coincide with the
tests of the doctors, who
calculated that she must
have been in her 40th week
of pregnancy.
Faced with this situation
the medical staff contacted
the Guardia Civil who in
turn contacted the parents
of the young woman. They
said that they did not know
anything about the pregnancy or even that their
daughter had given birth.
The Guardia Civil officers
inspected the young woman’s home and found the
dead body of the child hidden in a plastic bag under
her bed.
She had to spend several
days in hospital to recuperate, although she was under
police arrest. Last Wednesday, she had to make her
statement at court in Torrevieja. The judge heard her
statement, plus statements
of several family members
and friends and her boyfriend, who supposedly is
the father of the child. At
the end she was given a
prison sentence which she
is now appealing against.
Due to a gas leak the centre
of Orihuela around the plaza de San Sebastián and the
surrounding bars, shops
and houses had to be evacuated. At 16.30 hours machinery that is used for the
remodeling of the square
hit a gas pipe. Thanks to
the afternoon heat, there
were hardly any people on
the square and the police
could easily cordon off the
square and evacuate the
small number of about 50
residents and the passersby. The square was closed
for an hour and a half. The
residents were concerned
about the long duration of
the leak and the amount
of gas that must have escaped into the air. Even the
fire brigade did not know
where to cut the gas supply. A neighbour said: “The
way the gas kept leaking we
thought it was dangerous
and outrageous that nobody
knew how to stop the leaking gas”.
The head of the maintenance of Repsol Butano had
to come to the site as he was
the only person who knew
where to cut the gas supply.
By then the gas could be
smelled as far as the Glorieta Gabriel Miró.
“We need to have an action
plan to be able to act quickly in emergency situations.
We have asked the town hall
for it on several occasions”,
said the chief of the fire
brigade.
VEGA BAJA
August 3 - August 9 2007
Habaneras at the
next America’s Cup
This year’s International
Festival was a great success.
The main award went to a
choir from Valencia
CAMPS: Special guest at the concert
Alicia Negre and
Cornelia Muller
This week, the town of
Torrevieja saw its most important musical event of
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the year: the International
Festival of the Habaneras.
A total of 24 choirs from
Europe, America and Asia
participated in the 53rd edition of this famous music
festival.
Beautiful sounds
Last Monday was the highlight of this year’s festival,
which for the first time could be followed worldwide over
the website of the municipal sponsor of the Habaneras,
to hear the songs and music with Cuban rhythms that
were brought to Spain and became popular here as dance
music.
The presentation of Las Eras de la Sal was not the only
highlight. This year the town had organised a programme of concerts in the pedestrianised streets in the
centre of town.
The cultural exchange and the presence of prominent
choirs from many countries made the festival special;
they came from as far away as Beijing, Romania, Serbia
or Puerto Rico. They all had astounding presentations
and the audience could enjoy their voices and choreography.
In the closing celebration last Sunday, the choir of the
University of Valencia conducted by Constantino Martínez Orts won the first prize of this year’s International
Habaneras Festival in Torrevieja; it also won the audience prize. For the first time in eleven years a Spanish
choir won the prize, as in recent years it has always gone
to a foreign choir.
The second prize went to the Chamber Choir “Cantantes” from Belgrade in Serbia and the third prize to the
Student Choir of the University of Beijing. The Francisco Vallejos prize for the best interpretation of a popular
habanera went to the choir Sol Oriens from Debrecen in
Hungary for the habanera “Blanco Velero” by María del
Carmen Díaz and Juan Hernando Sanz.
The choir of the University of Puerto Rico, conducted
by Carmen Acevedo, won the first prize for polyphony
awarded with 9,000 euros. Polyphony denotes a choir of
two or more independent melodic voices. The Chamber
Choir from Pécs in Hungary won the second prize. The
prize for the best regional presentation went to the choir
of the University of Puerto Rico for their interpretation
of “Bomba e’” by Cucco Peña.
The new councillor for Infrastructure and Transport of
the Generalitat Valenciana, Mario Flores and the mayor of Torrevieja, Pedro Hernández Mateo, awarded the
prizes. The Spanish TV channel Antena 3 will broadcast
the ceremony on Sunday, August 5 at 22.30 hours, although Antena 3 will also transmit it internationally on
the same day at 21.30 hours, Mexican time, for the United
States and America.
The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Francisco Camps, attended the
celebration of the Habaneras and the Polyphony of
Torrevieja personally.
During the concerts he
announced that he would
like to include this event
in the cultural programme
of the next America’s Cup.
Camps could not, however,
be present at the award ceremony.
The president of the
parliament, the Cortes Va-
lencianas, Milagrosa Martínez, and the councillor
for Culture, Trinidad Miró,
came to see the ceremony
that was led by the town
mayor of Torrevieja.
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Crime
Burglars
arrested
Last week three young Moroccans between 23 and 29
years from Formentera del
Segura were arrested for
three burglaries. The three
criminals broke in during
the night whilst the owners were asleep. Jewellery,
computers, video cameras,
cash and other valuables
were stolen, as well as cars
which they used in other
burglaries. One of the arrested already had a court
order issued against him.
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REGIONAL NEWS
Environment
Murcia
will save
countryside
Conservation and protection
of Murcia’s natural assets
is on the agenda for the city
council.
In order to keep the countryside alive, local authorities
have joined the organisation
Locales + Biodiversidad 2010,
a project that promotes local
conservation policies and
sensible use of rural land.
By joining the scheme, Murcia council has committed
itself to halting the deterioration of plant and animal life
in its country areas before the
year 2010.
Crime
Push for
new police
station
Plans for a new National Police station and foreign office
in Murcia could go ahead if
a letter to Spain’s central government bears fruit.
Nuria Fuentes, councillor
for public safety, has written
to the national government
asking for funds to build a
police headquarters in the El
Carmen district and a new foreign office in a non-residential area where expatriates
can apply for and renew their
residence permits.
Fuentes has also asked the
central government to give a
final decision as to where the
Guardia Civil headquarters
in Sangonera la Verde and Torreagüera will be located.
Technology
Mobile
phone ‘black
spot’
The director of Telefonica
says that the Murcia region
needs urgently to double the
number of mobile telephone
antennas for the area.
Moreover José Manuel of
Arco insists that this increment is necessary to guarantee that communications
technologies can develop properly and stated that within
the region one of the prime
aims has become access to
new technologies.
Not only did he refer to problems of coverage but also
the fact that currently there
are a number of areas defined
as ‘black spots’.
One reported breakdown of
service can affect up to 25,000
users in Murcia, the company
claims.
A blogsite linked to the Murcian newspaper La Verdad
registered many complaints
from angry mobile phone
users last week.
HUERTA DE MURCIA
August 3 - August 9 2007
Townspeople to miss
fiesta after roadworks
The procession of the Virgin
cannot take place, despite
promises from constructors
Lola López and
Samantha Kett
A popular fiesta has been
called off due to unfinished
roadworks in Algezares.
The traditional parade
of the Virgen de Fuensanta, the patron saint of Algezares, will pass through
the neighbouring village
of Patiño on its annual pilgrimage to the sanctuary as
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improvement works on the
main trunk road mean the
procession would otherwise
block its passage.
This means the people of
Algezares will miss the fiesta for the first time ever.
The main F-1 road has
been cut off from El Reguerón to the Plaza Violonchelista Miguel Ángel Clares
since December.
This means the village
can only be reached via
A mixed blessing
BLOCKED: Roadworks delay completion and destroy fiesta plans
Whilst the village of Patiño can breathe a sign of relief
that the Fuensanta can go ahead in September, residents
in Algezares have taken the news badly, reveals Salvador Meseguer, a spokesman for the fiesta organisation.
Head of Fuensanta processions, Joaquín Vidal Monerri, had finished organising the parade of the Virgin
of Fuensanta before taking his holidays. According to
Vidal, the man in charge of the works assured him that
the pilgrimage on September 11 would proceed as usual,
but the Virgin’s parade on August 30 would not.
neighbouring Patiño.
The company in charge
of the roadworks initially
gave four months to complete the resurfacing but
now believes it will take
even longer.
These works include a
rain collector to provide
water to 1,500 inhabitants,
which will take a further
three months to complete.
A council spokesman
says the local authority has
rescinded the contract with
the building firm due to ‘various problems’, in particular delays.
This means the road will
not be open to traffic in
time for the procession of
the Virgin.
The parade will now pass
through Santiago El Mayor,
the El Progreso neighbourhood of Murcia, and via
Patiño, missing out Algezares.
This is despite promises
on the part of the construction company that the work
would be complete before
the fiesta.
Free newspapers come under
restrictions in Murcia
Animals dumped
for the holidays
Handing out free papers
in Murcia’s streets will be
heavily restricted following
a council decision last Friday.
Copies of newspapers cannot be distributed before
07.00 hrs or after 11.00 hrs,
nor less than 50 metres from
newsagents’ outlets.
Free paper distributors are
also forbidden from obstructing the pavement.
Distributors are now required to apply for a licence
from the council to enable
them to carry out their
trade, and should stipulate
where newspapers will be
handed out.
Besides the stall itself and
trolleys or bags for carrying the publications,
no additional equipment is
permitted.
Newspaper distributors are
now also responsible for
cleaning up after themselves, say councillors.
They must tidy up the area
within ten metres of their
stalls.
Local authorities say this
new bye-law has been passed to prevent loss of business to newsagencies and
stop pavements from being
blocked during busy times,
but without prejudicing
press companies that publish free papers.
The Ayuntamiento of Murcia has issued a stiff warning to families considering abandoning their pets
as they head off on summer
holidays.
Incredible as it may seem,
some people just dump
their dogs in the street or
the countryside when the
time comes to depart on vacation. Many holiday rental properties that are favourites with families won’t
allow pets and they are
banned from most beaches
in Spain. With holidays
that can extend over a long
period, the family pet that
has provided such comfort
throughout the rest of the
year becomes a problem.
The Murcia Town Hall says
it won’t stand for this and it
has announced that it will
be imposing fines ranging
from 1,500€ up to 3,000€
on anyone who is found to
have abandoned a family
pet. There is no excuse for
such hard-hearted behaviour, says the Town Hall as it
operates a modern animal
shelter, the Centro de Zoonosis.
This Centre will
accept, without charge, any
animal that is no longer
wanted. It will even go to
homes and pick up the animal free of charge.
The summer holiday pro-
ILLEGAL: Free paper vendors now require a license
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Keeping Murcia tidy
The law also covers street cleaning and urban maintenance, given that handing out free newspapers in the
street creates a litter problem.
Members of the public frequently discard their copies on the ground after they have read them and this is
part of the problem that has given rise to the municipal
change in attitude.
blem is real – as statistics
show that last year the Centre admitted an average of
318 unwanted dogs every
month. In July, the figure
shot up to 425 dogs. Official
data indicates that about 40
percent of dog owners who
want to get rid of their pets
abandon them in the street
or out in the countryside
and drive off. The dogs then
often die.
Some are taken to animal
shelters, including the many
supported by foreign residents. Some smart people
wanting to dump their pets
have worked out that it is a
good idea to abandon them
outside the homes of foreigners.
The Murcia Town Hall
says it won’t hesitate to use
law to take action against
people who abandon their
pets. The official animal
shelter does all it can to
find adoptive home for
its animals and between
January and May this year
succeeded in arranging 272
adoptions. However, many
other animals were not so
lucky. The Centro Municipal de Zoonosis is located
in Carril Torremolina de la
Albatalla, Murcia and the
telephone number is: 968 29
75 78.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
August 3 - August 9 2007
Brown meets Bush
for first official visit
Brown will maintain good
relations with US, but not as
closely as Blair
Alex Elgar
President of the United
States, George Bush, received Gordon Brown last
weekend at his mountain retreat Camp David in Maryland, in what was Brown’s
first official meeting with
Bush since he assumed the
role of British Prime Minister in June.
The meeting served to
reinforce the “new special
relationship” between both
countries, with the two
leaders discussing Iraq,
Iran’s nuclear programme,
the genocide in the Sudanese region of Darfur and
the fight against terrorism,
amongst other issues. They
stated: “We will be strengthening relations in the next
few years to face the new
challenges of this generation, among those, terrorism.”
Before leaving for the US,
the British PM insisted he
had always been an “Atlanticist and a great admirer
of the American spirit, enterprise and national purpose…Winston
Churchill
spoke of what he called ‘the
joint inheritance’ of our
two countries. But he did
not mean just our shared
historical experiences, but a
belief in what he called ‘the
great principles of freedom
and the rights of man’.
A White House spokesperson stated: “The UK is a
firm partner at the time of
dealing with key strategic
challenges that face our two
countries, such as promoting peace and prosperity in
the world.”
The thorniest issue for
both leaders was Iraq. While
many are expecting Brown
to speed up withdrawal of
troops from the region, the
Bush administration has
sent an extra 30,000 troops
to Iraq since January, with
the president insisting that
there will not be a prompt
withdrawal of the 160,000
US troops stationed there.
His policies have not only
caused growing opposition
from the Democratic Party,
there is an increasing unease in the ranks of his
own Republican Party, with
the issue causing a possible
defeat in next year’s presi-
FRIENDLY GET TOGETHER: Brown and Bush in Camp David
dential election.
Both leaders agreed that
there were still “responsibilities to maintain” in
Iraq, while Brown stated:
“Our aim, along with the
United States, is to transfer greater control to the
Iraqi authorities step by
step.” The North American president manifested
his obligation to: “work for
liberty and justice in all the
world…Brown shares this
vision.” However, although
Brown asserted that Britain and the US were in a
“common struggle” against
terrorism, he stated that Afghanistan was at the front
line of terrorism, compared
to Bush’s view that the battle must be fought in Iraq.
Although Brown has
always said he wishes to
maintain firm links with
the US, it was clear in the
press conference that these
relations would not be as
intense as those during the
Blair era, when Blair was
referred to as Bush’s poodle.
Meanwhile, Brown has
Great White
Bridge collapses
spotted in Cornwall killing drivers
Speculation is rife that a
great white shark is circling British waters, after
an Australian shark expert
confirmed that amateur
footage filmed by holidaymakers off
Cornwall’s
St.Ives’ coast showing a
shark was that of a maneating great white. However, local shark experts
have dismissed the claims,
stating that the animal is a
smaller basking shark.
Aussie marine biologist,
Dave Baxter, who has been
studying great whites for
thirty years, told The Sun
newspaper: “That’s definitely a great white, there’s
absolutely no doubt in my
mind.
“The dorsal fin, its dark colouration and the way the
tail moves – plus its speed
through the water – prove
to me that it is not a basking shark.
“We are certainly looking
at great white – probably
an adult female, about 12foot (3.66m) long. I think it
is very exciting that a maneating shark has been spot-
named Lord Mark Malloch
secretary of state for external affairs, the ex ‘number
2’ of the UN who last year
harshly criticised the attitude of the US towards the
UN.
In
addition,
Brown
met with other heads of
state, including the German Chancellor, Angela
Merkel, and France’s new
president, Nicolas Sarkozy,
before meeting Bush, something that has raised more
than one eyebrow in Washington.
Crime
Bollywood
actor in prison
One of the most famous
Bollywood stars in India
has been condemned to six
years in prison for his involvement in the 1993 Bombay terrorist attacks which
killed 257 and injured a further thousand.
Sanjay Dutt was also found
guilty of possessing arms
and ordered to pay a 500euro fine.
The case has shaken India,
a country where Bollywood
cinema is regarded as a
highly esteemed reference
for much of the population.
SHARK: Searching food
ted off the coast of Cornwall. There’s no reason
why great whites would not
be in the ocean off Cornwall, especially when we
know there is a seal colony
around there. Sharks love
seals. They are their favourite food – it all fits.”
Locals have dismissed the
claims, stating Mr Baxter is
“scaremongering”.
MINNEAPOLIS: At least seven dead
At least seven people have
been killed and a further
sixty have been injured after a major bridge over the
Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed, causing
dozens of cars and trucks
to plunge 60 feet into the
water.
The stretch of road, which
is used by thousands of people every day, buckled and
broke into chunks, crashing into the river below.
Officials stated that the most
likely cause of the accident
was structural collapse. Minor repairs were being carried out on the bridge at the
time of the incident.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
China
Floods kill
500 and cause
devastation
More than 500 people have
been killed and a further
five million evacuated after recent floods devastated
many regions of China, especially in the centre of the
country.
According to the International Red Cross, around
200 million people have now
been affected by the floods,
which have been called the
worst in a decade. The situation is being aggravated by
recent high temperatures,
described as unbearable.
Rural areas have been the
worst affected and millions
of hectares of crops have
been ruined; furthermore,
hundreds of thousands of
houses have been damaged
or destroyed.
Israel
United States
gives massive
military aid
Israel’s Prime Minister,
Ehud Olmert, has confirmed
that the United States is to
give his country $3.4 billion
in military aid over the next
ten years due to its “ongoing
commitment in maintaining military superiority” of
the Jewish state.
It forms part of a massive
$63 billion White House
package of military aid to
fund its Middle Eastern allies against growing military Iranian power.
Condoleeza Rice flew to
Egypt after announcing
the arms deals. According
to The New York Times she
stated: “Iran is the single
most important single-country challenge to US interests in the Middle East. The
United States is determined
to assure our allies that we
are going to be reliable in
helping them to meet their
security needs.”
Indonesia
Dozens die as
floods ravage
Indonesia
At least 145 people have died
and another 45,000 have fled
their homes after floods and
mudslides ravaged parts of
the Indonesian island of
Celebes.
The army has been deployed
to help with the rescue operation, and authorities
are concentrating on building shelters and providing
sanitation to survivors. Bad
weather is hampering the
rescue, and major damage
to infrastructures, including collapsed roads and
bridges has made access to
the area extremely difficult.
August 3 - August 9 2007
Taliban is prepared
to start negotiations
Taliban has executed two of
the South Korean hostages
Alex Elgar
The Taliban announced on
Monday that it had executed another of the 22 South
Koreans taken hostage on
July 19, after the deadline
given to the Afghanistan
government
to
release
eight Taliban prisoners in
exchange for the hostages,
expired.
The
terrorists
have
warned that the lives of all
of the hostages remain in
danger if their demands
are not met.
Sung Sin, 28, was the
second South Korean to be
executed since the group
of 23 Christian voluntary
workers was taken hostage.
Last Wednesday, Bae Hyung-kyu, 42-year-old leader
of the group, was executed.
The group, members of
Seoul’s evangelical church,
had travelled to Afghanistan to help the humanitarian mission, but were kidnapped in the province of
Ghazni, some 140km south
of Kabul.
On Sunday, Afghanistan’s
president, Hamid Karzai,
during an emergency meeting with the South Korean
minister for foreign affairs,
Baek Jong-chun, described
the kidnapping of the South
Koreans as “shameful” and
“against the principles of
Islam”. Karzai has been
harshly criticized for releasing five Taliban prisoners in exchange for Italian
journalist, Daniele Mastrogiacomo, just a few days
ago.
Later in the week, it was
confirmed that fighting had
British army
pulls out of
Ulster
The British army pulled
out of Ulster at midnight
this Tuesday, after 38 years
in the province.
Operation Banner was the
longest-ever military campaign in British history,
with troops first sent to
Ulster in 1969 to help deal
with rising violence between Catholics and Protestants. During this time,
more than 300,000 soldiers
served in Northern Ireland
and 763 lost their lives by
paramilitaries.
Britain’s deputy minister
for the armed forces, Bob
Ainsworth, announced that
August 1 marked the start
of a new era for the army in
Northern Ireland. He highlighted the “commitment
and sacrifice” of those who
were in Northern Ireland.
He said: “We should take
this opportunity to remember the commitment,
bravery and sacrifice of all
those who have served over
so many years in helping
deliver the current, more
settled and more optimistic
circumstances.”
Security in Northern Ireland will now be handed
over exclusively to Northern Ireland’s police force,
although a 5,000-strong
British army contingent
will remain in the territory
with a very limited role.
In May this year, two former
enemies, Democratic Unionist Party leader the Reverend Ian Paisley and Sinn
Fein’s Martin McGuinness, began power-sharing
in Northern Ireland, after
being sworn into office in
a historic ceremony. They
now head an administration
of twelve ministers chosen
from the Democratic Unionist Party, Sinn Fein, the
Ulster Unionists and the nationalist Social Democratic
and Labour Party.
The return of power-sharing has come about after
ten years’ of intense negotiations. At the time, Mr
McGuinness said: “The
A better future
for the people
opening here today is
surely going to represent a
fundamental change of approach with parties moving
forward together to build a
better future for the people
that we represent.”
MOURNING FAMILY: Sung Sin was the second victim murdered by the Taliban
erupted in the area where
the hostages were being
held, which suggested that
an operation had begun to
free them. This followed
threats from the Afghan
government that it would
use force to rescue the re-
maining hostages. According to Munir Mangal, home
office vice-minister: “We believe in negotiations, but if
dialogue fails, we will have
to use other methods.”
South Korean and Afghan officials searched for
Death of a genius
a meeting place after agreeing to hold face-to-face talks
with the Taliban, but have
not yet found a suitable location, said Waheedullah
Mujadidi, head of a delegation negotiating with the
Taliban.
USA
Helicopter
collision in
US kills four
Four people died in Phoenix,
Arizona this week, after two
helicopters collided in midair as they were following a
police ground chase. There
were no survivors.
The helicopters, which belonged to two news channels, were following the
police chase of a truck that
jumped a red light. The driver was driving erratically,
hitting cars and the pavement.
Russia
RESTING IN PEACE: Ingmar Bergman dies age 89
Legendary Swedish director Ingmar Bergman has
died peacefully in his sleep
at the age of 89 on the island
of Faro, Sweden, according
to Swedish news channel
TT.
His death heralds the loss
of one of the greatest directors of modern cinema,
stated president of the Ingmar Bergman Foundation,
Astrid Soderbergh. American film director, Woody Allen added: “He was probably
the best cinematographic
artist since the invention
of the camera.”
Among his most important
works include the films
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
for which he won an Oscar
for best foreign film, Smiles
of a Summer Night (1955)
and Saraband (2003) – his
last film.
Bergman’s works were famous for portraying the
meaning of life, forgiveness
and divine clemency while
offering a vision of Sweden: the melancholy of winter nights, brilliant sunsets
and the magnificent island
of Faro, the island in which
he spent his last few years.
Russian subs
reach North
Pole depths
Two deep-diving Russian
miniature submarines today descended more than
two-and-a-half miles to the
ocean floor beneath the
North Pole.
In a perilous project mixing
science, exploration and the
scramble for potential oil
and gas fields, crews of the
MIR 1 and MIR 2 are engaged in what Russian authorities called the first dive to
the ocean floor at Earth’s
northernmost point.
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Free as the wind,
old as the hills
The world’s oldest, most
unique breed of horses is
dying out fast
pages 18-19
End of the world for
Depp’s pirate crew?
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LEISURE
Free as the wind, old as the hills
Their days of running wild
in the Doñana national park
could be numbered. The
world’s oldest, most unique
– and yet most ignored –
breed of horses is dying out
fast…
Samantha Kett
F
or more than a
thousand years,
these
ethereal
creatures have
been roaming the hills
and marshes of southern Andalucía. For a
thousand years, man has
mostly been unable to
tame them, unable to clip
their wings and halt their
eternal flight.
For a thousand years, the
Retuerta, the wild horses
of the Doñana national
park in the province of
Cádiz, a natural wetland
that feeds off the river
Guadalquivir, have run
free as the wind.
Yet now, there are only
60 left.
An endangered species,
the Retuerta is said to
be the oldest surviving
breed of horse in Europe,
if not the world – and
the most unique, with no
solid genetic connection
having been found to any
other equine race on the
planet.
Retuertas are usually
grey or dark bay in colour, coarse-looking and
of sturdy build. They
rarely reach 16hh (1.6m
or 5’4”) in height and,
until recently, were considered an inferior, even
useless, strain of equine,
described as ugly and
ungainly. As a species
they were mostly ignored,
mainly because of their
stand-offish character and
the difficulty in breaking and schooling them
– which in most cases was
considered pointless as
they are smaller in size
and less strong than the
more widely-renowned
Pura Raza Española.
In centuries gone by,
Retuertas were used
for working the fields
at times, but in general
they are too difficult to
domesticate even if anyone succeeds in catching
them. Now, though, they
have risen in status and
are considered one of the
most valuable gems of
Spain’s natural heritage.
In fact, they are thought
to be one of the only populations of horses on the
continent that live in complete liberty and cut off
from other species.
If you have ever taken
a stroll or driven across
Dartmoor, Exmoor, the
New Forest or the remote
parts of the Scottish
Highlands, this may come
as a surprise. In these
and five other parts of
the Britain where ponies
roam free, the animals are
a protected species and
have right of way on the
roads – if a herd of them
decides to meander along
in front of your car, you
have no option but to slow
down and wait.
However, huge numbers
of these ponies have
been tamed, broken in,
schooled, bred with other
species and are seen all
over the UK and Ireland
at local shows and Pony
Club rallies or working
in riding schools. They
are no longer exclusively
wild, nor exclusively pure
bred – and those that roam
freely regularly come into
contact with other wild
ponies and cross-breeding
occurs.
This is not the case with
the Doñana horses, who
live in a totally isolated
nucleus in the marshy
areas bordering the dunes
(known locally as las
retuertas, hence the horses’ name) where rainwater is collected in a natural reservoir during the
dry season allowing the
animals to survive.
A breed apart
Most of the world’s commonest breeds of horses
and ponies have some
connection to each other.
Rather like the human
race with its global gene
pool that varies surprisingly subtly from continent to continent, the
sturdy Welsh cob and the
delicate, exotic Arab, the
robust New Forest and the
sleek thoroughbred seen
on the tracks of Ascot
and Cheltenham share
the same blood lines and
many points in common
in terms of their physical
characteristics and their
temperament. The nine
native breeds of British
mountain and moorland
ponies, for example, are
anything but hybrids –
the Welsh mountain with
its dished face and high
tail has a pronounced
Arab influence, as do the
Connemara ponies running wild in Galway Bay.
Queen Victoria’s decision
to let loose a handful of
Anglo-Arab (thoroughbred-Arab cross) stallions
into the New Forest meant
the ponies’ characteristics
would change for good
– their stockiness became
more refined, their coats
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LEISURE
sleeker and their heads
more dainty and chiselled. French Arabs used
for racing have a good deal
of thoroughbred blood
in them, to make them,
by nature, faster (which
defeats the object, purists
believe) and finally, the
Argentinean ‘miniature’,
the Fallabella, which
stands at a maximum of
7.2hh (75cm or 30 inches)
is thought to be related
to the hardy, headstrong
Shetland pony.
Yet the Retuerta horses
of the Doñana national
park apparently have no
genetic connection to any
other breed of horse on
the planet.
So, how did they get there?
Scientists, nature-lovers
and the horsy fraternity
want to know. Well, the
same could be said of the
Basque language, which
has no linguistic links
to any other tongue. It
appears the Retuertas,
like Euskera, were beamed
down from Mars without
anybody having noticed.
A prehistoric
race
According to the magazine
Animal Genetics, which
first published the results
of studies on Retuertas
earlier this year, there is
nothing on record about
how the breed came into
existence. Equine historians have a theory that
they may have escaped
being domesticated or
crossed with other species
many millennia ago.
Two basic strains of horses were in existence some
ten or twenty million
years ago, from which all
others are descended – the
Equus Caballus, whose
descendents were eventually used for domestic
purposes, and the Equus
Przewalski, the wild horse
of the Asian steppes. For
prehistoric quadrupeds,
it was a woman’s world
– there were vastly more
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mares than stallions on
the planet, thus if a huge
number of the western
world’s horses were to
trace their family tree
back to the year dot they
would probably find most
of them shared the same
father. Biologists found
the
‘Y’
chromosome
in various breeds they
tested was fairly similar,
with the exception of the
Retuertas who seemed to
have escaped the worldwide equine family tradition.
Are these
horses really so
unique?
Studies into the Retuertas
have been ongoing since
the 1980s. The DNA of
this endangered species
of horse has been closely
examined along with that
of another ten breeds
from Europe and North
Africa, and was found to
be dramatically different to every one of them.
Biologists examined the
English thoroughbred,
the Pura Raza Española,
the Arab,
British
mountain and moorland ponies, and native
Spanish breeds such as
the Losino, Mallorquín,
Menorquín, Asturcón, the
Spanish Trotter and the
Basque ‘pottoka’. None
were found to be any relation whatsoever to the
Retuerta.
This said, a breed of semiferal horses, known as
Marismeño, were found
to be physically similar
to the Retuertas, even
though their DNA is completely different - meaning
that as a last resort they
could be interbred with
the latter in an attempt to
increase the population.
Retuerta cross-breeds –
Marismeño or Pura Raza
Española (Spanish thoroughbred) crossed with
the native Doñana strain –
have been found in homes
and farms in Andalucía,
claims Ciro Rico, one of
the biologists behind the
equine investigation, but
non-wild pure Retuertas
are extremely rare.
Despite its exclusivity,
speculation is rife that
the Doñana horses may
have a number of illegitimate children on the
other side of the pond.
Biologists have yet to
study the genetic makeup
of the Retuerta against
the most common breeds
found on the American
continent, which they say
will prove vital to their
findings as the Spanish
colonisation and later
trade links with the
Americas centuries ago
meant the blood lines of
horses, as well as people,
became diluted and radically altered.
Juan Vicente Delgado,
head of the faculty of
veterinary studies at
Córdoba
university,
believes the other Doñana
species, the more com-
monly-found Marismeño
which
shares
many
physical characteristics –
although no DNA – with
the Retuerta, was the
forefather of the archetypical cowboy mount in
the wild west of the USA,
the prairie Indians and
the Argenti
nean
gauchos. In fact, Delgado
believes many horses
on the American continent with Hispanic roots
come from the Doñana
Marismeño.
He also believes the
Marismeño shares its
genes with one of Spain’s
most popular breeds, the
Pura Raza Española.
Given the physical similarities of the hybrid
Retuerta and the more
common, domesticated
Marismeño, it is possible that the former was
crossed with species from
the Americas when links
with Spain became established and migrants came
to live and work.
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Save our wild horses
Now, along with further studies, the important issue is
to save these rare and highly-threatened horses from
extinction. Ciro Rico, leading a team comprising representatives of the universities of Córdoba and Madrid
Complutense, two large, well-known stud farms, the central government’s Ministry of Defence and various vets
and biologists, says the future for the Doñana horses
looks bleak unless they take action fast. An epidemic
of any description could be enough for us to lose the
Retuertas altogether.
The team is planning various actions such as breeding
wild and in captivity, building up a sperm bank, artificial
insemination, and implanting frozen embryos in domesticated mares.
How does the Retuerta differ from the Pura Raza Española?
Retuerta
Pura Raza Española
■ The Pura Raza Española is
usually grey, bay, black or chestnut and stand at an impressive
16-17hh (1.6-1.7m or 5’4”-5’8”).
Of a balanced conformation and
harmonious appearance, they are
strong in appearance but beautiful to behold, with an arched
neck and high tail suggesting
distant links to the Arab. They
are extremely tractable, easy to
handle and to train and highly
versatile - they are used for showing, driving, hacking, showjumping, eventing, although they are
perhaps better known for their
impeccable dressage skills. The
Spanish Riding School is famed
the world over and you may catch
short displays of these stunning
horses carrying out high-school
dressage during local and regional fiestas.
■ By contrast, the Retuerta has always had a
bad press, until the scientists and historians
became aware of their presence and realised
that, not only were they in danger of extinction, but were quite possibly the oldest and
purest race in the world. Unlike the Pura Raza,
which was crossed with Berber Arabs and
Turkish breeds centuries ago to give them
their present-day characteristics, the Retuerta
is the world’s purest known breed. Usually bay
or brown, occasionally grey, they are awkwardlooking and of sturdy build, with a poor conformation that makes them an unlikely choice
for any kind of equestrian activity. Smaller than
the Pura Raza, despite their robust stature
Retuertas were usually overlooked in favour
of the former when man sought a four-legged friend to work the fields. Yet at last, the
Retuerta is ready to stand up and be counted.
Equestrian experts no longer look down their
noses at this humble mountain breed – the
Retuerta is set to be given the protection, care
and status that it has always deserved.
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August 3 - August 9 2007
FEMALE
Spoil yourself
Treats, tips & ideas
Text by: Alex Elgar - [email protected]
Do you get bored with the media’s constant obsession with the WAGs (Wives
and Girlfriends of the famous)? Or do
you think their manicured look is attractive? There’s one star who refuses
to bow to pressure to look like a WAG
and that’s our very own Brit star – gorgeous Kelly Brook, who reveals her tips
for looking great. See below. And there’s finally some
relief for all of you who suffer from frizzy hair in the heat – read below to get
some top tips on how to keep your mane silky smooth and frizz-free. Don’t forget, if
you have a beauty question, a beauty tip you’d like to share with other readers, or if
you think you’ve got an interesting story to tell, whatever the subject, just contact me
at [email protected] Have a great weekend! Alex Elgar
guaranteed to make you feel great!
After-sun tip from
the beauty expert
“Instead of using the
usual after sun lotions
and potions, try using
100% natural organic
aloe vera gel (available from health food
shops); aloe vera is
nature’s best treatment
for treating sunburn
and works brilliantly.
Keep it refrigerated for
extra soothing power.”
My hair always goes frizzy in the heat.
How can I avoid this?
It is very important to look after your
hair as well as your skin in the summer,
IT CAN BURN TOO!
* Invest in a leave in conditioner with a
sunscreen. If you can’t find one and are in
a hurry to get to the beach, then massage
some of your sun tan oil into your hair
(they all have UV filters) then wash it out
when you get home.
*Cover your hair while sunbathing,
it doesn’t have to be a big floppy hat
– there are some really trendy bandanas
or headscarves out there.
*Deep condition your hair once a week
i.e. using a rich reconstructive condi-
tioner on washed, towel-dried hair, cover
with cling film and leave it on for at least
15 minutes.
*Try not to blow-dry and straighten your
hair too much, enjoy your waves and
curls. Let your hair dry naturally using
specially formulated products to hold the
curls in place then finish off with a serum
to protect the ends.
*Finally, continue to have regular trims: a
centimetre or two every 4-6 weeks will
keep the ends tidy and help prevent frizz.
Information supplied by Heaven Hair &
Beauty, Centro Comercial “Los Pinos”. Ctra.
Moraira-Benitatxell. Tel. 96 649 20 50
Jane Bradley,
Celebrity make-up
artist
Beauty product of the week
Wise Woman Luxury Cleanse by
The Body Shop
Does your skin feel taut and dry after cleansing? Can’t get your make-up off no matter which
product you use? No problem. We love The Body Shop’s Wise Woman Luxury Cleanser – a
rich and luxurious soap-free cleansing lotion that glides over the skin to gently lift away makeup, pollutants and dirt without drying, leaving the skin feeling softer, smoother and revitalized,
and looking more radiant and healthy. Available in The Body Shop in Spain.
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Kellylook
WAG
Stunning Brit model-cum-actress Kelly Brook has blasted the recent obsession with the WAG look,
claiming looking natural is much sexier. Brook, who is a curvaceous 34E-24-34, says that she keeps
trim by doing lots of exercising and no dieting. She said: “I hate the WAG style everyone’s obsessed
with. It’s all bad fake tan, blonde hair extensions and fake nails. They spend a fortune but look tacky.
I aspire to the 50s look. I always think my Mum gave me this face, this body and I’m grateful. I don’t
want to start messing around with what she gave me.”
Book of the week
The Goddess Guide
by Gisele Scanlon
Want to know why the soles of Christian
Louboutin’s beautiful shoes are always
crimson red? Ever wondered what Brit artist Tracey Emin collects? Going to London,
Paris, or New York and need to know what
perfumes, trinkets and treats to try out and
bring home with you? Perhaps you have a
room to decorate and want to put up – and
customize – a wall that will give you a daily
feel-good feeling? Not only does The Goddess
Guide, written by worldwide cool-hunter
Gisèle Scanlon contain all of the answers to
these and many many more questions, it’s
also beautiful to hold and own. In The Goddess
Guide, discover secrets such as: finding the
perfect bra, make-up bag essentials, caring for
fine cashmere, essential discount, websites,
seasonal trends, and a body shape guide, tips for a clutter-free home, and much more.
This book or any other book in print can be ordered from Librería Europa, C/ Oscar Esplá, 2,
Calpe. Email [email protected] or Tel. 96 583 58 24
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FEMALE
Denial: it’s not just
a river in Egypt
This article represents the view of the author, which is not necessarily shared
by other AA members or by the AA fellowship as a whole
This old music hall joke makes light of a killer syndrome. Denial will be our demise and
must be met head on; with courage and fortitude, as part of the process of recovery
from alcoholism.
Firstly look at denial itself. An insidious, creeping melanoma, which, by its very nature
denies its own existence; a black hole in the nihilist universe of lies and deceit from which
not only alcoholics suffer.
We deny ourselves the truths as they really are; those truths that are our responsibility. Look at the family of a man or woman suffering from the potentially fatal disease of
alcoholism. They may say to their friends that it is the pressure of work that causes the
drinking; they may even deny there is a problem altogether. Denying the existence of
something, be it a disease, condition or object does not make it go away. It doesn’t hide
under the carpet for a while and then disappear. It hides deep in the subconscious and
festers, becoming the foetid killer we know it as.
We don’t only deny the truth and often the bad in ourselves; we may also deny the good.
The mind can be a dangerous playground and will tell us we aren’t good looking enough,
we aren’t clever enough or good at our jobs. Denial, keeping us in the place it needs to
feed from; our being and soul.
How many examples of denial do you need? Here are a few, taught to me while studying law at a university in England. They are known as the four pure defences: 1) It didn’t
happen. 2) If it happened I wasn’t there.3) If it happened and I was there; I didn’t do it.
And 4) (my personal favourite) If it happened and I was there, and I did it, I was mad at
the time and not responsible for my actions. I know about this because
I have been mad.
How can we possibly be guilty of anything, and therefore accept
our responsibilities when the law by which we live is based on
denial? Honesty with ourselves and acceptance of our responsibilities for our own lives, that’s how.
We are taught from a young age to blame others; family and
friends, for our own mistakes and occasional failings. We
blame places for having treated us badly and things, inanimate objects, that can do no more than occupy space for
hexing us, for shattering dreams and causing our problems.
We place human emotions on animals and create a fantasy
of denial and utopian dreams in our heads.
You may wish to consider that within every argument is
its own opposite.The paradigm of dialectic philosophy; lost
you yet, I think not. By admitting one thing, we must accept
the existence of its opposite, in some philosophies these
exist interwoven, in western cultures as direct opposing
forces, but all admit they are there, so all admit there is a
solution.
We choose the path of solution, and for me, an alcoholic, I choose to admit my alcoholism and I choose to face what previously I had denied. And, on a daily basis I choose not
to take a drink today; just for today.
By writing like this I am also trying to tell you something else. Some of the best-read,
wisest people I have ever met are in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. Don’t be
frightened off, the best friend I have ever had is an 80-year-old lady; I have known tramps,
lawyers, pilots and judges, lords and ladies, thieves, murderers and policemen. All breeds
apart and united by a common acceptance of their alcoholism and a belief in recovery.
Anyone can and does suffer, for if you are reading this you may already be an interested
party, maybe facing reality for the first time. A sneaking suspicion that all is not well in
your Costa Blanca idyll. It is, frankly a bit dull here at times. Not that I don’t love Spain,
but if you are not careful you will find less and less is done each day and the Spanish
become more and more annoying. Believe me they haven’t got worse, you have.
So if you recognise anything I have said, or if you think you have a problem with alcohol,
or know someone who has, telephone the Costa Blanca helpline.Talk to someone about
the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous or its sister fellowship, Al-Anon, for the families
of alcoholics. The answer is just a phone call away.
Costa Blanca North: 648 16 90 45 (Alicante and North)
Costa Blanca South: 625 91 20 78 (Southwards from Alicante)
Al-Anon: CB North: 627 613 177 and CB South: 692 799 318
www.aa-europe.net
www.al-anonspain.org
Written by a member of Alcoholics Anonymous
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August 3 - August 9 2007
H E A LT H
ASKthedoctor
Talktothetherapist
Carole Turner therapist expert
Dr Jean Millar medical expert
Do you have a question for Carol?
E-mail us: [email protected]
Do you have a question for Dr Millar or Dr Buffey?
E-mail us: [email protected]
Q
My husband and I have been trying to have a child for nearly three years. We
have started infertility treatment but still no luck. I feel devastated, a freak,
that I cannot do what I regard as the most natural thing in life – have a baby. My life
feels meaningless. My husband won’t talk and busies himself in work. My sisters
are now both pregnant again and it feels so painful being with them. They don’t
seem to understand how difficult it is for me. I feel desperate.
A
Infertility can strike
at the very core of our
being and identity as a man
or woman. Our identity and
value can be bound up with
our ability to procreate.
The impact of infertility
differs between men and
women, regardless of the
cause, and can exert a
significant pressure on the
couple relationship.
The
female
experience
can be both complex and
painful.
It is generally
characterised by periods
of
intense feelings of
isolation, from her partner,
her social circle, her
family and society. Women
can feel unsupported and
misunderstood throughout
the experience which adds to
their despair and isolation.
Pregnancy and motherhood
for many women is part
of feminity and failure to
produce can evoke fears
of failure as a woman, as
a person and that her body
has failed too. Many women
can suffer from depression
in response to suffering
various kinds of loss.
● Loss of the relationship
with a child. The imagined
and anticipated role of
being a parent.
● Loss of the status of
being a parent in relation
with one’s family, peers
and in the community.
● Loss of self-confidence in
not having attained a goal
often long anticipated.
● Loss of one’s stake in
the future i.e. feeling the
family name will not live
on.
● Loss of the pleasure
afforded by parenthood,
which
might
include
giving a child what you
wanted as a child and
repairing past hurts or
deprivations.
● Loss of one’s healthy
self image.
● Loss of self-esteem i.e.
a sense of worth that
may be associated with
important life goals.
● Loss of the experience
of being pregnant and
giving birth and to feel
excluded
from
these
experiences.
Men on the other hand can
feel very anxious about the
threat to their masculinity
but may not necessarily
want to share these feelings
with their partner. You
seem to be interpreting your
husband’s response as not
caring. It is possible that he
feels inadequate, insecure
and anxious that he cannot
resolve the problem and
sees you suffering but feels
unable to comfort you.
Treatment
options
for
infertility are many, complex
and can be financially
and emotionally draining
which can last for years.
Treatment
can
include
drug therapy, corrective
surgery and intrauterine
insemination (IUI) as well
as
in-vitro
fertilisation
(IVF) (sperm injection into
an egg) as well as surrogacy
arrangements.
The pressure of treatment
and the uncertainty for the
future can put enormous
stress on the relationship.
The relationship between
the couple can be tested
to breaking point with
periods of intense closeness
and hostility which can
sometimes
result
in
separation.
I would suggest you find a
therapist so that you can talk
about these losses and for
someone to guide and support
you during this period.
You and your husband may
wish to have some couple’s
counselling to help strengthen
the
communication
and
relationship too. Perhaps
your husband might want to
have someone to whom he
can share his feelings with
too.
Carole Turner can be contacted personally on 96 584 61 91
Q
A
What exactly is herpes? How is it spread? Can I get rid of it forever?
Recently one of my
patients attended at the
clinic with a very sore area
on her vulva. The problem
started with a sensation of
discomfort and progressed
to sore itchy blisters that
broke to form small ulcerated areas.
Since this patient had only
one sexual partner for
many years, and there was
no history of him having
any infections, she was very
puzzled when I diagnosed
herpes.
Later, on questioning, he
admitted to having had little
lesions on his penis at various times over the years.
The last episode had been
over three years before.
Herpes simplex has two
main strains: one that tends
to form cold sores around
the mouth (but it can spread
to any part of the body),
and one that tends to affect
the anal and genital areas.
Herpes genitalis is treated
as a sexually transmitted
disease.
Once the herpes virus has
set up residence, it does not
leave. It lies dormant until
the host becomes a little
under par and then takes
advantage of the lowered
immune status to cause an
outbreak.
It is spread by direct contact, and contrary to many
beliefs, it can spread from
one person to another, even
when there are no obvious
lesions.
Some people find that sudden changes in temperature
and direct sun on the skin
provoke outbreaks.
There is no way of killing
the virus, but the problem
can be greatly limited by
taking various precautions.
● Avoid contact when
there are active lesions
● Wear condoms
reduce contact
to
● Do not share towels,
cups, drinking glasses
etc
● Remember that oral
herpes in the form of
cold sores can transfer to
the genital areas
● Keep your immune system as healthy as possible: fresh fruit and vegetables, at least 2 litres
of still water per day,
large doses of Vitamin C
daily (when low).
● Try Tissue Salts nos.
4 & 5 (they contain the
homeopathic
remedy
Natrum
Muriaticum).
This is often helpful in
reducing attacks
● Use Zovirax cream on
the lesions at the earliest possible moment after
feeling the tell-tale tingling or itch. Use it five
times daily for five days
(at least).
● Try Famvir if Zovirax
fails to help
● Sometimes it is necessary to take Zovirax by
mouth if outbreaks are
very persistent
● Pregnant
mothers
should beware of infecting the baby at birth and
sometimes
caesarean
sections are performed
to avoid infection in the
vaginal birth passage
Viruses are minute particles made up of a protein
shell and a genome.
The genome is the complex
of all the genetic information of the virus: chromosomes, and DNA etc.
Viruses are completely parasitic, and can only multiply when they insert their
genome into a living cell.
As the cells multiply, so does
the virus.
Antibiotics do not kill
viruses.
If you suspect that you have
herpes simplex your doctor
can confirm the diagnosis
using swabs and blood tests,
and clinically, by recognizing the typical type of
lesion.
Jean Millar and Andrew Buffey can be contacted on 96 583 87 54 (Calpe) or www.perlamarclinica.com
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Derailed
Tense thriller in which two people who meet
on a train begin an affair, but are caught in the
act by a violent robber who blackmails the pair
with the threat of revealing their adultery.
Sunday 5th August Sky Movies Action/Thriller
23.55 - 01.45
pick of the week....
film choice
Munich
digital choice
Saturday 4th August
Jew train XX
terrestrial choice
Friday 3rd August
Friday 3rd August
A place in Spain: Costa Chaos
Sky Movies Premier 21.00 - 23.45
History channel 16.00 - 17.00
Channel 4
Set in the aftermath of the 1972 massacre of 11 Israeli
athletes at the Munich Olympics, Munich recounts the
dramatic story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track
down and assassinate 11 Palestinians believed to have
planned the 1972 Munich massacre.
During WW2, only one
attempt was made to stop a
train with deported Jews. On
April 19th 1943, the XXth
transport from Belgium to
Auschwitz was ambushed
by 3 young men. This documentary tells the story of
the ambush, but also tries
to find an answer to the very
poignant question: why was this the only attempt? Why did the
Resistance never try to stop the deportation? Why did the Allied
air force never bomb the railway tracks leading to the camps?
Series following the adventures
of a London couple as they
move to Spain in the hope of
running a stylish retreat for
paying guests.
The couple’s road trip to their
new home starts off badly with
Dawn furious with Rocco for
getting drunk on their last night
in Britain. After a painful
heart-to-heart, they reconcile
– but tensions flare again
during the journey.
21.00 - 21.30
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10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show
You Won’t Let Me Be A Dad
Unless I Give You Money!.
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
13:30 Loose Women
Loose ladies including
Andrea McLean, Carol
McGiffin and Jane McDonald
laugh you into the weekend
with some loud and lively
loose talk. Actress Adele
Silva joins in the fun today,
and Icelandic opera star
Cortes performs live.
14:30 ITV Lunchtime News
and Weather
15:00 Daily Cooks
16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal
17:00 Rosemary and Thyme
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05:10 Mistresses
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Tula’s made friendship
tuftlets for everyone.
Everyone except Hubba
Hubba! So is Hubba Hubba
her friend?
07:35 The Hoobs
08:00 Frasier
08:25 Big Brother’s Little Brother
08:55 Big Brother
09:55 Shipwrecked 2007
10:30 The Simple Life
11:00 iTunes Festival: London
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11:55 Shipwrecked 2007: Battle
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13:00 News at Noon
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14:30 How Clean is Your House?
15:00 Channel 4 Racing From
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tore? 22:00 Fly Fishing the World
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Breakfast
To Buy or Not to Buy
Animal Rescue - Live
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Cash in the Attic
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Experts Philip Serrell and
David Barby help the teams
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buy before the auction in
Stratford.
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When Auntie Went East
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Big Brother Live
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Panic descends on the
Barnes household as they
wake up to discover Kathy
and Leah missing. The
Barnes mount a search
party, but Mike decides
to call the police when they
draw a blank. Gilly’s curiosity
about Hannah’s behaviour
is aroused when he
eavesdrops on her and
Melissa.
Friends
Friends
Big Brother
Hollyoaks
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Friends
Supernanny
Jo Frost comes to the rescue
of a single mother of five
who is trying to get a college
degree. Cheryl Carsley is a
divorced mother of five. The
children fight with each other
almost constantly, and are
abusive and disrespectful to
their mother. They also trash
their home on a regular
basis, including routinely
writing on the walls.
Friends
Smack The Pony
Big Brother’s Big Mouth
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DISCOVERY
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11:00 Wild, Wild Reptiles 12:00 Lost
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Detectives 04:00 My Shocking Story
04:50 World’s Toughest Jobs 05:40
Kings of Construction 06:30 How It’s
Made
DISCOVERY real time
07:00 Barn Free 07:30 New Yankee
Workshop 08:00 Hooked on Fishing:
Dever’s Delight 08:30 Hooked on Fishing: Calm Lough Fishing 09:00 Total
Fishing 2006 09:30 John Wilson’s
Dream Fishing 10:00 Watercolours
with Charles Evans 10:30 Joy of
Painting 11:00 Location, Location,
Location Revisited 11:30 Build, Buy
or Restore? 12:00 Selling Houses
Specials 13:00 Natural Born Dealers 14:00 A Place In The Sun 15:00
Wrecks to Riches 15:30 Wrecks to
Riches 16:00 Tommy Walsh’s DIY
Survival 16:30 Tommy Walsh’s DIY
Survival 17:00 Property Ladder 18:00
Biker Build-off 19:00 Natural Born
Dealers 20:00 A Place In The Sun
21:00 Location, Location, Location
Revisited 21:30 Build, Buy or Res-
NATIONAL geographic
09:00 Atlantis 10:00 Hidden Scrolls of
Herculaneum 11:00 Megastructures
12:00 Battlefront 12:30 Battlefront
13:00 Supervolcanoes Investigated
14:00 I Didn’t Know That 14:30 How It
Works 15:00 Dogfight Over Mig Alley
16:00 Dambusters 17:00 Seconds
HISTORY channel
09:00 Japan 10:00 The Lost Evidence
11:00 Hell’s Battlefield 12:00 Gestapo 13:00 War Against The French
14:00 Spitfire: The Birth Of A Legend
15:00 The Last Days of World War II
16:00 Jew Train Xx 17:00 Auschwitz:
The Forgotten Evidence 18:00 The
Last Days of World War II 19:00
Secret Luftwaffe of World War II
20:00 War Against The French 21:00
Nuremberg’s Secret Notebooks 22:00
Hidden Children 23:30 From The Auschwitz Chronicle 00:00 The Manson
UKTV documentary
10:00 Local Heroes 10:30 Local Heroes 11:00 Horizon 12:00 Horizon
13:00 Natural World 14:00 Horizon
15:00 Natural World 17:00 Horizon
18:00 Natural World 19:00 Horizon
20:00 Natural World 21:00 Natural
World 22:00 Horizon 23:00 Natural
World 00:00 Horizon 01:00 Natural
World 02:00 Natural World 03:00
Local Heroes 03:25 World’s Best Places To See 03:30 Local Heroes 03:55
World’s Best Places To See
ANIMAL PLANET
07:00 Miami Animal Police 08:00
Crocodile Hunter 09:00 Going Ape
09:30 Animal Crackers 10:00 Top
Dog 11:00 Pet Rescue 11:30 Wildlife SOS 12:00 Animal Cops Houston
13:00 E-Vets: The Interns 13:30 Horsetails 14:00 Animal Cops Phoenix
15:00 Pet Rescue 15:30 Wildlife SOS
16:00 Crocodile Hunter 17:00 Going
Ape 17:30 Animal Crackers 18:00
Animal Cops Houston 19:00 Mouse
20:00 Animal Crackers 20:30 Going
Ape 21:00 E-Vets: The Interns 21:30
Wildlife SOS 22:00 Britain’s Worst
Pet 22:30 Britain’s Worst Pet 23:30
Miami Animal Police 00:30 Going Ape
01:00 E-Vets: The Interns 01:30 Wildlife SOS 02:00 Animal Cops Houston
03:00 Miami Animal Police 04:00 Pet
Rescue 04:30 Animal Crackers 04:55
Going Ape 05:20 Wildlife SOS 05:45
Britain’s Worst Pet 06:10 Britain’s
Worst Pet
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
07:00 Premier League World
A round-up of all the news
from the Premier League in
anticipation of the new
season.
07:30 World Wrestling
Entertainment Raw
09:30 Premiership Years 19992000
11:30 ATP Tennis Magazine
12:00 Premier League World
12:30 I.A.A.F Athletix Weekly
13:00 European Tour Golf:
Russian Open
16:00 Premier League World
16:30 Motor Racing
17:30 Premier League World
18:00 Live Rotterdam Football
23:00 Friday Fight Night: Vernon
Forrest V Carlos Baldomir
(12 Rounds LightMiddleweight)
01:00 Football: Rotterdam
Tournament 2007 Shanghai
Shenhua V Liverpool And
Feyenoord V Porto
03:00 Friday Fight Night: Vernon
Forrest V Carlos Baldomir
05:00 Super League Match TBA
06:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial
SKY SPORTS 2
07:00
07:30
08:00
12:00
13:00
13:30
14:00
16:00
18:00
18:30
19:00
20:00
00:00
01:00
02:00
06:00
Aerobics Oz Style
Ocean
Golf Night
European Golf Tour:
Russian Open Highlights
Poker Week
Premier League World
Football: L.G Amsterdam
Tournament - Lazio V Arsenal
And Ajax V Atlético Madrid
Premiership Years 1999-2000
Georgie Thompson presents
the best action from the
Premiership season 19992000. Alex Ferguson’s Red
Devils were, as ever, the team
everybody feared.
Rally World
Moto+
Tight Lines
Golf Night: World Golf
Championships - Bridgestone
Invitational
European Tour Golf: Russian
Open Highlights
To Be Announced
Golf Night
European Tour Golf: Russian
Open Highlights
SKY SPORTS 3
07:00 Sports Adventure
07:30 Rugby League: National
League - Leigh V Widnes
10:00 Football: L.G Amsterdam
Tournament - Lazio V Arsenal
And Ajax V © Madrid
12:00 Aerobics Oz Style
12:30 Racing News
13:00 Trans World Sport
14:00 To Be Announced
15:00 Ocean
15:30 Poker Week
16:00 Trans World Sport
17:00 ATP Tennis Magazine
17:30 Poker Week
18:00 World Wrestling
Entertainment Raw
20:00 Rally World
20:30 Super League: Super League
Match TBA
23:00 World Wrestling
Entertainment Late Night
Smackdown
01:00 World Wrestling
Entertainment Late Night
Bottom Line
02:00 Super League Match TBA
03:30 Tight Lines
04:30 Ocean
05:00 Gillette World Sport
05:30 Rally World
06:00 World Ten Pin Masters
EUROSPORT
08:30 Rally
09:00 Swimming: In Paris, France
10:15 Volleyball: World Grand Prix
In Tokyo, Japan
12:00 Football: UEFA Champions
League
12:30 Football: Gooooal!
Gooooal! The best Football
you’ve ever seen on
Eurosport. Every month, enjoy
the best football video clips
with some of the best pictures
and best music.
13:00 Football: UEFA Cup
13:30 Football
14:15 Rally
14:30 Snooker: World
Championship In Sheffield,
United Kingdom
16:00 Beach Volley: Swatch-Fivb
World Tour In Klagenfurt,
Austria
17:00 Volleyball: World Grand Prix
In Warsaw, Poland
19:00 Athletics: Iaaf Super Grand
Prix In London, United
Kingdom
22:15 Rally
22:30 Rally
23:00 TNA Wrestling
00:30 Rally
01:00 All Sports: Watts
ESPN classic
07:30 Us Open: Connors V Borg
09:30 Us Open: Evert V Mandlikova
1980 - Four-time US Open
winner and goddess of the
tennis court Chris Evert-Lloyd
faced outsider and relative
unknown Hana Mandlikova in
the 1980 final.
11:00 Premiership Highlights,
2001/2002
12:00 Tyson Raw + Uncut
12:30 Tyson Raw + Uncut
13:00 Rivalry: River Plate and
Boca Jnrs
14:00 RWC 2003: England V Wales
15:00 Premiership Highlights,
2001/2002
16:00 Cricket: Kent V Somerset
16:30 Ian Botham: Cricket Legend
17:00 Tyson Raw + Uncut
17:30 Tyson Raw + Uncut
18:00 RWC 2003: England V Wales
19:00 Premiership Highlights,
2001/2002
20:00 The Masters Movies
21:00 Cricket: Hampshire V Surrey
22:00 Wales in The Rugby World Cup
22:30 The Legends Speak
23:00 Premiership Highlights,
2002/2003
00:00 Tyson Raw + Uncut
01:00 Rivalry: Flamengo V Vasco
Da Gama
02:00 Premiership Highlights,
2002/2003
03:00 Tyson Raw + Uncut
04:00 Rivalry: Flamengo V Vasco
Da Gama
05:00 Rivalry: River Plate and Boc
Jnrs
06:00 US Open: Mcenroe
V Connors, 1980
Football: LG Amsterdam Tournament
Sky Sport 2 14.00 - 16.00
L.G Amsterdam Tournament - Lazio V Arsenal And
Ajax V Atlético Madrid.
A chance to see north London’s new arrivals as
Arsenal take on Lazio and Ajax challenge Atlético
Madrid at the Amsterdam Arena.
TELEVISION
August 3 - August 9 2007
25
Friday 3rd August 2007
FILMS
SKY MOVIES Sci-fi/Horror
11:00
12:40
14:45
16:35
18:20
20:00
22:00
23:45
01:35
03:10
Wing Commander
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
An American Haunting
The Hand
Wing Commander
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Man-Thing
An American Haunting
Hostel
Man-Thing
SKY MOVIES Premier
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
15:00
17:00
18:35
19:05
19:15
21:00
23:30
01:10
Premiere Close Up
The Making Of Evan Almighty
The Simpsons
Modern Greats Close Up
She’s The Man
Aquamarine
Curious George
Comedy Close Up
No Time For Nuts
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Da Vinci Code
Slither
Better Luck Tomorrow
SKY MOVIES modern greats
07:00 Rocky
09:00 Amistad
11:35 Bad Company
13:10
14:50
17:25
19:25
21:00
22:40
23:00
01:10
02:55
04:40
06:15
Death Wish V: Face of Death
Amistad
Rocky
Bad Company
Death Wish V: Face of Death
The Top 10 Show
Sin City
The Crow
Across 110th Street
Coffy
Rocky
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00
13:10
14:10
16:10
18:00
20:00
22:00
00:00
02:00
04:00
Le Bossu
Space Station
The Holy Girl
What’s Bugging Seth?
The Consequences of Love
The Last Mitterand
What’s Bugging Seth?
The Holy Girl
The Consequences of Love
Space Station
SKY MOVIES family
07:00 The SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie
08:40 Nanny Mcphee
10:20 Family Close Up
10:50 The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, The Witch and The
Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia
Sky Movies Family 10.50 - 13.15 & 18.40 - 21.00
Four kids travel through a wardrobe
to the land of Narnia and learn of their
destiny to free it with the guidance of a
mystical lion.
13:15 Doctor Dolittle 3
15:00 The SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie
16:40 Fantastic Four Special
17:00 Nanny Mcphee
18:40 The Chronicles of Narnia: The
Lion, The Witch and The
Wardrobe
21:00 Doctor Dolittle 3
22:40 Robin Hood: Men in Tights
00:25 Confessions of an Ugly
Stepsister
02:00 Me and the Kid
03:40 Three Wishes
05:40 Sugar Creek Gang: Revival
Villains
SKY MOVIES drama
08:00
09:50
11:50
13:40
15:25
17:15
19:15
21:00
23:05
00:50
02:40
04:25
06:30
Big Spender
Kissed by an Angel
Marilyn and Me
A Wing and a Prayer
Big Spender
Kissed by an Angel
Marilyn and Me
Jarhead
Stay
The Butcher’s Wife
The Tie That Binds
The Doctor
Big Spender
SKY MOVIES comedy
07:50
09:35
11:35
13:20
15:20
17:20
19:15
21:00
22:45
00:30
02:30
Theodore Rex
Two Much
Bring It on: All Or Nothing
The Sixth Man
Two Much
Confetti
Theodore Rex
Bring It on: All Or Nothing
Confetti
Life
The Most Fertile Man In
Ireland
04:10 Scenes From a Mall
05:50 The Sixth Man
SKY MOVIES classics
07:45
09:45
12:15
14:15
16:15
18:15
21:30
22:00
23:50
01:40
03:10
03:40
05:30
The Devil And Daniel Webster
Song of Norway
The Party
The Nutty Professor
The Party
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Modern Greats Close Up
The Nutty Professor
Cape Fear
House of Usher
Modern Greats Close Up
Cape Fear
The Devil And Daniel Webster
SKY MOVIES action/thriller
07:25
09:10
10:55
12:40
14:45
16:30
18:15
19:55
22:00
23:50
02:00
03:50
05:25
Frozen Impact
Captive
The Escapist
Deep Impact
Captive
Frozen Impact
The Escapist
Deep Impact
Lucky Number Slevin
Flesh + Blood
The Young Americans
Hard Men
Frozen Impact
SKY MOVIES HD1
12:00
13:50
15:50
17:50
18:20
20:10
22:00
00:00
02:00
The Sandlot 2
American Dreamz
Shopgirl
Modern Greats Close Up
The Sandlot 2
Millions
American Dreamz
Shopgirl
Millions
SKY MOVIES HD2
113:00
15:00
16:50
18:50
21:00
23:00
Starman
Final Destination 3
Lords of Dogtown
Starman
Firewall
Final Destination 3
She’s the Man
Sky Movies Premier 13.00 - 15.00
Viola Johnson (Amanda Bynes) had her own good reasons for disguising
herself as her twin brother Sebastian (James Kirk) and enrolling in his place
at his new boarding school, Illyria Prep. She was counting on Sebastian
being AWOL from school as he tried to break into the music scene in London.
What she didn’t count on was falling in love with her hot roommate, Duke
(Channing Tatum), who in turn only has eyes for the beautiful Olivia (Laura
Ramsey). Making matters worse, Olivia is starting to fall for Sebastian,
who--for reasons Olivia couldn’t begin to guess--appears to be the sensitive
type of guy she’d always dreamed of meeting. If things weren’t complicated
enough, the real Sebastian has come back from London two days earlier than
expected and arrives on campus having no clue that he’s been replaced...by
his own twin sister.
00:50 Broken Flowers
02:50 Premiere Close Up
03:20 Tsotsi
FILM 4
14:00
16:00
17:45
19:30
22:00
23:40
02:15
Three Came Home
Winchester ‘73
A Kid for Two Farthings
The Man Who Would be King
Napoleon Dynamite
A Clockwork Orange
My First Mister
TCM
07:45
08:10
10:10
12:00
13:40
16:00
17:40
19:35
22:00
00:15
02:15
03:50
04:05
06:00
Teleshopping
Adventures of Don Juan
Penelope
The Day They Robbed the
Bank of England
Absence of Malice
42nd Street
The Happy Years
What Ever Happened to Baby
Jane?
Absolute Power
Blow-Up
The Hunger
Teleshopping
Presenting Lily Mars
The Secret of My Success
DISNEY Cinemagic
07:00
07:25
07:45
08:10
08:35
09:00
09:25
09:45
10:00
11:25
11:50
12:15
12:35
13:00
13:25
13:45
14:10
14:30
14:55
15:20
18:00
19:35
20:00
21:50
22:05
22:25
22:50
23:15
23:45
00:10
00:35
The Little Mermaid
Aladdin
House of Mouse
Emperor’s New School
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Toy Story 2
Lilo and Stitch
The Princess Diaries
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Emperor’s New School
Recess
Quack Pack
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
House of Mouse
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
20:00 Doctor Who 20:45 Doctor Who
Confidential 21:00 The Real Hustle
21:30 Thieves Like Us 22:00 Little
Britain 22:30 Gavin and Stacey 23:00
EastEnders 23:30 Pranks Galore!
00:30 The Real Hustle 01:00 Family
Guy 01:20 Family Guy 01:45 Two Pints
of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
BBC 4
20:00 World News Today 20:30 Britain in Pictures 21:00 Andrew Marr’s
History of Modern Britain 22:00 The
Lost World of Red Robbo 22:30 Bruce
Springsteen With The Sessions Band
Live in Dublin 23:30 BBC Four Sessions 00:30 The Avengers 01:20 TV 1973:
The Defining Shows
BBC prime
07:55 Big Cook Little Cook 08:15 The
Roly Mo Show 08:30 William’s Wish
Wellingtons 08:35 Teletubbies 09:00
House Invaders 09:30 Staying Put
10:00 Staying Put 10:30 Perfect Properties 11:00 Garden Challenge 11:30
Wild New World 12:30 Keeping Up
Appearances 13:00 As Time Goes By
13:30 My Family 14:00 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates 15:00 Waking the
Dead 16:00 House Invaders 16:30 Get
a New Life 17:30 Bargain Hunt 18:00
As Time Goes By 18:30 My Family
19:00 The Monastery 20:00 Waking
the Dead 21:00 New Tricks 22:00 The
Office Specials 23:00 Waking the Dead
00:00 Keeping Up Appearances 00:30
New Tricks 01:30 As Time Goes By
BBC world
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 HARDtalk Extra 11:00
BBC News 11:30 Click 12:00 BBC
News 12:30 World Business 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 Extra 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 HARDtalk Extra 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 Extra
BRAVO
09:00 When Sport Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports 09:30 When Sport
Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports 10:00
Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:30 Dog the
Bounty Hunter 11:00 The Dukes of
Hazzard 12:00 Walker, Texas Ranger
13:00 When Sport Goes Bad: Whacked
Out Sports 13:30 When Sport Goes
Bad: Whacked Out Sports 14:00 Street
Crime UK 14:30 Street Crime UK 15:00
Dog the Bounty Hunter 15:30 Dog the
Bounty Hunter 16:00 Street Crime
UK 2 16:30 Street Crime UK 2 17:00
Dog the Bounty Hunter 17:30 Dog the
Bounty Hunter 18:00 When Sport Goes
Bad: Whacked Out Sports 18:30 When
Sport Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports
19:00 The Dukes of Hazzard 20:00
Walker, Texas Ranger 21:00 Dog the
Bounty Hunter 21:30 Dog the Bounty
Hunter 22:00 When Sport Goes Bad:
Whacked Out Sports 22:30 When
Sport Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports
23:00 Britain’s Toughest Towns 23:30
Britain’s Toughest Towns 00:00 The
Real Football Factories International
01:00 Saul Of The Mole Men 01:15
Metalocalypse 01:30 The Venture Brothers
DISNEY
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 11:00 That’s So Raven 11:25
That’s So Raven 11:50 The Suite Life of
Zack and Cody 12:40 That’s So Raven
13:05 That’s So Raven 13:30 The Suite
Life of Zack and Cody 14:20 That’s So
Raven 14:45 That’s So Raven 15:10
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody 15:35
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody 16:00
That’s So Raven 16:50 The Suite Life
of Zack and Cody 17:40 That’s So Raven 18:05 That’s So Raven 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 Twitches
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
07:25 Pocoyo 07:35 Doodlebops 08:00
Viva Pinata 08:25 Sabrina’s Secret Life
08:55 Transformers: Cybertron 09:25
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX 09:55 Captain Scarlet
10:25 Coronation Street 10:55 Emmerdale 11:25 The Montel Williams Show
12:10 Judge Judy 12:35 Judge Judy
13:00 Judge Judy 13:30 Coronation
Street 14:00 Emmerdale 14:30 The
Jeremy Kyle Show 15:35 The Jeremy
Kyle Show 16:40 The Ricki Lake Show
17:25 Sally Jessy Raphael 18:15 Airline USA 18:45 Judge Judy 19:10 Judge
Judy 19:35 Judge Judy 20:00 The New
Adventures of Superman 21:00 Big
Day 21:30 America’s Got Talent 22:40
America’s Got Talent 23:40 Coronation
Street 00:10 Benicassim Music Festival
01:10 Entourage 01:40 Entourage
ITV 3
07:50 HeartBeat 08:50 The Adventures
of Sherlock Holmes 09:50 Ironside
10:50 Columbo: Death Hits the Jackpot 12:50 Cagney and Lacey 13:50
HeartBeat 14:50 Tales of the Unexpected 15:25 Goodnight Sweetheart 16:00
And She Was 17:50 Film File 18:00 The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 19:05
Goodnight Sweetheart 19:40 Film File
19:55 Jeeves and Wooster 21:00 Pie in
the Sky 22:05 Klute 00:20 Tales of the
Unexpected 01:00 Tales of the Unexpected 01:30 Jeeves and Wooster
ITV 4
19:00 Danger Man 20:00 Earth: Final
Conflict 21:00 3rd Rock From The Sun
21:30 The Winner 22:00 The Professionals 23:00 Europe’s Greatest Stunts
23:30 Hard Times 01:20 Police, Camera, Action! 01:55 The Dirty Dozen
LIVING
08:00 Divorce Court 08:30 Divorce
Court 09:00 Maury 09:55 The Fix 10:00
Extreme Makeover 11:00 Cheaters
11:30 Cheaters 12:00 The Jerry Springer Show 12:30 The Jerry Springer
Show 13:00 The Jerry Springer Show
13:30 Maury 14:25 The Fix 14:30 Will
and Grace 15:00 Will and Grace 15:30
Dharma and Greg 16:00 Grey’s Anatomy 17:00 Charmed 18:00 Charmed
19:00 Extreme Makeover 20:00 The X
Files 21:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 22:00 Criminal Minds 23:00
CSI: Miami 00:00 CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation 01:00 The X Files
PARAMOUNT comedy
10:00 Veronica’s Closet 10:30
Veronica’s Closet 11:00 Two and a
Half Men 11:30 Two and a Half Men
12:00 King of Queens 12:30 King of
Queens 13:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 13:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 14:00 Veronica’s Closet 14:30
Veronica’s Closet 15:00 Becker 15:30
Becker 16:00 Two and a Half Men
16:30 Two and a Half Men 17:00 King
of Queens 17:30 King of Queens 18:00
Everybody Loves Raymond 18:30
Everybody Loves Raymond 19:00 Frasier 19:30 Frasier 20:00 Becker 20:30
Becker 21:00 That ‘70s Show 21:30
That ‘70s Show 22:00 South Park
22:30 South Park 23:00 Last Comic
Standing 00:00 South Park 00:30 Jackass 01:00 Dirty Sanchez 01:30 The
World Stands Up
SCI FI
07:00 Star Trek 08:00 Farscape 09:00
Teleshopping 12:00 Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle’s The Lost World 13:00 Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the
Moon? 14:00 Star Trek 15:00 Profiler
16:00 Combustion 18:00 Star Trek
19:00 Profiler 20:00 Mysterious Ways
21:00 Angel 22:00 They Crawl 23:50
Deadly Swarm 01:40 Meltdown: Days
Of Destruction
SKY one
07:00 Sunrise 10:00 Stargate SG-1
11:00 Stargate SG-1 12:00 Brainiac:
Science Abuse 13:00 Malcolm in the
Middle 13:30 Malcolm in the Middle
14:00 Cold Case 15:00 Angel 16:00
Las Vegas 17:00 Stargate SG-1 18:00
Stargate SG-1 19:00 Malcolm in the
Middle 19:30 Malcolm in the Middle
20:00 The Simpsons 20:30 The Simpsons 21:00 The Simpsons 21:30 Futurama 22:00 A Town Called Eureka
23:00 Blood Monkey 00:40 Cold Case
01:40 Weeds 02:15 Weeds
UKTV gold
07:00 Neighbours 07:30 EastEnders
08:05 Yes, Prime Minister 08:45 As
Time Goes By 09:25 EastEnders 10:00
The Bill 11:00 Doctor Who 12:00 Dallas 13:00 Fantasy Island 14:00 Last
of the Summer Wine 14:40 Keeping
Up Appearances 15:20 Carry on England 17:10 My Family 17:50 To Be
Announced 18:00 Dallas 19:00 New
Adventures of Old Christine 20:00 Carry on England 21:50 To Be Announced
22:00 Keeping Up Appearances 22:40
One Foot in the Grave 23:20 Euromillions 23:30 Signs 01:40 One Foot in
the Grave
UKTV people
10:00 Seaside Rescue 10:30 Seaside
Rescue 11:00 Disaster Masters 11:30
Disaster Masters 12:00 Airport 12:30
Airport 13:00 Seaside Rescue 13:30
Seaside Rescue 14:00 Disaster Masters 14:30 Disaster Masters 15:00
Airport 15:30 Airport 16:00 Seaside
Rescue 16:30 Seaside Rescue 17:00
Disaster Masters 17:30 Disaster Masters 18:00 Airport 18:30 Airport 19:00
Seaside Rescue 19:30 Seaside Rescue
20:00 Disaster Masters 20:30 Disaster
Masters 21:00 Airport 21:30 Airport
22:00 Faking It 23:00 Bailiffs 23:30
Bailiffs 00:00 Bailiffs 00:30 Bailiffs
01:00 Forensic Files 01:30 Forensic
Files
UKTV style
08:00 Cash in the Attic 09:00 Flog It!
10:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 11:00 The Clothes Show 12:00
Who Rules the Roost? 13:00 To Buy
or Not to Buy 14:00 Homes under the
Hammer 15:00 Escape to the Country 16:00 Living in the Sun 17:00 Fly
to Buy 18:00 Flog It! 19:00 Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition 20:00 To Buy
or Not to Buy 21:00 Homes under the
Hammer 22:00 Escape to the Country
23:00 Fly to Buy 00:00 Living in the
Sun 01:00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
UKTV bright ideas
07:00 Hard Sell 07:30 Fab Pads 08:00
Saw This and Thought of You 08:30
Put Your Money Where Your House
Is 09:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00
Garden Rivals 10:30 Garden Hopping
11:00 Ready, Steady, Cook 11:30 James Martin: Sweet 12:00 Great Food
Live 13:00 Food Uncut 13:30 Garden
Rivals 14:00 Antiques Roadshow
15:00 Hard Sell 15:30 Fab Pads 16:00
Saw This and Thought of You 16:30
Put Your Money Where Your House
Is 17:00 Ready, Steady, Cook 17:30
James Martin: Sweet 18:00 Antiques
Roadshow
UKTV drama
07:00 Howards’ Way 08:00 Juliet Bravo 09:00 Born and Bred 10:00 Hart to
Hart 11:00 Bergerac 12:00 Waiting For
God 12:40 Keeping Up Appearances
13:20 Last of the Summer Wine 14:00
Murder, She Wrote 15:00 Murder, She
Wrote 16:00 Hart to Hart 17:00 Bergerac 18:00 Waiting For God 18:40
Keeping Up Appearances 19:20 Last
of the Summer Wine 20:00 Murder,
She Wrote 21:00 Murder, She Wrote
22:00 Taggart 00:10 New Street Law
01:30 Taggart
TELEVISION
26
August 3 - August 9 2007
Saturday 4th August 2007
BBC 1
BBC 2
ITV 1 London
CHANNEL 4
FIVE
E4
07:00
11:00
12:30
13:00
13:10
14:30
07:00
07:30
07:50
08:00
08:25
07:00
10:25
10:40
07:10
07:35
08:00
09:00
09:50
10:20
10:50
07:00
07:55
08:25
08:40
08:55
09:10
07:00
18:15
18:35
19:05
19:40
20:55
21:10
22:00
23:30
23:50
01:05
03:05
Breakfast
Saturday Kitchen Best Bites
A Taste of My Life
BBC News and Weather
Salford Triathlon
Golf: The Women’s British
Open
BBC News
National and international
news, then regional news
and weather.
(Stereo, Widescreen,
Subtitles)
Just for Laughs
School’s Out
Quiz show in which everyone
should know the answers
because they were taught
them at school. With guest
pupils Jo Brand, Dermot
Murnaghan and Hardeep
Singh Kohli.
DanceX
The National Lottery:
Saturday Draws
Casualty
To Love You So. Series 21,
episode 44.
Guppy makes a fatal mistake
and Stitch decides to fall on
his sword to save him.
Selena faces up to her true
feelings for Harry, but is it
too late?
Starring: Elizabeth Carling,
Simon MacCorkindale,
Alberto Dentice, Elyes Gabel
Empathy
BBC News and Weather
The latest news and weather.
Lake Placid
Color of Night
Joins BBC News 24
Round the clock breaking
news.
08:45
09:15
09:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:25
11:55
12:20
12:45
13:00
14:00
15:25
17:35
18:20
18:45
19:45
22:00
23:30
01:00
02:30
Teletubbies
Balamory
Step Inside
Dogstar
The Batman
The Big Chill. Series 1,
episode 5.
Children’s animation. In Gotham, a metropolis where
shadows run long and deep,
lives The Batman. He’s just
finding his way as protector,
defender and Caped
Crusader, while maintaining
his public persona as Bruce
Wayne. The Batman is on
the trail of Mr Freeze, a villain
who uses his ice technology
as a means of stealing the
objects of his passion - the
rarest, most valuable
diamonds.
(Stereo, Repeat, Widescreen,
Subtitles)
Dennis the Menace
Chucklevision
The Story of Tracy Beaker
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
The Slammer
Beat The Boss
The Story of Tracy Beaker
Do Something Different
What’s New Scooby Doo?
Sportsround
Animal Park
I Know Where I’m Going
The Red Shoes
The Weakest Link
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em
Coast
Proms 2007
British Film Forever
Gregory’s Girl
The Seventh Veil
Farscape
10:55
11:25
11:55
12:05
13:05
13:20
13:25
13:30
15:15
16:15
19:10
19:40
21:00
22:00
00:05
00:25
01:00
05:10
06:00
06:30
GMTV
Horrid Henry
Planet Sketch
Yoga.
Today, Horace and Hortense
create an ‘un-mellow’ atmos
phere at a yoga camp, the
Rappers get lyrical over their
pets, and the dozy dinosaurs
meet another sticky end.
Shuriken School
The Giblet Boys
SpongeBob Squarepants
My Parents Are Aliens
The Amazing Adrenalini
Brothers
ITV News; Weather
London Today
The latest news in London
and the South East, plus
local weather.
F1: Grand Prix Qualifying
Poirot
The Mummy Returns
All New You’ve Been Framed!
Harry Hill presents the
nation’s funniest accidents as
captured on camcorders
by viewers. Tonight, an
unwilling skydiver is pushed
out of a plane, a giraffe
scares a driver off the road,
and five naked men get
caught on camera taking a
plunge.
Baby Ballroom:
The Championship
Who Wants to be a
Millionaire?
Jaws 2
ITV News; Weather
TV’s Naughtiest Blunders
ITV Play
Boot Sale Treasure Hunt
ITV Nightscreen
ITV Morning News
11:20
11:55
13:30
14:00
15:00
17:15
19:30
20:00
21:00
22:00
23:40
01:35
01:50
02:05
03:35
06:00
The Hoobs
The Hoobs
Goalissimo
The Morning Line
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Surf’s Up: T4 Movie Special
Friends
The One With All The Haste.
Series 4, episode 19.
Rachel and Monica try to get
their old apartment
back. While Joey and
Chandler are at a game,
Rachel and Monica switch
apartments. Chandler objects
but Monica and Rachel
offer to kiss each other for a
full minute if they can keep
the apartment. Ross hates
the fact that Emily has to
be gone so much, so he
considers asking her to
move in with him... but ends
up asking her to marry
him; she says yes. The
gang is shocked to hear the
news... especially Rachel.
Vodafone TBA
Big Brother
Friends
Charmed
Channel 4 Racing From
Glorious Goodwood and
Newmarket
The Sons of Katie Elder
Channel 4 News
Deadliest Catch
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
Rush Hour 2
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Carling’s Festival Postcards
Road to V 2007
Red Bull Air Race 2007
Big Brother Live
Full Metal Challenge
09:25
10:05
10:15
10:30
11:00
12:00
12:45
13:50
14:05
15:50
17:45
19:25
20:55
21:05
22:00
23:00
00:00
01:00
06:35
Sunrise
Franklin
Little Princess
Roary the Racing Car
Make Way for Noddy
Harry and His Bucket Full of
Dinosaurs
The Book of Pooh
Double bill of Disney animation. In What’s New
Tigger-Cat?, Rabbit and Tig
ger start a newspaper, and
in Pooh’s 24-hour Bug, Pooh
has a cold.
Peppa Pig
Fifi and The Flowertots
Jane and the Dragon
The Perfect Disaster
David Beckham’s Soccer
USA
Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures
Russell Grant’s Postcards
Annie’s Point
Emotional drama about a recently widowed grandmother
who is determined to grant
her late husband his dying
wish of having his ashes
scattered over an idyllic spot
on the Californian coast.
Director: Michael Switzer
Light of Day
Guarding Tess
Stealing Harvard
Five News and Sport
Navy NCIS
CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation
Law and Order: Special
Victims Unit
Angela’s Eyes
Quiz Call
Wildlife SOS
08:55
09:25
10:55
15:00
15:30
18:00
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:55
22:00
23:35
00:35
Big Brother Live
All the latest housemate
action live and direct from
the Big Brother house.
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Big Brother
Another chance to see the
first of last night’s eviction
shows. The waiting is over
as the housemates discover
which one of them is this
week’s evictee. Davina
McCall announces the results
live and direct into the house
in a special show. Plus
highlights from the past 24
hours in the Big Brother
house.
Big Brother Live
The Album Chart Show
Hollyoaks Omnibus
Friends
The One With the Male
Nanny. Series 9, episode 6.
In the 200th episode, Ross
jealously pokes fun at
Rachel’s choice of an over
sensitive male nanny.
Meanwhile, Phoebe is forced
to choose between two
ardent suitors: new boyfriend
Mike and visiting former
boyfriend David. And Chan
dler feels threatened by
Monica’s constant chatter
about a male colleague
whose sense of humour
outwits his.
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Scrubs
Smallville
Friends
Big Brother
Big Brother’s Diary Room
Uncut
Big Brother Live
DOCUMENTARIES
DISCOVERY
07:00 How It’s Made 08:00 How Do
They Do It? 09:00 Rory Mcgrath’s
Best of British Engineering: Buildings
10:00 Time Team 12:00 How It’s Made
13:00 Return of The Prime Predators
14:00 Wild, Wild Reptiles 15:00
Mythbusters 17:00 The Garage 19:00
The Wreck Detectives 20:00 Engineering The World Rally 21:00 Deadliest
Catch 23:00 My Shocking Story 00:00
Crime Scene USA 01:00 The F.B.I. Files
02:00 Psychic Witness 03:00 Forensic Detectives 04:00 How Do They Do
It? 04:50 How It’s Made 05:40 How
Do They Do It? 06:30 How It’s Made
DISCOVERY real time
07:00 Just Fishing 07:30 Ifish 08:30
Screaming Reels 09:30 Lake Escapes
10:30 Rex Hunt Fishing Adventures
11:30 Nick Hancock’s Fishing School
12:00 Fishing Road Trip USA 13:00
My Greek Kitchen 14:00 Floating Kitchen 15:00 A Place In The Sun 20:00
Jungle Hooks 21:00 Locks and Quays
21:30 Waterworld 22:00 Tales from
River Cottage 23:00 Through Hell and
High Water 00:00 Miami Ink 01:00
American Hotrod 02:00 Rides 03:00
Chop Cut Rebuild 04:00 Petrol Heads
04:50 Rex Hunt Fishing Adventures
05:15 Nick Hancock’s Fishing School
05:40 Fishing Road Trip USA 06:30
Watercolours with Charles Evans
NATIONAL geographic
09:00 Dogfight Over Mig Alley 10:00
Dogfight Over Guadalcanal 11:00
Dambusters 12:00 Mary Celeste Ghost Ship 13:00 Return to Titanic
14:00 Monster Moves 15:00 Supercarrier 16:00 Monster Moves 17:00
Megastructures 18:00 Monster Moves 19:00 Megastructures 20:00
Monster Moves 21:00 Air Crash
Investigation 22:00 Hannibal Brooks 00:00 The Washington Sniper
01:00 US Swat 02:00 Megastructures
HISTORY channel
09:00 Hitler’s Dream Vacation
10:00 Nazi Guerrillas 11:00 Hidden
Children 12:30 From The Auschwitz Chronicle 13:00 Napoleon’s
Mass Grave 14:00 Spitfire: Defender Of The Skies 15:00 Dogfights:
The Greatest Air Battles 17:00 Lost
Ships 18:00 Empire of The Mongols 19:00 Illuminating Angels and
Demons 21:00 Banned From The
Bible 22:00 Ancient Discoveries
23:00 The Real Rasputin 00:00
Empire of The Mongols 01:00 Banned From The Bible 02:00 Hitler’s
Dream Vacation
UKTV documentary
10:00 Journeys From the Centre of the
Earth 02:00 Journeys From the Centre
of the Earth 03:00 Journeys From the
Centre of the Earth 03:50 World’s Best
Places To See
ANIMAL planet
07:00 Crocodile Hunter 08:00 Wildlife
SOS 08:30 Wildlife SOS 09:00 Monkey
Business 09:30 Monkey Business
10:00 Animal Precinct 11:00 Animal
Cops Houston: Hungry For Justice
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 16:30 Wonder Dogs 17:00 Amazing Animal Videos 17:30 Amazing Animal Videos 18:00 Shauna’s Amazing
Animal Videos 18:30 Shauna’s Amazing Animal Videos 19:00 Going Ape
19:30 Going Ape 20:00 Meerkat Manor
20:30 Meerkat Manor 21:00 Animal
Crackers 21:30 Animal Crackers 22:00
Animal Precinct 23:00 Animal Precinct
00:00 Cell Dogs 01:00 E-Vets: The Interns 01:30 E-Vets: The Interns 02:00
Animal Precinct 03:00 Animal Cops
Houston: Hungry For Justice 04:00 Pet
Rescue 04:30 Meerkat Manor 04:55
Meerkat Manor 05:20 Animal Crackers
05:45 Animal Crackers 06:10 Wonder
Dogs 06:35 Wonder Dogs
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
07:00 Aerobics Oz Style
The latest news in London
and the South East, plus
local weather.
07:30 Premier League World
08:00 Football: Rotterdam Tour
nament 2007 - Shanghai
Shenhua V Liverpool And
Feyenoord V Porto
10:00 Cricket A.M
11:30 Cricket: Twenty20 Cup
- Semi-Finals TBA
19:00 Cricket A.M
Simon Thomas and Anita
Rani present a light-hearted
look at the cricket world.
Includes a look at last
week’s action, plus a
preview of the upcoming
international and domestic
games.
19:30 Pioneers of Cricket
20:00 Cricket: Twenty/20 Cup
- Final TBA
23:00 Cricket A.M
23:30 Premiership Years 20002001
01:30 Football: L.G Amsterdam
Tournament - Lazio V
Atlético Madrid And Ajax V
Arsenal
03:30 Premiership Years 20002001
05:30 Cricket A.M
SKY SPORTS 2
07:00 FIA GT: Spa, Belgium
08:00 Friday Fight Night: Vernon
Forrest V Carlos Baldomir (12
Rounds Light-Middleweight)
10:00 Racing News
Take advantage of top tips
from the definitive guide to
today’s racing programme.
11:00 Race World
12:00 European Tour Golf: Russian
Open
15:00 Max Power
16:00 Gillette World Sport
16:30 International Rugby Union:
England V Wales
England take on Wales at
Twickenham in preparation
for the Rugby World Cup.
Coach Brian Ashton needs to
keep England’s confidence
at a high as they look to
defend their World Cup title.
19:00 Live Amsterdam Football:
L.G Amsterdam Tournament
- Lazio V Atlético Madrid And
Ajax V Arsenal
21:00 Live Amsterdam Football: LG
Amsterdam Tournament
23:30 International Rugby Union:
England V Wales
01:00 NFL - America’s Game
02:00 Golf Night
SKY SPORTS 3
07:00 Rally World
07:30 Guinness Rugby: N.P.C Cup
- Waikato V Southland
09:30 Guinness Rugby: N.P.C Cup
- North Harbour V Taranaki
11:30 World Wrestling
Entertainment Smackdown
13:30 World Wrestling
Entertainment Late Night
Bottom Line
14:30 Rally World
15:00 NFL - America’s Game
16:00 Live European Seniors Tour
Golf
19:00 Golf Night: World Golf Cham
pionships - Bridgestone
Invitational
00:00 European Tour Golf: Russian
Open Highlights
01:00 ECW Wrestling
02:00 World Wrestling
Entertainment Late Night
Smackdown
04:00 World Wrestling
Entertainment Late Night
Bottom Line
05:00 Sports Unlimited
06:00 Moto+
06:30 Sports Adventure
Daredevil action on a journey
with Wade Simmons and
Richie Schley as they go
freeride mountain biking in
Nepal.
EUROSPORT
08:30 Rally
World Championship In
Finland. Day 1.
09:00 Athletics: Iaaf Super Grand
Prix In London, United
Kingdom
10:00 Beach Volley: Swatch-Fivb
World Tour In Klagenfurt,
Austria
11:00 Volleyball: World Grand Prix
In Tokyo, Japan
13:00 Athletics: Iaaf Super Grand
Prix In London, United
Kingdom
14:00 Rally
Intercontinental Rally Challen
ge In Portugal. Day 2.
14:30 Volleyball: World Grand Prix
In Warsaw, Poland
16:00 Cycling: Clásica Cicista San
Sebastián, Spain
17:30 Volleyball: World Grand Prix
In Warsaw, Poland
19:00 All Sports: Eurosport Buzz
19:30 Swimming: In Paris, France
20:30 Equestrianism: Global Cham
pions Tour In Sao Paulo,
Brazil
22:00 Tennis: WTA Tournament In
San Diego, USA
23:45 All Sports: Watts Prime
00:30 Rally
01:00 Fight Sport: Fight Club
ESPN classic
08:00 Us Open: Evert V Mandlikova
09:30 Us Open: Connors V Rosewall
10:00 Premiership Highlights,
2000/2001
11:00 Premiership Highlights,
2001/2002
12:00 Premiership Highlights,
2002/2003
13:00 Premiership Highlights,
2003/2004
14:00 Premiership Highlights,
2004/2005
15:00 Premiership Highlights,
2005/2006
16:00 Premiership Highlights,
2006/2007
17:00 Premiership Highlights,
2000/2001
18:00 Premiership Highlights,
2001/2002
19:00 Premiership Highlights,
2002/2003
20:00 Premiership Highlights,
2003/2004
21:00 Cricket: Sussex V Warks
22:00 Premiership Highlights,
2000/2001
23:00 The Legends Speak
23:30 Wales in The Rugby World
Cup
00:00 Mike Tyson’s Most Shoc
king Defeat
01:00 Premiership Highlights,
2000/2001
02:00 Premiership Highlights,
2001/2002
03:00 The Legends Speak
03:30 Wales in The Rugby World
Cup
04:00 Mike Tyson’s Most Shoc
king Defeat
05:00 Mills Lane: Boxing Legend
06:00 US Open: Mcenroe V Borg
Smallville
E4 20.00 - 20.55
Sneeze. Series 6, episode 2.
The smash comic book adaptation continues in its actionpacked sixth series. In the aftermath of Zod’s activities, Clark
develops a new power. Lois gets a new job, Lana takes a new
step in her relationship with Lex, and Lex has to deal with
a new danger. Meanwhile, an old friend of Lex’s arrives in
Metropolis...
TELEVISION
August 3 - August 9 2007
27
Saturday 4th August 2007
FILMS
SKY MOVIES sci-fi/horror
07:00
11:00
12:35
14:25
16:00
18:50
20:25
22:00
23:35
01:30
04:30
To Be Announced
Ice
Alien: Resurrection
Piranha
The Abyss
Ice
Piranha
Altered
Alien: Resurrection
The Abyss
Sci-Fi and Horror Close Up
SKY MOVIES premier
11:00 Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
- Special
11:30 The Making Of Evan Almighty
12:00 Action and Thriller Close Up
12:30 Comedy Close Up
13:00 Curious George
14:45 Modern Greats Close Up
15:15 Ice Age: The Meltdown
17:00 Honeymoon With Mom
18:45 Premiere Close Up
19:15 RV - Runaway Vacation
21:00 Munich
23:45 When a Stranger Calls
01:20 Stay Alive
SKY MOVIES modern greats
08:20
10:25
12:35
14:35
16:45
18:55
21:00
23:00
01:00
02:45
04:45
06:25
Rocky II
Romeo and Juliet
The Terminator
Rocky II
Romeo and Juliet
Honkytonk Man
The Terminator
Sea Of Love
Easy Rider
To Live and Die in L.A.
Foxy Brown
Rocky II
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00
13:00
13:45
15:45
17:30
19:30
Rice Rhapsody
Survival Island
The Third Miracle
Tube Tales
Rice Rhapsody
The Portrait of a Lady
The 40-year-old virgin
Sky Movies Comedy 14.10 - 16.10 & 21.00 - 23.00
40-year-old Andy Stitzer has done quite a
few things in his life. But there’s just one
little thing he hasn’t quite gotten around
to doing yet--something most people have
done by his age. Done a lot. Andy’s never,
ever, ever had sex--not even by accident.
So is that such a big deal? Well, for Andy’s
buds at the store, it sure is. Although
they think he’s a bit of an oddball, there’s
certainly a planet full of stranger (and
homelier) guys who’ve at least had one
go at having a go. They consider it their
duty to help Andy out of his dire situation
and go to great lengths to help him. But
nothing proves effective enough to lure
their friend out of lifelong chastity until he
meets Trish, a 40-year-old mother of three.
Andy’s friends are psyched by the possibility that “it” may finally happen...
until they hear that Andy and Trish have begun their relationship based on a
mutual no-sex policy
22:00
00:00
01:30
03:20
The Third Miracle
Tube Tales
The Star Maker
Stolen Kisses
SKY MOVIES family
07:05
08:35
10:25
12:00
13:40
14:10
15:40
17:35
19:15
21:00
22:30
00:25
02:25
04:00
05:45
The Princess and The Pea
Librarian: Return To King
Solomons Mines
Bean
Mousehunt
Wallace and Gromit
Wallace and Gromit In The
Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
The Red Sneakers
Bean
Mousehunt
Wallace and Gromit In The
Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
Librarian: Return To King
Solomons Mines
The Red Sneakers
Spirit Bear: The Simon
Jackson Story
A Touch of Fate
The Sugar Creek Gang:
Secret Hideout
SKY MOVIES drama
08:10
09:50
11:30
13:30
15:10
16:50
17:20
19:20
21:00
23:15
01:15
03:15
05:10
05:40
Miracle on the 17th Green
Holy Matrimony
Washington Square
Driven to Succeed
Holy Matrimony
Drama Close Up
Washington Square
Driven to Succeed
Michael Collins
The Edge
Hustle and Flow
Swimming Upstream
Drama Close Up
Driven to Succeed
SKY MOVIES comedy
07:50
10:10
12:10
14:10
16:10
The Producers
The Pacifier
Roseanna’s Grave
The 40-year-old virgin
The Making Of Evan Almighty
16:40
18:30
19:00
21:00
23:00
00:40
02:25
04:45
Just Friends
Comedy Close Up
The Pacifier
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Just Friends
Preaching To The Perverted
The Producers
Roseanna’s Grave
SKY MOVIES classics
07:25
09:45
11:25
13:10
13:40
16:15
18:00
20:20
20:40
22:00
23:40
01:10
03:40
06:20
All About Eve
Don’t Bother To Knock
Monkey Business
Modern Greats Close Up
A Farewell to Arms
Marty
All About Eve
The Top 10 Show
Don’t Bother To Knock
Monkey Business
The Evil of Frankenstein
Irma La Douce
A Farewell to Arms
Marty
SKY MOVIES action/thriller
07:10
08:50
10:50
12:30
14:45
16:35
18:05
19:50
22:00
23:45
01:30
03:30
05:20
Angel Flight Down
Chain Reaction
Homeland Security
Conan the Barbarian
Chain Reaction
Homeland Security
Rush Hour
Conan the Barbarian
Maximum Risk
Rush Hour
Internal Affairs
American Ninja
Angel Flight Down
SKY MOVIES HD1
12:00
14:00
15:55
17:55
18:25
20:00
22:00
00:00
01:35
03:30
Dreamer
The Perfect Man
The Break-Up
Modern Greats Close Up
Date Movie
Dreamer
The Break-Up
Date Movie
Nine Months
Modern Greats Close Up
Toy Story 2
Disney cinemagic 10.00- 11.30
In “Toy Story 2,” the fun and adventure continues when
Andy goes off to summer camp and the toys are left to
their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector kidnaps Woody who unbeknownst to
himself is a highly valued collectable. It’s now up to Buzz
Lightyear and the gang from Andy’s room - Mr. Potato
Head, Slinky Dog, Rex and Hamm - to spring into action
and save their pal from winding up as a museum piece.
There’s plenty of excitement and fun as the toys get into
one predicament after another in their daring race to get
home before Andy does.
SKY MOVIES HD2
13:00
15:00
16:50
19:00
21:00
23:45
02:00
04:00
Steel Magnolias
Doom
Inside Man
Steel Magnolias
Munich
Inside Man
Hard Eight
China: The Panda Adventure
FILM 4
14:00
15:45
18:05
20:25
22:00
00:05
02:00
The Spy in Black
Boy on a Dolphin
The League of Gentlemen
Dunston Checks in
I Heart Huckabees
I Still Know What you Did
Last Summer
The Newton Boys
TCM
07:45
08:05
09:50
12:00
13:45
15:30
16:00
18:00
19:45
22:00
00:00
02:30
Teleshopping
Tom Thumb
Little Women
The Canterville Ghost
Father of The Bride
Adrian Wootton on Elvis
It Happened at the World’s
Fair
The Detective
Lust For Life
Point of No Return
The Dirty Dozen
The Best House in London
04:05 Teleshopping
04:25 Bacall on Bogart
06:00 A Patch of Blue
DISNEY cinemagic
07:00 House of Mouse
07:25 101 Dalmatians
07:50 Buzz Lightyear of Star
Command
08:15 Aladdin
08:40 Hercules
09:05 Emperor’s New School
09:30 Lilo and Stitch
10:00 Toy Story 2
11:30 Buzz Lightyear of Star
Command
11:55 Classic Toons
12:00 George of the Jungle 2
13:25 Tarzan
13:50 Classic Toons
14:00 Saturday Movie Showdown
15:15 Emperor’s New School
16:00 Heavy Weights
17:35 Recess
18:00 Pete’s Dragon
19:40 Recess
20:00 George of the Jungle 2
21:25 Tarzan
21:50 Classic Toons
22:00 Kronk’s New Groove
23:20 Emperor’s New School
23:45 Lilo and Stitch
00:10 Recess
00:35 House of Mouse
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
20:00 International Rugby Union
20:55 Dance Xtra 21:25 Top Gear
22:30 Goals Galore 23:30 Touch
Me, I’m Karen Taylor 02:25 Two
Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
02:55 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 03:25 Goals Galore
04:20 Touch Me, I’m Karen Taylor
BBC 4
20:00 The Day of The Triffids 21:30
The Sky at Night 22:00 Ushpizin
23:30 Lonesome Dove 01:05 Bruce
Springsteen With The Sessions Band
Live in Dublin 02:05 BBC Four Sessions 03:05 Ian Rankin’s Hidden Edinburgh 04:05 Ian Rankin Investigates
BBC prime
07:00 Boogie Beebies 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
Hunting Chris Ryan 11:00 EastEnders 12:00 Mastermind 12:30 The
Weakest Link 14:00 What Not to Wear
15:00 Wedding Stories 16:00 The Life
of Mammals 17:00 Wild New World
18:00 EastEnders 19:00 A Life Coach
Less Ordinary 20:00 Cash in the Attic 20:30 The Life Laundry 21:00 The
Murder Room 22:30 The Catherine
Tate Show 23:00 The Smoking Room
23:30 French and Saunders 00:00
EastEnders 01:00 The Murder Room
02:30 The Catherine Tate Show 03:00
The Smoking Room 03:30 French
and Saunders 04:00 Wild New World
05:00 Perfect Properties 05:30 Balamory 05:50 Tweenies 06:10 Big Cook
Little Cook 06:30 Tikkabilla
BBC world
07:00 BBC News 07:30 Equestrian
World 08:00 BBC News 08:30 Click
09:00 BBC News 09:30 The Wedding
Business 10:00 BBC News 10:30 Fast
Track 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Egyptian Journeys 12:00 BBC News 12:30
Middle East Business Report 13:00
BBC News 13:30 This Week 14:00
BBC News 14:10 The World Uncovered 15:00 BBC News 15:15 Sport Today 15:30 Reporters 16:00 BBC News
16:10 Imagination 17:00 BBC News
17:30 The Wedding Business 18:00
BBC News 18:30 Egyptian Journeys
19:00 BBC News 19:30 Middle East
Business Report 20:00 BBC News
20:15 Sport Today 20:30 Equestrian
World 21:00 BBC News 21:10 The
World Uncovered 22:00 BBC News
22:30 Egyptian Journeys 23:00 BBC
News 23:10 Imagination 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 The World Uncovered 04:00
BBC News 04:30 Egyptian Journeys
05:00 BBC News 05:30 This Week
06:00 BBC News 06:10 Imagination
BRAVO
09:00 Spider-Man 10:00 When Sport
Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports 11:00
World’s Most Amazing Videos 2 12:00
In Your Face 13:00 Cops on Camera
14:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter 15:00
When Sport Goes Bad: Whacked Out
Sports 16:00 Walker, Texas Ranger
18:00 World’s Most Amazing Videos
2 19:00 In Your Face 20:00 When
Sport Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports
21:00 Cops on Camera 22:00 The Real
Football Factories International 23:00
Britain’s Toughest Towns 00:00 The
Sex Substitute 02:00 Harvey Birdman
02:30 Harvey Birdman 03:00 Cops on
Camera 04:00 Arrested Development
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 2 10:00 Disney Channel Games
Event Three The Dance Dunk 10:05
The Replacements 10:30 The Suite
Life of Zack and Cody 11:00 Hannah
Montana 11:30 Cory in The House
12:00 Her Best Move 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
Eddie’s Million Dollar Cook-Off 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 21:45 Phil of the Future
22:10 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 13:15 Coronation Street
Omnibus 15:35 Holiday Showdown
16:35 Australian Princess 17:35 Movies Now 17:50 America’s Got Talent
20:00 Nanny 911 21:00 Groundhog
Day 22:55 Instinct 01:25 Calum, Fran
and Dangerous Danan 02:25 ITV Play
04:40 Emmerdale Omnibus
ITV 3
07:00 Cromwell 07:50 McCloud 09:20
The Cosby Mysteries 11:10 Home
to Roost 11:40 Poirot 13:45 Agatha
Christie’s Partners in Crime 14:50
Pie in the Sky 15:50 Batteries Not
Included 17:50 Poirot 20:00 The Two
Ronnies 21:00 Midsomer Murders
23:00 Taggart 01:50 Jaws 04:00 The
Bill 05:00 The Bill 06:00 Teleshopping
ITV 4
13:30 3rd Rock From The Sun 14:15
Police, Camera, Action! 15:15 Tour
De France 2007 Review 17:15 The
Professionals 18:15 Movies Now
18:30 Police, Camera, Action! 19:00
Police Patrol 19:30 The Force 20:00
Used Car Roadshow 21:00 Martial
Law 22:00 The Frank Skinner Show
23:00 The Winner 23:30 The Scorpion
King 01:25 Police, Camera, Action!
01:55 Video Justice 02:20 Saturday
Night Live 03:20 The Larry Sanders Show 03:50 The Larry Sanders
Show 04:20 Dinner for Five 04:50
Movies Now 05:00 Teleshopping
LIVING
07:00 Home Shopping 08:00 Mad
About You 09:00 Maury 09:55 The
Fix 10:00 Melrose Place 11:00 The
Golden Girls 12:00 Charmed 13:00
Bewitched 14:00 So You Think You
Can Dance 16:00 The Jerry Springer
Show 20:00 Britain’s Next Top Model
21:00 Nothing to Declare 22:00 Most
Haunted 23:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 01:00 The X Files 02:00
Most Haunted 03:00 Out of Practice
03:50 A Little Princess 05:40 The
Jerry Springer Show 06:30 Home
Shopping
PARAMOUNT comedy
07:00 QVC 10:00 Less Than Perfect
11:00 Scrubs12:00 Less Than Perfect
13:00 Scrubs 14:00 Less Than Perfect 15:00 Scrubs 16:00 Less Than
Perfect 17:00 Scrubs 18:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 19:00 King of
Queens 20:00 Everybody Hates Chris
21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Rules of Engagement 22:00 South Park
23:05 The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell Of Fear 00:40 Two and a Half Men
01:10 South Park 02:40 Badly Dubbed
Porn 03:10 Scrubs 04:10 Sexy Cam
04:30 Linc’s 05:00 Scrubs 05:30 Less
Than Perfect 06:00 Sir Leslie Quint
A Life In Film 06:10 King of Queens
SCI FI
09:00 Robot Wars 09:00 Teleshopping 12:00 Logan’s Run 15:00
Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land
on the Moon? 16:00 Psychic Detectives 16:30 Combustion 18:20
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York
19:55 Short Circuit 2 22:00 Dracula
II: Ascension 23:35 Snakehead Terror 01:25 Night of The Living Dead
03:25 Mimic 2 05:00 The Outer Limits
SKY one
07:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
08:00 PokÈmon 08:30 Yu-Gi-Oh!
09:00 Buffy The Vampire Slayer 10:00
Little Monsters 11:00 Vroom Vroom
12:00 Brainiac: Science Abuse 14:00
Star Trek: The Next Generation 16:00
Relic Hunter 17:00 Futurama 17:30
Evan Almighty Special 18:00 Mission
Implausible 19:00 Futurama 20:00
The Simpsons 21:00 Lost 22:00
Bones 23:00 Cold Case 00:00 Road
Wars 01:00 Toughest Pubs in Britain
02:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation 03:40 Mark Williams’ Big Bangs
04:30 Is Harry on the Boat? 05:20
Relic Hunter 06:10 Taste
UKTV gold
07:00 Fantasy Island 08:00 Fantasy
Island 09:00 Fantasy Island 10:00
Dallas 11:00 Dallas 12:00 Dallas
13:05 Open All Hours 13:45 Open
All Hours 14:25 Open All Hours
15:05 Open All Hours 15:45 Open All
Hours 16:25 Open All Hours 17:05
Open All Hours 17:45 Only Fools
and Horses 18:30 Only Fools and
Horses 19:10 Only Fools and Horses
19:50 Only Fools and Horses 20:55
Only Fools and Horses 22:00 Signs
00:10 Men Behaving Badly 00:50
Jack Dee’s Happy Hour 01:30 Men
Behaving Badly 02:10 Early Doors
02:45 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 03:15 Agatha Christie’s
Miss Marple 05:00 Close Up 05:10
Dallas 06:00 Dallas 06:50 Close Up
UKTV people
10:00 Top Gear 11:00 Top Gear
13:00 Car Nation 14:00 Honey
We’re Killing The Kids 22:00 Bailiffs
01:00 Mind, Body and Kick Ass Moves 01:30 Mind, Body and Kick Ass
Moves 02:00 Paparazzi 03:00 Bailiffs 03:25 Bailiffs 03:50 Close Up
UKTV style
08:00 Beat the Burglar 09:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - How
Do They Do That? 10:00 Fly to Buy
11:00 Living in the Sun 12:00 Escape to the Country 13:00 DIY SOS
13:30 DIY SOS 14:00 Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition 15:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 16:00
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
17:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 18:00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition 19:00 Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition 20:00 Who Rules the
Roost? 21:00 Bank of Mum and
Dad 22:00 What Not to Wear 23:00
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
00:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 01:00 DIY SOS 01:30 DIY SOS
02:00 Living in the Sun 03:00 Passport to The Sun 03:30 Do or Diet
UKTV bright ideas
07:00 In Grand Style 07:30 In Grand
Style 08:00 Tanner Brothers 08:30
Deck Dates 09:00 Sophie Grigson’s
Weekends 09:30 Sophie Grigson’s
Weekends 10:00 The Wow Factor
11:00 Antiques Roadshow 12:00
Antiques Roadshow 13:00 In Grand
Style 13:30 In Grand Style 14:00 Tanner Brothers 14:30 Deck Dates 15:00
Sophie Grigson’s Weekends 15:30
Sophie Grigson’s Weekends 16:00
The Wow Factor 17:00 Antiques
Roadshow 18:00 Antiques Roadshow
UKTV drama
07:00 Howards’ Way 08:00 Juliet Bravo 09:00 Born and Bred 10:00 Hart to
Hart 11:00 Bergerac 12:00 Waiting
For God 12:40 Keeping Up Appearances 13:20 Last of the Summer
Wine 14:00 Murder, She Wrote 15:00
Murder, She Wrote 16:00 Hart to Hart
17:00 Bergerac 18:00 Waiting For
God 18:40 Keeping Up Appearances
19:20 Last of the Summer Wine 20:00
As Time Goes By 20:40 New Street
Law 22:00 Sharpe 00:05 New Street
Law 01:25 Sharpe 03:20 Howards’
Way 04:10 Juliet Bravo 05:00 Born
and Bred 05:50 Campion 06:40 The
Dick Emery Show
28
TELEVISION
August 3 - August 9 2007
Sunday 5th August 2007
BBC 1
07:00 Breakfast
10:00 News 24 Sunday
11:00 Heaven and Earth with Gloria
Hunniford
12:00 Countryfile
13:00 BBC News and Weather
The most up to date news
and weather forecasts.
13:05 ‘Allo ‘Allo!
13:30 Cash in the Attic
14:30 Murder, She Wrote
Game, Set, Murder. Series
11, episode 21.
15:15 EastEnders
17:10 Dancing with the Stars
18:40 Songs of Praise
19:15 Antiques Roadshow
20:05 Last of the Summer Wine
Variations on a Theme of
Road Rage.
20:35 BBC News
21:00 The Chase
22:00 Mountain
The Lakes. Episode 2.
23:00 BBC News and Weather
23:20 Match of The Day:
Community Shield
00:00 Medium
The One Behind the Wheel.
Series 3, episode 12.
00:40 Amityville 3
02:10 The Sky at Night
Robonet.
02:30 Match of The Day:
Community Shield
04:10 Holby City
Temporary Insanity.
Series 8, episode 94.
05:10 The Great British Village
Show
05:55 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
12:45
14:25
07:00
10:25
10:50
11:10
11:25
11:40
11:55
12:05
12:15
12:30
12:50
12:55
13:00
16:30
18:20
18:50
19:00
19:25
19:40
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
07:00
07:10
08:00
08:55
07:00
07:10
07:20
07:25
07:40
07:45
07:00 Big Brother Live
15:55 Big Brother’s Little Brother
17:00 Friends
The One With Rachel’s Other
Sister. Series 9, episode 8.
On the night before Thanksgiving, Rachel’s self-centred
younger sister Amy ruins
everyone’s holiday dinner
with her uncensored observations. Amy is upset to
learn that Rachel would not
want her to care for her baby
if she and Ross were to die.
Chandler is also offended
that he is not considered the
best adoptive parent.
17:35 Friends
The One With Rachel’s Phone
Number. Series 9, episode 9.
18:05 One Tree Hill
The Birth and Death of The
Day. Series 4, episode 20.
19:00 What About Brian
What About True
Confessions. Series 2,
episode 9.
19:55 Big Brother’s Diary Room
Uncut
20:55 Friends
The One With Rachel’s Other
Sister. Series 9, episode 8.
21:30 Friends
22:00 Smallville
Wither. Series 6, episode 3.
23:00 Big Brother’s Diary Room
Uncut
00:05 Big Brother Live
15:20
18:40
19:10
20:00
21:00
22:00
01:20
02:00
02:45
03:30
Teletubbies
Balamory
Step Inside
Batfink
Legend of the Dragon
Smile
Tiger Bay
Sky West and Crooked
International Rugby Union:
England v Wales
Golf: The Women’s British
Open
A Wild Cairngorms Winter
Ganges
Equator
Africa. Episode 3.
Top Gear
Educating Rita
Heroes
One Giant Leap.
Series 1, episode 3.
Farscape
Infinite Possibilities 2: Icarus
Abides. Series 3, episode 15.
Science fiction drama series
about a lost astronaut who
finds himself in the midst of
an intergalactic war.
Crichton has been accused
of selling data to an aggressive race allied to the
Scarrans. Although he is
innocent, someone clearly
had access to a Farscape
module, as well as the secret
information.
Farscape
Programmes Start Again At
06:00
23:00
23:30
23:45
01:45
02:45
03:15
04:45
05:40
06:30
GMTV
Art Attack
Prove It!
Atomic Betty
Jim Jam and Sunny Dry.
Jim Jam and Sunny
Pocoyo
Jim Jam and Sunny
Jim Jam and Sunny
Bernard
ITV News; Weather
London Today
F1: Grand Prix Live
Murder Is Easy
The Unforgettable Joan Sims
Creature Comforts
Call Me a Cabbie!
London Tonight
ITV News; Weather
Emmerdale
Coronation Street
HeartBeat
The Commander
Windows of the Soul
(Part 1). Series 1, episode 8.
News Knight with Sir Trevor
McDonald
ITV News; Weather
A Perfect Murder
F1: Grand Prix Highlights
Motorsport UK
Londinium
The Jeremy Kyle Show
ITV Nightscreen
Text-based information
service.
ITV Morning News
09:25
09:50
10:50
13:25
13:55
14:55
15:55
16:55
17:50
18:45
19:30
19:45
21:00
22:00
23:00
01:10
01:45
02:45
05:45
06:15
06:45
Grabbit The Rabbit
The Hoobs
Transworld Sport
Lloyds TSB Insurance British
F3 International Series
Adrenalin Rush: The Microsoft
UK Challenge
The O.C.
Hollyoaks Omnibus
Friends
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Big Brother’s Diary Room
Uncut
Smallville
Splinter. Series 5, episode 7.
The Simpsons
Supernanny
Deal or No Deal Classic
Channel 4 News
Come Dine with Me
Big Brother: On The Couch
Big Brother
From Hell
Johnny Depp adopts his best
London accent to star as
Inspector Fred Abberline
who is determined to track
down Jack the Ripper in
Victorian east London. As well
as his Sergeant Peter Godley,
Abberline is helped on the
case by visions he has while
high on opium.
iTunes Festival: London
Big Brother’s Diary Room
Uncut
Big Brother Live
The Insider
Lloyds TSB Insurance British
F3 International Series
Adrenalin Rush:
The Microsoft UK Challenge
08:00
08:30
08:40
08:55
09:15
09:30
10:00
10:05
10:15
10:30
11:00
12:00
13:05
13:35
14:05
14:15
15:45
17:45
19:45
20:00
20:30
21:00
23:15
00:15
01:15
01:40
05:10
06:00
Thomas and Friends
Make Way for Noddy
When I Grow Up
Oswald
Peppa Pig
Harry and His Bucket Full of
Dinosaurs
Franklin
Little Princess
Rupert Bear
Make Way for Noddy
Harry and His Bucket Full of
Dinosaurs
The Book of Pooh
Funky Town
Peppa Pig
Fifi and The Flowertots
Jane and the Dragon
How to be a Property
Developer
How to be a Property
Developer
Nice House, Shame About
The Garden
The Great Artists
five News Update
Columbo: Playback
Summertime
Back to the Secret Garden
Five News and Sport
Joey
Joey
Batman Forever
Vanished
Killer Instinct
Arrest and Trial
Major League Baseball
Now is the Time: Night of
Combat - Kick Boxing
Major League Soccer
DOCUMENTARIES
DISCOVERY
07:00 How It’s Made 08:00 How Do
They Do It? 08:30 How Do They Do It?
09:00 Rory Mcgrath’s Best of British
Engineering: Planes 10:00 Time Team
11:00 Pleasure Seekers of The Ancient
World 12:00 Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece 13:00 Greatest Military
Clashes 14:00 Day After D-Day 15:00
Riddle of The Sphinx 16:00 American
Chopper 17:00 American Chopper
18:00 Mythbusters 20:00 Time Team
21:00 James Cameron’s Expedition:
Bismarck 23:00 Wild Child: The Story
of Feral Children 00:00 Forensic Detectives 01:00 The F.B.I. Files 02:00
Behind Closed Doors 03:00 Forensic
Detectives 04:00 Wild Child 04:50 Fo-
rensic Detectives 05:40 How Do They
Do It? 06:30 How It’s Made
DISCOVERY real time
07:00 Cast Out 07:30 Ifish 08:00 Ifish
08:30 Screaming Reels 09:30 Lake
Escapes 10:30 Rex Hunt Fishing Adventures 11:30 Nick Hancock’s Fishing
School 12:00 Fly Fishing the World
13:00 Rubble Trouble 14:00 Challenge
Tommy Walsh 15:00 Come Dine with
Me 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00
Come Dine with Me 19:30 Come Dine
with Me 20:00 B&B - The Best 20:30
B&B - The Best 21:00 My Shocking
Story 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 My Shocking Story 03:00
Miami Ink 04:00 Little People, Big
World 04:25 Little People, Big World
04:50 Rex Hunt Fishing Adventures
05:15 Nick Hancock’s Fishing School
05:40 Fly Fishing the World 06:05 Fly
Fishing the World 06:30 Watercolours
with Charles Evans
NATIONAL geographic
09:00 Gladiator Wars 10:00 Pompeii
Uncovered 11:00 Roman Technology
Investigated 12:00 Supervolcanoes
Investigated 13:00 Megastructures
14:00 Da Vinci Code 15:00 Air Crash
Investigation 16:00 Hannibal Brooks
18:00 Knights Templar - Warriors Of
God 19:00 Hippos: Africa’s River Beast
20:00 Bermuda Triangle Investigated
21:00 Megastructures 22:00 Megastructures 23:00 Megastructures 00:00
History’s Conspiracies 01:00 History’s
Conspiracies 02:00 Impossible Bridges
HISTORY
09:00 Nazi Britain 10:00 Deep Sea
Detectives 11:00 Decoding the Past
12:00 UFO Files 13:00 Brunel - The
Little Giant 13:30 Brunel - The Little
Giant 14:00 The First Black Britons
15:00 Britain’s Slavery Secrets 16:00
Illuminating Angels and Demons
18:00 Decoding the Past 19:00 The
Bible Unearthed 21:00 Banned From
The Bible 22:00 The Peasants’ Revolt
00:10 The Hunt for Jack the Ripper
01:00 Banned From The Bible 02:00
Nazi Britain
UK documentary
10:00 Himalaya with Michael Palin
22:00 Himalaya with Michael Palin
03:50 World’s Best Places To See
03:55 World’s Best Places To See
ANIMAL planet
07:00 The Snake Buster 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 Animal Videos
12:30 Shauna’s Amazing Animal Videos 13:00 Monkey Business 14:00
Pet Rescue 14:30 Pet Rescue 15:00
The Snake Buster 15:30 The Snake
Buster 16:00 Dog Listener Down Under 16:30 Dog Listener Down Under
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: Koala Crisis 21:00 The
Elephant’s Empire 22:00 Rogue Predators 23:00 Killer Jellyfish 00:00 Animal
Precinct 01:00 Animal Cops Houston:
Hungry For Justice 02:00 Lyndal’s Lifeline: Koala Crisis 03:00 The Elephant’s
Empire 04:00 Pet Rescue 04:30 Rogue
Predators 05:20 Killer Jellyfish 06:10
Dog Listener Down Under 06:35 Dog
Listener Down Under
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
07:00 International Rugby Union:
England V Wales
08:30 Football: L.G Amsterdam
Tournament - Lazio V
Atlético Madrid And Ajax V
Arsenal
10:30 Cricket Writers On T.V
11:30 Football: L.G Amsterdam
Tournament - Lazio V
Atlético Madrid And Ajax V
Arsenal
13:30 Super League:
Harlequins V Leeds
15:30 Live FA Community Shield
18:30 Live Rotterdam Football:
Shanghai Shenhua V Porto
And Feyenoord V Liverpool
19:30 Live Rotterdam Football:
Rotterdam Tournament
22:30 FA Community Shield:
Chelsea V Manchester
United
00:30 Football: Shanghai
Shenhua V Porto And
Feyenoord V Liverpool
02:30 Premiership Years 20012002
A look back at some of the
best moments from
the 2001/02 season in
England’s top flight. It
was a memorable one for
North London’s premier side.
04:30 FA Community Shield
SKY SPORTS 2
07:00 Gillette World Sport
07:30 Cricket: Twenty/20 Cup Final TBA
10:30 America’s Cup Sailing:
Alinghi (Sailing)
11:00 Watersports World
12:00 European Tour Golf:
Russian Open
15:00 Wild Spirits
15:30 America’s Cup Sailing:
Alinghi (Sailing)
16:00 Live European Seniors
Tour Golf
19:00 Golf Night: World Golf
Championships - Bridgestone
Invitational
Day 4 of the Bridgestone
Invitational at Firestone
Country Club in Ohio. The
prize purse for this event
is an incredible $8million and
is available to European Tour
and PGA Tour golfers.
00:00 European Tour Golf: Russian
Open
Di Stewart presents a roundup of all the latest golf
highlights, plus the latest
news and scores from around
the world, including action
from the Russian Open.
01:00 Gillette World Sport
01:30 NFL - Pittsburgh V New
Orleans
04:45 Watersports World
SKY SPORTS 3
07:00
08:00
09:00
09:30
10:30
11:30
14:30
15:30
16:30
17:00
19:00
20:00
20:30
22:30
23:00
00:00
01:00
02:00
Beach Volleyball
FIA GT: Spa, Belgium
Gillette World Sport
World Wrestling
Entertainment Late Night
Afterburn
World Wrestling
Entertainment Heat
Cricket: Twenty/20 Cup Final TBA
NFL - America’s Game
Polo: Cartier International
Gillette World Sport
Harlequins V Leeds
Polo: Cartier International
America’s Cup Sailing:
Alinghi (Sailing)
Harlequins V Leeds
Gillette World Sport
World Wrestling
Entertainment Late Night
Afterburn
All the latest events from
inside the ring and backstage
on Smackdown. Catch Rey
Mysterio, Batista, the Undertaker and more as they battle
it out for the titles.
World Wrestling
Entertainment Heat
Watersports World
Golf Night
EUROSPORT
08:30 All Sports: Eurosport Buzz
09:00 GP2
10:00 GP2
Series In Budapest, Hungary.
Second race.
10:45 Rally
11:15 Car Racing: Porsche
Supercup In Budapest,
Hungary
12:00 Volleyball: World Grand Prix
In Warsaw, Poland
13:00 Superbike: World
Championship In Brands
Hatch, United Kingdom
14:00 Supersport
15:00 Beach Volley: Swatch-Fivb
World Tour In Klagenfurt,
Austria
16:00 Beach Volley: Swatch-Fivb
World Tour In Klagenfurt,
Austria
16:30 Superbike: World
Championship In Brands
Hatch, United Kingdom
17:30 Volleyball: World Grand Prix
In Warsaw, Poland
Group Stage : China - USA.
19:00 Swimming: In Paris, France
Day 4.
20:00 Volleyball
22:00 Motorsports
22:30 Rally
23:00 Tennis: WTA Tournament In
San Diego, USA
01:00 Rally
ESPN classic
08:00 US Open: Mcenroe V Connors
1980 - In a repeat scenario
of the Wimbledon semi-final,
Jimmy Connors faced
hot-head villain of the court
John McEnroe in the semifinal of the US Open.
10:00 Premiership Highlights,
2001/2002
11:00 Premiership Highlights,
2002/2003
12:00 Premiership Highlights,
2003/2004
13:00 Premiership Highlights,
2004/2005
14:00 Premiership Highlights,
2005/2006
15:00 Premiership Highlights,
2006/2007
16:00 Wales V England: Rwc 1987
17:00 RWC 2003: England V Wales
18:00 Real Madrid: The Movie
A football club so big that it
had its story made into a film!
This is an official production
too, and offers unprecedented
behind-the-scenes access.
20:00 Premiership Highlights,
2006/2007
21:00 Premiership Highlights,
2000/2001
23:00 Sporting Greats: Will Carling
Will Carling.
Has English rugby ever seen
a more prolific period than
23:30
00:00
01:00
02:00
03:00
03:30
04:00
05:00
06:00
the early ‘90s? Inspiring
young captain Will Carling
has quite a story to tell.
Sporting Greats:
Jpr Williams
Mills Lane: Boxing Legend
A focus on boxing’s most
famous bald-headed ref
and star of MTV’s
Celebrity Death Match,
in which he discusses his
long, eventful career.
Premiership Highlights,
2001/2002
A comprehensive review
of the 2001/2002 Premier
League season, combining
interviews and goals with
great action from the best
league in the world.
Premiership Highlights,
2002/2003
Sporting Greats:
Will Carling
Sporting Greats:
Jpr Williams
Mills Lane: Boxing Legend
Mike Tyson’s Most Shoc
US Open:
Mcenroe V Gerulaitis
TELEVISION
August 3 - August 9 2007
29
Sunday 5th August 2007
FILMS
SKY MOVIES sci-fi/horror
07:00
09:00
11:00
13:00
14:50
16:35
18:35
20:25
22:00
00:15
02:10
02:40
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
The Arrival
The Fog
Phase IV
The Arrival
The Fog
Phase IV
Blade
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Sci-Fi and Horror Close Up
Blade
SKY MOVIES premier
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
14:45
15:15
17:00
18:45
19:15
21:00
Action and Thriller Close Up
Premiere Close Up
The Making Of Evan Almighty
Family Close Up
Curious George
Comedy Close Up
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Honeymoon With Mom
Premiere Close Up
RV - Runaway Vacation
Munich
23:45 When a Stranger Calls
01:20 Stay Alive
SKY MOVIES modern greats
08:35
10:25
12:10
13:50
15:45
17:35
19:20
21:00
23:00
00:40
01:10
03:10
05:10
The Beguiled
Rocky III
Pretty in Pink
Grease
The Beguiled
Rocky III
Pretty in Pink
Grease
The Fly
Modern Greats Close Up
The Panic in Needle Park
True Romance
Rocky III
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00
13:10
14:55
16:50
18:30
20:30
8 1/2 Women
Pecker
Mr. Reliable
A Home at the End of the
World
Ridicule
Pecker
Rocky III
SKY MOVIES modern greats 10.25 - 12.10 & 17.35 - 19.20
Boxer Rocky Balboa enjoys the
wealth he has as world-champion.
He only fights against easy
opponents. Then he is challenged
by the arrogant Clubber Lang.
Rocky accepts the challenge to
prove once more that there is only
one world-champion. But Lang wins
and becomes the new champion.
Nobody believes in Rocky anymore,
except one man: former worldchampion Appolo Creed. And Creed
tries to stimulate his fighting spirit
and get Rocky back in top-form.
22:00
23:40
01:35
03:05
Blood Simple
Mr. Reliable
Shoot The Pianist
Ridicule
SKY MOVIES family
07:15
09:00
10:50
11:05
13:10
14:45
16:30
17:00
18:50
21:00
22:40
00:25
02:00
03:55
05:35
The Derby Stallion
Young Sherlock Holmes
The Top 10 Show
Batman and Robin
Cheaper By The Dozen 2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Family Close Up
Young Sherlock Holmes
Batman and Robin
Cheaper By The Dozen 2
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Booky Makes Her Mark
The Derby Stallion
Racing Ace
Sugar Creek Gang: Swamp
Robber
SKY MOVIES drama
07:15
08:50
11:10
12:45
15:15
17:35
19:15
21:00
23:25
01:10
03:05
05:00
06:35
Wilder Days
Evita
Anna’s Dream
Memoirs of a Geisha
Evita
Anna’s Dream
Force of Impact
Memoirs of a Geisha
Proof
McVicar
The Offence
Obsessed
Force of Impact
SKY MOVIES comedy
08:15
10:05
12:05
14:00
15:45
17:30
19:15
21:00
Home Team
The Air Up There
Kinky Boots
The Brady Bunch in the White
House
Crazy People
Scary Movie 4
Home Team
Kinky Boots
23:00
00:40
02:15
03:50
05:35
Scary Movie 4
The Brady Bunch in the White
House
Crazy People
Melinda And Melinda
The Air Up There
SKY MOVIES classics
08:00
10:00
11:45
13:45
15:45
17:30
18:00
19:45
20:15
22:00
00:05
02:00
03:35
05:20
Bus Stop
Niagara
Let’s Make Love
The Conqueror
The Mark of Zorro
Drama Close Up
Niagara
Modern Greats Close Up
Bus Stop
Let’s Make Love
The Conqueror
The Comedy of Terrors
The Mark of Zorro
Modern Times
SKY MOVIES action/thriller
07:00
08:40
10:25
13:30
15:25
17:05
18:55
22:00
23:55
01:45
03:15
05:25
The Fourth Angel
Pacific Heights
King Kong
Red Dawn
The Fourth Angel
Derailed
King Kong
Ong-bak
Derailed
Sexual Appetite
Red Dawn
Siege at Marion
SKY MOVIES HD1
12:00
14:10
16:00
18:00
20:10
22:00
00:00
01:45
02:15
A League of Their Own
Sky High
Monster-in-Law
A League of Their Own
Sky High
Monster-in-Law
Videodrome
Classics Close Up
It’s All Gone Pete Tong
Blade
SKY MOVIES sci-fi/horror 22.00 - 00.15 & 02.40 - 04.55
A half-mortal, half-immortal is out to avenge his
mother’s death and rid the world of vampires. The
modern-day technologically advanced vampires he
is going after are in search of his special blood type
needed to summon an evil god who plays a key role in
their plan to execute the human race.
SKY MOVIES HD2
13:00
14:10
16:25
18:40
21:00
23:00
00:45
02:35
Mountain Gorilla
United 93
Breakfast on Pluto
The New World
United 93
The Descent
Asylum
Breakfast on Pluto
FILM 4
14:00
15:40
17:30
20:15
22:00
00:05
02:25
Cheaper By The Dozen
Belles on Their Toes
Princess Mononoke
Carry on Behind
Brick
Quills
Personal Services
TCM
07:45
08:00
09:45
12:00
13:45
15:30
16:00
17:45
20:00
22:00
00:35
02:45
04:15
04:30
06:00
Teleshopping
Each Dawn I Die
The Harvey Girls
The Shop around the Corner
The Toast of New Orleans
Sanjeev Bhaskar on Elvis
Jailhouse Rock
Julius Caesar
Pennies From Heaven
The Bridges of Madison
County
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
Children of the Damned
Teleshopping
Captain Sindbad
Ride, Vaquero!
DISNEY cinemagic
07:00 House of Mouse
07:25 101 Dalmatians
07:50 Buzz Lightyear of Star
Command
08:15 Aladdin
08:40 Hercules
09:05 Emperor’s New School
09:30 Lilo and Stitch
10:00 Winnie The Pooh: Springtime
With Roo
11:05 House of Mouse
11:55 Classic Toons
12:00 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
Cinderella
13:25 Recess
13:50 Classic Toons
14:00 Tall Tale
15:35 Recess
16:00 Oliver & Company
17:10 Lilo and Stitch
17:35 Lilo and Stitch
18:00 101 Dalmatians
19:40 Recess
20:00 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
Cinderella
21:25 Recess
21:50 Classic Toons
22:00 Winnie The Pooh: Springtime
With Roo
23:05 House of Mouse
23:20 Emperor’s New School
23:45 Lilo and Stitch
00:10 Recess
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
20:00 Doctor Who 20:45 Doctor Who
Confidential 21:00 Last Man Standing
22:00 The Visit 22:30 Little Britain
23:00 My Best Friend’s Wife 23:30 My
Best Friend’s Wife 00:00 The Girl Next
Door 01:40 Last Man Standing 02:35
My Best Friend’s Wife 03:05 My Best
Friend’s Wife 03:35 The Visit 04:05
Drunk and Disorderlies
BBC 4
20:00 Once a Soldier 20:30 Proms
on Four 2007 22:50 Meetings With
Remarkable Trees 23:00 Wainwright’s
Walks 23:30 A Pembrokeshire Farm
00:00 Bombay Railway 01:00 The National Trust 02:00 Proms on Four 2007
04:15 Bombay Railway
BBC prime
07:00 Boogie Beebies 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 Dad’s Army 09:30
Grumpy Old Men 10:00 I’ll Show
Them Who’s Boss 10:40 Radical Highs
11:00 EastEnders 11:30 EastEnders
12:00 The Life of Mammals 13:00
Wild New World 14:00 Red Cap 15:00
Great Romances of the 20th Century
15:30 Great Romances of the 20th
Century 16:00 A Life Coach Less Ordinary 16:30 A Life Coach Less Ordinary 17:00 Cash in the Attic 17:30 The
Life Laundry 18:00 EastEnders 18:30
EastEnders 19:00 Days That Shook the
World 20:00 Himalaya with Michael
Palin 21:00 Ray Mears: Bushcraft
22:00 The Trouble with Sleep 23:00
Billie Holiday 00:00 EastEnders 00:30
EastEnders 01:00 Days That Shook the
World 02:00 Himalaya with Michael
Palin 03:00 The Trouble with Sleep
04:00 Ray Mears: Bushcraft 05:00
Perfect Properties 05:30 Balamory
05:50 Tweenies 06:10 Big Cook Little
ook 06:30 Tikkabilla
BBC world
07:00 BBC News 07:30 Reporters
08:00 BBC News 09:00 BBC News
09:10 The World Uncovered 10:00
BBC News 10:30 Indian School 11:00
BBC News 11:10 Imagination 12:00
BBC News 12:30 This Week 13:00
BBC News 13:30 Equestrian World
14:00 BBC News 14:30 The Wedding
Business 15:00 BBC News 15:15 Sport
Today 15:30 Egyptian Journeys 16:00
BBC News 16:05 Have Your Say 17:00
BBC News 17:30 Dateline London
18:00 BBC News 19:00 BBC News
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 Equestrian World
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 02:30 Dateline London 03:00 BBC News 03:10 Imagination 04:00 BBC News 04:30 Equestrian
World 05:30 HARDtalk 06:00 BBC
News 06:30 World Business Report
BRAVO
09:00 Spider-Man 10:00 When Sport
Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports 10:30
When Sport Goes Bad: Whacked Out
Sports 11:00 World’s Most Amazing
Videos 2 12:00 Gamer’s Guide to...
12:30 Gamer TV 13:00 Dog the Bounty
Hunter 14:00 Cops on Camera 15:00
Cannon for Cordoba 17:00 Dog the
Bounty Hunter 18:00 World’s Most
Amazing Videos 2 19:00 Cops on Camera 20:00 When Sport Goes Bad:
Whacked Out Sports 20:30 When
Sport Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports
21:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter 21:30
Dog the Bounty Hunter 22:00 Brits
Behind Bars: America’s Toughest Jail
23:00 The Real Football Factories International 00:00 Macintyre’s Underworld
01:00 Uncovered 02:00 Aqua Teen
Hunger Force 02:15 Aqua Teen Hunger
Force 02:30 Aqua Teen Hunger Force
02:45 Aqua Teen Hunger Force 03:00
The Real Football Factories International 04:00 Arrested Development 04:30
Arrested Development
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 Replacements 10:15 The Suite Life
of Zack and Cody 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
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time 13:05
As The Bell Rings 13:10 Recess 13:35
Recess 14:00 Disney Channel Games
Event Three The Dance Dunk 14:05
The Replacements 14:30 The Suite Life
of Zack and Cody 15:00 Lizzie McGuire
15:30 Cory in The House 16:00 Hannah Montana 16:25 As The Bell Rings
16:35 That’s So Raven 17:00 Stuck In
the Suburbs 18:15 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 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 Planet’s Funniest
Animals 10:40 The New Adventures
of Superman 11:40 The New Adventures of Superman 12:40 Emmerdale
Omnibus 15:30 Groundhog Day 17:25
Coronation Street Omnibus 19:50
America’s Got Talent 21:00 America’s
Got Talent 22:00 Instinct 00:25 Coronation Street 01:00 Unbreakable 03:00
America’s Got Talent 04:10 America’s
Got Talent 05:00 Teleshopping
ITV 3
07:00 Cromwell 07:50 Upstairs, Downstairs 08:50 Past Crimes 09:20 Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime 10:25
Mapp and Lucia 11:30 The Two Ronnies 12:30 Robin of Sherwood 13:35
Home to Roost 14:05 The Memoirs of
Sherlock Holmes 16:15 Kavanagh Q.C.
17:55 Robin of Sherwood 19:00 The
Two Ronnies 20:00 The Magnificent
Seven 21:00 Best of Talk... Gloria Hunniford 22:00 Rising Damp 22:30 Jaws
00:55 The Big Easy 01:55 Being There
04:15 Savage Planet 04:40 Emmerdale
Omnibus
ITV 4
14:30 Used Car Roadshow 15:30 UFO
16:30 The Force 17:00 Police, Camera,
Action! 17:30 Police, Camera, Action!
18:00 World Rally Championship 19:00
World Rally Championship: Highlights
20:05 Barmy Army Adventure 21:00
Quatermass 22:00 The Frank Skinner
Show 23:00 The Scorpion King 00:55
Red Rock West 02:55 The Larry Sanders Show 03:20 Dinner for Five 03:55
LAPD: Life on the Beat 04:20 LAPD:
Life on the Beat 04:45 Movies Now
04:55 Film File 05:00 Teleshopping
LIVING
07:00 Home Shopping 08:00 Mad
About You 08:30 Mad About You
09:00 Maury 09:55 The Fix 10:00
Melrose Place 11:00 The Golden Girls
12:00 Charmed 13:00 Bewitched
13:30 Bewitched 14:00 Britain’s Next
Top Model 19:00 Million Dollar Mansions 20:00 Exposed 21:00 The Real
Housewives of Orange County 22:00
CSI: Miami 23:00 Criminal Minds
00:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
01:00 Most Haunted 02:00 The Real
Housewives of Orange County 03:00
Veronica Mars 04:00 Out of Practice
04:25 Out of Practice 04:50 The Biggest Loser 05:40 The Jerry Springer
Show 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
13:00 Scrubs 14:00 Less Than Perfect
15:00 Scrubs 16:00 Less Than Perfect
17:00 Scrubs 18:00 Less Than Perfect
19:00 Scrubs 20:00 Less Than Perfect
21:00 Scrubs 22:05 The Naked Gun
2 1/2: The Smell Of Fear 23:40 Jack
Dee - Live At The Apollo 01:20 Last
Comic Standing 02:20 World Stands
Up 02:50 South Park 04:20 Sexy Cam
04:30 Linc’s 05:00 Ally McBeal 06:00
Sir Leslie Quint A Life In Film 06:10
The Wonder Years
SCI FI
07:00 Robot Wars 08:00 Robot Wars
09:00 Teleshopping 12:00 Star Trek
13:05 Star Trek 14:10 Star Trek 15:15
Star Trek 16:20 Short Circuit 2 18:25
Waitin’ to Live 20:20 Taken 22:00 Medium 23:00 Threshold 00:00 Universal
Soldier II: Brothers in Arms 01:50 Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business
03:50 Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land
on the Moon? 05:00 The Outer Limits
06:00 The Outer Limits
SKY ONE
07:00 The Hour of Power 08:00 PokÈmon 08:30 Yu-Gi-Oh! 09:00 Buffy The
Vampire Slayer 10:00 Futurama 10:30
Evan Almighty Special 11:00 Vroom
Vroom 12:00 World Wrestling Entertainment Experience 13:00 Robot Wars
14:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
16:00 A Town Called Eureka 17:00
Brainiac: Science Abuse 18:00 Mission Implausible 19:00 The Simpsons
19:30 The Simpsons 21:00 Alan Ball
Cup - Soapstar Challenge: Coronation
Street V Emmerdale 22:00 The Diana
Years 23:00 Weeds 23:35 Lovespring
International 00:05 Lovespring International 00:35 Football Years 01:35
Star Trek: The Next Generation 03:25
Is Harry on the Boat? 04:15 Mark
Williams’ Big Bangs 05:05 Deadwood
06:10 Taste
UKTV gold
07:00 Fantasy Island 08:00 Dallas
11:00 Doctor Who 12:00 Open All
Hours 12:40 Porridge 13:20 Porridge
14:40 Only Fools and Horses 22:00
Dalziel and Pascoe 00:20 The Royle Family 01:00 Men Behaving Badly 01:40
Jack Dee’s Happy Hour 02:20 The Girl
in the CafÈ 03:55 Agatha Christie’s
Miss Marple 05:40 Doctor Who 06:25
Close Up 06:35 Neighbours
UKTV people
10:00 Top Gear 14:00 Faking It 03:00
Faking It 03:50 Close Up
UKTV style
08:00 Beat the Burglar 09:00 Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition - How Do
They Do That? 10:00 Fly to Buy 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 Bargain Hunt
17:00 Flog It! 18:00 Cash in the Attic
19:00 Flog It! 20:00 I Do, Let’s Eat
20:30 I Do, Let’s Eat 21:00 First Dance 21:30 First Dance 22:00 Wedding
Stories 23:00 DIY SOS 23:30 DIY SOS
00:00 Escape to the Country 01:00
Flog It! 02:00 Living in the Sun 03:00
Family Contract
UKTV bright ideas
07:00 In Grand Style 08:00 Tanner
Brothers 08:30 Deck Dates 09:00
Sophie Grigson’s Weekends 10:00
The Wow Factor 11:00 Antiques
Roadshow 12:00 Antiques Roadshow
13:00 In Grand Style 14:00 Tanner
Brothers 14:30 Deck Dates 15:00 Sophie Grigson’s Weekends 16:00 The
Wow Factor 17:00 Antiques Roadshow
18:00 Antiques Roadshow
UKTV drama
07:00 Howards’ Way 08:00 Juliet Bravo 09:00 Born and Bred 10:00 Hart
to Hart 11:00 Sharpe 13:05 The Dick
Emery Show 13:20 Last of the Summer
Wine 14:00 Murder, She Wrote 15:00
Murder, She Wrote 16:00 Kidnapped
18:40 Last of the Summer Wine 19:20
Last of the Summer Wine 20:00 Last
of the Summer Wine 20:40 Last of the
Summer Wine 21:20 Last of the Summer Wine 22:00 Catherine Cookson’s
The Dwelling Place 01:05 New Street
Law 02:20 Catherine Cookson’s The
Dwelling Place 05:00 Juliet Bravo
TELEVISION
30
August 3 - August 9 2007
Monday 6th August 2007
BBC 1
07:00
10:15
11:00
12:00
12:45
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
21:30
22:00
23:00
23:35
00:25
02:05
03:05
03:55
05:25
Breakfast
News and topical reports.
(Stereo, Widescreen,
Subtitles)
To Buy or Not to Buy
Homes under the Hammer
How to Live Longer
Car Booty
Cash in the Attic
BBC News and Weather
Regional News and Weather
Neighbours
Doctors
All Saints
BBC News and Weather
Maya and Miguel
Skunk Fu
Mortified
The Story of Tracy Beaker
Beat The Boss
Newsround
Neighbours
BBC News and Weather
Regional News and Weather
The One Show
Super Vets
EastEnders
Panorama
Fight For Life
BBC News
The Tower
Lightning Jack
The Big Day
The Tower
My Heart Belongs to Dad
Joins BBC News 24
Round the clock breaking
news.
(Subtitles)
BBC 2
07:00
07:20
07:35
08:00
08:15
08:30
09:00
09:45
09:55
10:25
10:45
11:10
11:35
12:00
12:10
12:35
13:00
14:40
15:00
15:45
16:45
17:30
18:15
19:00
20:00
20:30
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:00
23:30
00:20
00:35
01:35
02:00
03:15
03:40
04:00
Fimbles
The Story Makers
Balamory
Numberjacks
Tommy Zoom
In The Night Garden
Do Something Different
Mona The Vampire
SMart!
Time Warp Trio
The Really Wild Show
Watch My Chops
Even Stevens
Dangermouse
Top Cat
The Munsters
Hungry Hill
The Plantsman
Living in the Sun
Escape to the Country
Flog It!
Ready, Steady, Cook
The Weakest Link
Animal Park - Wild on the
West Coast
Heston Blumenthal: In Search
of Perfection
Mastermind
University Challenge
Indian Food Made Easy
India with Sanjeev Bhaskar
Calcutta Uncovered
Newsnight
21st Century Bach
Art of Eternity
Talking Movies
Jilting Joe
Arrested Development
How I Met Your Mother
Joins BBC News 24
ITV 1
CHANNEL 4
07:00
10:25
11:30
13:30
14:30
07:10
07:35
08:00
09:00
10:00
10:30
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:00
23:30
00:00
01:50
05:10
05:30
06:00
06:30
GMTV
The Jeremy Kyle Show
This Morning
Loose Women
ITV Lunchtime News and
Weather
Daily Cooks
Dickinson’s Real Deal
HeartBeat
Golden Balls
London Tonight
ITV Evening News; Weather
Emmerdale
Coronation Street
Grimebusters
Coronation Street
Rosemary and Thyme
Help I’m a Teen Mum
ITV News; Weather
Another 48 Hrs
ITV Play
Costa Living
Costa Living
Following some of those
Britons who have decided to
settle on the Costa del Sol.
The Wakefield foursome finally
make it to Spain, only to split
up after a bitter row. Garry and
Cherrie have been running a
bar for a couple of months,
but it isn’t working out for
Cherrie. PR woman Annabel
Milnes Smith has to set up
a launch party on Marbella’s
Golden Mile. And Luca Garau
explores the distractions of
Costa nightlife.
(Stereo, Repeat, Widescreen,
Subtitles, Signed)
ITV Nightscreen
ITV Morning News
The latest national and
international news.
(Stereo, Subtitles)
10:50
11:25
11:55
13:00
13:30
13:55
15:00
16:30
17:15
18:00
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:55
21:00
22:00
23:00
00:05
00:35
01:10
04:15
05:45
06:15
The Hoobs
The Hoobs
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Big Brother
Shipwrecked 2007
Girls Aloud’s Postcard From
T4 on The Beach
Surf’s Up: T4 Movie Special
Friends
Shipwrecked 2007: Battle Of
The Islands
News at Noon
Frasier
A Place In The Sun
Carry On Sergeant
Countdown
Win My Wage
Richard and Judy
The Simpsons
Hollyoaks
Channel 4 News
3 Minute Wonder
Dispatches
Empire’s Children
Big Brother
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
Star Stories
Big Brother Live
Turtle Beach
Political drama starring Greta
Scacchi as Judith, an Australian photo-journalist who
faces personal danger when
she goes to cover the plight of
Vietnamese boat people being
interned in Malaysia.
Director: Stephen Wallace
Starring: Greta Scacchi, Joan
Chen, Jack Thompson, Art
Malik, Norman Kaye, Victoria
Longley
(Widescreen, Subtitles,
Signed, 1992, 15, 3 Star)
FIA GT Championship
Richard and Judy
FIVE
07:00
07:10
07:20
07:25
07:40
07:45
08:20
08:30
08:45
09:00
09:15
09:20
09:35
09:50
09:55
10:00
10:30
11:30
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:30
14:45
16:25
16:30
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:15
21:00
22:00
00:00
02:00
02:50
03:40
04:10
05:00
06:10
Thomas and Friends
Make Way for Noddy
When I Grow Up
Oswald
Peppa Pig
Hi-5
Hana’s Helpline
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
Insect Antics
Roobarb and Custard Too
House Doctor
Doctor, Doctor
The Trisha Goddard Show
five News
Home and Away
Charmed
Russell Grant’s Postcards
Rag and Bone
five News Update
Perry Mason: The Case of the
Ruthless Reporter
five News
Home and Away
Committed
five News
Mean Machines of War
Megastructures
Secret Window
Misery
NASCAR Nextel Cup
US PGA Golf
Golf: The Challenge
Boxing USA
Football Argentina
French Football
E4
07:00
12:55
13:55
14:55
17:25
17:55
18:25
18:55
20:00
20:30
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:00
00:40
Big Brother Live
Big Brother’s Diary Room Uncut
Big Brother
Big Brother Live
Hollyoaks
Friends
Friends
Big Brother
Hollyoaks
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Join Dermot O’Leary and guests
live 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.
(Watch On Mobile)
Friends
Friends
Big Brother: On The Couch
Shameless
Learning of the death of his three
ex-cell mates is sending Paddy
round the bend. With the three
of them taken out one-by-one in
suspicious circumstances, could
this mean he’s next in line? And,
to add to his worries, his son
Jamie is about to marry and Mimi
is not too keen on the idea.
Director: Henry Cole
Starring: Joss Ackland, Christopher Adamson, Marcus Bentley,
Claire Bloom, Jeremy Brett, Russ
Kane
(Repeat, Watch On Mobile, Subtitles, Part 8 of 8, Audio Described,
1996, 18, 2 Star)
Big Brother Live
DOCUMENTARIES
DISCOVERY
07:00 Time Team 08:00 Mythbusters
09:00 How It’s Made 09:30 How It’s
Made 10:00 How Do They Do It? 11:00
Piranha Adventure 12:00 Seven Wonders
of Ancient Egypt 13:00 World’s Toughest
Tribes 14:00 The F.B.I. Files 15:00 Forensic Detectives 16:00 American Chopper
17:00 Deadliest Catch 18:00 Superships
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
Guys and Dolls 23:00 World’s Toughest
Tribes 00:00 Forensic Detectives 01:00
The F.B.I. Files 02:00 Unsolved Murder
03:00 Forensic Detectives 04:00 World’s
Toughest Tribes 04:50 Guys and Dolls
05:40 Kings of Construction 06:30 How
It’s Made
DISCOVERY real time
07:00 Barn Free 07:30 New Yankee
Workshop 08:00 Hooked on Fishing:
Bute Island Trouting 08:30 Hooked on
Fishing: Florida Wreck Fishing 09:00
Total Fishing 2006 09:30 John Wilson’s
Dream Fishing 10:00 Watercolours
with Charles Evans 10:30 Joy of Painting 11:00 Locks and Quays 11:30
Waterworld 12:00 The Wreck Detectives 13:00 Nobody’s Inn 14:00 A Place
In The Sun 15:00 A Place by the Sea
16:00 Property Ladder 17:00 Chop Cut
Rebuild 17:30 Chop Cut Rebuild 18:00
Biker Build-off 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 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 Biker Build-off 02:00 A Chopper
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 Wheeler Dealers 04:50 Wheeler
Dealers 05:15 Watercolours with Charles Evans 05:40 Joy of Painting 06:05
The House That Mackintosh Built 06:30
Dreamboats
NATIONAL geographic
09:00 Air Crash Investigation 10:00 Warplanes 11:00 Secrets 12:00 Battlefront
12:30 Battlefront 13:00 Megastructures
14:00 How It Works 14:30 How It Works
15:00 Battle of The Hood and The Bismarck 16:00 Battle of The Hood and The
Bismarck 17:00 Seconds From Disaster
18:00 A Treasure Ship’s Tragedy 19:00
The Sea Hunters 20:00 Norway’s Hidden
Secrets 21:00 Seconds From Disaster
22:00 Aryan Brotherhood 23:00 US Swat
00:00 Baghdad 01:00 Bermuda Triangle
Investigated 02:00 Megastructures
HISTORY channel
09:00 Dynasties 10:00 Banned From The
Bible 11:00 The Peasants’ Revolt 13:10
The Hunt for Jack the Ripper 14:00 Secret Luftwaffe of World War II 15:00 The
Last Days of World War II 16:00 World’s
Deadliest Aircraft 17:00 Stalin 18:00 The
Last Days of World War II 19:00 Engineering An Empire 20:00 The Crusades
21:00 Titanic: A Tale Of Two Journeys
22:00 Fort Knox: Secrets Revealed 00:00
Crime Stories 01:00 Stalin 02:00 Dynasties
UKTV documentary
10:00 Chernobyl - The Fall-Out 11:00 Edge
of Blue Heaven 11:30 Edge of Blue Heaven
12:00 Planet Earth 13:00 Planet Earth
14:00 Edge of Blue Heaven 14:30 Edge
of Blue Heaven 15:00 Wild Africa 16:00
Natural World 17:00 Planet Earth 18:00
Planet Earth 19:00 Edge of Blue Heaven
19:30 Edge of Blue Heaven 20:00 Wild Africa 21:00 Planet Earth 22:00 Planet Earth
23:00 Natural World 00:00 Edge of Blue
Heaven 00:30 Edge of Blue Heaven 01:00
Wild Africa 02:00 Natural World 03:00
Chernobyl - The Fall-Out 03:50 World’s
Best Places To See 03:55 World’s Best
Places To See
ANIMAL planet
07:00 Miami Animal Police 08:00 Crocodile Hunter 09:00 Going Ape 09:30
Animal Crackers 10:00 Britain’s Worst Pet
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 Amazing Animal Videos 14:00 Britain’s Worst Pet 14:30 Britain’s Worst Pet
15:30 Wildlife SOS 16:00 Crocodile Hunter
17:00 Going Ape 17:30 Animal Crackers
18:00 Animal Cops Houston 19:00 Amazing Animal Videos 19:30 Wonder Dogs
20:00 Going Ape 20:30 Wildlife SOS 21:00
A Stable Life 21:30 A Stable Life 22:00
RSPCA: On The Frontline 22:30 RSPCA:
On The Frontline 23:00 Miami Animal Police 00:00 Wildlife SOS 00:30 Going Ape
01:00 Wild Rescues 01:30 Pet Rescue
02:00 Animal Cops Houston 03:00 Miami
Animal Police 04:00 Wildlife SOS 04:30
Going Ape 04:55 Wonder Dogs 05:20
Pet Rescue 05:45 Amazing Animal Videos 06:10 RSPCA: On The Frontline 06:35
RSPCA: On The Frontlinew
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
07:00
08:00
09:00
09:30
11:30
13:30
15:30
17:30
23:00
01:00
03:00
Polo: Cartier International
World Wrestling Entertainment Late Night Bottom Line
Moto+
Premiership Years 20022003
Football: Rotterdam Tournament 2007 - Shanghai Shenhua V Porto And Feyenoord V
Liverpool
FA Community Shield:
Chelsea V Manchester United
Football: Rotterdam Tournament 2007 - Shanghai Shenhua V Porto And Feyenoord V
Liverpool
Cricket: Natwest Pro40
- Sussex V Gloucestershire
Premiership Years 20022003
Speedway
Premiership Years 20022003
A trip down memory lane
to some classic seasons.
Featuring hit music from the
time, big news stories and, of
course, all the key moments
from the 2002-03 season.
(Subtitles, Signed, Audio
Described)
SKY SPORTS 2
07:00
07:30
08:00
08:30
09:00
11:30
13:30
14:30
17:00
19:00
20:30
22:30
23:00
00:30
03:00
Aerobics Oz Style
Ocean
Aerobics Oz Style
Ocean
Motor Racing
Harlequins V Leeds
Polo: Cartier International
Motor Racing
Premiership Years 2002-2003
Show Jumping: Spruce Meadows - C.N Reliability Grand Prix
Speedway
Wild Spirits
Show Jumping: Spruce Meadows - C.N Reliability Grand Prix
World Motor Sports
An essential guide to who is
racing where, when and how,
taking followers of motor sport
to the heart of the race world.
Show Jumping: Spruce Meadows - C.N Reliability Grand Prix
Spruce Meadows - C.N Reliability Grand Prix.
Spruce Meadows hosts the CN
Reliability Grand Prix. Norman
Dello Joio successfully defended his title last year to claim
his third win riding ‘Glasgow’.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Signed)
SKY SPORTS 3
09:00
11:00
12:00
17:00
18:00
20:00
20:30
23:00
00:00
01:00
02:00
03:00
FA Community Shield: Chelsea
V Manchester United
Polo: Cartier International
Golf Night
European Tour Golf: Russian
Open
World Wrestling Entertainment
Raw
Wild Spirits
World Motor Sports
World Wrestling Entertainment
Late Night Bottom Line
World Wrestling Entertainment
Late Night Afterburn
ECW Wrestling
World Wrestling Entertainment
Heat
All the best of the recent action
from Raw, plus all the reaction
to it, as well as exclusive
matches featuring some of your
favourite Superstars.
(Signed)
World Wrestling Entertainment
Late Night Raw
Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler
present another week of hardhitting wrestling action featuring musclebound stars such
as Triple H, John Cena, Randy
Orton and Shawn Michaels.
(Live)
EUROSPORT
08:30
09:00
11:30
13:00
13:30
16:30
18:00
18:15
18:45
21:00
23:30
01:00
Rally
Snooker: International Masters
In Shanghai, China
Volleyball: World Grand Prix In
Warsaw, Poland
All Sports: Watts Prime
Snooker: International Masters
In Shanghai, China
Athletics: Iaaf Super Grand Prix
In London, United Kingdom
Football: Eurogoals
The weekly European football
magazine including highlights
of the best European Leagues:
Germany, France, Portugal,
The Netherlands, the Scottish
derbies etc...
All Sports: Watts
Snooker: International Masters
In Shanghai, China
Fight Sport: Fight Club
Snooker: International Masters
In Shanghai, China
International Masters In
Shanghai, China.
Day 1.
Motorsports
Motorsports Weekend
Magazine.
Latest news from the
motorsports’ world.
ESPN classic
07:45
10:00
11:00
11:30
12:00
13:00
14:00
14:30
15:00
15:30
16:00
17:00
18:00
18:30
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:30
23:00
00:00
00:30
01:00
01:30
02:00
03:00
US Open: Mcenroe V Borg
Pro Celebrity Golf
Sporting Greats: Will Carling
Sporting Greats: Jpr Williams
Tyson Raw + Uncut
Rivalry: Flamengo V Vasco Da
Gama
Wales in The Rugby World Cup
The Legends Speak
Sporting Greats: Will Carling
Sporting Greats: Jpr Williams
Cricket: Lancs V Northants
Tyson Raw + Uncut
Sporting Greats: Will Carling
Sporting Greats: Jpr Williams
Pro Celebrity Golf
Premiership Highlights,
2001/2002
Cricket: England V Australia
Ireland in The Rugby World Cup
England in The Rugby World
Cup
Premiership Highlights,
2002/2003
Tyson Raw + Uncut
His Heavyweight Rivals: Mike
Tyson
Strikers: Kenny Dalglish
Norwich City V Liverpool
Premiership Highlights,
2002/2003
Tyson Raw + Uncut
03:30
04:00
04:30
05:00
05:30
06:00
His Heavyweight Rivals: Mike
Tyson
Ireland in The Rugby World
Cup
A typically humorous and
extensive guide charting
Ireland’s Rugby World Cup
history - from the highs to the
lows and from 1987 to 2003.
England in The Rugby World
Cup
Strikers: Kenny Dalglish
Kenny Dalglish.
Award-winning writer and
broadcaster Gary Imlach
celebrates and discusses
the career of Kenny Dalglish
in our series about superb
strikers from the ‘80s.
Norwich City V Liverpool
1980 - With two minutes to
go it’s 3-3 and we’ve seen one
of the best matches of the
season, plus the goal of the
season from Justin Fashanu.
Game over...?
US Open: Mcenroe V Borg
1981 - It’s déjà vu for the
world as Borg squares up to
tantrum thrower McEnroe in
an exhilarating 1981 final.
TELEVISION
August 3 - August 9 2007
31
Monday 6th August 2007
FILMS
SKY MOVIES sci-fi & horror
07:00
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
13:05
13:20
15:30
16:15
18:35
18:50
19:20
21:40
22:00
00:25
01:25
01:40
04:00
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
Star Wars: Episode IV - A
New Hope
Star Wars vs Star Trek
Programme
Star Wars: Episode V - The
Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars - Shortened!
Star Wars: Episode VI
- Return of the Jedi
Star Wars vs Star Trek
Programme
Star Wars: The Birth Of The
Lightsabre
Star Wars: Episode I - The
Phantom Menace
Sci-Fi and Horror Close Up
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones
Star Wars: Feel The Force
Star Wars vs Star Trek
Programme
Star Wars: Episode III
- Revenge of the Sith
Behind The Scen
es
SKY MOVIES premier
11:00 Comedy Close Up
11:30 Star Wars vs Star Trek
Programme
12:00 The Simpsons
12:30 Premiere Close Up
13:00 Curious George
14:45 Drama Close Up
15:15 Ice Age: The Meltdown
17:00 Honeymoon With Mom
18:45 Action and Thriller Close
Up
19:15 RV - Runaway Vacation
21:00 Munich
23:45 When a Stranger Calls
01:20 Stay Alive
SKY MOVIES modern greats
07:00
08:40
10:15
12:05
14:00
15:40
17:30
19:05
21:00
23:00
01:05
03:00
06:40
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Rocky IV
On Golden Pond
Grease 2
Cotton Comes to Harlem
On Golden Pond
Rocky IV
Heartburn
Grease 2
Salvador
The Last Detail
Heaven’s Gate
Rocky IV
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00 We Don’t Live Here
Anymore
12:45 The Eighth Day
14:45 The Horseman on The Roof
17:05 La Dolce Vita
20:00 The Eighth Day
22:00 The Horseman on The Roof
00:20 Bang
02:00 La Dolce Vita
SKY MOVIES family
07:00
08:35
10:30
12:05
13:55
15:35
17:30
19:10
21:00
22:45
00:25
02:10
03:45
05:20
06:30
Fat Albert
Roll Bounce
Like Mike 2: Streetball
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to
the Galaxy
Big Momma’s House 2
Roll Bounce
Like Mike 2: Streetball
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to
the Galaxy
Big Momma’s House 2
Fat Albert
Born Champion
Merlin and the Sword
MVP: Most Valuable Primate
Sugar Creek Gang: Teacher
Trouble
Family
Close Up
SKY MOVIES drama
08:10
09:50
11:25
13:00
14:35
16:15
17:50
19:25
21:00
23:30
01:10
03:25
03:55
06:00
06:30
A Month of Sundays
The Bachelor’s Baby
The End of Eden
The Simple Life of Noah
Dearborn
A Month of Sundays
The Bachelor’s Baby
The End of Eden
The Simple Life of Noah
Dearborn
Cinderella Man
Fear
Mississippi Burning
Drama Close Up
Keys to Tulsa
Classics Close Up
Drama Close Up
SKY MOVIES comedy
07:30
09:20
11:20
13:20
15:00
17:00
19:10
21:00
22:50
00:25
02:25
04:10
06:10
06:30
Under Wraps
She’s Having a Baby
He Said, She Said
Fun With Dick and Jane
Captain Ron
Patch Adams
Under Wraps
Millions
Fun With Dick and Jane
Patch Adams
Millions
He Said, She Said
The Top 10 Show
Comedy Close Up
SKY MOVIES classics
07:00
07:20
07:55
08:30
10:40
11:15
13:15
15:00
15:30
17:20
Billy Blazes, Esq.
Bumping Into Broadway
Haunted Spooks
The Private Life of Sherlock
Holmes
Chaplin Today - Monsieur
Verdoux
The Glenn Miller Story
Guadalcanal Diary
Drama Close Up
The Browning Version
Romanoff and Juliet
19:20 Modern Greats Close Up
19:50 The Private Life of Sherlock
Holmes
22:00 The Glenn Miller Story
23:55 Romanoff and Juliet
01:40 Guadalcanal Diary
03:15 The Abominable Dr Phibes
04:55 The Browning Version
06:30 Drama Close Up
SKY MOVIES action/thriller
07:10 Volcano: Fire on the
Mountain
08:50 Bet Your Life
10:30 Young Guns II
12:30 Red Eye
14:10 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
16:15 Bet Your Life
17:55 Action and Thriller Close Up
18:25 Young Guns II
20:25 Red Eye
22:00 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
00:00 Inferno
01:40 Action and Thriller Close Up
02:10 A History Of Violence
04:00 The Passion of Darkly Noon
06:00 Premiere Close Up
06:30 Action and Thriller
Close Up
SKY MOVIES HD 1
12:00
14:00
15:55
17:55
19:55
22:00
23:40
01:30
02:00
Zathura: A Space Adventure
Sixty Six
Keeping Mum
Zathura: A Space Adventure
Emma
Sixty Six
Keeping Mum
Modern Greats Close Up
The Marrying Man
SKY MOVIES HD 2
13:00
14:40
15:10
16:50
18:50
20:40
21:00
Dragon Dynasty
Drama Close Up
Cry_Wolf
Seed of Chucky
Dragon Dynasty
The Top 10 Show
Cry_Wolf
22:30
23:00
01:15
03:00
Premiere Close Up
Blue Velvet
Seed of Chucky
Winter Solstice
FILM 4
14:00
15:45
17:55
19:45
22:00
00:20
02:10
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Campbell’s Kingdom
The Devil and Miss Jones
Tea with Mussolini
Star Trek: Nemesis
Kissing Jessica Stein
My First Mister
TCM
07:30
07:45
10:35
12:00
13:45
16:00
17:50
19:30
22:00
00:25
02:40
02:55
03:30
06:00
Teleshopping
The Comedians
All at Sea
The Public Enemy
The Green Years
The Cincinnati Kid
Murder Ahoy
The Bridges of Madison
County
Pale Rider
2010
Teleshopping
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark and
Handsome
Destination Tokyo
Slim
DISNEY cinemagic
07:00 The Little Mermaid
07:25 Aladdin
07:45
08:10
08:35
09:00
09:25
09:45
10:00
11:05
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
19:00
19:10
19:35
20:00
21:40
22:05
22:25
22:50
23:15
23:45
00:10
00:35
House of Mouse
Emperor’s New School
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Lady and the Tramp II:
Scamp’s Adventure
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Recess
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Emperor’s New School
Recess
Recess: All Growed Down
Classic Toons
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
102 Dalmatians
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Emperor’s New School
Recess
Quack Pack
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
House of Mouse
The Public Enemy
TCM 12.00 - 13.45
The Public Enemy (1931) is one of the earliest and best of the
gangster films from Warner Bros. in the thirties. The film’s
screenplay (by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon), which received
the film’s only Academy Award nomination, was based upon their
novel Beer and Blood. Unfortunately, the film wasn’t even given
a Best Picture nomination, nor was Cagney rewarded with a nomination for his dynamic and kinetic performance. Jean Harlow’s
small role as a sexy call-girl was her only screen appearance with
Cagney and her only lead role with Warners.
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
20:00 Doctor Who 20:45 Doctor Who Confidential 21:00 Conning the Conmen 21:30
The Real Hustle 22:00 Honey We’re Killing
The Kids 23:00 EastEnders 23:30 My Best
Friend’s Wife 00:30 Tittybangbang 01:00
The Mighty Boosh 01:30 The Real Hustle
02:00 Conning the Conmen 02:30 My Best
Friend’s Wife 03:25 Tittybangbang
BBC 4
20:00 World News Today 20:30 Proms on
Four 2007 22:50 Sounds of The Seventies
23:00 Life on Mars 00:00 Time 01:00 The
Cult of... 01:30 The 1970s Edwardian Reconstruction 02:00 How To Be Edwardian
03:00 Proms on Four 2007
BBC prime
11:00 Garden Challenge 11:30 Wild New
World 12:30 Keeping Up Appearances
13:00 As Time Goes By 13:30 My Family
14:00 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates 15:00
Waking the Dead 16:00 House Invaders
16:30 Bargain Hunt 18:00 As Time Goes By
18:30 My Family 19:00 Home Front 20:00
Waking the Dead 21:00 Canterbury Tales
22:00 Knowing Me, Knowing You... with
Alan Partridge 22:30 Nighty Night 23:00
Waking the Dead 00:00 Keeping Up Appearances 00:30 Canterbury Tales 01:30 As
Time Goes By 02:00 My Family 02:30 EastEnders 03:00 Waking the Dead 04:00 Hetty
Wainthropp Investigates
BBC world
11:30 Indian School 12:00 BBC News 12:30
World Business 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 Business Report 19:45 Sport
Today 20:00 World News Today 21:00 BBC
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 02:30
World Business Report 03:00 BBC News
BRAVO
11:00 Knight Rider 12:00 Walker, Texas Ranger 13:00 When Sport Goes Bad: Whacked
Out Sports 14:00 Street Crime UK 2 15:00
Dog the Bounty Hunter 16:00 Street Crime
UK 2 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: Deadliest Police Shootouts 23:00 The
Real Football Factories International 00:00
UFC Unleashed 01:00 Under Fire: Deadliest
Police Shootouts 02:00 Squidbillies 02:15
12 oz. Mouse 02:30 Moral Orel 02:45 Tim
And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! 03:00
Tom Goes to the Mayor 03:15 Harvey Birdman 03:30 Space Ghost Coast to Coast
DISNEY
10:35 As The Bell Rings 10:40 The Suite
Life of Zack and Cody 11:50 Lizzie McGuire
12:40 The Suite Life of Zack and Cody 13:30
Lizzie McGuire 14:20 The Suite Life of Zack
and Cody 15:10 Lizzie McGuire 16:00 The
Suite Life of Zack and Cody 16:50 Lizzie
McGuire 17:40 The Suite Life of Zack and
Cody 18:30 Lizzie McGuire 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 Wendy Wu: Homecoming
Warrior 22:30 As The Bell Rings 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
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 Sally Jessy Raphael 18:15
Airline USA 18:45 Judge Judy 20:00 The
New Adventures of Superman 21:00 Airline
21:30 Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty
22:00 Unbreakable 00:05 Coronation Street
01:05 The Sixth Sense
ITV 3
10:55 And She Was 12:50 Film File 13:00
Cagney and Lacey 14:00 HeartBeat 15:00
Only When I Laugh 15:35 Goodnight Sweetheart 16:10 Columbo: No Time to Die 18:00
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 19:05
Goodnight Sweetheart 19:45 Film File 19:55
Never the Twain 20:25 Only When I Laugh
21:00 The Bill 22:00 Law and Order: Trial by
Jury 23:00 Liverpool One 00:00 Thief Takers
01:05 Never the Twain 01:35 Only When I
Laugh 02:10 The Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes
ITV 4
19:00 F1: Grand Prix Highlights 20:00 F1
Fan Car 20:30 Police, Camera, Action! 21:00
Andromeda 22:00 Bad Lads’ Army 23:00
Red Rock West 01:00 My Little Eye 02:55
Police, Camera, Action! 03:25 The Larry
Sanders Show 03:55 Now and Again 04:45
Movies Now 04:55 Wrecking Your Life
LIVING
10:00 Extreme Makeover 11:00 Cheaters
12:00 The Jerry Springer Show 13:30 Maury 14:25 The Fix 14:30 Will and Grace 15:30
Dharma and Greg 16:00 Grey’s Anatomy
17:00 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 Out of Practice 04:50 Get a Life 05:40
6ixth Sense with Colin Fry 06:05 The Jerry
Springer Show 06:30 Home Shopping
PARAMOUNT comedy
10:30 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 Two and a
Half Men 22:30 Rules of Engagement 23:00
Sex and The City 00:10 South Park 00:40
Comedy Blue 01:10 Ardal O’Hanlan Live
02:30 Trailer Park Boys 03:00 Badly Dubbed
Porn 03:30 Sexy Cam 03:50 Sex and The
City 05:00 South Park 05:30 Comedy Blue
06:00 Sir Leslie Quint A Life In Film 06:10
That ‘70s Show
SCI FI
12:00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost
World 13:00 Roswell 14:00 Star Trek 15:00
Profiler 16:00 Waitin’ to Live 18:00 Star
Trek 19:00 Profiler 20:00 Mysterious Ways
21:00 Angel 22:00 Medium 23:00 Taken
00:40 Waterworld 03:15 Psychic Detectives
04:00 ReGenesis 05:00 V 06:00 Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle’s The Lost World
SKY one
10:00 Stargate SG-1 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 SG-1 19:00 Malcolm
in the Middle 20:00 The Simpsons 21:00
The Simpsons 22:00 Something Beneath
23:40 99 Most Bizarre... 00:40 Nip/Tuck
01:45 Star Trek: The Next Generation 03:35
Caribbean Uncovered 04:30 Is Harry on the
Boat? 05:25 America’s Dumbest Criminals
06:10 Taste
UKTV gold
10:20 Last of the Summer Wine 11:00 Doctor Who 13:00 My Family 14:20 Open All
Hours 15:40 Only Fools and Horses 17:00
Doctor Who 19:00 My Family 19:40 Open
All Hours 20:20 Only Fools and Horses
21:00 New Tricks 22:00 New Adventures
of Old Christine 23:00 Prison Break 01:00
New Adventures of Old Christine 02:00 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 03:15 Yes,
Prime Minister 03:45 As Time Goes By
04:15 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple 06:10
Neighbours
Not to Buy 21:00 Homes under the Hammer
22:00 Escape to the Country 23:00 Fly to
Buy 00:00 Living in the Sun
UKTV Style
10:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
11:00 The Clothes Show 12:00 Who Rules
the Roost? 13:00 Beat the Burglar 14:00
Homes under the Hammer 15:00 Escape to
the Country 16:00 Living in the Sun 17:00
Fantasy Homes By The Sea 18:00 Flog It!
19:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
20:00 Homes under the Hammer 21:00 The
Clothes Show 22:00 Escape to the Country
23:00 Fantasy Homes By The Sea 00:00
Living in the Sun 01:00 Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition 02:00 Who Rules the Roost?
03:00 Speed Up, Slow Down
UKTV bright ideas
adly
UKTV people
10:00 Garden Rivals 10:30 Garden Hopping
11:00 Ready, Steady, Cook 11:30 James
Martin: Sweet 12:00 Great Food Live 13:00
Food Uncut 13:30 Garden Rivals 14:00 Antiques Roadshow 15:00 Hard Sell 15:30 Fab
Pads 16:00 Saw This and Thought of You
16:30 Put Your Money Where Your House
Is 17:00 Ready, Steady, Cook 17:30 James
Martin: Sweet 18:00 Antiques Roadshow
10:00 Seaside Rescue 11:00 Disaster
Masters 11:30 Disaster Masters 12:00
Airport 13:00 Seaside Rescue 14:00 Disaster Masters 15:00 Airport 16:00 Seaside
Rescue 17:00 Disaster Masters 18:00 Airport 19:00 Seaside Rescue 20:00 Disaster
Masters 21:00 Airport 22:00 Teen Angels
23:00 Brooklyn North 00:00 Traffic Cops
01:00 Forensic Files 02:00 Teen Angels
03:00 Brooklyn North 03:50 Close Up 12:00
Who Rules the Roost? 13:00 To Buy or Not
to Buy 14:00 Homes under the Hammer
15:00 Escape to the Country 16:00 Living
in the Sun 17:00 Fly to Buy 18:00 Flog It!
19:00 Extreme Makeover 20:00 To Buy or
10:00 Hart to Hart 11:00 Bergerac 12:00
Waiting For God 12:40 Keeping Up Appearances 13:20 Last of the Summer Wine
14:00 Murder, She Wrote 16:00 Hart to
Hart 17:00 Bergerac 18:00 Waiting For God
18:40 Keeping Up Appearances 19:20 Last
of the Summer Wine 20:00 Murder, She
Wrote 22:00 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
23:55 New Street Law 01:15 The Inspector
Lynley Mysteries 03:05 Citizen Smith 03:40
Howards’ Way 04:30 Juliet Bravo 05:20
Born and Bred 06:10 Campion
UKTV drama
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TELEVISION
August 3 - August 9 2007
Tuesday 7th August 2007
BBC 1
BBC 2
ITV 1
CHANNEL 4
FIVE
E4
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10:15
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07:20
07:40
08:00
08:15
08:30
09:00
09:45
09:55
10:25
10:45
11:20
07:00
10:25
11:30
13:30
14:30
07:10
07:35
08:00
08:30
09:00
10:00
10:35
07:00
07:10
07:20
07:25
07:40
07:45
08:20
08:30
07:00
13:25
13:55
14:55
17:25
17:55
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
00:20
04:55
Breakfast
To Buy or Not to Buy
Series that gives buyers
the chance to test-drive a
property before they buy it.
Simon Rimmer and Sarah
Walker help sisters Jackie
and Tina find a bigger home
for Jackie near to her family
business.
Homes under the Hammer
Escape to the Country
Car Booty
Cash in the Attic
BBC News and Weather
Regional News and Weather
Neighbours
Doctors
Deceptive Appearances.
Series 5, episode 13.
Michelle fears her elderly
patient has been conned by
a dodgy art dealer. The team
kidnaps Nick for lunch.
All Saints
BBC News and Weather
Maya and Miguel
Skunk Fu
To Be Announced
Roman Mysteries
M.I. High
Newsround
Neighbours
BBC News and Weather
Regional News Programmes
The One Show
EastEnders
Holby City
To Be Announced
BBC News
You Can’t Fire Me I’m
Famous
To Be Announced
Joins BBC News 24
11:35
12:00
12:20
12:45
13:10
15:45
16:45
17:30
18:15
19:00
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
23:30
00:20
03:30
Fimbles
The Story Makers
Balamory
Nina and The Neurons
Charlie and Lola
In The Night Garden
Do Something Different
Mona The Vampire
SMart!
Time Warp Trio
The Really Wild Show
Watch My Chops
Pregnant Paws/Finders
Weepers.
The adventures of Corneil,
a super-intelligent dog
who hides his genius from
everyone but Bernie the
dog-sitter. In Pregnant Paws
Corneil is worried his days
are numbered at John and
Beth’s when he thinks Beth
is expecting a baby. And in
Finders Weepers Corneil
finds a smart watch and
wants to turn it in to the
police but Bernie insists on
keeping it.
Even Stevens
Dangermouse
Top Cat
The Flintstones
To Be Announced
Escape to the Country
Flog It!
Ready, Steady, Cook
The Weakest Link
To Be Announced
Wild
To Be Announced
Coast Revisited
To Be Announced
Newsnight
To Be Announced
Joins BBC News 24
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
23:30
00:00
00:30
01:00
05:10
GMTV
The Jeremy Kyle Show
This Morning
Loose Women
ITV Lunchtime News and
Weather
Daily Cooks
Dickinson’s Real Deal
HeartBeat
Golden Balls
Comedian Jasper Carrott
hosts the show where four
players receive Golden Balls
stuffed with life-changing
amounts of cash. But hidden
among them are the dreaded
Killer Balls, which have the
power to wreak havoc with
the jackpot. In a game of
truth and bluff, the players
have to work out who’s holding the big cash.
London Tonight
ITV Evening News; Weather
Emmerdale
Legacy Of War
To Be Announced
ITV News; Weather
Bouncers
Crimefighters
ITV Play
KT Tunstall in Profile
Legacy of War
20.30 - 21.00
Alastair Stewart and Walter Cronkite chart the story of the reconstruction of London following WWII.
They uncover long-lost plans for
the rebuilding of the capital, and
compare life in a prefab with the
‘land fit for heroes’ being created in
the United States.
10:55
11:25
12:00
13:00
13:30
13:55
14:25
16:30
17:15
18:00
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:55
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:00
00:00
01:00
01:05
02:05
03:15
04:15
04:45
05:15
06:15
The Hoobs
The Hoobs
Frasier
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Big Brother
Shipwrecked 2007
Maroon 5’s Postcard From
T4 on The Beach
Friends
Friends
Shipwrecked 2007: Battle Of
The Islands
News at Noon
To Be Announced
A Place In The Sun
The Satan Bug
Countdown
Des O’Connor and Carol
Vorderman host the show
in which contestants race
against the clock to pit their
wits with vowels, consonants
and numbers. With Dictionary Corner guest Trudie
Goodwin.
To Be Announced
Richard and Judy
The Simpsons
Hollyoaks
Channel 4 News
3 Minute Wonder
Jamie at Home
Cook Yourself Thin
Big Brother
Cape Wrath
To Be Announced
Countdown to V Festival
2007
Party Poker.Com Premier
League Poker
Big Brother Live
Nike Midnight Madness
KOTV
Freesports on 4
The A-Z Of Boxing
FIVB Beach Volleyball
08:45
09:00
09:15
09:20
09:35
09:50
09:55
10:00
10:30
11:30
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:30
14:40
16:25
16:30
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:15
21:00
22:00
23:00
00:00
01:00
01:30
02:20
03:10
03:35
04:25
05:15
06:05
Thomas and Friends
Make Way for Noddy
To Be Announced
Oswald
Peppa Pig
Hi-5
Hana’s Helpline
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
Insect Antics
Roobarb and Custard Too
House Doctor
Doctor, Doctor
The Trisha Goddard Show
five News
Home and Away
Dawson’s Creek
Russell Grant’s Postcards
Random Passage: Parts 3&4
five News Update
Devil Winds
five News
Home and Away
Monkey Life
five News
The Trench Detectives
Pompeii
CSI: Miami
CSI: New York
Law and Order: Criminal
Intent
Crime Scene Academy
Seniors Golf
Seniors Golf
Nissan Qashqai Challenge
FIM Motocross
Rolex Grand American
Indycar Series
ITU Triathlon
18:30
18:55
20:00
20:30
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:00
23:30
00:00
Big Brother Live
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Big Brother
Big Brother Live
Hollyoaks
Friends
The One With Phoebe’s Rats.
Series 9, episode 12.
Rachel is irritated to learn
that her handsome new
office rival, Gavin, has been
invited to her birthday party.
Meanwhile, Ross struggles
to keep lecherous Joey away
from Emma’s beautiful new
nanny. And Phoebe coaxes
her boyfriend, Mike, into
helping her care for a litter of
baby rats that were born in
her cabinet.
Friends
Big Brother
Hollyoaks
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Friends
Friends
What About Brian
Big Brother’s Big Mouth
This week’s guest host takes
the reigns of Big Brother’s
Big Mouth. The lively studio
debate show allows the
audience and viewers at
home to really tell us what
they think about this year’s
housemates. This year
Big Brother’s Big Mouth is
hosted by a different guest
presenter every week, all
bringing their own unique
style to the proceedings.
Fonejacker
Big Brother Live
DOCUMENTARIES
DISCOVERY
07:00 Time Team 08:00 Mythbusters 09:00 How It’s Made 09:30 How
It’s Made 10:00 How Do They Do It?
10:30 How Do They Do It? 11:00 John
Lydon’s Mega Bugs 12:00 Carthage
13:00 Born Survivor: Bear Grylls 14:00
The F.B.I. Files 15:00 Forensic Detectives 16:00 American Chopper 17:00
Deadliest Catch 18:00 Superships
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 Born Survivor: Bear Grylls 23:00
World’s Lost Tribes 00:00 Survivorman
01:00 The F.B.I. Files 02:00 True Crime
Scene 03:00 Forensic Detectives 04:00
World’s Lost Tribes 04:50 Born Survi-
vor: Bear Grylls 05:40 Kings of Construction 06:30 How It’s Made
DISCOVERY real time
07:00 The House That Mackintosh Built
08:00 Go Fishing: Gentle Biters 08:30
Go Fishing: Long-Trotting Tactics 09:00
Total Fishing 2006 09:30 Fishing on
the Edge 10:00 Joy of Painting 11:00
Locks and Quays 11:30 Waterworld
12:00 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 18:00 Biker Build-off
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 Wrecks
to Riches 23:00 Biker Build-off 00:00
Wheeler Dealers 01:00 Biker Buildoff 02:00 A Racing Car is Born 02:30
Wrecks to Riches 03:30 Biker Build-off
04:25 Wheeler Dealers 05:15 Joy of
Painting 06:05 Barn Free 06:30 Dreamboats
NATIONAL geographic
09:00 How It Works 09:30 How It Works 10:00 Dambusters 11:00 Genius
of the Vikings 12:00 Battlefront 13:00
Megastructures 14:00 How It Works
15:00 War Machines 16:00 Air Crash
Investigation 17:00 Seconds From Disaster 19:00 The Sea Hunters 20:00
Planet Carnivore 21:00 Seconds From
Disaster 22:00 Air Crash Investigation
01:00 Earth’s Core Investigated 02:00
Megastructures
HISTORY channel
09:00 Deep Sea Detectives 10:00 Siege: Castles At War 11:00 The Dark Ages
13:00 Britain AD 14:00 Engineering An
Empire 15:00 The Last Days of World
War II 16:00 World’s Deadliest Aircraft
17:00 Stalingrad 18:00 The Last Days
of World War II 19:00 Engineering An
Empire 20:00 Britain AD 21:00 The
Real Dracula 22:00 Ancient Discoveries 23:00 Escape to The Legion 00:00
Crime Stories 01:00 Stalingrad 02:00
Deep Sea Detectives
UKTV documentary
10:00 Apes in Danger 10:30 Capuchins
- The Monkey Puzzle 11:00 Predators
12:00 The Trees That Made Britain
13:00 Jungle 14:00 Predators 15:00
Tribe 16:00 Apes in Danger 16:30 Capuchins - The Monkey Puzzle 17:00 The
Trees That Made Britain 18:00 Jungle
19:00 Predators 19:30 Predators 20:00
Tribe 21:00 The Trees That Made Britain
21:30 The Trees That Made Britain 22:00
Jungle 23:00 Apes in Danger 23:30
Capuchins - The Monkey Puzzle 00:00
Predators 01:00 Tribe 02:00 Apes in
Danger 02:30 Capuchins - The Monkey
Puzzle 03:00 Around the World in Eighty Days 03:50 World’s Best Places To
See 03:55 World’s Best Places To See
ANIMAL planet
07:00 Animal Cops Phoenix 08:00 Crocodile Hunter 09:00 Monkey Business
09:30 Animal Crackers 10:00 Britain’s
Worst Pet 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 A Stable Life 14:30 A Stable Life
15:00 RSPCA: On The Frontline 15:30
RSPCA: On The Frontline 16:00 Wonder Dogs 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
Wonder Dogs 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 Wonder
Dogs 05:20 Pet Rescue 05:45 Amazing
Animal Videos 06:10 Rogue Predators
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
07:00
08:00
09:00
10:30
11:30
12:00
13:30
15:00
16:00
17:30
20:30
23:15
00:15
00:45
01:45
03:15
Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits
World Wrestling Entertainment Late Night Afterburn
Carling Cup Football: Carling
Cup Rnd 1 Match - Peterborough United V Southampton
Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits
Kiteboarding: Kpwt Kiteboard
Pro World Tour 2007
Football League Review
Carling Cup Football: Carling
Cup Rnd 1 Match - Peterborough United V Southampton
Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits
Football League Review
Cricket: Natwest Pro40 - Lancashire V Sussex
Gillette Soccer Special
Poker
Foot Brazil
Sports Unlimited
Ford Football Special: Birmingham City V Sunderland +
Tottenham Hotspur V Everton
Foot Brazil
All the latest news and goals
from Brazilian football. Includes profiles of the top teams,
an overview of the Brazilian
championship and exclusive
interviews with the players.
SKY SPORTS 2
07:00
07:30
08:00
08:30
09:00
10:00
11:00
13:30
15:30
18:00
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
00:00
01:00
01:30
02:30
00:30
Aerobics Oz Style
Ocean
Aerobics Oz Style
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.
Show Jumping: Spruce
Meadows - A.T.C.O Structures
Double Slalom 3
Triathlon: Escape From
Alcatraz Triathlon 2007
World Motor Sport
Speedway
World Motor Sport
Foot Brazil
The Dogs
Caterham Motor Racing
Challenge Series: Wales Challenge: Challenge Of Ireland
Foot Brazil
Ford Football Special: Tottenham Hotspur V Everton
To Be Announced
Challenge Series: Wales Challenge: Challenge Of Ireland
European Challenge Tour Golf:
European Challenge Tour
- Challenge Of Ireland
Poker
Foot Brazil
SKY SPORTS 3
07:00
08:00
10:00
12:00
12:30
13:00
14:00
15:00
15:30
16:30
17:30
19:30
20:30
23:00
00:00
01:00
01:30
02:30
Yachting World Match Racing
Tour
Test Cricket: England V India
3rd Test
Speedway
Aerobics Oz Style
Racing News
Take advantage of top tips
from the definitive guide to
today’s racing programme.
Yachting World Match Racing
Tour
To Be Announced
Ocean
Show Jumping: Spruce
Meadows - A.T.C.O Structures
Double Slalom 3
To Be Announced
World Wrestling Entertainment Smackdown
European Challenge Tour Golf:
European Challenge Tour
- Challenge Of Ireland
Cricket: Natwest Pro40 - Lancashire V Sussex
Rally Fever
World Pool Masters
The Dogs
British Carp Angling Championship
World Pool Masters
EUROSPORT
08:30
09:00
10:00
12:00
12:15
12:45
14:15
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
18:15
18:30
20:15
21:00
23:00
01:00
All Sports: Eurosport Buzz
Champ Car
Snooker: International Masters In Shanghai, China
Football: Eurogoals
Football: Champions Youth
Cup In Malaysia
Football: Champions Youth
Cup In Malaysia
Ski Jumping: Fis 4 Nations
Grand Prix In Hinterzarten,
Germany
Cycling: Vuelta A Burgos,
Spain
Tennis: WTA Tournament In
Toronto, Canada
Football: Champions Youth
Cup In Malaysia
Football: Eurogoals Flash
Ski Jumping: Fis 4 Nations
Grand Prix In Courchevel,
France
Ski Jumping: Fis 4 Nations
Grand Prix In Courchevel,
France
Boxing: World Wba/Wbo
Championship in Foxwoods,
USA
Boxing: International Contest
In Moscow, Russia
Snooker: International Masters In Shanghai, China
All Sports: Watts
ESPN classic
07:15
07:50
09:20
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
13:30
14:00
15:00
16:00
16:30
17:00
18:00
19:00
US Open: Connors V Agassi
US Open: Navratilova V
Mandlikova
US Open: Connors V Haarhuis
Pro Celebrity Golf
Goals of The Season,
1998/1999
Rocky Marciano: Boxing
Legend
Strikers: Mark Hughes
UEFA: Man Utd V Barcelona
RWC Winners: All Blacks
Goals of The Season,
1998/1999
Cricket: England V Australia
Ian Botham: Cricket Legend
Rocky Marciano: Boxing
Legend
RWC Winners: All Blacks
Pro Celebrity Golf
20:00
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:00
00:00
01:00
01:30
02:00
03:00
04:00
05:00
05:30
06:00
CSI Miami
Five 22.00 - 23.00
If Looks Could Kill. Series 5, episode 4.
Crime drama series. The body of a male
model is discovered on the waterfront.
Natalia’s ex-husband tries to get work at
the CSI offices.
Starring: David Caruso, Khandi Alexander,
Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Rex Linn,
Eva LaRue Callahan
Goals of The Season,
1998/1999
Cricket: England V Australia
Cricket: England V Australia
RWC 1987: All Blacks V Wales
Goals of The Season,
1999/2000
Emile Griffith: Boxing Legend
Strikers: Cyrille Regis
West Brom V Swansea
Goals of The Season,
1999/2000
Emile Griffith: Boxing Legend
RWC 1987: All Blacks V Wales
Strikers: Cyrille Regis
West Brom V Swansea
US Open: Graf V Sabatini
TELEVISION
August 3 - August 9 2007
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Tuesday 7th August 2007
FILMS
SKY MOVIES sci fi & horror
07:00
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:45
14:30
16:30
18:30
20:15
22:00
23:40
01:35
03:30
05:00
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
Alien Abduction:
The McPherson Tape
The Dark
Half Light
The Arrival
Alien Abduction:
The McPherson Tape
Ice
The Dark
The Arrival
Half Light
Evil Dead II
To Be Announced
SKY MOVIES premier
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
14:45
16:30
17:00
19:00
21:00
Premiere Close Up
Family Close Up
Comedy Close Up
Premiere Close Up
Honeymoon With Mom
RV - Runaway Vacation
Premiere Close Up
Grand Champion
Take The Lead
Failure To Launch
23:00
01:00
01:30
The Omen
Sci-Fi and Horror Close Up
Underfunded
SKY MOVIES modern greats
07:00
08:45
10:35
13:00
15:05
16:45
18:35
21:00
23:00
01:00
03:10
06:10
Manhattan
The Beguiled
The Great Gatsby
Rocky II
Manhattan
The Beguiled
The Great Gatsby
Rocky II
Casualties of War
Sin City
Casino
Rocky II
07:25
09:00
10:40
10:50
12:20
14:30
16:10
17:50
19:20
21:00
22:45
00:25
02:25
03:55
05:30
Jungle Boy
Doctor Dolittle 3
No Time For Nuts
Madagascar
Oliver Twist
Big Momma’s House 2
Kicking and Screaming
Madagascar
Doctor Dolittle 3
Big Momma’s House 2
Kicking and Screaming
Miracle on 34th Street
The Princess and The Pea
Air Bud 4: Seventh Inning
Fetch
MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate
SKY MOVIES drama
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00
12:45
14:45
16:45
18:30
20:00
22:00
23:55
01:45
03:30
SKY MOVIES family
07:10
Ridicule
The Eighth Day
The Hudsucker Proxy
What’s Bugging Seth?
Tube Tales
The Eighth Day
The Hudsucker Proxy
Mad Hot Ballroom
Ridicule
Tube Tales
09:00
10:50
12:40
14:20
16:00
17:40
19:20
21:00
23:20
01:20
03:45
05:30
Madagascar
Sky Movies family 10.50 - 12.20 & 17.50 -19.20
Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller) is the king of the
urban jungle, the main attraction at New
York’s Central Park Zoo. He and his best
friends Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) and
Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) have
lived their entire lives in blissful captivity,
with regular meals provided and an admiring public to adore them.
Sam Churchill: Search For A
Homeless Man
The Winning Season
The Wool Cap
The End of Eden
Sam Churchill: Search For A
Homeless Man
The Winning Season
The Wool Cap
The End of Eden
Coach Carter
Hustle and Flow
The Day of the Locust
Swimming Upstream
One Special Night
SKY MOVIES comedy
08:00
09:35
11:10
12:45
Not content to leave well enough alone,
Marty allows his curiosity to get the better
of him and, with the help of some prodigious penguins, makes his escape to explore the
world he’s been missing. Alex, Melman and Gloria go after him, but before they can go wild
in the streets, they are captured, crated and put on a ship to Africa...
14:20
16:10
17:50
19:25
21:00
22:30
A Young Connecticut Yankee
in King Arthur’s Court
Project: Alf
Robots
A Young Connecticut Yankee
in King Arthur’s Court
She’s Having a Baby
Date Movie
A Young Connecticut Yankee
in King Arthur’s Court
Robots
Date Movie
The Wedding Date
00:15
02:05
03:45
05:25
She’s Having a Baby
Twin Town
La Cage aux Folles
Project: Alf
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Sky Movies action/thriller 14.30 - 16.35 & 00.05 - 02.10
SKY MOVIES classics
07:30
09:40
11:10
12:50
14:35
16:35
18:15
19:45
20:15
22:00
23:55
01:35
03:35
05:05
The Great Dictator
Desert Rats
The Mark of Zorro
The Big Clock
Kes
Steptoe and Son
Desert Rats
Modern Greats Close Up
The Big Clock
Kes
Steptoe and Son
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
House of Usher
The Great Dictator
SKY MOVIES action/thriller
07:00
08:45
10:35
12:25
14:30
16:35
18:20
20:10
22:00
00:05
02:10
03:40
05:25
Chill Factor
Broken Arrow
Chain Reaction
Deep Impact
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Chill Factor
Broken Arrow
Chain Reaction
Deep Impact
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Forbidden Fantasies
The Substitute 2: School’s Out
Angel Flight Down
SKY MOVIES HD 1
12:00
13:35
15:20
16:55
18:45
20:30
22:00
23:45
01:40
03:30
Wallace and Gromit In The
Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
If Only
Ice Harvest
Just Friends
Straight Talk
Wallace and Gromit In The
Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
Ice Harvest
Just Friends
If Only
Modern Greats Close Up
John and Jane Smith are an ordinary suburban couple with an ordinary, lifeless suburban marriage. But each is hiding something
the other would kill to know: Mr. and Mrs.
Smith are actually highly paid, incredibly efficient assassins, and they work for competing
organisations.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith discover a new source
of excitement in their marriage, when they’re
hired to assassinate each other... and that’s
when the real fun starts. The result is the
ultimate action spectacle, as Mr. and Mrs.
Smith put their formidable skills to work and
their marriage to the ultimate test.
SKY MOVIES HD 2
13:00
15:00
17:00
19:00
21:00
22:40
23:00
00:50
02:50
Wing Commander
Just Like Heaven
Four Brothers
Wing Commander
Just Like Heaven
The Top 10 Show
Underworld: Evolution
Four Brothers
Flatliners
FILM 4
14:00
15:55
17:45
19:35
22:00
23:50
01:35
Chance of a Lifetime
Tonight and Every Night
Belle Starr
A River Runs Through It
Resident Evil
Rumble Fish
L.I.E
TCM
07:40
08:00
10:05
12:00
14:20
16:00
18:15
Teleshopping
The Hucksters
From The Earth to The Moon
The Honey Pot
The Green Helmet
The Great Caruso
The Private Lives of Elizabeth
and Essex
20:10
22:00
00:50
02:25
02:45
06:00
Skyjacked
The Fugitive
Demon Seed
Teleshopping
Mutiny on the Bounty
The Great Caruso
DISNEY cinemagic
07:00
07:25
07:45
08:10
08:35
09:00
09:25
09:45
10:00
11:35
12:00
19:35
20:00
21:30
21:40
22:05
22:25
22:50
23:15
23:45
00:10
00:35
The Little Mermaid
Aladdin
House of Mouse
Emperor’s New School
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
102 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians
Lilo and Stitch
Heavy Weights
Classic Toons
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Emperor’s New School
Recess
Quack Pack
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
House of Mouse
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
20:00 Doctor Who 20:45 Doctor
Who Confidential 21:00 Spendaholics 22:00 Last Man Standing 23:00
EastEnders 23:30 Family Guy 00:15
Last Man Standing 01:15 Two Pints
of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
BBC 4
20:00 World News Today 20:30
Proms on Four 2007 22:30 The Book
Quiz 23:00 Life on Mars 00:00 Midnight’s Grandchildren 00:30 Amarcord
BBC prime
08:15 The Roly Mo Show 08:30 William’s Wish Wellingtons 08:35 Teletubbies 09:00 House Invaders 09:30 Home
Front 10:30 A Place in France 11:00
Garden Challenge 11:30 Animals - The
Inside Story 12:30 One Foot in the Grave
13:00 As Time Goes By 13:30 My Family 14:00 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
15:00 Waking the Dead 16:00 House
Invaders 16:30 Bargain Hunt 18:00 As
Time Goes By 18:30 My Family 19:00
Little Angels 20:00 Waking the Dead
21:00 Supernova 21:30 The Mighty
Boosh 22:00 Kiss Me Kate 22:30 Lenny
Henry in Pieces 23:00 Waking the Dead
00:00 One Foot in the Grave 00:30 Supernova 01:00 The Mighty Boosh 01:30
As Time Goes By 02:00 My Family
BBC world
08:00 BBC News 08:30 World Business Report 08:45 Sport Today 09:00
BBC News 09:30 Click 10:00 BBC News
10:30 HARDtalk 11:00 BBC News 11:30
Fast Track 12:00 BBC News 12:30 World
Business Report 12:45 Sport Today
The Monday
Rock
Show,
Tuesday
The Country
Music
Show,
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 Indian School 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 Talking Movies 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 When Sport Goes Bad: Whacked
Out Sports 09:30 When Sport Goes
Bad: Whacked Out Sports 10:00 Dog
the Bounty Hunter 11:00 Battlestar
Galactica 12:00 Walker, Texas Ranger
13:00 When Sport Goes Bad: Whacked
Out Sports 14:00 Street Crime UK 3
14:30 Street Crime UK 3 15:00 Dog the
Bounty Hunter 15:30 Dog the Bounty
Hunter 16:00 Street Crime UK 3 17:00
Dog the Bounty Hunter 17:30 Dog the
Bounty Hunter 18:00 When Sport Goes
Bad: Whacked Out Sports 19:00 Battlestar Galactica 20:00 Walker, Texas
Ranger 21:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter
22:00 Under Fire: Deadliest Police
Shootouts 22:30 Under Fire: Deadliest
Police Shootouts 23:00 Macintyre’s Underworld 00:00 Porn Week 00:30 Porn
Week 01:00 Under Fire: Deadliest Police
Shootouts 01:30 Under Fire: Deadliest
Police Shootouts 02:00 Metalocalypse
DISNEY
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 11:00 Cory in The House
11:50 Hannah Montana 12:40 Cory
in The House 13:30 Hannah Montana
14:20 Cory in The House 15:05 Hannah
Montana 16:00 The Suite Life of Zack
and Cody 16:50 That’s So Raven 17:15
Halloweentown High 18:35 High School
Musical: The Concert - Extended Version
21:00 Halloweentown High 22:15 High
School Musical: The Concert - Extended
Version 23:05 The Suite Life of Zack and
Cody 23:25 Lizzie McGuire 23:45 That’s
So Raven 00:10 The Proud Family 00:35
Kim Possible
ITV 2
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 17:25 Sally Jessy Raphael 18:10 Airline USA 18:40 Judge
Judy 20:00 The New Adventures of
Superman 21:00 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies 22:00 To Be Announced
00:00 Big Day 00:30 To Be Announced
ITV 3
08:50 The Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes 09:50 Ironside 10:55 The
Rockford Files 11:55 Due South 13:00
Cagney and Lacey 14:00 HeartBeat
15:00 Only When I Laugh 15:30 Goodnight Sweetheart 16:00 The Rockford
Files 17:00 Due South 18:00 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 19:00
Goodnight Sweetheart 19:40 Movies
Wednesday, The 60’s Selection,
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Superb daytime line up, plus:
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Now 20:00 Never the Twain 20:30 Only
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McCallum 00:00 The Woman in White
01:00 Never the Twain 01:30 Only
When I Laugh 02:00 To Be Announced
ITV 4
19:00 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
20:00 Police, Camera, Action! 20:30 The
Force 21:00 Andromeda 22:00 The Professionals 23:00 To Be Announced
LIVING
08:00 Divorce Court 08:30 Divorce
Court 09:00 Maury 09:55 The Fix 10:00
Extreme Makeover 11:00 Cheaters
12:00 The Jerry Springer Show 13:00
The Jerry Springer Show 13:30 Maury
14:25 The Fix 14:30 Will and Grace
15:30 Dharma and Greg 16:00 Grey’s
Anatomy 17:00 Charmed 19:00 Extreme
Makeover 20:00 The X Files 21:00 Britain’s Next Top Model 22:00 To Be Announced 23:00 Sensing Murder 00:30
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 01:30
Haunting Evidence 02:00 Most Haunted
PARAMOUNT comedy
10:00 Veronica’s Closet 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 15:30 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 King of Queens 23:00 Sex
and The City 00:10 South Park 00:40
Comedy Blue 01:10 Jo Brand Barely Live
12:00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost
World 13:00 Roswell 14:00 Star Trek
15:00 Profiler 16:00 Icebreaker 18:00
Star Trek 19:00 Profiler 20:00 Mysterious Ways 21:00 Angel 22:00 The Net
00:10 Heroes 01:10 Judgment Day
SKY one
10:00 Stargate SG-1 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 SG1 19:00 Malcolm in the Middle 20:00
The Simpsons 21:00 Killer Wave
22:00 The 4400 23:00 Road Wars
00:00 Street Wars 01:00 Cold Case
UKTV gold
07:40 Yes, Prime Minister 08:20 As
Time Goes By 09:00 EastEnders 09:40
Keeping Up Appearances 11:00 Doctor
Who 13:00 Keeping Up Appearances
14:20 Only Fools and Horses 15:40 Dinnerladies 17:00 Doctor Who 18:00 Doctor Who 19:00 Keeping Up Appearances
19:40 Dinnerladies 20:20 Only Fools
and Horses 21:00 New Tricks 23:20
Jonathan Creek 00:30 Only Fools and
Horses 01:35 Jack Dee’s Happy Hour
UKTV people
10:00 A Life of Grime 11:00 Missing
12:00 Airport 13:00 A Life of Grime 14:00
Missing 15:00 Airport 16:00 A Life of
Grime 17:00 Missing 18:00 Airport 19:00
A Life of Grime 20:00 Missing 21:00
Airport 22:00 Honey We’re Killing The
Kids 23:00 Memphis Homicide Squad
00:00 Rail Cops 01:00 Forensic Files
UKTV style
SCI FI
08:00 Farscape 09:00 Teleshopping
08:00 Cash in the Attic 09:00 Flog It!
10:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 11:00 First Dance 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 Living in the Sun 17:00
Fantasy Homes By The Sea 18:00 Flog
It! 19:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 20:00 Homes under the Hammer
21:00 The Clothes Show 22:00 Escape
to the Country 23:00 Fantasy Homes
By The Sea 00:00 Living in the Sun
01:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
UKTV bright ideas
07:30 Fab Pads 08:00 Saw This and
Thought of You 08:30 Put Your Money
Where Your House Is 09:00 Antiques
Roadshow 10:00 Heaven’s Garden
10:30 Garden Hopping 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 Hard
Sell 15:30 Fab Pads 16:00 Saw This and
Thought of You 16:30 Put Your Money
Where Your House Is 17:00 Ready,
Steady, Cook 17:30 Heaven’s Kitchen
Cookbook 18:00 Antiques Roadshow
UKTV drama
Way 08:00 Juliet Bravo 09:00 Monarch
of The Glen 10:00 Hetty Wainthropp
Investigates 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 17:00 Bergerac
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
Silent Witness 00:20 Judge John Deed
01:25 Silent Witness
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TELEVISION
August 3 - August 9 2007
Wednesday 8th 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
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:00
23:35
23:40
00:30
01:35
02:35
03:35
04:35
Breakfast
To Buy or Not to Buy
Homes under the Hammer
Escape to the Country
Car Booty
Cash in the Attic
BBC News and Weather
Regional News and Weather
Neighbours
Doctors
For the Love of Bob. Series
8, episode 241.
The Mill’s cleaning lady puts
her own health at risk to look
after a homeless man. Jimmi
helps a man grieving for his
son to reconcile his faith
with his son’s last wishes.
Starring: Adrian Lewis
Morgan, Diane Keen, Leo
Wringer, Rosemary McHale
All Saints
BBC News and Weather
The latest headlines.
Maya and Miguel
Skunk Fu
To Be Announced
The Story of Tracy Beaker
Only in America
Newsround
Neighbours
BBC News and Weather
Regional News Programmes
The One Show
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
BBC News
The National Lottery Draws
Match of The Day
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
Joins BBC News 24
BBC 2
07:00
07:20
07:40
08:00
08:15
08:30
09:00
09:45
09:55
10:25
10:45
11:20
11:35
12:00
12:20
12:45
13:10
15:45
16:45
17:30
18:15
19:00
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
23:00
23:30
00:20
00:50
04:05
Fimbles
The Story Makers
Balamory
Nina and The Neurons
Charlie and Lola
In The Night Garden
Series for preschool children. Igglepiggle has lost his
blanket. Upsy Daisy helps
him look for it. The Gazebo
shows them a picture of
Makka Pakka, so they visit
him and find Igglepiggle’s
blanket in Makka Pakka’s
ditch, blocking Makka
Pakka’s way.
Do Something Different
Mona The Vampire
SMart!
Time Warp Trio
The Really Wild Show
Watch My Chops
Even Stevens
Dangermouse
Top Cat
The Flintstones
To Be Announced
Escape to the Country
Flog It!
Ready, Steady, Cook
The Weakest Link
To Be Announced
The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook
Oz and James’s Big Wine
Adventures
Rick Stein’s Mediterranean
Escapes
Heroes
Best of Little Miss Jocelyn
Newsnight
Hyperdrive
To Be Announced
Joins BBC News 24
Round the clock breaking
news.
ITV 1
07:00
10:25
11:30
13:30
14:30
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:00
23:30
00:00
01:00
05:05
06:00
06:30
GMTV
The Jeremy Kyle Show
This Morning
Loose Women
ITV Lunchtime News and
Weather
Daily Cooks
Mary Berry, Richard Phillips
and Eadie Manson join
Antony Worrall Thompson to
cook up more inspirational
summer recipes and provide
culinary tips.
Dickinson’s Real Deal
HeartBeat
Fakers and Frauds. Series
14, episode 3.
The police’s reputation is at
stake when burglaries appear to be being committed
by one of their men. Vernon
offers his art expertise to a
painting party, but when his
life model fails to show, he
looks closer to home.
Starring: Geoffrey Hughes,
Rupert Vansittart, Derek
Fowlds, Tricia Penrose, Peter
Benson, William Simons
Golden Balls
London Tonight
Regional news update for the
capital and the South East,
plus local weather.
ITV Evening News; Weather
Emmerdale
Coronation Street
The Bill
To Be Announced
ITV News; Weather
Sally Morgan: Star Psychic
ITV Play
The Jeremy Kyle Show
ITV Nightscreen
ITV Morning News
CHANNEL 4
FIVE
07:10
07:35
08:00
08:30
09:00
10:00
10:35
07:00
07:10
07:20
07:25
07:40
07:45
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10:55
12:00
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20:55
21:00
22:00
23:00
00:00
00:30
01:00
01:05
01:20
01:35
02:35
05:25
06:25
The Hoobs
The Hoobs
Frasier
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Big Brother
Shipwrecked 2007
Natasha Bedingfield’s Postcard From T4 on The Beach
Friends
Shipwrecked 2007: Battle Of
The Islands
News at Noon
To Be Announced
A Place In The Sun
Heaven Can Wait
Countdown
To Be Announced
Richard and Judy
The daily live entertainment
show hosted by Richard
Madeley and Judy Finnigan.
It’s live - so anything can
happen - but expect more
celebrity guests, features,
exclusive previews and
plenty of surprises.
Kacey Ainsworth and Robert
Bathurst review The Savage
Garden.
The Simpsons
Hollyoaks
Channel 4 News
3 Minute Wonder
Location, Location, Location
Big Brother
Brothers and Sisters
Will and Grace
Will and Grace
Countdown to V Festival
2007
Carling’s Festival Postcards
Road to V 2007
The Friday Night Project
Big Brother Live
Richard and Judy
Countdown
08:45
09:00
09:15
09:20
09:35
09:50
09:55
10:00
10:30
11:30
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:30
16:20
16:25
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:15
21:00
22:00
23:55
00:55
02:25
05:50
06:15
Thomas and Friends
Make Way for Noddy
To Be Announced
Oswald
Peppa Pig
Hi-5
Hana’s Helpline
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
Insect Antics
Roobarb and Custard Too
House Doctor
Doctor, Doctor
The Trisha Goddard Show
five News
Home and Away
Dawson’s Creek
Random Passage: Parts 5
And 6
five News Update
The Glass House
five News
Home and Away
Monkey Life
five News
David Beckham’s Soccer
USA
The Diet Doctors - Inside
And Out
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Crimes That Shook The
World
Partypoker.Net World Open
III
Major League Baseball
Golf: The Challenge
Football Argentina Highlights
E4
07:00
13:25
13:55
14:55
17:25
17:55
18:30
18:55
20:00
20:30
21:00
21:30
22:00
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23:30
23:55
00:55
02:35
03:35
Big Brother Live
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Big Brother
Big Brother Live
Hollyoaks
Friends
Friends
Big Brother
Hollyoaks
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Friends
Friends
How to Look Good Naked
Big Brother’s Big Mouth
My Name Is Earl
Brothers and Sisters
Big Brother Live
Runaway
Big Brother Live
Friends
21.30 - 22.00
The One With The Mugging.
Series 9, episode 15.
Joey develops an unusual acting
method in order to impress a famous, pompous fellow actor during
an audition for an important stage
role. Meanwhile, Ross is horrified
to discover who mugged him when
he was a child. And an unemployed
and humbled Chandler accepts a
job at a shoe company where the
young employees make him feel
extremely old.
DOCUMENTARIES
DISCOVERY
07:00 Time Team 08:00 Mythbusters 09:00 How It’s Made 09:30 How
It’s Made 10:00 How Do They Do It?
10:30 How Do They Do It? 11:00 John
Lydon’s Mega Bugs 11:30 John Lydon’s
Mega Bugs 12:00 Greatest Military
Clashes 12:30 Greatest Military Clashes 13:00 Born Survivor: Bear Grylls
14:00 The F.B.I. Files 15:00 Forensic
Detectives 16:00 American Chopper
17:00 Deadliest Catch 18:00 Kings of
Construction 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 Born Survivor:
Bear Grylls 23:00 World’s Lost Tribes
00:00 Survivorman 01:00 The F.B.I.
Files 02:00 Scene of The Crime 03:00
Forensic Detectives 04:00 World’s Lost
Tribes 04:50 Born Survivor: Bear Grylls
05:40 Kings of Construction 06:30 How
It’s Made
DISCOVERY real time
07:00 The House That Mackintosh
Built 07:30 The House That Mackintosh Built 08:00 Go Fishing: Out Afloat
08:30 Go Fishing: Big Fish Lost - And
In The Net 09:00 Total Fishing 2006
09:30 Fishing on the Edge 10:00 Joy
of Painting 10:30 Joy of Painting 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 World Biker
Build-Off 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
Escape to River Cottage 22:30 Escape
to River Cottage 23:00 Narrow Boat
Afloat 23:30 Narrow Boat Afloat 00:00
Wheeler Dealers 00:30 Wheeler Dealers
01:00 World Biker Build-Off 02:00 A
Racing Car is Born 02:30 Escape to River Cottage 03:00 Escape to River Cottage 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 Dreamboats
NATIONAL geographic
09:00 How It Works 09:30 How It
Works 10:00 Pearl Harbour: Legacy
of Attack 11:00 Genius of the Vikings
12:00 Battlefront 12:30 Battlefront
13:00 Megastructures 14:00 How It
Works 14:30 How It Works 15:00 War
Machines 16:00 Air Crash Investigation
17:00 Seconds From Disaster 18:00
Spacemen Investigated 19:00 The Sea
Hunters 20:00 Planet Carnivore 21:00
Seconds From Disaster 22:00 History’s
Conspiracies 23:00 History’s Conspiracies 00:00 Air Crash Investigation
01:00 Alien Contact Investigated 02:00
Megastructures
HISTORY channel
09:00 Deep Sea Detectives 10:00 The
Real Dracula 11:00 Ancient Discoveries 12:00 Egypt’s Golden Empire
13:00 Britain AD 14:00 Engineering An
Empire 15:00 The Last Days of World
War II 16:00 World’s Deadliest Aircraft
17:00 Stalingrad 18:00 The Last Days
of World War II 19:00 Engineering An
Empire 20:00 Britain AD 21:00 Tuva
Gold 22:00 Siberian Apocalypse 23:00
Cannibalism 00:00 Crime Stories 01:00
Stalingrad 02:00 Deep Sea Detectives
UKTV documentary
10:00 Cousins 11:00 Predators 11:30
Predators 12:00 The Trees That Made
Britain 12:30 The Trees That Made
Britain 13:00 Jungle 14:00 Predators
15:00 Tribe 16:00 Cousins 17:00 The
Trees That Made Britain 18:00 Jungle
19:00 Predators 20:00 Tribe 21:00
The Trees That Made Britain 21:30 The
Trees That Made Britain 22:00 Jungle
23:00 Cousins 00:00 Predators 00:30
Predators 01:00 Tribe 02:00 Cousins
03:00 Around the World in Eighty Days
03:50 World’s Best Places To See 03:55
World’s Best Places To See
ANIMAL planet
07:00 Animal Cops Phoenix 08:00 Cro-
codile Hunter 09:00 Monkey Business
09:30 Animal Crackers 10:00 Britain’s
Worst Pet 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 Nick Baker’s Weird
Creatures 15:00 Rogue Predators 16:00
Wonder Dogs 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 Wonder Dogs 20:00 Monkey Business 20:30 Wildlife SOS 21:00 Planet
Action 22:00 White Lions 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 Wonder Dogs 05:20 Pet
Rescue 05:45 Amazing Animal Videos
06:10 White Lions
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
07:00
08:00
09:00
10:30
11:00
13:00
13:30
15:00
15:30
16:30
17:00
17:30
20:30
23:15
00:45
02:15
02:45
Poker
World Wrestling Entertainment Heat
Ford Football Special: Birmingham City V Sunderland +
Tottenham Hotspur V Everton
Foot Brazil
PGA Europro Tour Golf: PGA
Europro Tour - Maylands
Foot Brazil
All the latest news and goals
from Brazilian football. Includes profiles of the top teams,
an overview of the Brazilian
championship and exclusive
interviews with the players.
Ford Football Special: Birmingham City V Sunderland +
Tottenham Hotspur V Everton
Foot Brazil
Poker
Foot Brazil
The Dogs
Cricket: Natwest Pro40 - Nottinghamshire V Essex
Gillette Soccer Special
Football First: Match Choice
15.08
Football First: Match Choice
15.08
FIFA Futbol Mundial
Poker
SKY SPORTS 2
07:00
07:30
08:00
08:30
09:00
10:00
10:30
11:00
12:00
12:30
13:00
13:30
15:30
16:30
17:00
19:00
19:30
20:00
23:15
00:15
01:15
01:45
02:15
Aerobics Oz Style
Ocean
Aerobics Oz Style
Ocean
European Challenge Tour
Golf: European Challenge
Tour - Challenge Of Ireland
Ocean
Caterham Motor Racing
Poker
Kpwt Kiteboard Pro World
Tour 2007
The Dogs
Challenge Series: Wales Challenge: Challenge Of Ireland
PGA Europro Tour Golf: PGA
Europro Tour - Maylands
Sports Unlimited
Challenge Series: Wales Challenge: Challenge Of Ireland
PGA Europro Tour Golf: PGA
Europro Tour - Maylands
European Tour Weekly
FIFA Futbol Mundial
Ford Football Special: Wigan
V Middlesbrough
Watersports World
To Be Announced
Total Rugby
European Tour Weekly
PGA Europro Tour Golf: PGA
Europro Tour - Maylands
SKY SPORTS 3
08:00
09:00
09:30
10:30
11:00
12:00
12:30
13:00
14:00
15:00
15:30
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
20:30
23:00
01:00
01:30
02:30
03:30
British Carp Angling
Championship
The Dogs
Rally Fever
Challenge Series: Wales Challenge: Challenge Of Ireland
World Pool Masters
Aerobics Oz Style
Racing News
Sports Unlimited
To Be Announced
Ocean
Caterham Motor Racing
Rally Fever
British Carp Angling
Championship
World Wrestling Entertainment Late Night Bottom Line
World Wrestling Entertainment Late Night Afterburn
Total Rugby
Live Cricket: Natwest Pro40
- Nottinghamshire V Essex
PGA Europro Tour Golf: PGA
Europro Tour - Maylands
Irish International Show
Jumping
World Ten Pin Masters
Max Power
Irish International Show
Jumping
EUROSPORT
08:30
08:45
10:15
11:45
14:15
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
18:15
20:15
21:00
21:05
22:05
22:10
22:15
22:45
22:50
22:55
23:00
00:00
Football: Eurogoals
Ski Jumping: Fis 4 Nations
Grand Prix In Courchevel,
France
Athletics
Football: Champions Youth
Cup In Malaysia
Ski Jumping: Fis 4 Nations
Grand Prix In France
Cycling: Vuelta A Burgos,
Spain
Tennis: WTA Tournament In
Toronto, Canada
Ski Jumping: Fis 4 Nations
Grand Prix In France
Football: Eurogoals Flash
Football
Tennis: WTA Tournament In
Toronto, Canada
Wednesday Selection
Equestrianism: Super League
In Dublin, Ireland
Equestrianism: Riders Club
All Sports: Wednesday
Selection Guest
Golf: European Challenge Tour
Golf: Golf Club
Sailing: Yacht Club
All Sports: Wednesday
Selection
UEFA Champions League
Ski Jumping: Fis 4 Nations
Grand Prix In France
ESPN classic
07:30
08:45
09:20
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
13:30
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
US Open: Graf V Navratilova
US Open: Connors V Agassi
US Open: Seles V Capriati
Pro Celebrity Golf
Goals of The Season,
1999/2000
Emile Griffith: Boxing Legend
Strikers: Cyrille Regis
West Brom V Swansea
RWC 1987: All Blacks V Wales
Goals of The Season,
1999/2000
Cricket: England V Australia
Emile Griffith: Boxing Legend
RWC 1987: All Blacks V Wales
Pro Celebrity Golf
Goals of The Season,
1999/2000
21:00
21:30
22:00
23:00
00:00
01:00
01:30
02:00
03:00
04:00
05:00
05:30
06:00
Cricket: England V Australia
Cricket: England V Australia
Rwc 1987: Australia V
France
Goals of The Season,
2000/2001
Sonny Liston
Strikers: Frank Stapleton
Tottenham V Arsenal
Goals of The Season,
2000/2001
Sonny Liston
Rwc 1987: Australia V
France
Strikers: Frank Stapleton
Tottenham V Arsenal
US Open: Graf V Navratilova
The Simpsons
Channel 4 19.00 - 19.30
Animated comedy series following the hilarious adventures of a working
class, semi-dysfunctional nuclear family in the misfit city of Springfield.
Homer is kicked out of Moe’s and has to find a new watering hole. While at
an airport bar, he is mistaken for a pilot and damages a plane. The family are
offered a free national vacation by the air company and it is discovered that
Marge has a fear of flying. Much to Homer’s disappointment, she goes to a
psychiatrist (voiced by Anne Bancroft) to help find the source of her fear. Also
Guest Starring Ted Danson as Sam, Rhea Perlman as Carla, Woody Harrelson
as Woody, John Ratzenberger as Cliff, George Wendt as Norm.
TELEVISION
August 3 - August 9 2007
35
Wednesday 8th August 2007
FILMS
SKY MOVIES sci-fi & horror
07:00
08:00
09:00
11:00
13:00
14:40
17:10
19:20
19:50
22:00
00:30
02:15
04:30
05:00
06:00
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
War of the Worlds
King Kong Escapes
Armageddon
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Action and Thriller Close Up
War of the Worlds
Armageddon
Hostel
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Sci-Fi and Horror Close Up
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
SKY MOVIES premier
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
14:45
16:30
17:00
19:00
21:00
23:00
01:00
01:30
Family Close Up
Drama Close Up
Premiere Close Up
Action and Thriller Close Up
Honeymoon With Mom
RV - Runaway Vacation
Premiere Close Up
Grand Champion
Take The Lead
Failure To Launch
The Omen
Premiere Close Up
Underfunded
SKY MOVIES modern greats
08:20
10:10
12:25
14:10
16:00
18:45
21:00
23:00
00:35
02:25
04:05
05:45
Army of Darkness
Gorky Park
Rocky III
Army of Darkness
The Last Temptation of Christ
Gorky Park
Rocky III
Death Wish 3
The Crow
Foxy Brown
Death Wish 3
Rocky III
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00
12:50
15:20
17:20
19:05
22:00
00:05
01:50
04:25
Factotum
The Portrait of a Lady
The Third Miracle
El Perro
La Dolce Vita
The Third Miracle
El Perro
The Portrait of a Lady
The Last Buffalo
SKY MOVIES family
07:00
08:40
The Sandlot 2
Molly: An American Girl on
the Home Front
Free Willy 3: The Rescue
Sky Movies Family 11.35 - 13.05 & 17.10 - 18.40
Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off
sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an
orca-researching ship, along with old friend
Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On
the whaler’s ship is captain John Wesley and
his son, Max, who isn’t really pleased about
his father’s job, but doesn’t have the gut to
say so. Along the way, Willy reunites with
Jesse, who helps Max realize that whales are
a little more than just cheese burgers.
10:05 The SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie
11:35 Free Willy 3: The Rescue
13:05 Lost in Space
15:25 The Sandlot 2
17:10 Free Willy 3: The Rescue
18:40 Lost in Space
21:00 The SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie
22:30 Racing Ace
00:10 Because of Winn-Dixie
02:00 Hometown Legend
03:50 Zeus and Roxanne
05:35 Blizzard
SKY MOVIES drama
07:05 What Love Sees
08:40 Family Secrets
10:05 The Simple Life of Noah
Dearborn
11:40 Evita
13:55 What Love Sees
15:35 Family Secrets
17:05 Evita
19:25 The Simple Life of Noah
Dearborn
21:00 Jarhead
23:05 Mississippi Burning
01:15 Passion of Mind
03:05 Obsessed
04:40 The Temptations Part I
06:15 What Love Sees
SKY MOVIES comedy
07:00
09:05
10:45
12:25
14:00
15:40
17:35
19:20
21:00
22:40
00:20
02:20
04:20
06:40
Kiss Me, Stupid
The Wedding Singer
Princess Caraboo
Theodore Rex
The Matador
Patch Adams
Theodore Rex
Krippendorf’s Tribe
The Wedding Singer
The Matador
Patch Adams
Noises Off
Kiss Me, Stupid
Family Close Up
SKY MOVIES classics
07:20
09:40
11:40
13:00
15:10
16:40
18:40
20:40
22:00
00:10
01:40
03:40
05:30
Limelight
On The Waterfront
Don’t Bother To Knock
The Private Life of Sherlock
Holmes
The Raven
Sunset Boulevard
On The Waterfront
Don’t Bother To Knock
The Private Life of Sherlock
Holmes
The Raven
Sunset Boulevard
A Taste of Honey
Three Faces West
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Sky Movies sci-fi & horror 17.10 - 19.20 & 02.15 - 04.30
In an extremely rare decision, the Catholic
Church officially recognized the demonic
possession of a 19-year-old college
freshman. Told in terrifying flashbacks,
The Exorcism of Emily Rose chronicles
the haunting trial of the priest accused of
negligence resulting in the death of the
young girl believed to be possessed.
Inspired by true events.
SKY MOVIES action/thriller
07:10
09:00
11:10
13:45
15:30
17:10
17:40
20:05
22:00
23:50
02:20
04:05
05:45
Swindle
Red Dawn
Kingdom of Heaven
Swindle
The Escapist
Action and Thriller Close Up
Kingdom of Heaven
Red Dawn
Ong-bak
Sleepers
Turbulence
Rapid Fire
Siege at Marion
SKY MOVIES HD 1
12:00
13:45
14:15
16:15
17:55
20:15
22:00
23:30
01:35
George and The Dragon
Comedy Close Up
The Air Up There
The Man
The Producers
George and The Dragon
The Man
Salvador
The Producers
SKY MOVIES HD 2
13:00
15:00
17:00
19:00
21:00
Race With the Devil
Fellini’s Casanova
Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Race With the Devil
Get Rich or Die Tryin’
23:00
01:05
03:10
Blade
Fellini’s Casanova
His and Her Christmas
FILM 4
14:00
16:10
17:50
20:00
22:00
00:00
01:45
The Man in Grey
It Should Happen to You
Call Me Madam
The Return of The Musketeers
The Wedding Planner
Wish You Were Here
The Opposite of Sex
TCM
08:00
08:15
10:10
12:00
14:15
16:00
17:55
20:25
22:00
00:20
02:55
03:20
06:00
Teleshopping
Operation Crossbow
The Great Lie
Random Harvest
Son of a Gunfighter
Brigadoon
The Treasure of The Sierra
Madre
Where Were You When The
Lights Went Out?
The Champ
Fame
Teleshopping
The Treasure of The Sierra
Madre
Random Harvest
DISNEY cinemagic
07:00
07:25
07:45
08:10
08:35
09:00
09:25
09:45
10:00
11:35
12:00
12:25
14:00
15:35
16:00
16:20
16:45
17:10
18:00
19:35
20:00
21:40
22:05
22:25
22:50
23:15
23:45
00:10
00:35
The Little Mermaid
Aladdin
House of Mouse
Emperor’s New School
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
The Shaggy Dog
101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians
The Shaggy Dog
101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians
The Shaggy Dog
Lilo and Stitch
Pete’s Dragon
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Emperor’s New School
Recess
Quack Pack
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
House of Mouse
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
20:00 Doctor Who Confidential 20:30
Doctor Who 21:15 Doctor Who 22:00
Sex... With Mum and Dad 23:00 Heroes 23:40 The Real Hustle 00:10 Last
Man Standing 01:15 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 01:45 Two
Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
02:15 To Be Announced
BBC 4
20:00 World News Today 20:30
Wainwright’s Walks 21:00 Storyville
22:20 My Life As a Dog 00:00 Dounreay: The Atomic Dream 01:00 Atom
02:00 Dangerous Knowledge 03:00
The Book Quiz 03:30 Wainwright’s
Walks 04:00 Atom
BBC prime
07:00 Boogie Beebies 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 House Invaders 09:30
Little Angels 10:30 A Place in France
11:00 Garden Challenge 11:30 Five
Big Cats and a Camera 12:30 One Foot
in the Grave 13:00 As Time Goes By
13:30 My Family 14:00 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates 15:00 Waking the
Dead 16:00 House Invaders 16:30
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 Waking the Dead 21:00
Spooks 22:00 Kiss Me Kate 22:30
Lenny Henry in Pieces 23:00 Waking
the Dead 00:00 One Foot in the Grave 00:30 Spooks 01:30 As Time Goes
By 02:00 My Family 02:30 EastEnders
03:00 Waking the Dead 04:00 Hetty
Wainthropp Investigates 05:00 A Place
in France 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 Indian
School 10:00 BBC News 10:30 HARDtalk 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Talking
Movies 12:00 BBC News 12:30 World
Business 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 Fast Track
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 Our
World 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 02:30 World Business
Report 03:00 BBC News 03:30 Fast
Track 04:00 BBC News 04:30 World
Business Report 04:45 Sport Today
05:00 BBC News 05:30 HARDtalk
BRAVO
09:00 When Sport Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports 10:00 Dog the Bounty
Hunter 11:00 Starsky and Hutch 12:00
Walker, Texas Ranger 13:00 When
Sport Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports
14:00 Street Crime UK 3 14:30 Street
Crime UK 3 15:00 Dog the Bounty
Hunter 16:00 Street Crime UK 3 17:00
Dog the Bounty Hunter 18:00 When
Sport Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports
18:30 When Sport Goes Bad: Whacked
Out Sports 19:00 Starsky and Hutch
20:00 Walker, Texas Ranger 21:00
Dog the Bounty Hunter 22:00 Under
Fire: Deadliest Police Shootouts 22:30
Under Fire: Deadliest Police Shootouts
23:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter 00:00
Porn Week 01:00 Under Fire: Deadliest Police Shootouts 01:30 Under
Fire: Deadliest Police Shootouts 02:00
The Venture Brothers 02:30 Robot
Chicken 02:45 Squidbillies 03:00 Robot Chicken 03:15 Harvey Birdman
03:30 Space Ghost Coast to Coast
03:45 Aqua Teen Hunger Force 04:00
Arrested Development 04:30 Arrested
Development
DISNEY
07:00 Little Einsteins 07:25 My Friends
Tigger and Pooh 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 Cory
in The House 11:50 Hannah Montana
12:15 Hannah Montana 12:40 Cory
in The House 13:30 Hannah Montana
14:20 Cory in The House 15:05 Hannah Montana 16:00 The Suite Life of
Zack and Cody 16:50 Hannah Montana
17:15 Jump In! 18:35 The Suite Life of
Zack and Cody 20:35 Hannah Montana
21:00 Jump In! 22:20 The Suite Life
of Zack and Cody 23:25 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
13:00 Judge Judy 13:30 Coronation
Street 14:00 Emmerdale 14:30 The
Jeremy Kyle Show 15:35 The Jeremy
Kyle Show 16:40 The Ricki Lake Show
17:25 Sally Jessy Raphael 18:10 Airline USA 18:45 Judge Judy 20:00 The
New Adventures of Superman 21:00
Britain’s Youngest Brides 22:00 To Be
Announced 00:00 Coronation Street
00:30 To Be Announced 02:30 ITV Play
05:00 Teleshopping
ITV 3
07:00 Cagney and Lacey 07:50
HeartBeat 08:50 The Adventures
of Sherlock Holmes 09:50 Ironside
10:55 The Rockford Files 11:55 Due
South 13:00 Cagney and Lacey 14:00
HeartBeat 15:00 Only When I Laugh
15:30 Goodnight Sweetheart 16:00
The Rockford Files 17:00 Due South
18:00 The Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes 19:00 Goodnight Sweetheart
19:40 Film File 20:00 Never the Twain
20:30 Only When I Laugh 21:00
Poirot 22:00 Rising Damp 22:30 To
Be Announced 00:20 Law and Order:
Trial by Jury 02:10 HeartBeat 03:10
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
04:10 Ironside 05:00 Teleshopping
ITV 4
19:00 The Saint 20:00 Used Car
Roadshow 21:00 Friday Night Lights
22:00 Homicide: Life On The Street
23:00 To Be Announced 00:50 To Be
Announced 03:00 The Larry Sanders
Show 03:30 The Larry Sanders Show
04:00 Millennium 05:00 Teleshopping
LIVING
07:00 Home Shopping 07:30 Home
Shopping 08:00 Divorce Court 09:00
Maury 09:55 The Fix 10:00 Extreme
Makeover 11:00 Cheaters 11:30 Cheaters 12:00 The Jerry Springer Show
13:30 Maury 14:25 The Fix 14:30
Will and Grace 15:00 Will and Grace
15:30 Dharma and Greg 16:00 Grey’s
Anatomy 17:00 Charmed 19:00 Extreme Makeover 20:00 The X Files 21:00
Grey’s Anatomy 22:00 CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation 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 Straight Dates by Gay Mates
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 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
16:00 Two and a Half Men 17:00 King
of Queens 18:00 Everybody Loves
Raymond 19:00 Frasier 20:00 Becker
20:30 Becker 21:00 That ‘70s Show
22:00 Everybody Loves Raymond
23:00 Sex and The City 00:10 South
Park 00:40 Comedy Blue 01:10 Tommy
Tiernan Live 02:50 Trailer Park Boys
03:20 South Park 03:50 Comedy Blue
04:20 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 06:35 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 Earthquake 18:00 Star
Trek 19:00 Profiler 20:00 Mysterious Ways 21:00 Angel 22:00 Taken
23:35 Dracula II: Ascension 01:10
Screamers 03:20 Psychic Detectives
03:55 ReGenesis 05:00 She Spies
SKY one
07:00 Sunrise With Eamonn Holmes
10:00 Stargate SG-1 11:00 Stargate
SG-1 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 SG-1 19:00 Malcolm in
the Middle 20:00 The Simpsons 21:00
The Diana Years 22:00 Standoff 23:00
Law and Order 00:00 Bones 01:00
Cold Case 02:00 Star Trek: The Next
Generation 03:40 Angel 04:30 Caribbean Uncovered 05:20 Dream Team
06:10 Taste
UKTV gold
07:00 Neighbours 07:30 Close Up
07:40 Yes, Prime Minister 08:20 As
Time Goes By 09:00 EastEnders 09:40
Keeping Up Appearances 10:20 Keeping Up Appearances 11:00 Doctor
Who 13:00 Keeping Up Appearances
14:20 Only Fools and Horses 15:40
Dinnerladies 17:00 Doctor Who 19:00
Keeping Up Appearances 19:40 Dinnerladies 20:20 Only Fools and Horses
21:00 New Tricks 22:00 The Vicar of
Dibley 22:55 Only Fools and Horses
00:00 The Catherine Tate Show 00:40
Men Behaving Badly 01:20 Jack Dee’s
Happy Hour 02:00 The Catherine Tate
Show 02:40 Wogan: Now And Then
03:40 Agatha Agatha Christie’s Miss
Marple 05:20 Merseybeat 06:15 Neighbours
UKTV people
10:00 A Life of Grime 11:00 Missing
12:00 Airport 13:00 A Life of Grime
14:00 Missing 15:00 Airport 16:00 A
Life of Grime 16:30 A Life of Grime
17:00 Missing 18:00 Airport 19:00
A Life of Grime 20:00 Missing 21:00
Airport 22:00 Honey We’re Killing The
Kids 23:00 Memphis Homicide Squad
00:00 Rail Cops 01:00 Forensic Files
02:00 Honey We’re Killing The Kids
03:00 Memphis Homicide Squad 03:50
Close Up
UKTV style
08:00 Cash in the Attic 09:00 Flog It!
10:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 11:00 First Dance 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 Living in the Sun 17:00 Fantasy
Homes By The Sea 18:00 Flog It! 19:00
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
20:00 Homes under the Hammer 21:00
The Clothes Show 22:00 Escape to the
Country 23:00 Fantasy Homes By The
Sea 00:00 Living in the Sun 01:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 02:00
I Want to Be a Hilton 03:00 Diva on a
Dime 03:30 The Compatibility Test
UKTV bright ideas
07:00 Hard Sell 07:30 Buying Style
08:00 Saw This and Thought of You
08:30 Put Your Money Where Your
House Is 09:00 Antiques Roadshow
10:00 Heaven’s Garden 10:30 Garden
Hopping 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 Hard Sell
15:30 Buying Style 16:00 Saw This and
Thought of You 16:30 Put Your Money
Where Your House Is 17:00 Ready,
Steady, Cook 17:30 Heaven’s Kitchen
Cookbook 18:00 Antiques Roadshow
UKTV drama
07:00 Howards’ Way 08:00 Juliet Bravo 09:00 Monarch of The Glen 10:00
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates 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 17:00 Bergerac 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
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 23:50
Judge John Deed 00:55 The Inspector
Lynley Mysteries 02:40 The Liver Birds
03:10 Howards’ Way 04:00 Juliet Bravo 04:50 Monarch of The Glen
TELEVISION
36
August 3 - August 9 2007
Thursday 9th August 2007
BBC 1
BBC 2
ITV 1
CHANNEL 4
07:00
10:15
11:00
12:00
12:45
13:15
14:00
14:30
14:40
07:00
07:20
07:35
08:00
08:15
08:30
09:00
09:45
09:55
10:25
10:45
11:10
11:35
12:00
12:10
12:35
13:00
07:00 GMTV
10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show
11:30 This Morning
Presented by Ruth Langsford
and Eamonn Holmes. A
celebration of the hit West
End musical The Buddy Holly
Story, which remembers the
legend who died 50 years
ago, plus, Dr Chris Steele
finds out whether ancient
medical remedies really work.
13:30 Loose Women
14:30 ITV Lunchtime News and
Weather
15:00 Daily Cooks
16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal
17:00 HeartBeat
18:00 Golden Balls
19:00 London Tonight
19:30 ITV Evening News; Weather
20:00 Emmerdale
20:30 Luton Airport
21:00 The Bill
22:00 Britain’s Youngest Brides
Documentary following five
teenagers who have decided
to tie the knot. Eighteen-yearold Catrina plans to devote
her life to being a mother
and housewife. Plus, a look
at how the 32-year age gap
between Kayley (18) and her
husband has affected their
marriage, and the story of
heavily pregnant Naeden (17),
who plans to walk down the
aisle to make sure her twin
babies are born into wedlock.
23:00 Benidorm
23:30 ITV News; Weather
00:00 News Knight with Sir Trevor
McDonald
00:35 Jools Holland’s Orange
Playlist
01:00 ITV Play
05:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show
06:00 ITV Nightscreen
07:10
08:00
08:30
09:00
10:00
10:35
15:05
15:35
16:20
16:25
16:50
17:05
17:35
18:00
18:25
18:35
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00
22:30
23:00
23:35
00:30
02:15
02:45
03:45
04:45
Breakfast
To Buy or Not to Buy
Homes under the Hammer
How to Live Longer
Car Booty
Cash in the Attic
BBC News and Weather
Regional News and Weather
Neighbours
Paul realises Fox is a loose
cannon when he catches him
smashing up the Robinson
home. Romantic Frazer
turns Rosie’s big proposal
on its head. Susan’s hit for
six when Izzy asks her to be
Holly’s godmother. Ringo
admits Rachel lights his fire,
but Bree and Zeke’s flames
are extinguished forever.
Doctors
All Saints
BBC News and Weather
Maya and Miguel
Skunk Fu
Mortified
Dinosapien
M.I. High
Newsround
Neighbours
BBC News and Weather
Regional News Programmes
The One Show
EastEnders
The Inspector Lynley
Mysteries
Traffic Cops
BBC News
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Citizen Ruth
Panorama
Alastair Campbell Diaries
Peter and Dan Snow: 20th
Century Battlefields
Joins BBC News 24
15:10
15:45
16:45
17:30
18:15
19:00
20:00
21:00
22:00
22:30
23:00
23:30
00:20
01:05
02:45
03:10
03:30
Fimbles
The Story Makers
Balamory
Numberjacks
Tommy Zoom
In The Night Garden
Do Something Different
Mona The Vampire
SMart!
Time Warp Trio
The Really Wild Show
Watch My Chops
Even Stevens
Dangermouse
Top Cat
The Munsters
The Hawaiians
Historical drama, sequel to
Hawaii, James Michener’s
bestseller, follows the story of
the island’s white settlers at
the end of the 19th century.
When Whip Hoxworth, a
seafarer, returns to the island
he loves, bringing a cargo
of Chinese slaves, he learns
that his grandfather’s fortune
has been left to his cousin.
Determined to make his own
money, he sets up a rival
plantation - beginning a bitter
family feud.
Hands on Nature
Escape to the Country
Flog It!
Ready, Steady, Cook
The Weakest Link
Animal Park
Top Wild Dives with Tanya
Streeter
Rick Stein’s Mediterranean
Escapes
Mock the Week
Hyperdrive
Still Game
Newsnight
Heroes
The Leather Boys
Arrested Development
How I Met Your Mother
Joins BBC News 24
10:50
11:55
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
23:30
02:00
02:35
02:45
The Hoobs
Frasier
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Big Brother
Shipwrecked 2007
Hollyoaks Postcard From T4
on The Beach
Friends
Shipwrecked 2007:
Battle Of The Islands: New
arrival Francesca settles into
her first day of three on Shark
Island. The posh student from
Surrey is an instant hit with
fellow posho Stevie, who
seems to be spending all of his
time with her. His behaviour
doesn’t go unnoticed by Amy,
his girlfriend of eight weeks.
News at Noon
Frasier
A Place In The Sun
Pickup on South Street
Pickpocket Skip McCoy
accidentally becomes
embroiled in a Cold War plot
when he steals the wrong
handbag: Candy thought she
was delivering confidential
information for her boss,
but the information was
government secrets that he, a
communist spy, was sending
to his masters.
Countdown
Win My Wage
Richard and Judy
The Simpsons
Hollyoaks
Channel 4 News
3 Minute Wonder
It’s Me or The Dog
Big Brother
My Name Is Earl
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The IT Crowd
Road to V 2007
Big Brother Live
FIVE
07:00
07:10
07:20
07:25
07:40
07:45
08:20
08:30
08:45
09:00
09:15
09:20
09:35
09:50
10:00
10:30
11:30
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:30
14:40
16:25
16:30
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:15
21:00
22:00
23:00
00:00
01:00
05:00
05:25
05:55
06:10
Thomas and Friends
Make Way for Noddy
When I Grow Up
Oswald
Peppa Pig
Hi-5
Hana’s Helpline
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
Insect Antics
House Doctor
Doctor, Doctor
The Trisha Goddard Show
five News
Home and Away
Charmed
Russell Grant’s Postcards
Man Without a Star
five News Update
Storm Chasers: Revenge of
the Twister
five News
Home and Away
Committed
five News
Cricket on Five
How to be a Property
Developer
House
Shark
CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation
Quiz Call
European Drag Racing
European Drag Racing
Nissan Qashqai Challenge:
Madrid
Football Argentina Highlights
E4
07:00
13:25
13:55
14:55
17:25
17:55
18:30
18:55
20:00
20:30
21:00
21:30
22:00
22:30
23:00
23:30
00:00
01:50
02:50
Big Brother Live
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Big Brother
Big Brother Live
Hollyoaks
Friends
The One With The Boob Job.
Series 9, episode 16.
Phoebe asks Mike to move
in with her, which might
cause a few problems in their
relationship. Meanwhile,
Monica asks Joey for a large
loan. But when Chandler also
approaches his pal for some
cash, Joey accidentally betrays
Monica’s confidence and tries
to recover with an outrageous
story. And Rachel’s efforts to
baby-proof the apartment are
driving Joey mad.
Friends
Big Brother
Hollyoaks
Dominic tries to patch things
up between Tony and Jacqui
after Jacqui goes to hospital
alone for her 12th week scan.
Hannah’s diet is affecting her
appearance and she’s getting
stomach cramps. She’s
furious when Gilly warns her
off drugs and accuses her of
being too easily influenced by
Melissa.
Big Brother’s Little Brother
Friends
Friends
Scrubs
The Law of The Playground
Big Brother’s Big Mouth
Fonejacker
Big Brother Live
The Friday Night Project
Big Brother Live
DOCUMENTARIES
DISCOVERY
07:00 Time Team 08:00 Mythbusters
09:00 How It’s Made 09:30 How It’s
Made 10:00 How Do They Do It?
11:00 Anacondas with Nigel Marven
12:00 Weapons of Combat 13:00
World’s Toughest Tribes 14:00 The
F.B.I. Files 15:00 Forensic Detectives
16:00 American Chopper 17:00
Deadliest Catch 18:00 Superships
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 I’d Kill For a Baby
23:00 World’s Heaviest Man 00:00
Forensic Detectives 01:00 The F.B.I.
Files 02:00 Most Evil 03:00 Forensic
Detectives 04:00 World’s Heaviest
Man 04:50 I’d Kill For a Baby 05:40
Kings of Construction 06:30 How It’s
Made
DISCOVERY real time
07:00 The House That Mackintosh
Built 07:30 The House That
Mackintosh Built 08:00 Hooked
on Fishing: Esthwaite Trout 08:30
Hooked on Fishing: Russian
Salmon 09:00 Total Fishing 2006
09:30 Fishing on the Edge 10:00
Watercolours with Charles Evans
10:30 Joy of Painting 11:00 Locks
and Quays 11:30 Waterworld
12:00 The Wreck Detectives 13:00
Nobody’s Inn 14:00 A Place In The
Sun 15:00 A Place by the Sea 16:00
Property Ladder 17:00 Chop Cut
Rebuild 17:30 Chop Cut Rebuild
18:00 Biker Build-off 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 Miami
Ink 23:00 Little People, Big World
23:30 Little People, Big World 00:00
Wheeler Dealers 00:30 Wheeler
Dealers 01:00 Biker Build-off 02:00
A Chopper is Born 02:30 Miami
Ink 03:30 Little People, Big World
04:00 Little People, Big World 04:25
Wheeler Dealers 04:50 Wheeler
Dealers 05:15 Watercolours with
Charles Evans 05:40 Joy of Painting
06:05 Barn Free 06:30 Dreamboats
NATIONAL geographic
09:00 Air Crash Investigation 10:00
Warplanes 11:00 Voyage of The
Dragon King 12:00 Battlefront 12:30
Battlefront 13:00 Megastructures
14:00 How It Works 14:30 How It
Works 15:00 Megafactories 16:00 Air
Crash Investigation 17:00 Seconds
From Disaster 18:00 Monster
Moves 19:00 The Sea Hunters 20:00
Amazon Claws 21:00 Seconds From
Disaster 22:00 Megastructures
23:00
Megastructures
00:00
Megastructures 01:00 Russian
Bigfoot 02:00 Megastructures
HISTORY channel
09:00 Dynasties 10:00 The Curse
of King Tut’s Tomb 11:00 The Day
After Roswell 12:00 Trafalgar’s
Forgotten Hero 13:00 The Crusades
14:00 Engineering An Empire 15:00
The Last Days of World War II
16:00 World’s Deadliest Aircraft
17:00 Secret Russian Aircraft of
WWII 18:00 The Last Days of
World War II 19:00 Engineering An
Empire 20:00 The Crusades 21:00
The Lost Evidence 22:00 Hell’s
Battlefield 23:00 Gestapo 00:00
Crime Stories 01:00 Secret Russian
Aircraft of WWII 02:00 Dynasties
UKTV documentary
10:00 Sahara with Michael Palin 11:00
Natural World 12:00 Natural World
13:00 Equator 14:00 Natural World
15:00 Wild Africa 16:00 Sahara with
Michael Palin 17:00 Natural World
18:00 Equator 19:00 Natural World
20:00 Wild Africa 21:00 Sahara with
Michael Palin 22:00 Natural World
23:00 Equator 00:00 Natural World
01:00 Wild Africa 02:00 Sahara with
Michael Palin 03:00 Equator 03:50
World’s Best Places To See 03:55
World’s Best Places To See
ANIMAL planet
07:00 Miami Animal Police 08:00
Crocodile Hunter 09:00 Monkey
Business 09:30 Animal Crackers 10:00
Britain’s Worst Pet 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 Planet
Action 15:00 Locust Invasion: The
Insect That Ate Africa 16:00 Wonder
Dogs 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
Wonder Dogs 20:00 Monkey Business
20:30 Wildlife SOS 21:00 Animal Cops
Houston 22:00 Animal Cops Houston
23:00 Miami Animal Police 00:00
Wildlife SOS 00:30 Monkey Business
01:00 Wild Rescues 01:30 Pet Rescue
02:00 Animal Cops Houston 03:00
Miami Animal Police 04:00 Wildlife
SOS 04:30 Monkey Business 04:55
Wonder Dogs 05:20 Pet Rescue 05:45
Amazing Animal Videos 06:10 Animal
Cops Houston
SPORT
SKY SPORTS 1
07:00 Total Rugby
07:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial
08:00 Football: Glentoran V
Manchester United
Glentoran V Manchester
United. Manchester United
grab their last chance to
warm up against Glentoran
at The Oval, Belfast, ahead
of the new Premier League
season. New signing Owen
Hargreaves could be on
show for United.
09:30 Premiership Years 20052006
11:30 Test Cricket: England V
India 3rd Test
The third Test between
England and India takes
place at The Oval. Six of the
nine Tests between these
sides here have ended in a
draw, with England taking
two victories.
20:00 Live US PGA Championship
Golf
02:00 Test Cricket: England V
India 3rd Test
04:00 Premier League World
04:30 Football: Welsh International Super Cup
SKY SPORTS 2
07:00 Aerobics Oz Style
07:30 Ocean
08:00 World Wrestling
Entertainment Experience
09:00 Watersports World
10:00 Ocean
10:30 Irish Greyhound Racing
11:00 World Ten Pin Masters
The annual world-famous
bowling tournament takes
place at the Metrodome in
Barnsley. Reigning champion
Chris Barnes of the USA
returns to defend his title.
12:00 FIFA Futbol Mundial
12:30 Golf Special: Make It Happen
- U.S.P.G.A Championship
13:00 Trans World Sport
14:00 Football: Glentoran V
Manchester United
15:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial
16:00 Premiership Years 2005-2006
18:00 NFL - Total Access
19:00 Sports Adventure
19:30 Premier League World
20:00 Football: Welsh International
Super Cup
21:00 Test Cricket: England V India
3rd Test
23:00 Premiership Years 2005-2006
01:00 Football: Welsh International
Super Cup
02:00 Race World
03:00 NFL - Total Access
SKY SPORTS 3
07:30 Irish International Show
Jumping
08:00 Aerobics Oz Style
08:30 Ocean
09:00 Motor Racing
10:30 European Tour Weekly
11:00 Golf Special: Make It Happen
- U.S.P.G.A Championship
11:30 Heritage Grand Touring Car
Challenge
12:00 Aerobics Oz Style
12:30 Racing News
13:00 Watersports World
14:00 NFL - Total Access
15:00 Ocean
15:30 Total Rugby
16:00 Watersports World
17:00 World Ten Pin Masters
18:00 World Wrestling Entertainment Heat
19:00 I.A.A.F Athletix Weekly
19:30 Race World
20:30 Live Rugby League: National
League - Whitehaven V
Castleford. One encounter
at the Recreation Ground.
Whitehaven missed out on
the League One Grand Final
last year, falling 24-20 in the
semi-final to Widnes.
23:00 World Wrestling
Entertainment Late Night Raw
01:00 ECW Wrestling
02:00 Rugby League: National League - Whitehaven V Castleford
EUROSPORT
08:30 Adventure: Escape
Escape shows the most
exceptional pictures from
everywhere on Earth, where
human beings can still meet
and compete in its natural environment. The best adventure
races and series, the profiles
of today’s great adventurers
and of nature sports’ champions, and also all the news and
calendars of the best Nature
and Adventure sports.
09:00 Snooker: International
Masters In Shanghai, China
11:30 Football: Champions Youth
Cup In Malaysia
12:45 Football: Champions Youth
Cup In Malaysia
14:15 Snooker: International
Masters In Shanghai, China
16:30 Football: Champions Youth
Cup In Malaysia
17:30 Football: Champions Youth
Cup In Malaysia
18:00 Football: Eurogoals Flash
18:15 Football: Champions Youth
Cup In Malaysia
18:45 Snooker: International
Masters In Shanghai, China
21:00 Boxing: World Ibo Title In Las
Vegas, USA
23:00 Fight Sport: Fight Club
01:00 Adventure: Mountain X Race
In France
ESPN classic
08:00 US Open: Austin V Navratilova
10:00 Pro Celebrity Golf
11:00 Premiership Highlights,
2004/2005
12:00 Mike Tyson’s Most Shocking
Defeat
13:00 Strikers: Ian Rush
13:30 Everton V Liverpool
14:00 RWC 2003: England V France
15:00 Premiership Highlights,
2004/2005
16:00 Cricket: England V Australia
16:30 Cricket: England V Australia
17:00 Mike Tyson’s Most Shocking
Defeat
18:00 RWC 2003: England V France
19:00 Pro Celebrity Golf
20:00 Premiership Highlights,
2004/2005
21:00 Cricket: England V Australia
21:30 Ian Botham: Cricket Legend
22:00 England in The Rugby
World Cup
22:30 The Legends Speak
23:00 Premiership Highlights,
2005/2006
00:00 Boxing: Madison Square
Garden
01:00 Strikers: Andy Gray
01:30 Wolves V Nottingham
Forest
02:00 Premiership Highlights,
2005/2006
03:00 Boxing: Madison Square
Garden
04:00 England in The Rugby
World Cup
04:30 The Legends Speak
05:00 Strikers: Andy Gray
How to Live Longer
BBC1 12.00 - 12.45
Experts Amanda Hamilton and Ian Philp try to
help people live healthier lives in just six weeks.
Susi Powis is a workaholic, a chocaholic and
a caffeine addict. She’s unfit, overweight and
stressed out. After a series of physical and
medical tests supervised by our resident
experts, Susi is told her biological age – and it’s
just the wake up call she needs.
TELEVISION
August 3 - August 9 2007
37
Thursday 9th August 2007
FILMS
SKY MOVIES sci-fi & horror
07:00
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
12:50
13:05
15:10
16:55
17:15
19:45
20:00
22:00
00:00
01:00
02:35
02:50
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Wars vs Star Trek
Programme
Star Wars: Episode IV - A
New Hope
Star Trek: Insurrection
Sci-Fi and Horror Close Up
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Star Wars vs Star Trek
Programme
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek IV: The Voyage
Home
Star Wars: Feel The Force
Star Wars: Empire Of Dreams
Star Wars vs Star Trek
Programme
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of
Khan
SKY MOVIES premier
11:00
11:30
12:00
Star Wars vs Star Trek Programme
Action and Thriller Close Up
Modern Greats Close Up
12:30
13:00
14:45
15:15
17:00
18:45
19:15
21:00
23:45
01:20
Family Close Up
Curious George
The Making Of Evan Almighty
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Honeymoon With Mom
Premiere Close Up
RV - Runaway Vacation
Munich
When a Stranger Calls
Stay Alive
SKY MOVIES modern greats
08:00
10:10
12:10
14:10
16:50
18:50
21:00
23:00
01:10
03:10
06:10
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Beguiled
Shirley Valentine
Amistad
The Beguiled
The Drowning Pool
Shirley Valentine
Wild at Heart
Sea Of Love
Casino
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
SKY MOVIES indie
11:00
13:00
15:10
16:55
17:50
19:50
22:00
Rice Rhapsody
8 1/2 Women
What’s Bugging Seth?
The Secret Life of Earth
The Last Mitterand
The Sea Inside
What’s Bugging Seth?
Paparazzi
Sky Movies Action/Thriller 11.40 - 13.20 & 18.40 - 20.20
Bo Laramie is a movie star who has finally achieved success. But success comes at
a price, in the form of four persistent photographers known as the paparazzi. Using
their dishonest methods of getting the money shot regardless of what it takes, they’ll
stop at nothing in exploiting Bo for every last penny. But when one of their ventures
nearly costs Bo’s life and that of his
family when they cause a car accident
and do nothing afterwards except take
photos, Bo has finally reached his
breaking point. In doing so, Bo decides
to exact a crafty and complex revenge
on those four who have enjoyed making his life a living hell with his focus
on the paparazzi’s ring leader, Rex
Harper.
23:45 Boxcar Bertha
01:30 8 1/2 Women
03:55 The Secret Life of Earth
SKY MOVIES family
08:15
10:00
12:05
13:50
15:25
17:10
18:55
21:00
23:40
01:15
03:00
04:40
06:15
The Perfect Man
Mrs. Doubtfire
D.A.R.Y.L.
Librarian: Return To King
Solomons Mines
The Perfect Man
D.A.R.Y.L.
Mrs. Doubtfire
Harry Potter and The Goblet
of Fire
Librarian: Return To King
Solomons Mines
Confessions of an Ugly
Stepsister
Funky Monkey
Young Ivanhoe
The Skateboard Kid II
SKY MOVIES drama
07:15
09:00
10:40
12:20
14:00
15:40
17:40
19:20
21:00
23:00
01:05
03:15
04:50
06:25
Loss of Faith
Miracle in The Woods
Can’t be Heaven
Ice Bound
Loss of Faith
The Weather Man
Can’t be Heaven
Ice Bound
The Weather Man
Two for the Money
Nil By Mouth
The Robber Bride
Secret Life of Zoey
Ice Bound
SKY MOVIES comedy
07:15
09:15
10:55
12:50
15:00
16:50
17:20
19:20
21:00
23:00
Two Much
The Pacifier
Keeping Mum
Kiss Me, Stupid
Never Been Kissed
The Making Of Evan Almighty
Two Much
The Pacifier
Keeping Mum
Never Been Kissed
00:50
02:30
04:30
06:20
Team America: World Police
The Birdcage
We’re No Angels
Kiss Me, Stupid
SKY MOVIES classics
08:15
09:55
11:55
14:05
14:35
16:15
19:30
20:00
22:00
23:55
02:20
04:20
06:10
Safety Last!
The Bishop’s Wife
The Great Dictator
Modern Greats Close Up
Safety Last!
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Modern Greats Close Up
The Bishop’s Wife
Wait Until Dark
Irma La Douce
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Tales of Terror
Hail The Conquering Hero
SKY MOVIES action/thriller
07:50
09:45
11:40
13:20
15:00
16:50
18:40
20:20
22:00
00:00
01:40
04:10
05:50
Chill Factor
Pacific Heights
Paparazzi
Homeland Security
Chill Factor
Pacific Heights
Paparazzi
Homeland Security
Basic Instinct 2
The Descent
Sleepers
City Of Industry
In the Line of Duty: Smoke
Jumpers
SKY MOVIES HD 1
12:00
14:25
16:05
17:35
19:35
22:00
23:50
The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, The Witch and The
Wardrobe
Fun With Dick and Jane
Ernest Goes to Jail
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, The Witch and The
Wardrobe
Fun With Dick and Jane
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Sky Movies Premier 15.15 - 17.00
While Skrat the Saber Toothed Squirrel is still ineffectually trying to regain his
precious acorn, the misfit trio of Manny the Mammoth, Sid the Sloth and Diego
the Sabretooth
Tiger have settled down in an isolated valley. However, the trio
discover that the ice wall surrounding the valley is barely
holding back a massive body of water and it’s melting
state threatens to flood the valley. With their one
chance of survival being a boat at the other end of
the valley, the trio follow the desperate exodus.
Along the way, they meet Ellie, a female mammoth who is convinced she’s a possum like her
brothers. Manny struggles to find some connection to this strange female who may be the only
other one of his kind.
01:40
03:30
Noises Off
Modern Greats Close Up
SKY MOVIES HD 2
13:00 Bee Season
15:00 The Skeleton Key
17:00 The Fast and The Furious:
Tokyo Drift
19:00 Bee Season
21:00 The Cave
23:00 The Fast and The Furious:
Tokyo Drift
01:00 The Skeleton Key
03:00 The Cave
FILM 4
14:00
15:45
18:05
20:15
22:00
00:35
02:55
Chance of a Lifetime
The Man in Grey
Boy on a Dolphin
Carry on Behind
K-19: The Widowmaker
Quills
Mostly Martha
TCM
08:00
08:15
10:15
12:00
13:35
16:00
18:20
20:10
22:00
Teleshopping
Guns For San Sebastian
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Father’s Little Dividend
They Were Expendable
Ocean’s Eleven
Sunday in New York
The Maltese Falcon
Rio Bravo
00:50 The Long Kiss Goodnight
02:55 Teleshopping
03:10 Vivien Leigh: Scarlett And
Beyond
04:05 Brewster Mccloud
06:00 Brass Target
DISNEY cinemagic
07:00
07:25
07:45
08:10
08:35
09:00
09:45
10:00
11:05
13:35
16:20
16:45
17:10
17:35
18:00
19:35
20:00
21:25
21:40
22:05
22:25
22:50
23:15
23:45
00:10
00:35
The Little Mermaid
Aladdin
House of Mouse
Emperor’s New School
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The
Three Musketeers
Recess
Lilo and Stitch
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Emperor’s New School
Recess
Rocket Man
Lilo and Stitch
Escape to Witch Mountain
Recess
Tarzan
Lilo and Stitch
Emperor’s New School
Recess
Quack Pack
Lilo and Stitch
Recess
House of Mouse
GENERAL INTEREST
BBC 3
20:00 Doctor Who 20:45 Doctor Who
Confidential 21:00 Honey We’re Killing
The Kids 22:00 Spendaholics 23:00
EastEnders 23:30 The Visit 00:00 Baby
Faced Body Builders 00:55 Two Pints of
Lager and a Packet of Crisps 01:25 Two
Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
01:55 The Visit 02:25 Baby Faced Body
Builders 03:20 Two Pints of Lager and
a Packet of Crisps 03:50 Two Pints of
Lager and a Packet of Crisps
BBC 4
20:00 World News Today 20:30 Copenhagen 22:00 Atom 23:00 The Book Quiz
23:30 Lead Balloon 00:00 A Beautiful
Mind 02:05 Atom 03:05 Lead Balloon
03:35 The Book Quiz
BBC prime
07:00 Boogie Beebies 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 House Invaders 09:30 The Week The Women Went
10:00 Small Town Gardens 10:30
Perfect Properties 11:00 Garden Challenge 11:30 Wild New World 12:30
One Foot in the Grave 13:00 As Time
Goes By 13:30 My Family 14:00 Hetty
Wainthropp Investigates 15:00 Waking
the Dead 16:00 House Invaders 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 Waking the Dead 21:00 Spooks
22:00 Kiss Me Kate 22:30 Nighty Night
23:00 Waking the Dead 00:00 One Foot
in the Grave 00:30 Spooks 01:30 As
Time Goes By 02:00 My Family 02:30
EastEnders 03:00 Waking the Dead
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 Fast
Track 10:00 BBC News 10:30 HARDtalk 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Our World
12:00 BBC News 12:30 World Business
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 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 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 02:30 World Business Report
03:00 BBC News 03:30 Talking Movies
BRAVO
09:00 When Sport Goes Bad: Whacked
Out Sports 09:30 When Sport Goes
Bad: Whacked Out Sports 10:00 Dog
the Bounty Hunter 10:30 Dog the
Bounty Hunter 11:00 Buck Rogers in
The 25th Century 12:00 Walker, Texas
Ranger 13:00 When Sport Goes Bad:
Whacked Out Sports 13:30 When Sport
Goes Bad: Whacked Out Sports 14:00
Street Crime UK 2 14:30 Street Crime
UK 2 15:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter
15:30 Dog the Bounty Hunter 16:00
Street Crime UK 2 16:30 Street Crime
UK 2 17:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter
17:30 Dog the Bounty Hunter 18:00
When Sport Goes Bad: Whacked Out
Sports 18:30 When Sport Goes Bad:
Whacked Out Sports 19:00 Buck Rogers in The 25th Century 20:00 Walker,
Texas Ranger 21:00 Dog the Bounty
Hunter 21:30 Dog the Bounty Hunter
22:00 Under Fire 2: Deadliest Police
Shootouts 22:30 Under Fire 2: Deadliest
Police Shootouts 23:00 Is That a Nail in
Your Head? 00:00 Porn Week 00:30
Porn Week 01:00 Under Fire 2: Deadliest Police Shootouts 01:30 Under Fire
2: Deadliest Police Shootouts 02:00 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
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 11:00 The Suite Life of Zack
and Cody 11:25 The Suite Life of Zack
and Cody 11:50 Lizzie McGuire 12:15
Lizzie McGuire 12:40 The Suite Life of
Zack and Cody 13:05 The Suite Life of
Zack and Cody 13:30 Lizzie McGuire
13:55 Lizzie McGuire 14:20 The Suite
Life of Zack and Cody 14:45 The Suite
Life of Zack and Cody 15:10 Lizzie
McGuire 15:35 Lizzie McGuire 16:00
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody 16:25
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody 16:50
Lizzie McGuire 17:15 Lizzie McGuire
17:40 The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
18:05 The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
18:30 Lizzie McGuire 18:55 Lizzie
McGuire 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 Cow Belles 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 Mopatop’s Shop 07:10 Engie
Benjy 07:25 Pocoyo 07:35 Doodlebops
08:00 Viva Pinata 08:25 Sabrina’s Secret Life 08:55 Transformers: Cybertron
09:25 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX 09:55 Captain
Scarlet 10:25 Coronation Street 10:55
Emmerdale 11:25 The Montel Williams
Show 12:10 Judge Judy 12:35 Judge
Judy 13:00 Judge Judy 13:30 Coronation Street 14:00 Emmerdale 14:30 The
Jeremy Kyle Show 15:35 The Jeremy
Kyle Show 16:40 The Ricki Lake Show
17:25 Sally Jessy Raphael 18:10 Airline
USA 18:45 Judge Judy 19:10 Judge
Judy 19:35 Judge Judy 20:00 The New
Adventures of Superman 21:00 House
of Horrors 22:00 The Fifth Element
00:30 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies
01:30 Keane in Profile 02:00 Franz Ferdinand in Profile 02:30 ITV Play
ITV 3
07:00 Cagney and Lacey 07:50 HeartBeat 08:50 The Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes 09:50 Ironside 10:50 Columbo:
Undercover 12:50 Cagney and Lacey
13:55 HeartBeat 14:55 Only When I
Laugh 15:30 Goodnight Sweetheart
16:00 Columbo: Strange Bedfellows
18:00 The Adventures 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 Return of Sherlock Holmes 22:00
Doc Martin 23:05 Taggart 01:50 Hack
02:50 Never the Twain 03:15 Only
When I Laugh 03:40 HeartBeat 04:35
Savage Planet
ITV 4
19:00 The Champions 20:00 3rd Rock
From The Sun 20:30 3rd Rock From The
Sun 21:00 UFO 22:00 Homicide: Life On
The Street 23:00 Hideaway 01:05 Crying Freeman 03:05 Millennium
LIVING
07:00 Home Shopping 07:30 Home
Shopping 08:00 Divorce Court 08:30
Divorce Court 09:00 Maury 09:55
The Fix 10:00 Extreme Makeover
11:00 Cheaters 11:30 Cheaters 12:00
The Jerry Springer Show 12:30 The
Jerry Springer Show 13:00 The Jerry
Springer Show 13:30 Maury 14:25
The Fix 14:30 Will and Grace 15:00
Will and Grace 15:30 Dharma and Greg
16:00 Grey’s Anatomy 17:00 Charmed
18:00 Charmed 19:00 Extreme Makeover 20:00 The X Files 21:00 Nothing
to Declare 21:30 Nothing to Declare
22:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
23:00 Grey’s Anatomy 00:00 CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation 01:00 The X Files
02:00 Nothing to Declare 02:30 Nothing
to Declare 03:00 Veronica Mars
PARAMOUNT comedy
07:00 QVC 10:00 Veronica’s Closet
10:30 Veronica’s Closet 11:00 Two and
a Half Men 11:30 Two and a Half Men
12:00 King of Queens 12:30 King of
Queens 13:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 13:30 Everybody Loves Raymond
14:00 Veronica’s Closet 14:30 Veronica’s Closet 15:00 Becker 15:30 Becker
16:00 Two and a Half Men 16:30 Two
and a Half Men 17:00 King of Queens
17:30 King of Queens 18:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 18:30 Everybody
Loves Raymond 19:00 Frasier 19:30
Frasier 20:00 Becker 20:30 Becker
21:00 That ‘70s Show 21:30 That ‘70s
Show 22:00 Everybody Hates Chris
22:30 Everybody Hates Chris 23:00 Sex
and The City 23:35 Sex and The City
00:10 South Park 00:40 Comedy Blue
01:10 Live at the Fringe 02:10 Trailer
Park Boys 02:40 South Park 03:10 Badly Dubbed Porn 03:40 Sexy Cam 04:00
Comedy Blue 04:30 Linc’s
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
Ground Zero 18:00 Star Trek 19:00 Profiler 20:00 Mysterious Ways 21:00 Angel 22:00 Threshold 23:00 Lightspeed
00:35 Minotaur 02:25 Vampirella
SKY one
07:00 Sunrise With Eamonn Holmes
10:00 Stargate SG-1 11:00 Stargate SG1 12:00 Brainiac: Science Abuse 13:00
Malcolm in the Middle 13:30 Malcolm in
the Middle 14:00 Cold Case 15:00 Angel
16:00 Las Vegas 17:00 Stargate SG-1
18:00 Stargate SG-1 19:00 Malcolm in
the Middle 19:30 Malcolm in the Middle 20:00 The Simpsons 20:30 The
Simpsons 21:00 The Simpsons 21:30
The Simpsons 22:00 Las Vegas 23:00
Cold Case 00:00 Cold Case 01:00 Star
Trek: The Next Generation 02:00 Star
Trek: The Next Generation 02:50 Pop
Years 03:40 Caribbean Uncovered
UKTV Gold
07:00 Neighbours 07:30 Close Up
07:40 Yes, Prime Minister 08:20 As
Time Goes By 09:00 EastEnders 09:40
Last of the Summer Wine 10:20 Last of
the Summer Wine 11:00 Doctor Who
12:00 Doctor Who 13:00 My Family
13:40 My Family 14:20 Open All Hours
15:00 Open All Hours 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
Open All Hours 20:20 Only Fools and
Horses 21:00 New Adventures of Old
Christine 21:30 New Adventures of
Old Christine 22:00 The Vicar of Dibley 22:40 Only Fools and Horses 00:10
The Catherine Tate Show 00:50 Jack
Dee’s Happy Hour 01:30 Prison Break
02:30 Prison Break 03:25 Friday Night
with Jonathan Ross
UKTV people
10:00 Seaside Rescue 10:30 Seaside
Rescue 11:00 Disaster Masters 11:30
Disaster Masters 12:00 Airport 12:30
Airport 13:00 Seaside Rescue 13:30
Seaside Rescue 14:00 Disaster Masters
14:30 Disaster Masters 15:00 Airport
15:30 Airport 16:00 Seaside Rescue
16:30 Seaside Rescue 17:00 Disaster
Masters 17:30 Disaster Masters 18:00
Airport 18:30 Airport 19:00 Seaside
Rescue 19:30 Seaside Rescue 20:00
Disaster Masters 20:30 Disaster Mas-
ters 21:00 Airport 21:30 Airport 22:00
Teen Angels 23:00 Brooklyn North
00:00 Traffic Cops 00:30 Traffic Cops
01:00 Forensic Files 01:30 Forensic
Files 02:00 Teen Angels 03:00 Brooklyn
North 03:50 Close Up
UKTV style
08:00 Cash in the Attic 09:00 Flog It!
10:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 11:00 The Clothes Show 12:00
Who Rules the Roost? 13:00 Beat
the Burglar 14:00 Homes under the
Hammer 15:00 Escape to the Country
16:00 Living in the Sun 17:00 Fantasy Homes By The Sea 18:00 Flog
It! 19:00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition 20:00 Homes under the Hammer 21:00 The Clothes Show 22:00
Escape to the Country 23:00 Fantasy
Homes By The Sea 00:00 Living in the
Sun 01:00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition 02:00 Who Rules the Roost?
03:00 Speed Up, Slow Down 03:30
Speed Up, Slow Down
UKTV bright ideas
07:00 Hard Sell 07:30 Fab Pads 08:00
Saw This and Thought of You 08:30
Put Your Money Where Your House
Is 09:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00
Garden Rivals 10:30 Garden Hopping
11:00 Ready, Steady, Cook 11:30
James Martin: Sweet 12:00 Great Food
Live 13:00 Food Uncut 13:30 Garden
Rivals 14:00 Antiques Roadshow
15:00 Hard Sell 15:30 Fab Pads 16:00
Saw This and Thought of You 16:30
Put Your Money Where Your House
Is 17:00 Ready, Steady, Cook 17:30
James Martin: Sweet
UKTV Drama
07:00 Howards’ Way 08:00 Juliet Bravo 09:00 Born and Bred 10:00 Hart to
Hart 11:00 Bergerac 12:00 Waiting For
God 12:40 Keeping Up Appearances
13:20 Last of the Summer Wine 14:00
Murder, She Wrote 15:00 Murder, She
Wrote 16:00 Hart to Hart 17:00 Bergerac 18:00 Just Good Friends 18:40
Keeping Up Appearances 19:20 Last of
the Summer Wine 20:00 Murder, She
Wrote 21:00 Murder, She Wrote 22:00
Dalziel and Pascoe 00:15 Judge John
Deed 01:15 Dalziel and Pascoe 03:25
Howards’ Way 04:15 Juliet Bravo
05:05 Born and Bred 05:55 Campion
06:45 The Dick Emery Show
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August 3 - August 9 2007
LEISURE
Sci-Fi nominees
Battlestar Galactica receives 4 Emmy nominations including Outstanding Directing for a Drama series, Outstanding Sound
Editing, Outstanding Special Visual Effects and Outstanding Writing. Furthermore, the hit sci-fi series Heroes and Lost also have
received nominations, in a year which reflects the increasing power of the internet to make or break TV programmes.
Cult series Jericho made a TV comeback when fans plagued the shows creators, and Lost used its websites, (official and unofficial sites) to create a buzz outside of just TV advertising.
Spice City?
The reunited Spice Girls recently unveiled an 11-date tour throughout the world but don’t want to leave out
fans living in cities that aren’t on the trek.
In a post on the group’s website, the girls unveiled a contest that will allow one city to be added to the list of
tour dates that currently includes Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York City, Buenos Aires, London, Köln, Madrid,
Capetown, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Sydney.
“We’ve had loads of messages from people all over the world asking why we weren’t performing in their
country. It’s impossible for us to perform everywhere but we thought why not let our fans decide where we
play? This is your chance to turn your city in to ‘Spice City!’ All you need to do is tell us where you want to
see us!” The city with the most votes will be
added to the list.
Desperately seeking ratings
US reality TV actress Nicole Ritchie, socialite friend of Paris Hilton
is to be jailed for four days for driving under the influence
of drugs last December. Allegedly pregnant by current
boyfriend, (singer Joel Madden of the band Good Charlotte),
Ritchie (adopted daughter of Lionel Ritchie) will also be put
on three years probation. She was arrested in December for
driving the wrong way on the 134 Freeway in Burbank, California.
Highway Patrol officers said they found Ritchie stopped in the carpool
lane and that she was the lone occupant of the vehicle. She admitted
to officers that she had smoked marijuana and taken the painkiller
Vicodin. In 2003, Ritchie was arrested on suspicion of heroin possession
and spent time in rehabilitation.
However, suspicions abound that the jail time represents no real deterrent
to Ritchie, who looks set to follow Paris Hiltons path once more, and may
even gain more notoriety after this jail time, which could conceivably
boost ratings of their reality TV show A Simple Life.
Many Sky channels
are available on a
1 metre dish.
We can also supply
Sky cards without the
need for an English
address or bank
account
Coldplay play it hot
In a series of web posts the Coldplay frontman
Chris Martin and his mates have said that
their forthcoming album will have a
Hispanic tinge to it. “The sights, sounds
and flavours of Latin America and
Spain have definitely been infused
on this album,” the band wrote.
The band visited Argentina,
Chile, Brazil, and Mexico earlier
this year and then came up
with the idea of recording in
Spain.
The band apparently spent
quite a bit of time recording
in churches in Spain, setting up
with only “an acoustic guitar,
a couple of mikes, a laptop,
and some headphones”and
“playing at the feet of
archangels.”
We imagine this musical
decision has nothing to do with
the fact that Chris Martin’s
famous wife Gwyneth owns a
property in Spain...
The new album, is expected
to hit stores sometime in 2008.
MAGAZINE
August 3 - August 9 2007
39
PUZZLES
Rules and answers on page 42
LOTTERY LOTTO
CROSSWORD
QUICK QUIZ
wordgames.co.uk
ELIMINATIONS
and lower-numbered balls
40 with a 4
and all odd-numbered balls
47 in the forties
2 and balls with digits total 2
and the ball two-thirds this
12 number
1.
What were the Monkees
too busy singing to do?
2.
What nationality is high
jumper Xavier Sotomayor?
3.
In which century did
the Irish Potato Famine
occur?
4.
Which Irish nationalist
politician, played on
film by Liam Neeson,
was gunned down in an
ambush in 1922?
5.
While imprisoned in the
Tower of London, who
wrote a history of the
world?
6.
Which Scottish football
team play in Kirkcaldy?
7.
Who is the cartoon adversary of Road Runner?
8.
In which decade was
Vivienne Westwood
born?
9.
What is the most expensive green monopoly
property?
38 and the ball half this number
23 and its double
and balls on its circle with a 3
31 or 1
and adjacent balls on its
29 circle
and higher-numbered balls
7 on its diameter
Your six jackpot balls must total
72
and balls on adjacent radii
48 with a 4 or 8
and balls on its diameter with
36 a 3
CHILDREN’S WORDSEARCH
ACROSS
1. Partying, revelling (11)
8. Inhabited (5,2)
9. Browned bread (5)
11. Put to some purpose (3)
12. Unable or unwilling to
take a broad mental
view (7)
13. Kettle vapour (5)
14. Kingdon (6)
16. Tender, kind (6)
19. Cause a fuss (3,2)
21. Absolutely, completely
(7)
23. ......... Deighton, author
of The Ipcress File (3)
24. Wear away soil, for
instance (5)
25. Fail (of a company)
(2,5)
26. Process of teaching or
training (11)
DOWN
2. Singer known as ‘The
King’ (5)
3. One of Batman’s
enemies (7)
4. Compost (6)
5. Flying toys on string (5)
6. Closest by (7)
7. Unskilled in reading
and writing (10)
10. Wood wholesaler’s
area (10)
15. Humiliate (3,4)
17. Place in the care of (7)
18. Oriental martial art
using blows and kicks
(4,2)
20. Fold pressed into cloth
(5)
22. Wireless (5)
10. Which US president won
a nobel prize in 1906?
WORD WHEEL
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THIS WEEK FIND WORDS RELATED TO SHREK
The clue for the nine-letter word this
week is:
Exactly like or corresponding to
something else.
E
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
DONKEY
DRAGON
FARQUAAD
FIONA
KINGHAROLD
OGRE
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
PRINCECHARMING
PRINCESS
PUSSINBOOTS
QUEENLILLIAN
SHREK
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
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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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PUZZLES
Rules and answers on page 42
LOGIC
YOUR
TRADING ESTATE
The famous stately home of Ravenwood Priory costs a lot to run, and to earn that
money the Earl of Loray had had not only to open the main house to the public, but
also convert some of the other buildings on the estate to business premises of various
kinds. From the clues given, can you work out which Earl had each building erected,
the name of the architect who designed it, and the business now run from it?
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
Life should be running in a
smooth manner. Ideas and
interaction with authority
figures or older people may
be in the forecast. There
are several opportunities
to make good decisions and
clear choices. You are at
your most practical now and
the things that take place
this week may have a lasting
effect on your life direction.
Your fine verbal skills and
a natural sense of justice
makes legal work your expertise. This is a perfect
time for new ideas, a breakthrough in thinking, a novel
approach. You have information this Saturday that
you had not known about
before – a missing piece of
the puzzle, so-to-speak.
Dec 22 – Jan 19
AQUARIUS
Jan 20 – Feb 18
Sympathy and understanding are emotional qualities
that take on greater importance. It is wisdom and not
knowledge that counts most.
This is a good time to be patient and tread a little lightly
when it comes to indulgence
and overextending yourself.
PISCES
Feb 19 – March 20
Good fortune and plain old
luck surrounds you this
week. It is easy for you to
make the correct decisions,
find the right path, and move
forward where your career
is concerned. This Friday is
a time to get ahead by taking
action. Keep your attitude
positive and all opportunities will become clear.
ARIES
March 21 – April 19
Everything seems to be
working well this week. You
may find that the patience
you put forth with others
has paid off – especially
when you see the positive
responses. You are a good
listener and many of the
strategies you use now may
have been suggestions from
others.
TAURUS
April 20 – May 20
Your career direction gets
some encouragement this
week and life’s problems
seem easier to solve. You
may benefit from an older
person or one in authority. You have an instinctive
urge to get serious about
taking care of yourself. You
could have an emotional
conversation with someone
this week.
GEMINI
May 21 – June
You will find a way around
almost any obstacle and
are in control and able to
guide yourself with ease.
This week, you may find
yourself very appreciative
of your career and practical skills. You might enjoy
solving puzzles and problems, finding solutions, etc.
A renewed appreciation for
your work may be apparent
to your superiors.
June 22 – July 22
LEO
CLUES
1. The Orangery, which is now
the Orangery Restaurant, was
built for an earlier Earl than the
one who commissioned the
famous Marmeduke Waterman to design an estate building for him.
2. The Dower House, built by
the fifth Earl for his widowed
mother, has not been converted to a garden centre;
the building which is now a
garden centre was built by an
earlier Earl than the one who
commissioned the Gatehouse,
a replacement for the original
destroyed in the Civil War.
3. The Old Stables weren’t built
by the sixth Earl; the Belvedere, a large and elaborate
multi-storeyed summerhouse,
was designed by Pierre-Jean
Le Vaux.
4. The building constructed for
the fourth Earl, now used as
an art gallery, was not designed by the Scots architect
Archibald Campbell.
5. The building designed by Sir
Lambert Barrie is now used to
house the Ravenwood Leisure
Centre.
6. Aubrey Gabriel was the architect who designed a building
for the seventh Earl of Loray.
July 22 – Aug 22
You are charming and always manage to enchant
others with your words and
manner. You bring a sense
of the beyond and mystical
to any conversation. You enjoy working with your mind
and your sharp perceptions
make finding new solutions
easy. You have lots of energy and drive available to
accomplish anything you
want to do at this time.
SUDOKU
VIRGO
Aug 23 – Sept 22
Your tendency to compromise and settle for less
than you dreamed can be a
problem this week. You may
choose the path of least resistance. Ideas are flowing
this Friday and come with
ease. You are aggressive
in the pursuit of gaining
insight into all that is new,
different and out of the ordinary.
LIBRA
Sept 23 – Oct 23
Be careful with some grandiose ideas this week – check
out the repercussions. Fond
of grand schemes, verbalisation and the like, these
ideas do not often boil down
to real solutions; take notes
and think things through.
Sensitivity to the needs and
wants of others and an appreciation for their frailties,
as well as your own, makes
you more cautious.
SCORPIO
Oct 24 – Nov 21
If you are not listening carefully this week, you could be
missing an important piece
of information. In-depth
conversations will be important note-taking situations
so that you can concentrate
on the tone and write down
the information.
SAGITTARIUS
Nov 22 – Dec 21
You may find yourself talkative and quick-witted. Ideas
are clear and easy to come by.
Some of your friends want to
tell you about their summer
adventure. Communication,
particularly with authority figures this Friday, could
prove troublesome. You may
not think as they do, and you
could find your thoughts run
opposite to theirs.
ANAGRAMS
BATTLESHIPS
Theme: FRUITS
The answer is a Spanish word
1. What kind of fruit is a galia, cantaloupe or
honeydew?
NEÓLM
2. What fruit goes well with a gin
and tonic?
ÓNILM
3. What did William Tell famously split in half on top
of his sons head?
AZMANNA
4. What is the fruit symbolising the famous nightclub
‘Pacha’ in Ibiza?
ZECARES
5. What fruit ingredient would you put in
Banoffee pie?
TÁNPOLA
6. Which fruit was a symbol of hospitality and is
often seen in carved decorations?
ÑAPI
Aircraft carrier:
7. What is the most popular fruit used to make
marmalade?
JANANRA
Battleship:
8. What black or green fruit is commonly used to
make wine?
AUV
Destroyer:
Cruiser:
MAGAZINE
August 3 - August 9 2007
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LEISURE
PICK OF THE WEEK
Cinema review
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
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
What we love about pirate movies and myths, of course, is their mix of adventure, freedom and naughtiness, and Verbinski and Depp again capture
all three.
I wouldn’t bet that it’s over either, despite the seeming finality of “Pirates of
the Caribbean: At World’s End,” which is the most visually spectacular, action-packed and surreal of the adventures of Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny
Depp).
The banter between the leads is refreshingly comedic, in a way that only
comes when actors and director have worked togther so extensively. Although it is dark and foreboding at times, the overall sensation is one of
mordant glee, with Depp having lost none of his drunken-Ronnie Wood depravity.
In the end, “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” with its added doses
of fantasy and even some piercing social comment (about Beckett and the
government’s rights-trampling tyranny), does its job. The movie, extravagant,
amusing and exciting, may be only a ride, but it’s a ride that dazzles.
Pirates of the Caribben: At world’s end is showing this week at Cine
Colci Rincón in Benidorm
DVD review
ALFAZ DEL PI
El Hort s/n
Telephone: 96 588 82 66
CD review
THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MCDONALD
CINE COLCI RINCÓN
At just 19, Glaswegian singer-songwriter Amy possesses a talent way beyond her years.
Key tracks of the album are: Poison Prince, Mr Rock & Roll,
LA and Run. Since signing to Vertigo Amy has had a phenomenal few months. She’s supported a diverse mix of artists
including Travis (her childhood idols!) and fellow Scott Paolo
Nutini. She’s performed at Glastonbury, Hyde Park and T in
the Park and V Festival in 2007.
In April 2007 Amy Macdonald sold out renowned Scottish
venue King Tuts and in May she released Poison Prince, her
debut limited edition single. Check this out before everyone
you know has already got it.
Now available from all good music stores.
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
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 the 8th September.
BLOOD DIAMOND
In war-torn Sierra Leone, a white African diamond smuggler
(DiCaprio) offers to help a fisherman find his family in return for
a precious stone. They are joined in their search by an American journalist who is covering the diamond conflict. DiCaprio
actually acts his socks off for once, in a role that deserves
his big-name status. Maddy Bowen, the journalist (played by
Jennifer Connelly), agrees to help if Archer will tell her the details of how conflict diamonds make their way into the hands
of the corporations who sell them to the Western world.
Now available on DVD from all good film & music stores.
Book review
From Paella to Porridge - by Peter Kerr
Ever since Peter Mayle sold us the
wonders of Provence there has
been a tremendous appetite for
travel books with a twist. More often
than not, the adventure quickly turns
to nightmare.
Peter Kerr set off full of optimism with
his family as they exchanged a farm
in Scotland for one in Mallorca, and
we followed every challenge they
faced in books like Snowball Oranges and Mañana, Mañana. There was
a lot of hard work and heartbreaks
along the way. But the end of the
series holds several surprises, not the
least of which being that the publications themselves were a vital part
of their survival.
From Paella to Porridge brings the
Kerrs full circle, back home to Scotland, but the return is not the end of
their problems. Without giving too
much away, some of the frustrations
that lead to their original adventure
in Spain have not gone away.
Peter’s reason for putting their story
in print becomes apparent and we
share, once again, the amazing fortitude of all the family. It was clear from
the previous books that the plan to
create a viable fruit farm on the hills
above Andratx was not going well,
and the need to expand, diversify or
give up was growing. This, combined
with the other challenge of creating
the best opportunities for their family,
lead to the inevitable decision, and
their bags are packed.
But going back to Scotland proves
to be more stimulating than depressing. Peter rediscovers his homeland,
including areas he once thought he
knew well.
For those who don’t know East Lothian, this book provides a perfect
Published by Summersdale ISBN: 9781840245066 €12.90
travelogue, and for those who do, it
is an eye opener. But, with the fun of
exploration, comes the problem of
trying once again to plough a living
from the land.
Plans for a deer farm are put on hold
while capital is created through
some house renovation. But they
spend too much time and money,
and then become attached to their
labour.
The battle for the farm is long, fierce
and acrimonious. Emotions rise and
fall, but there is always tension. In the
end...well that would be telling!
BOOKWORLD ESPAÑA
Calpe Branch Open: Mon-Fri: 10-7 + Saturday: 10-2 - C/ Gabriel Miró, 15 Edif. Perla Mar, Calpe (Alicante), 03710 - Tel. 96 583 17 51 E-Mail: [email protected]
Jávea Branch Open: Mon-Fri: 10-2, 4-8 + Saturday: 10-2 - Avda. Amanecer de España, Jávea (Alicante), 03730 - Tel. 96 646 22 53 E-Mail: [email protected]
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MAGAZINE
August 3 - August 9 2007
PUZZLES
RULES AND ANSWERS TO THIS WEEK’S PUZZLES
RULES
CROSSWORD
SUDOKU
Lottery LOTTO
WORDSEARCH
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.)
Sudoku
Complete grid so that each column, row and
3x3 square contains the numbers 1 to 9.
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.
Paul Freeman
Hugh Stewart
Eric Taylor
Charlotte Graham
Pauline McGough
Beverly Stewart
Vince Tracy
LOGIC
QUICK QUIZ
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10.
Put anybody down?
Cuban
19th Century
Michael Collins
Sir Walter Raleigh
Raith Rovers
Wile E. Coyote
1940s
Bond Street
Theodore Roosevelt
WORD WHEEL
English words:- date, dated,
dial, dialect, lace, laid, pace,
pact, paid, pail, pale, pedal,
petal, placate, place, plait,
plate, plated, tail, tidal.
Spanish words:- culpa, dátil,
ducal, peca, pedal, peluca,
peluda, pita, plica, Pucela,
tela.
Nine letter word:- DUPLICATE
BATTLESHIPS
ANAGRAMS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
MELÓN
LIMÓN
MANZANA
CEREZAS
PLÁTANO
PIÑA
NARANJA
U VA
We would like your
feedback on the puzzles
in thinkSPAIN|today.
Please email your
thoughts and comments to
[email protected]
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August 3 - August 9 2007
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H E A LT H
Pulse notes
First aid advice from PULSE FIRST AID TRAINING
Q
With the recent
plague of jellyfish
that have reached our
shores I am concerned
about
First
Aid
treatment for stings
as my husband and I
generally try to bathe in
less commercial beach
areas where there is no
cover from lifeguards
and the Cruz Roja.
What treatments do
you suggest if one of
us were to be stung by
a jellyfish?
A
A lack of natural
predators, such as
tuna and leatherback
turtles due to over-fishing,
has seen the jellyfish
population multiply to
alarming levels, while
strong summer winds and
a lack of coastal rainfall
has allowed huge colonies
to drift towards these
shores.
While the species of
jellyfish around Spain are
not the most dangerous,
their stings are painful
and can warrant a trip
to a medical centre if
the victim has multiple
stings.
An interesting article
appeared in The Sunday
Times this week where
Norwegian
scientists
are currently recruiting
volunteers to take part in
studies of an anti-jellyfish
sting agent incorporated
into a sunscreen – a
product which is likely
to be in high demand as
jellyfish populations are
soaring in most holiday
destinations.
Another
aside to the jellyfish
story is the myth about
urinating on the sting to
ease the pain.
A few years ago, the
characters in the TV show
Friends trekked to
the beach, only to
witness a jellyfish
sting Monica. In
this episode, Joey
remembered seeing
a documentary that
advised
urinating
on the sting to ease
the pain. Monica
agreed to try the
treatment and it worked.
Unfortunately, in the real
world treating a jellyfish
sting by urinating on
it may actually cause
someone in Monica’s
situation even more pain,
rather than relief.
Urine
can
actually
aggravate the jellyfish’s
stingers into releasing
more venom. This cure
is, indeed, fiction.
Jellyfish tentacles can be
so long that swimmers
might not see the jellyfish
that stings them, but they
will certainly feel it. The
pain is instant and once
stung, angry, red, whip
like lash marks mar the
skin. The pain radiates
from the sting site and
starts to itch, burn and
throb as it blisters.
Scratching it, though,
can make the pain worse,
because rubbing activates
the nematocysts, which
release more venom.
Jellyfish
stings
are
painful, but they are
rarely life-threatening.
For most such injuries,
the pain will not last
longer than 24 hours,
typically peaking five
minutes after the sting
occurs then dissipating
over the next few hours.
However the reaction
may depend on which
species of jellyfish you
come in contact with.
Washing
the
area
with saltwater should
help as such rinsing
will deactivate those
nematocysts that are still
attached. A freshwater
rinse will have the
opposite
effect.
Any
change to the balance
of solutes, such as the
concentration of salts
around the injury can set
off more stinging. Adding
freshwater to the sting site
dilutes the salts outside
the cell, unbalancing
the solutes. In reaction
to this change, the
nematocysts in the cells
release more venom – and
cause more pain. Many
stings in Mediterranean
waters can be assuaged
by vinegar, or 5 percent
acetic acid. Once rinsing
deactivates all the nasty
nematocysts, the attached
bits of tentacle can be
removed by coating them
with
shaving
cream
followed by shaving with
a razor or even a credit
card.
Alternatively
using
protective
gloves
or
tweezers, remove any
tentacles still in contact
with the victim. You could
also keep an ice pack on
the affected area. Make
sure that you don’t put
ice directly on your skin
as this also causes more
venom to be released.
A major concern is
where a victim is prone
to suffering from an
anaphylactic reaction to
being stung and in these
circumstances you will
need to seek medical
attention urgently…
I
covered this issue in Pulse
Notes back in April and
if any reader would like
further information please
contact me through the email address given below.
PULSE FIRST AID TRAINING 648 157 087 - 97 574 75 72 pulsefi[email protected]
Heel Fissures
Definition
Heel fissures, also known
as cracked heels can be a
simple cosmetic problem
and a nuisance, but
can also lead to serious
medical problems.
Heel fissures occur when
the skin on the bottom,
outer edge of the heel
becomes hard, dry and
flaky, sometimes causing
deep fissures that can be
painful or bleed, often
during the summer.
Causes
Heel fissures can affect
anyone, but risk factors
include:
● Living in a dry
climate
● Obesity
● Consistently walking
barefoot or wearing
sandals or open-backed
shoes
● Inactive sweat glands
Avoid wearing open-backed shoes or sandals
●Thyroid disease
Treatment and
Prevention
Like many foot conditions,
heel fissures can become
more dangerous if they
go untreated and become
deep or infected.
This
is
especially
dangerous for people with
diabetes or compromised
immune systems, as the
heel fissures are an open
route for infections to
enter the body.
Moisturising the feet
regularly can prevent
heel fissures. Once they
occur, use a pumice stone
regularly every day to
gently decrease the thick
and flaky layer of skin.
Avoid going barefoot or
wearing
open-backed
shoes, sandals or shoes
with thin soles.
Shoes with strong shock
absorption can help to
improve the condition, as
they reduce wear and tear
on the foot.
Once the skin is exfoliated
with a pumice stone,
moisturising the feet
at least twice a day and
wearing socks over the
moisturised skin can
help.
Wearing socks at night
while sleeping can also
help.
If the problem persists,
see your Podiatrist for
further advice.
Moisturise the feet
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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CLUBS
August 3 - August 9 2007
clubs &societies
What’s going on:
Paquita’s Country Club, El Cid,
Benidoleig
A few places are still available for
the Sevilla coach trip in September,
contact Janet Hills 96-640-43-06.
Doug Farrow 96-642-52-81. Information on notice board at El Cid. www.
paquitascc.com.
Table Tennis
We propose to start a table tennis
league around the Torrevieja and
Mazarrón Axis area with fixtures
commencing 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.
Jalón Valley Writers’ Group
Got that novel you have always
wanted to write or some poems,
short stories or articles in you? Or just
interested in writing? Then this group
may be for you. We have a good
record of publications recently
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES:
Fund raiser
success for
Calpe fête
The Calpe Branch of the
Royal British Legion held
a summer fête in aid of the
2007 Poppy Appeal on July
22.
The fête at Alta Mira Fustera
was opened by the Branch
president, Len Hance.
There were a variety of
stalls offering goods and
entertainment. Stalls did
a brisk trade and bargains
were soon snapped up.
An excellent raffle was held
with donations from Terra
Mítica, the staff of the ExPats Cash and Carry, the
Alta Mira Social Club and
members of the Branch.
Thanks to the efforts of
everyone who took part in
this event, the grand sum
of 924 euros will go to the
Poppy Appeal Welfare fund
here on the Costa Blanca. A
very worthy cause.
and more in the pipeline, covering
a cross section of our work which
will be published later this year. Our
members vary, from published novelists to absolute beginners, sharing
experiences and ideas and learning much from each other. Meetings at Bar Torre in Alcalalí, first and
third Wednesdays of each month at
20.00hrs. Tel.Jill 96-597-33-93 or Agnes
96-648-25-49.
Campoverde Theatre Group
The heat has beaten us and we
have decided to cease 14.30 hrs
Wednesday afternoon meetings at
the Olympia annex in Mil Palmeras
until Wednesday, September 5. Tel.
Diana 96-532-14-94.
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.
Asociación Protectora de
Animales de El Campello
The following fundraising events will
be organised to raise money for our
animals. Top Table Sale: August 11,
Auction and BBQ at Sins Bar: September 9, Xmas Fayre: November 24,
Xmas Lunch: December 14. Please
come and give your support, or become a member of our Association,
or make a donation please.
To adopt one of our dogs contact
Eve on 96-569-90-28. To view our
dogs, visit www.myvicinity.co.uk. Last
year, we rescued and treated many
dogs and cats plus one collared
dove. Without your support and all
the hard working volunteers many
animals would suffer. JG vets give all
our animals a clean bill of health before 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
August 7 – Trip to Jalón Valley, 21
euros including meal. September
2 – cheese and wine plus, 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, Bib-
Gandia Area Social Club
Summer, a crazy time to go walking
in the daytime, but our ‘toughies’
group is still off every Saturday. This
week they went along the ridge
above Barx, next week they leave
from Xeraco.
A BBQ is planned for Tuesday, August
28. Thursday evening dinners continue at Viva España (menu choices
in advance), 20.00 hrs for a 20.30
hrs start, smart casual dress. Ten-pin
bowling, flamenco classes, walking
(Sept - May), petanca on Monday
and Friday afternoons at Bellreguard,
golf in Gandia or fishing. Some nights
we have dancing or other entertainment, quiz or food-theme evenings.
Tel. 96-287-82-98 or visit www.gandiaareasocialclub.com.
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: [email protected]
Ballet well done!
PERFORMING ARTS: Justin Meissner and Laura Morera give classes
Clubbing together Puppies thrown
for clean laundry over garden wall
Three local societies have
recently clubbed together
to provide El Verger’s children’s home with a new
washing machine and a DVD
lioteca/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 968-570-059). Every
Saturday – car boot sale at the Autocine Market, San Javier/Los Alcázares, 09.00-14.00 hrs
player. The money came from
various fund raising activities held by each society.
The photograph shows Marcelle Richardson, Vice President of Monte Pego Ladies
International, Barry Lloyd
(left), Chairman of the Management Committee, Rotary
International
Fellowship,
Costa Blanca North and Bob
Spokes, President of Jalón
and Orba Lions.
For further information contact Liz Spokes, 96 558 42 60.
D.I.N.A. (Dogs in Need
Association) took these
puppies in on July 26,
2007 after they had been
thrown over a garden
wall at 06.00 hrs.
These puppies are about
six weeks old and very
healthy but smothered
with fleas.
One of the puppies, Bella,
still needs to find a new
home and although her
brother and sister are already reserved, they are
still in our care in order
to start their inoculations
before leaving the kennels
to go to their new homes.
If you are interested in
meeting Bella please contact: 96 563 41 81 or 96 569
94 60.
If you are interested in
giving any of our dogs a
home they are all blood
tested, microchipped, inoculated and sterilised.
For more information Tel.
96 563 57 83 or 664 151 677.
Last week, Stage Door Performing Arts in Benitachell were
privileged to host a summer
school held by members of The
Royal Ballet under their Dance
Tours International initiative.
Spanish soloist, Laura Morera
and ex-principal, Justin Meissner led thirty students from
Costa Blanca dance schools,
aged between 10 and 19 years
old, through four days of master classes.
As a treat, Laura, and her
Spanish Royal Ballet colleague
Ricardo Cervera, danced a ‘pas
de deux’ mime from the first act
of Giselle. “It was spellbinding.
Laura is a genuine local girl
who has done very well,” said
Mike Martin of Stage Door Performing Arts.
Although a product of the Royal
Ballet School Laura was taught
and encouraged into the Royal
Ballet by local dance teacher,
Liz Burr, who has had several
of her pupils accepted onto last
week’s course.
Students, Aaron and Alba Avella, used prize money won from
their participation in the T.V.
talent show, ‘Veo Veo’ to take
the course.
The Dance International team
awarded the certificates to the
senior students along with
dance teachers Liz Burr, and
Hazel Dean, who were there to
congratulate them. For further
informaton on Stage Door Performing Arts, call 666 969 948.
Ex-principal, Justin Meissner
tutors Aaron and Alba Avella
ALBIR
Aerobics and Pilates
Ballet/Aerobics school. Tel. 96-686-42-63
Arts and Crafts
Tuesdays/Thursdays. Tel. 96-686-81-82.
Card Making Class
Thursdays 10.30-12.30hrs. Tel. 96-686-66-80.
Egyptian Bellydance
Tel. Shona 659-549-276.
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.
Spanish Dance School
Flamenco/Rumba/Tango/Salsa. Tel. 627-019-403.
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.
The Dutch Belgium Club
Fridays, La Luna ‘live music’. Tel. 96-648-30-68.
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
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
Reiki
Tel. Louise, Usui and Shambala 96-588-95-04.
Sporting Alfàs Cricket Club
Tel. Phillip Pennick 96-686-69-65.
The Third Age Home Charity Shop
[email protected] - Tel. 96-579-44-62
Yoga
Wednesdays 15.00hrs. Tel. Louise 96-588-95-04.
ALICANTE
Alicante Writers’ Group
2nd Thursday 20.00hrs. Tel. 636-675-127/639-280-286.
English Speaking Club
Penny: [email protected].
ALTEA
Altea English Library
Mondays/Thursdays/Fridays. Tel. 96-584-47-07.
BENIDOLEIG
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
Benidorm Card Making Class
Tuesday 10.30-12.30hrs. Tel. Anne 96-686-66-80.
Friends
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.
Totalique Twirlers
Children aged 4+ from September 2007 and summer
school - www.totalique-twirlers.org
Villasol Squares
Tuesdays 19.00-22.00hrs. Tel. Peter 686-208-730
BENIJÓFAR
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.
BENIMARCO
Benimarco Doll Group
Interested in Porcelain dolls? Tel. 96-573-11-98.
BENISSA
MAGAZINE
CLUBS
August 3 - August 9 2007
The King’s Church
Sundays
11.00hrs.
thekingschurch.net.
Tel.
665-278-801
-
www.
BENITACHELL
A Course in Miracles
Wednesday nights. Tel. 639-361-999 - www.innerpeace.es
Benitachell HELP
Volunteers needed. Tel. 667-034-576 - www.helpofDénia.
com
Dru Yoga
Children/adults. Tel. 639-361-999 - www.innerpeace.es
Jewellery Classes
Monday - Thursday. Tel. Julie 636-373-750.
Martial Art
Tel. 664-358-961, - [email protected].
Nola’s Fitness Class
Legs, Bums and Tums/pilates. Tel. 669-377-830
Reiki Educational
1st Sundays, 11.00hrs.
innerpeace.es
Tel.
639-361-999
-
Costa Blanca Samaritans
Tel. Steve 667-764-412 - [email protected].
Reiki Group
Wednesdays/Thursdays. Tel. Yvonne 696-655-028.
Costa Blanca Video and DVD Club
Tel. 96-673-02-10/616-651-143/618-414-243.
The Royal British Legion, Campello Branch
Last Tuesdays 11.00hrs. Tel. 96-563-44-76/616-172-209.
Costa Blanca Yachting Association
Mondays 20.00hrs, Mason de Paco bar, Jávea - Benitachell
Diabetes Support
Help and advice. Sylvia Tel. 96-640-08-75.
Eckankar
Religion of Light and Sound of God. Tel. 686-161-889.
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 - [email protected].
Ladies Lunch Club
All ladies welcome. Tel. Betty Inglis 609-477-476.
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
CALPE
ACEC - Cultural and Ecological Association
1st Saturday. Tel. 639-637-520 - www.acecalpe.org.
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.
British Sub Aqua Club
Scuba divers Jávea/Moraira/Calpe. Tel. 96-646-3906/96-583-21-69 - www.bsacmarinaalta.com
Calpe Christian Fellowship
Service 11.00hrs. Tel. Pastor John Adamson 96-583-26-07.
Calpe Craft Club
Tel. Dilys 96-583-93-60.
Calpe HELP
Be a volunteer. Tel. 616-237-135 - www.helpofDénia.com.
Calpe Tuesday Walkers
Tel. Tim 96-579-38-47 - [email protected].
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.
Machine Knitting Club
Tel. Vilma 96-583-76-31/Jean 96-573-31-47.
MOFTAG
Ladies Social/Fundraising Club. Tel. 96-587-47-23.
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.
Rotary International Fellowship Club
Tuesday lunches 13.00hrs. Tel. 96-583-89-41.
Royal British Legion Calpe
Fridays 11.00hrs. Tel. 96-583-10-26/96-584-24-67.
Social Scene
Knitting and crochet workshop. Tel. 96-579-44-62
U3A CALPE
Tel. Pat 96-583-45-86 - www.u3acalpe.com.
Yoga
Tel. Pat 96-583-45-86.
Yoga
Tuesdays 10.00-11.30hrs. Tel. 620-147-089.
CAMPOVERDE
Campoverde Theatre Group
Closed for summer, next meeting Wednesday September 5 14.30hrs at Olympia Annex, Mil Palmeras. Tel.
Diana 96-532-14-94.
CARTAGENA
Buddhism
Thursdays 20.30hrs. Tel. Diane 96-532-14-94/636-002-034.
COSTA BLANCA
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.
Aromatherapy
Tel. Brenda 96-285-56-24 - [email protected].
Bereavement Group
For parents who have lost a child. Tel. 96-692-34-05.
Charity e-cards
Send electronic greetings cards while donating 50% to
charity - www.charitye-cards.co.uk.
Costa Barber Singers
Thursdays 20.00hrs. Tel. 96-574-46-12/96-649-76-57.
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.
Marina Alta & Costa Blanca Floral Club
No meetings until September 14. Tel. Sue 96-689-63-50.
Costa Blanca Flyers
www.costablancaflyers.net - Tel.629-352-727/679-352-327.
School of Ministry
Biblical, theological and Christian courses - www.
bensom.org - Tel. 96-573-34-62.
Costa Blanca Mountain Walkers
Depart 10.00hrs. Boots, water and first aid kit required.
Tel. 96-283-99-53/96-647-66-37.
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ELCHE
Elche RFC
Rugby Club. Tel. 618-048-532/647-618-463.
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 - [email protected]
Los Caballos Tennis Club
Tuesdays/Sundays. Tel. 96-647-51-77.
Land Problems
LRAU-LUV Valencian land grab problems? Tel. 600837-054 - www.abusos-no.org.
P.I.R.E.E.
Last Thursdays 19.00hrs, Els Poblets Bar.
Masonry Costa Blanca
Tel. 96-671-96-53 - provincialcharitysteward@hotmail.
com.
Azahar Fun Quiz and Dinner Evening Gandia
Wednesday evenings. Tel. Chris 96-280-82-86
NARPO – Costa Blanca North
2nd Wednesday 11.30hrs. Tel. Ian 600-867-398.
GANDIA
Ballroom, Latin and Salsa Dancing
Tel. 626-676-024 - [email protected].
RAFA North
2nd Monday 12.00-13.00hrs - www.rafancb.org - Tel. 96642-15-93.
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
Re-Upholstery
Tel. Pat 96-574-13-39
Gandia Help
Tel. Tony 96-281-90-04 - www.helpofDénia.com
Rotary International Fellowship CB North
Fridays 13.45hrs. Tel. by Wednesday 17.00hrs - 96-57954-21.
Sociedad Protectora de Animales
Viewing days Tuesdays/Thursdays/Saturdays, 12.0014.00hrs. Tel. 96-286-81-58/96-280-70-42.
Royal Society of St George on the CB
Tel. 96-579-16-94/96-649-34-38/609-812-285/609-156-759
The Gandia Bridge Club
Thursdays 16.00hrs. Tel. Fred 96-283-93-70.
Waggs
Breeders/owners of birds. Tel. Nick 645-503-219.
The Royal British Legion, Gandia Branch
First Tuesdays. Tel. Cilla 676-938-739.
Women in Business Club
Free networking/support club. Tel. 96-597-32-34.
Western Dancers Alfauir
Fridays 19.00hrs - Tel. Patricia 96-285-58-87/629-937971.
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 Anglican Church
Sundays 11.45hrs at church on left on Las Rotas road.
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.
Exciting Oils Club
Wednesday afternoons. Tel. Hanka 96-640-80-36.
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.
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 - [email protected].
HONDÓN VALLEY
The Royal British Legion, Hondón Valley Branch
3rd Tuesday 19.30hrs. Tel. Dennis 600-670-870. Email:
[email protected]
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
British Sub Aqua Club
Scuba divers Jávea/Moraira/Calpe. Tel. 96-646-3906/96-583-21-69 - www.bsacmarinaalta.com
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.
International Fellowship Dénia
1st/3rd Monday 19.30hrs. Tel. 96-575-53-49/96-578-86-24.
Classic Choir
Friday evenings. Tel. Ann/Colin 96-579-03-71
Irish Setdancing
Fridays 20.00hrs. Tel. 96-642-31-58/660-871-023.
Jávea Al-Anon Support Group
Tel. 96-646-36-89.
Jewellery Classes
Tuesday evenings. Tel. Amy 662-140-040
Jávea Backgammon Club
Mondays 20.00-23.00hrs. Tel. Steve 635-377-335.
Mums and Tots
Wednesdays 10.00-12.00hrs. Tel. 96-578-21-52.
Jávea Book Circle
Tel. Anne/Huw Griffith 96-647-21-05.
Sewing Group
Tel. Christine 96-578-57-10.
Jávea Bridge Club
Avda de Paris, Jávea Park. Tel. Margaret 96-579-34-13.
www.javeabridgeclub.com
Solidarity in Dénia
Spanish/English together. - [email protected].
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.
El Campello Craft Club Centre
Thursdays 10.00-13.00hrs. Tel. 96-563-03-30.
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.
Jazzercise
Tel. Lisa 687-275-592/96-577-07-56.
Labour International CB North
www.terra.es/personal4/lsocbn/
Martial Art
Thursdays 18.30-19.30hrs. Tel. 664-358-961.
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MAGAZINE
CLUBS
August 3 - August 9 2007
Nueva Jávea Social Club
Tel. Angela 96-646-09-78 - [email protected]
OLIVA
Costa Blanca Christadelphians
www.thisisyourbible.com
Oasis Evangelical Centre
Sundays 11.00hrs. Tel. 96-646-28-48.
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 - [email protected]
Roundabout Charity Shop Jávea
Jávea old town. 10.00-13.00hrs Monday - Saturday.
Royal British Legion, Jávea
Tuesdays 11.00hrs. Tel. Hilary 96-577-01-21.
Oliva Knitting Group
Wednesdays 14.00hrs.
[email protected].
Salsa classes
Tuesday/Wednesdays. Tel. 96-579-56-56.
Silk Crafts
Tel. Rayne 96-283-99-11 - [email protected]
Tel.
647-202-940
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knit-
Squash/Raquetball Club Los Amigos
Tuesdays/Friday 17.00-19.00hrs. Tel. 606-919-124.
Tai Chi ‘Yang’ Style
19.00-20.00hrs. Tel. Carlos 667-959-237.
Tango Argentino
Tel. Tamar 96-579-69-83/617-591-145.
Tennis Club Los Amigos
Sundays/Mondays/Tuesdays/Thursdays
Tel. 606-919-124.
Taoist Tai Chi Society of Jávea
Tel. Jean 649-161-290 - www.taoist.org.
The Oliva Craft Club
Tel. Val 96-283-94-06 - [email protected]
The Costa Blanca Yarn Group
Tel. 96-579-44-62 - [email protected]
Western line-dancing
Mondays 19.30-22.00hrs. Tel. Carole 96-283-96-60.
10.00hrs.
ORBA
The Material Girls
Wednesday 10.00-13.00hrs. Tel. 96-579-00-86/96-646-32-27.
Lions Clubs International
Tel. Bob Spokes 675-377-473.
The Original Charity shop and library
Monday - Saturday 10.00-13.00hrs. Tel. 96-646-08-03.
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.
ORIHUELA
Crossroads club
Next meet Friday September 14 and every Friday 14.30
hrs, The Olympia Restaurante, Mil Palmeras. Tel. Ina
96-532-98-64.
U3A Jávea
www.u3ajavea.org - Tel. Rosi 96-599-52-27
Wall Hangings and Rug Making Club
Alternate Tuesdays 09.30-12.00hrs. Tel. 639-987-301
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.
The HELP Charity Shop
Tel. Joy 96-578-72-76/Mavis 96-642-14-34.
LLÍBER
Royal British Legion, Pego
1st/3rd Tuesdays 12.00hrs. Tel. 96-558-43-29/96-558-74-00.
Marina Alta Equine Society
Tel. 96-558-77-47 - [email protected].
The Financial Forum
Tel. Phillip Day 618-830-830.
Slimming Club
Wednesdays 15.30-16.30hrs, Societat de Caçadors
The Monte Pego Theatre Company
Tel. 96-597-75-34.
PILAR DE LA HORADADA
MARINA BAIXA
U3A - Marina Baixa
Tel. Chris 96-587-88-79.
MAZARRÓN
QUESADA
Church On The Way
Sundays 11.00hrs. Tel. Pastors Rod/Janet McCoy 96671-25-84
Quesada Art Group
Tel. Suzanne 680-961-025.
Artists Unlimited
Thursdays 10.30-12.30hrs. Tel. 96-574-41-94/96-583-60-64.
The Spiritual Awareness Society of Spain
Closed for the summer. Tel. 96-570-33-46/96-676-33-54.
British Sub Aqua Club
Scuba divers Jávea/Moraira/Calpe. Tel. 96-646-3906/96-583-21-69 - www.bsacmarinaalta.com
San Juan and District English Speaking Club
Tel. 96-565-21-14. Wednesdays/Sundays 12.00-14.30hrs.
SAN JUAN
SANET I NEGRALS
Reiki
Tel. Alice 96-640-80-70/Joan 96-576-14-74.
Moraira - Centre Vital
Pilates Step/Qi - Gong/Capoeira. Tel. 699-456-978.
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.
Shirley’s Classes
Aerobics to pole dancing. Tel. Shirley 96-574-41-17.
TEULADA
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.
The Spiritually Free Society
Tel. Sandra 650-334-443.
Gardeners’Circle
Tel. Margarete 96-574-06-66.
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 – [email protected] – www.helpmarmenor.org
The No-smoking Club Mar Menor
Wednesdays
Biblioteca
[email protected]
Centre
-
Alpengold Showband
Tuesdays 13.00hrs. Tel. Bas 96-677-50-75/Di 96-571-66-01.
Rascals
Variety show group for raising money. Tel. 96-672-7282.
Association of Retired Police Officers
2nd Wednesdays 10.30hrs. Tel. 96-679-70-15.
Belly Dancing with Cleo
Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays. Tel. 619-512-714.
Bob Ross Artcasa
Art classes. Tel.620-664-988 - gaynorartclass@hotmail.
com.
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
Cabaret Dance Group
Tel. 647-082-021.
CALPE - Aid for the physically & mentally disabled
Day care and teaching for disabled. Tel. 626-514123/696-876-688.
Celtic Supporters Club
Tel. Steve 669-340-528/Maureen 618-180-290.
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.
Dolores - Catral Area
Tuesdays 10.00-12.00hrs. Tel. 96-671-16-53/647-356-945.
El Limonar neighbourhood watch
Tel. 96-678-58-32/96-678-54-30/96-678-44-12.
Emerald Isle Mother and Toddler Group
Mondays 11.00-13.00hrs. Tel. 675-401-325/617-232-235.
Gardening Club Vega Baja
1st Monday 14.00hrs. Tel. 96-671-66-76/96-671-65-27.
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.
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.
Toastmasters International
Increase your self-confidence/communication - www.
levantetm.com for information.
Costa Blanca Striders
Tel. Phil/Laura 96-649-12-19.
Postnatal Support Group
Tel. 96-570-82-27 - [email protected]
Jazz Greats
Mondays 20.00-23.00hrs. Tel. Roger 96-676-23-08.
Mazarrón Bahía Lions Club
2nd/4th Mondays. Tel. 96-815-45-89
MORAIRA
Age Concern CB Sur
Tel. 96-678-68-87. Mondays - Fridays 10.00-13.30hrs.
Jardín del Mar Urbanisation, Neighbourhood
Tel. Anne 96-670-19-21/José 96-570-97-98.
M&M’s Dance Clubs
Wednesdays/Fridays 20.00-22.30hrs. Tel. 610-981-795.
Table Tennis
Beginning October. Tel. 616-291-026/96-895-62-46/636401-134.
Nirvana Dining Club
Tel. Jane 667-836-495.
Coro Pilar Mixed Choir
Friday 18.00hrs. Tel. Christine 96-676-23-08.
Cañadas del Romero Mazarrón
Yoga/Spanish/flower arranging etc. Tel. 660-384-778.
P.A.L.S.
Fundraising for medical equipment. www.mazarron.
com. Tel. 96-813-88-23/626-460-465
A Touch of Class
Wednesdays 12.00-14.00hrs Tel. Sue 96-679-86-40.
Denelle Dance Club
Wednesdays/Thursdays 19.00hrs. Tel. 635-584-431.
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.
Mirador Dance Club
Tel. Mike/Jan 96-679-85-88/627-030-404.
The Enrique Montoliu Foundation
Ecological Mediterranean Garden. Tel. 96-352-30-99
Pego Aerobics
Tuesdays 09.30hrs. Tel. Caroline 96-640-08-78
MARINA ALTA
A.E.C.C
Tel. 96-571-66-79/96-679-82-96. La Marina: 96-679-60-04.
Crescendo International Choir
Tel. Sue 96-678-41-08/Phyl 96-678-53-32.
Charity Book Stall Pego Thursday Market
Profits to animal protection charity. Tel. 96-597-72-28.
Diners’ Club
Tel. Jazz 652-584-272/Jean 96-648-04-61.
Mingles - 2
Tel. Amanda 600-612-368/Sally 635-343-867.
Costa Blanca Cross Stitchers
Thursdays 14.00-16.00hrs. Tel. Vivian 96-597-95-34
PEGO
Business 4 Business Networking Club
Tel. Garry 619-767-006.
Action 4 Anim
Tel. Suzi 659-677-749/Jo 686-887-592.
The English Choir
Thursdays. Tel. June 96-578-67-12/Colin 96-577-12-87.
TORREVIEJA
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.
Labour International CB South
2nd Thursdays 11.00hrs. Tel. Alan 96-692-50-59.
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.
La Marina Tappers Dance Troupe
Mondays/Fridays. Tel. 96-679-68-20/660-191-975.
La Siesta Charity Library
C/ Weber, 12, La Siesta. 10.30-12.30hrs Tel. 96-678-55-13.
La Siesta - Computer Club
Wednesday 19.45hrs at PALS social club.
La Siesta Evangelical Church
Rev. Daniel Reyes B.D. Tel. 96-850-80-28 - www.TorreviejaInformation.com/lasiestachurch
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.
Linedance Unlimited
Tel. Sally/Gerry 600-362-044.
Reiki
Tel. Ann Barber 96-671-73-10.
Royal Air Forces Association
Branch No.1359. 3rd Tuesday. Tel. 96-679-80-71/96-501-3186 - mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/rafacostablanca
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.
Tennis Club Campoamor
Wednesdays 15.00hrs/Sunday 10.30hrs. Tel. 675-395-168
The Buffs
Wednesdays 16.00hrs. Tel. John 96-671-81-22.
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. Communion 11.30hrs. Tel. 96-670-0391.
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 - [email protected].
Torrevieja Flower Club
Recess until September. Tel. 96-677-51-67/96-670-73-30
Torrevieja Self Awareness and Healing Fellowship
Tel. Morag 96-572-02-56 - [email protected].
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: first Monday 18.00-21.00hrs in Hoggies Bar in
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 - [email protected]
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.
Lions Clubs International
Twice monthly 19.00hrs. Tel. 675-377-473
The Marina Alta Slimming Club
Wednesdays 11.15hrs. Tel. 96-558-14-18/680-138-931.
The Money Club - Xaló
Tel. 96-573-34-11.
U3A Vall de Pop
Tel. Agnes 96-648-25-49 - www.u3avalldelpop.com.
XÀTIVA
Ballroom, Latin/Salsa Dancing Xàtiva
Tel. 626-676-024 - [email protected].
6-a-Side football in the Torrevieja Area
Tel. Dougie 628-789-335.
Lynne’s Lively Ladies
Tel. Lynne Adams 96-678-56-61.
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.
MAPA Social Club
Tel. 96-649-08-40.
Xàtiva Fellowship Club
1st Tuesdays 19.30hrs. Tel. Sue 96-228-75-49.
WHERE TO GO
August 3 - August 9 2007
MAGAZINE
47
W H AT ’ S O N
What’s on & where to go
This week’s hotspots
In the sweltering temperatures, why not try a night safari at Terra Natura, when the noctural animals are at
their best? Or glide in a hot-air balloon with a glass of champagne in your hand? The choice is yours...
O UTDOORS
ALICANTE
For some great adventures try Silvoturismo, try all sorts
of outdoor activities including quadbiking, orientation,
diving, skiing and much more. Visit www.silvoturismo.
com or call 96 537 62 31
BENIDORM
Enjoy Terra Natura’s Night Safari Adventure over
August. Every weekend you can enjoy a themed dinner,
show and guided tour of the animals at night in either the
American or Asian section of Benidorm’s animal park.
Reserve a space at www.terranatura.com or call them for
more information on 902 500 414. Also see the front page
of the thinkSpain Guide every week for the next four
weeks for your chance to win family tickets.
VALL D’EBO
La Cova del Rull in the Vall d’Ebo will be running its summer opening hours until the end of September. Visit the
spectacular cave and enjoy the sights of stalactites, stalagmites and rock formations of all colours and shapes.
The caves are open from 10.30 – 20.30 hrs. Call 96 640 05 25
for more information or go to
www.lavalldebo.org
AL FRESCO EATING
ALCALALÍ
Mexican theme nights with a Mariachi performance, held
at the Heredad de Elias Ferrer Riding School in Alcalalí.
Noches de Ronda 2007 involves performances on horseback and a meal in the open air, with full bar service. Free
admission to the evening’s activities when you reserve a
table for dinner. Every Friday and Saturday from 20.30hrs
throughout the summer.
BENIMAURELL
El Collao Restaurant in Benimaurell is open on Friday
and Saturday nights throughout August. Enjoy traditional
Spanish food and eat on a terrace overlooking fantastic
views. Reserve your dinner by calling 96 597 27 01 or 696
012 352 or visit www.laventadelcollao.com for more information.
TOLLOS
L’Antiga Escola Restaurant in Tollos will be open in the
evenings throughout August. Book a table and you can
enjoy dinner under the stars. The wide selection of food
available will mean that there’s something for everyone
and all desserts are homemade. Visit the website
www.antiga-escola.com or call 96 551 83 28.
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
ELCHE
Aeroglobo invite you to enjoy a champagne picnic and
a flight in a hot-air balloon, at a height of 500m over the
mountains of the interior, including Elche and its famous
palm trees. Tickets available to give as presents. Takes
place between 08.00hrs and 11.00hrs for 45 minutes. Reservations: 96 663 74 01 / 646 798 786
ORBA
Enjoy more than you could ever imagine with Tururac
this summer. Tururac offers canyoning, caving, mountain
biking, hiking and combined activity days and weekends.
They can also train you in caving, canyoning, orienteering and more. Explore nature and do something a little
different with Tururac. Visit their website,
www.tururac.com or call 96 642 15 46
Useful telephone numbers
Embassies
F I E S TA S
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
Full details of all fiestas on www.comunitatvalenciana.com
ALICANTE
BENIGEMBLA
Fiestas from August 11 until August 18. August 16 is Children’s Day.
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
CALPE
Fiestas started on August 1 and will run until August 11.
Festivities include puppet shows, parades, concerts, games
and much more. Take the kids on August 3, and on August
6 enjoy a giant paella and fireworks. Bull-running will take
place from August 6 – 11.
PARCENT
Fiestas start on August 9. Enjoy paellas, dancing, rock
bands, fireworks, parades and all sorts of other events. Children get free chocolate and buns on August 13 and there will
be free anís candela with the paella on August 14.
MUSIC AND CLUBS
ALICANTE
Teatro Principal, Plaza Ruperto Chapí. Tel. 96 520 23 80
Detailed information and tickets available on 902 444 300 or
www.teatroprincipalicante.com
ALTEA
Palau Altea Centre d’Art, C/ Alcoy
Tel. 96 688 19 23 or 96 688 19 24
BENIDORM
To sample the range of nightlife on offer, including comedy
nights, sports bars, nightclubs and discotheques, log on to
www.benidorm-spotlight.com
ELCHE
Gran Teatro, C/ Kursall 1. Tel. 96 665 81 47
Tickets also available on www.turismedelx.com/en/teatro
VALENCIA
Palau de Música, Paseo de la Alameda 30. Tel. 96 337 50 20
www.palaudevalencia.com
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
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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MAGAZINE
August 3 - August 9 2007
WHERE TO GO
What’s on & where to go
Gig guide
Friday August 3
BAR DREAMS
Els Poblets
THE SPLASHES
– 21.00 hrs
BUDA BAR
Benitachell
(96-649-41-79)
LOOSE CHANGE
– 21.30 hrs
by Carlos Rodríguez
EL FARO
Jávea, Balcón al Mar
(96-577-00-47)
THE BRINK
– 21.00 hrs
QUO VADIS
Jávea
(96-646-37-34)
IRISH DES
– 21.00 hrs
THE CASINO
Villajoyosa
JOEY LEGEND WITH BIG
BAND
– 22.30 hrs
Saturday August 4
LA LUNA
Alcalalí
CHILL FACTOR – evening
VARIETY
La Nucía (96-689-52-80)
JOEY LEGEND + BAND
– 21.00 hrs
BUDA BAR
Benitachell (96-649-41-79)
PAISLEY PARK – evening
EL CHIRINGUITO
Cumbre del Sol, Pueblo de
la Paz
DOM DIMO – 21.30 hrs
TUSK
Jávea, Arenal
THE SPLASHES – 22.30 hrs
RUSTY’S
Moraira
CHLOE HOOPER – evening
THE SHAMROCK IRISH
TAVERN
Moraira
DARK HORSE – evening
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 5
EL CISNE RASTRO
Benidorm
THE TAILGATE SWING BAND
– 12.00-15.00 hrs
EL CHIRINGUITO
Cumbre del Sol, Pueblo de
la Paz
CHLOE HOOPER & SPECIAL
GUEST – 21.30 hrs
LATITUDE LOUNGE BAR/REST
Dénia, Marina (96-578-32-35)
INTI CARDOSO & GUEST
– 21.00-00.00 hrs
DON QUIJOTE BAR
Moraira
PAISLEY PARK – evening
QUO VADIS
Jávea (96-646-37-34)
CHILL FACTOR – 21.00 hrs
Monday August 6
ROCK & ROLL HOUSE
Benidorm (96-585-60-20)
JOEY LEGEND – 22.00 hrs
EL PESCADITO
Pilar de la Horadada, Mil
Palmeras (96-532-00-71)
JAZZ GREATS
– 20.00-23.00 hrs
Tuesday August 7
5TH AVENUE
Benidorm
JOEY LEGEND WITH LIVE
BAND – 00.30 hrs
BUDA BAR
Benitachell (96-649-41-79)
CHILL FACTOR – evening
Wednesday August 8
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
– 20.30-23.30 hrs
BAR DREAMS
Els Poblets
THE SPLASHES – 21.00 hrs
TUSK
Jávea, Arenal
DARK HORSE – 22.30 hrs
Thursday August 9
HOTEL FLAMINGO OASIS
Benidorm
JOEY LEGEND – 23.00 hrs
PLAZA 6 RESTAURANTE
Jávea, C/Cabo la Nao
(96-646-23-14)
INTI CARDOSO – evening
AN SHEBEEN
Jávea (96-579-64-75)
THE SPLASHES – 22.00 hrs
EL PRESIDENTE BARRESTAURANT
Jávea
COLIN FRASER QUINTET
– 20.30-23.30 hrs
THE CASINO
Villajoyosa
JOEY LEGEND WITH BIG
BAND – 23.30 hrs
GRAHAM SHEPHARD
Graham obtained a teaching diploma when he studied
saxophone, flute and trumpet at Newcastle college in
the 1970s. During this time he played with Gordon Sumner,
‘Sting’ in two bands, The Phoenix Jazz Band and The
Newcastle Big Band with whom he recorded an LP. He
later travelled and played with various well-known artists
in Europe, America and the Middle East. In 2003, he took
over the Tailgate Swing Band which plays every Sunday
at the Cisne Rastro, Benidorm and dedicates himself to
running the band, playing in the duo Just Us, occasionally
joining other bands as a guest musician and performing
solo. A musician with a difference in that when he plays
solo he uses his own unique
arrangements as a backing
track, Graham then plays
sax, flute or keyboards over
the arrangements in his stylistic and experienced way.
It is only when you hear his
music that you comprehend
the extent of his talent and
skill. His sax and flute-playing
have been remarked upon
as being superb by many
who have musical knowledge. When playing solo
he performs a mixture of 80s
and 90s pop, slow ballads
and light jazz. Whatever the
occasion, he is sure to please
the audience.
Please email [email protected] 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
August 3 - August 9 2007
THE BIG INTERVIEW
49
Democracy: We’re still paying
the price, 30 years after Franco
N Who is he?
Former university principal
Pedro Ruiz admits that he
has not considered what
British residents think about
Valencians, but he reveals the
truth about ‘los Valencianos’.
Berta Chulvi reports
Q
Which conflicts from
our past might help
British residents better
understand their surroundings?
alistic culture that consists
of earning maximum profits with the minimum of
effort in the shortest time
possible.
A
Q
The first is a spectacular change in the
local economy. In the sixties and into the seventies,
this society was based on
a strong agrarian sector
that in many ways meant
a very modern productive
economy. For instance,
much of the agricultural
produce was exported and
there were zones with notable small and medium-sized
companies manufacturing
furniture, footwear, textiles,
ceramics etc.
All this meant that our society faced a different set of
problems; the typical problems of land, commerce and
immigration distribution
in industrialised areas.
Then suddenly all this
changed into an economy
that was predominately
based on services, especially those associated with the
tourist industry.
Obviously this has transformed our society: the
agrarian economy has been
engulfed, and people do
business in different ways.
Fields have been transformed into residential estates, and, in certain areas,
local industries have undergone spectacular crises.
There is a new way of
working and a different
employment culture that
is much more flexible, but
which guarantees fewer defences for workers. All this
is creating a very individu-
Is it a growth model
that has nothing to
do with knowledge?
A
Well, in the past there
were quite a few cultural and intellectual deficits which no longer exist
today.
The agrarian and industrial economy that existed
before was based on a much
more practical set of skills
linked to production, but
which had substantial intellectual and cultural deficits that had characterised
this society for a very long
time.
People were not especially
wise nor cultured, and, as
very few underwent any
form of professional training, many businessmen
went on to become important people without any
qualifications at all.
This has changed. These
days most people go to university and then look for
any kind of work whether
or not it has anything to do
with what they studied.
It is true that the knowledge being gained by young
people today is very compartmentalised: today it
helps with one thing, and
tomorrow another.
Another thing we could
discuss is whether what
they are being taught is so
specialised that great wisdom will be needed to integrate them afterwards.
PEDRO RUIZ: Historian and defender of the Valencian language
Q
What other aspects
of our society do you
consider important to
understand what is happening now?
A
The lack of democratic political life during
decades. There is a traditional mistrust of politics
instilled and induced by
those in power.
People have a kind of
antagonism towards both
politics and politicians.
Scandals and the dishonest
behaviour of certain politicians help little to change
this attitude.
And I stress “certain” because there is a tendency to
generalise about the political classes that seems to me
to be unjust.
The general trend of mistrust is a throwback to the
dictatorship: responsibility
is left to others, people criti-
cise how bad things are, but
there is almost no culture
of political participation.
This was something that
was instilled during 40 years
as a way of undermining
democratic politics and to
pave the way for a small
number of leading lights of
the Franco regime to do as
they liked. And we are still
paying the price for this after
nearly 30 years of democracy.
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Pedro Ruiz (Elche, 1951)
is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Valencia (from
1981) and for eight years
was Principal of the University (1994-2002). For
the four years previously
(1987-1990) he was Organisational Director with
the previous Principal,
Ramón Lapiedra, at a
time in which the majority of professors of the
Universitat of Valencia
did not have any type of
job stability. He and his
team contributed to solving this problem. This
defender of the Valencian language, is the son
of a Madridian father
and his mother was from
Torrevieja.
He spent
much of his childhood
in Torrevieja, then a
town that was described
as “poor and small but
with the best quality of
life available”. Presently
he spends his holidays in
Xàbia where he has made
contact with a diverse
group of British and
German residents. His degree was in science from
Elche but afterwards he
changed his orientation
and studied History. He
was part of the team that
transformed the University of Valencia into a
democratic institution,
without doubt a difficult
and definitive time in its
history, that consolidated
the very character of the
current university. This
succeeded, among other
things, in assuring that
the university was not
obstructed by party politics. That people have
their personal ideological affinities is one thing,
but that the Principal
does not favour any political party is something
that today is taken for
granted. This was established during the time
of Ruiz and his companions who contributed
significantly to the autonomy of the University.
Pedro Ruiz replies:
‘Foreign residents are a force for change’
Q
Is there some historic antecedent for the affluence of
English residents?
A
Historically the English
came to trade within the
coastal zone. English merchants have been here for
centuries. Those who came
introduced into the Meditteranean – along with the French
– many liberal ideas, progressive methods, moving us from
old-standing associations and
methods. But the current phe-
nomenon is different, the English are not merchants. They
are retired people who come to
spend the end of their working
life in Spain, a time that is advantageous for them and then
there are the young people that
come to live here with their
children. For these youths the
world is a small place. Not only
for ease of transport now but
because in a way, culture is
increasingly more common and
in many places where there is
security from the legal point of
view, and certain economic and
technological conditions that
are favourable.
Q
Some have criticised the
urban development and
the ex-minster for the Environment of the Generalitat Valenciana, González Pons, affirmed
that the English have acted like
‘colonists’. What does a historian think?
A
I would not call them
this. I believe that they
act as a force for change.
They are people that come
from countries with a lot
more sensitivity to the questions of patrimony and of
environment and they arrive
at a zone where real barbarities are being committed and
they react against this. Besides, they come from countries where there is a greater
respect for the life of the
others. Colonists are those
that arrive at a zone that is
not explored.
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an end, that it brought peace and paved the way for democracy. We are paying the
price of an isolation and a
problem specific to Spain
in the form of a democratic
deficit that does not affect
other European countries
like Germany, where accounts have been settled
for what occurred during
the Nazi era, or in France,
where those responsible for
complying with the Vichy
regime have been made to
pay. Here, there has been
no settling of accounts, nor
any kind of self critical assessment.
Q
Another important
conflict to understand in Valencian society
would be the ‘valencianocatalan’ language clash?
AWARD-WINNER: Pedro Ruiz received the medal of the University of Valencia in 2004
Q
Maybe this is a
throwback to the
transition towards democracy, when many things
were covered up to avoid
confrontation?
perspectives that hark back
to that era. Although nobody is prepared to vindicate Franco, there are those
who claim that the regime
“wasn’t so bad.”
A
Q
I believe that politicians have not properly explained to what extent
we were harmed by the
dictatorship, and the true
costs of it. This has allowed
the idea to spread that the
dictatorship was a kind of
parenthesis, or even that it
was something necessary
because Spaniards were
unable to live together during the 2nd Republic. This
means that an overly benevolent vision of the dictatorship has been created.
The fact that this politically
pedagogic task was never
performed means that we
are now being faced with
a resurgence of political
N
Forgetting was a mistake, or was there no
choice?
A
Perhaps it was not
the right time to resuscitate old grievances or
start blaming each other.
A lot of things needed to
be forgotten, but this does
not mean that there was
no need, at a later stage, to
educate people and make
them understand what the
dictatorship actually was,
and what it meant to be forced to yield during so many
years to a regime that distanced us from the rest of
Europe. I believe that to not
have done so has been part-
ly the result of intellectual
laziness and partly a failure to grasp the necessity of
this process.
Q
A
And can this be resolved now?
I believe it can, although it would be quite a controversial exercise
not merely given that different political parties cannot
agree on how to transmit
this message to the public,
but because this period of
history has become a live
missile that is being used by
parties on both sides of the
political spectrum. This political game-playing is once
again dividing the Spanish
people between those who
consider it necessary to remember the dictatorship as
something
tremendously
negative and those who do
not want to look back on
this period as they do not
believe any form of self-criticism or democratic pedagogy against what it meant,
is required.
Q
A
Are there many bodies in the freezer?
Yes, and as always
happens with these
things, they emerge almost
immediately. And what is
worse is that this happens
with people who did not
live through that era. The
worst thing is that there
are people who did not live
through the dictatorship
who believe that it was good
for Spain, or that it was in
some way necessary, or that
it brought about democracy. It is shocking that some
young people think that the
dictatorship was the moment when wars or conflict
between Spaniards came to
WHAT TO READ? Some figures about the evolution of Valencian society
Two professors at Valencia University, Joaquín
Azagra and Joan Romero, have just published
– in castellano and valenciano - a detailed sociological study about the
evolution of Valencian
society between 1997 and
2006.
This could be a great
book for those readers
who have a reasonable
working knowledge of
Spanish and want to look
deeper into some of the
issues Pedro Ruiz commented on in this interview, helping you find out
more about the area you
live in.
The book is a little on the
academic side – no photos or anything of that
nature – but its advantage is that the people who
wrote it are used to teaching in the classroom
and therefore explain the
issues with a great deal
of clarity.
DEMOGRAPHIC
FACTORS
The Comunitat Valenciana is one of the regions in Spain that has
FOREIGN RESIDENTS
In 1970, there were only
28,000 foreigners registered as living in the Comunitat Valenciana, but
in 2005 there were more
than half a million nonSpaniards on the official
census.
experienced the greatest
growth
in
headcount
in the last few decades
– in 1970, there were few
more than three million
inhabitants but by 2005
the population had risen
to 4.5 million.
BIRTH RATE AND OLD
AGE
In the 70s, the average woman had 2.7 children but
by 2005 this had fallen to
1.2. Life expectancy was
on average 70 to 75 years,
but now, it stands at 78
years of age.
ECONOMY
In 1975, the service sector generated 50 per cent
of wealth and 39.8 per
cent of employment. In
2005, however, services
accounted for 66.1 per
cent of added value created by economic activity
in the Valencia region
and 62.4 per cent of employment.
Construction accounted
for eight per cent of the
Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) and 9.6 per cent
of employment in 1975,
but thirty years later it
represented 11.3 per cent
of economic activity and
13.8 per cent of jobs.
By contrast, agriculture
and industry have lost
ground – in 1975 agriculture was responsible for
nine per cent of the GDP
and 17.9 per cent of em-
ployment; in 2005, this
had fallen to two per
cent of he GDP and just
3.3 per cent of jobs. As
for industry, the fall in
its significance has been
notable but slightly less
than in agriculture – in
1975, with limited technology and intense use
of manual workers, the
industrial sector produced 32.5 per cent of the
GDP and 33.1 per cent
of employment, compared to 19.9 per cent
of wealth and 20.5 per
cent of jobs nowadays.
DEBT AND PUBLIC
SPENDING
The Comunitat Valenciana holds the dubious
honour of being bottom
of the list of public
spending per inhabitant
(2,453 euros per head
compared to 5,732 euros
in Navarra and 3,088 in
Andalucía). Additionally, it is the most-indebted region in Spain in
terms of public funds
(2,149 euros per inhabitant compared to 1,089
euros in Navarra and
937 euros a head in Andalucía).
Politicians have
not properly
explained to what
extent we were
harmed by the
dictatorship and
there is an overly
benevolent vision
A
Yes. And it is important
to understand the roots
of it and the key facts.
What we now know as
the Valencian Community
was under Arab rule for
many hundreds of years.
The Christian reconquest
brought the Catalan language to Valencia because
it was undertaken by Catalan Christians operating
under the direction of the
Aragonese Crown, in the
same way that the Christian reconquest of Andalucía brought the ‘castellano’
Spanish to that region because it was carried out by
Christians from Castilla.
The Aragonese Crown
then organised the conquered lands into kingdoms
with their own peculiarities and institutions. From
this emerged the Kingdom
of Valencia that was clearly
definable by its own set of
laws (‘los fueros’) and traditions.
It is undeniable, therefore, that there was not a
Catalan kingdom in the
Crown of Aragón. In fact,
there were three: Aragón,
the principality of Cataluña and the Kingdom of Valencia.
The peculiarity and personality of the Kingdom of
Valencia is undisputable,
but this does not mean that
the language spoken in this
kingdom was any different
from the one spoken in Cataluña.
I believe that this situation is so logical, so common-sensical, that the existing conflict can only be
understood to be the result
of a political manipulation
of a very real anti-Catalan
feeling within Valencian
society that has been intentionally amplified.
Q
Did the dictatorship
spell the end for ‘valenciano’?
A
The ‘Castellanisation’
of the Valencian region is a process that started a long time before the
dictatorship. The élite of
Valencian society in the
18th and 19th centuries
used ‘castellano’ a lot more
than ‘valenciano’, something that did not happen in
Cataluña. This means that,
in 19th century Valencia,
influential people spoke
‘castellano’ while ‘valenciano’ was the language of the
lower classes.
Q
And why did the
bourgeoisie
here
adopt ‘castellano’ and
not in Cataluña?
A
Because here there
was a much closer relationship with Castilla than
in Cataluña. Valencian
agriculture and products
made by businesses related
to this sector, were traded
with Castilla. Furthermore, in Valencia during the
16th and 17th centuries,
there was a change in the
aristocracy itself as the
heirs of many noble houses
came from Castilla. This
‘Castellanisation’ was very
evident in the 19th century
which meant that the ‘Valencian language’ – which
is what this variation of
catalan was called – was
gradually dying out until a
very minority group called
for it to be revived at the
start of the 20th century.
For a long time, this group
was forced to campaign for
its resurrection according
to laws laid down by Cataluña and other regions where
catalan was spoken. All this
caused less conflict than indifference because the majority of people were only
interested in ‘castellano’.
Q
And when did the
language start to become a controversial issue?
A
During the 1960s there was a brutal reaction when this minority
of people calling for the
revival of the ‘valenciano’
started to gain influence
in the university world and
sectors of the Valencian
bourgeoisie. Those who
did not want these young
people to acquire decisionmaking power started to
spread the idea that behind
the campaign was a spirit
of Catalan imperialism,
which apart from a handful
of anecdotal exceptions has
never been proven, that suggested that Valencia was
going to be colonised in a
political sense by the Catalans.
This strategy proved to be
hugely successful with the
voters. It created an antagonism towards not only anything to do with Cataluña,
It is undeniable,
therefore, that
there was not a
Catalan kingdom
in the Crown of
Aragón
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but also towards those who
did not consider themselves
Catalan but Valencian, and
who were merely arguing
that the same language was
spoken in both regions. It
also caused a rejection of
Valencia University where
this view was defended by
philologists.
Q
Why does Valencia
University
run
a
course entitled ‘catalan
philology’?
Because it is actually
the only thing that can
be done from a scientific
point of view. It is the same
curriculum that is taught
in language departments
across Europe: a catalan
philology exists, with a
number of variations, and
the fact that it has been established that the two languages are the same, despite attempts to prove that
they are not, actually has
nothing to do with whether
someone feels more or less
Valencian.
A
Q
And the political
left has become embroiled in this conflict?
A
I believe that at some
stage, in response to
such direct attacks, the
left defended the use of
‘valenciano’ by stressing
the region’s links with Cataluña, which, to a certain
extent, was quite logical.
But I believe that for a long
time now, both within the
university and in the poli-
THE FINAL THROES OF THE CONFLICT
Valencia University is still a victim of attacks on the part of those who are keen to keep the linguistic conflict alive. A slogan painted
during the last academic year on the window of the university bookshop reveals this – ‘we want books in the Valencian language, not in
Catalan’, it states.
During the 1960s
some politics
pretended that
behind the revival
of “valenciano”
there was
a Catalan
imperialism
strategy and was
not true
tical worlds, the situation
has been presented in such
a way that it is as though a
miracle has occurred: these days we write using the
same laws as the Catalans,
but although the two languages are both written the
same, we call ours something different: ‘valenciano’. Any reader will realise
that the grammar systems
are the same, the spelling
and the orthography are the
same, and that there only
minor variations. This sensation predominates even
among those who propose
such a totally artificial posture as secessionism, which
means the creation of a new
language based on a totally
made-up grammar and orthography, with the aim of
differentiating it completely
from catalan. But there have
been some truly ridiculous
episodes along the way.
Q
A
Can you give us any
examples?
During my time as
Principal of University
of Valencia, using the word
‘nosaltres’ (or ‘nosotros’ in
castellano’), instead of ‘mosatros’, widely used in rural
villages, meant that, the following day, you would be all
over the papers accused of
selling out to Catalan imperialism. Something as ridiculous as this could spark a
tremendously antagonistic
campaign based on accusations of political ‘Catalanism’. To speak ‘valenciano’
correctly, for people who did
not speak ‘valenciano’ at
home but learned it for reasons of political correctness,
was seen as just cause for a
lynching. There have been
much worse cases, including
the placing of a bomb at the
university - in the cloister
where we are now sitting.
Valencia mayors and Principals have been insulted and
threatened.
Q
Did these more violent incidents coincide with the transition
towards democracy?
A
Yes, because what lay
behind all that belligerence was an attempt to
ensure that the transition
towards democracy in Valencia would not be hegemonised by the left. It was used
to gain popular support for
parties representing the political right.
Q
Did you expect such
a resounding victory
for the right at the recent
elections?
A
I spend my time studying the past and am
usually wrong about the fu-
ture. The truth is that I was
not expecting such a serious
defeat for the left but, intuitively, there was something in
the air that made me think
that people are prepared to
settle for what they have.
Perhaps because much has
been made of the current
economic situation which,
in reality, is a result the PP
can claim little credit for. On
top of this, it must be added
At the last
elections, the
left were unable
to present a
credible
alternative
that the left were unable to
present a credible alternative. They gave the impression of being in favour of
change. However, left-wing
leaders failed to convince
me that they were really capable of communicating a
credible critique of what it
is that they believe the right
is doing badly, while at the
same time recognising what
it is doing well.
Q
A
What is wrong with
the Valencian left?
It has not understood
the nature of the drastic changes that have taken
place. It is failing to engage
on subjects that could dramatically increase their le-
vel of electoral support. It is
bogged down and has even
lost some of its core supporters.
N
TOURISM AT VALENCIA UNIVERSITY
Q
Do you have any explanation for this
lack of connection?
A
They are repeating arguments which may
have been relevant in the
past, but no longer work.
There are things that would
require time to analyse and
discuss and I think that
herein lies one of the left’s
main deficiencies: leftist
parties should be where
issues get debated. Where
they are discussed and new
people, young people, can
be heard, participate and be
given leading roles. Be allowed to lead not becuse they
are young but because they
propose really new ideas.
There is a certain immobility, which is precisely
the opposite of what there
should be in a leftist party.
There is a spirit of conservatism within the established ranks of the left because
they fear that if this should
happen, their futures may
be compromised as a result.
I believe that this is blocking
the left at the moment.
Electoral success, which
would require a change of
strategy, a new message,
new faces in every sense of
the word, is being sacrificed
to a selfish attitude consisting of the view that: ‘I am
here, I think I’m right and
all this will go away’. They
always blame others, and
are blind to their own responsibilities.
Now that we know a
bit more about this honourable institution, the
University of Valencia
could also be a popular
tourist attraction. If you
go there of your own volition we recommend
you visit three places –
the Rectory building on
Avenida Blasco Ibáñez,
where different faculties forming what was
the first campus of the
university – now practically in the city centre
– is found; the old university building (created
by Pere Compte in 1498)
on C/ de la Nave; and
the botanical gardens,
which is located in the
University of Valencia
just at the foot of the Torres de Quart, one of the
oldest access points into
the city.
The Rectory building is
designed in an pre-rationalist, expressionist
style, and was the work
of architect Mariano
Peset, brother of Joan
Baptista Peset Aleixandre, the republican rec-
tor who was shot to death
by Franco’s supporters in
the Civil War.
The old university headquarters, on C/ La Nave,
deserves a longer visit
and is, habitually, the
venue for some interesting exhibitions. Three
magnificent displays will
be held in the autumn dedicated to the history of
the second Republic – one
of these, which opens
on September 29, will
include the eye-catching
posters painted by Josep
Renau for the Republic.
A perfectly-organised volunteer programme allows groups of up to eight
people to enjoy a guided
tour through the building and the exhibitions,
totally free of charge,
and also in English if required.
To book a guided visit,
ring Pilar Pérez on 96
386 49 22 or email visites.
[email protected].
A trip to the botanical
gardens can by organised
by consulting the website
www.jardibotanic.org.
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EDITORIAL & OPINION
August 3 - August 9 2007
_ Editorial&Opinion
Samantha Kett
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Embarrassing secrets
Most of us have skeletons in our closets and aspects of our
past of which we prefer not to speak.
Like my little brother who was caught short between
service stations on a coach trip, although fortunately a mate
of his had an empty Lucozade bottle to hand; or my mother
who, out of her depth during a highbrow conversation
on the technicalities of the motor trade at a dinner party,
announced out of the blue that she knew what FIAT stood
for. My dad, who’d told her it was ‘first in all trials’ as a
wind-up some years earlier, has never been forgiven and she
has never forgotten the raucous laughter at her expense.
Sorry to disappoint you, but I’m not planning on revealing
my murky secrets to you lot. My dignity prevents me from
broadcasting all along the coast from Valencia to Murcia
that one of my favourite films is an Anglia TV adaptation
of Jilly Cooper’s Riders; that I’d sooner shell out 200 euros
for a pair of Pons Quintana boots just because of the name
than buy an identical pair from the market for a tenner;
that my dad’s nickname for me is Sugar Plum, or that my
three cats get called ‘honeypuss’ when they’re behaving
themselves (although admittedly that’s not often).
Yet I am proud to release one of the most cringeworthy
skellies in my closet – that of five sassy chicks who marked
my teens with their catchy, if rubbish, kick-ass record of
1996 that inexplicably shot to the head of the charts.
A couple of weeks back the cava was broken out in Casa
Kett on hearing that Mel, Mel, Geri, Victoria and Emma
had buried the hatchet and were back together for a world
tour. Having read Mrs Beckham’s autobiography (moving,
heart-string-pulling, and will have you welling up in places)
Geri’s (page-turning, funny, and will see you in outraged
awe at her shameless, devil-may-care antics) and Mel B’s
(interesting, if not so memorable) I feel I know these girls
as though they were old schoolmates. I own every single
one of their albums as a group and as solo artists, and a
lump still rises to my throat when I hear 1998’s Viva forever
(and no, it’s not one of the sprouts in my dad’s curry);
hearing Ginger’s appalling Spanish in Mi chico latino
always conjures up memories of heady summer days bodyboarding in the Med, and Mel C’s Northern star album
is the only music CD in English that has ever become
irretrievably welded to my stereo.
Great news for fans whose towns The Spice Girls will not
have time to visit on their tour – the goddesses of Girl
Power have volunteered to do one more venue, voted for by
the public. Of course, I’ve already cast my ballot slip and am
crossing my fingers they will shortly head for Valencia.
Yes, it’s nothing to be proud of, being a Spice Girl fan, but
I believe the power of music is in the memories it holds
for us. Spain’s chart-busting 1980s band, Mecano, taught
me Spanish – warbling along to their deep and meaningful
lyrics in my Fiat Panda whilst stuck in commuter traffic
every day, without having a clue what they were on about,
gave me the idea to purchase a Linguaphone kit and a verb
book to find out. Without Mecano, I wouldn’t be living here
today. Equally, Chris Rea’s Road to Hell reminds me of my
father – and of the N-332 from Oliva to Gandia – and that daft
Romanian track Dragostea din tei revives my first summer
in my home town here in Spain given that it was constantly
blaring out of the windows of boy racers’ bangers.
Above all, however, The Spice Girls are evidence of very
young women pursuing their dreams against all odds,
enjoying their jobs immensely and keeping a friendship
alive for more than a decade despite setbacks and attempts
to poison it. Perhaps their music has the same effect on you
as a fingernail on a blackboard, but otherwise, their story
is rather inspiring and a great act to follow.
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Letters
Dear thinkSPAIN|today
It was reported in your
July 13-19 issue of
thinkSPAIN|today that a
28-year old motorcyclist
lost his life on the N-332
near Benissa early on a
Sunday morning. I was
very sorry to hear about
the accident and the consequent tragic loss of such a
young life. But I also want
to warn people of the dangers of venturing out on
the N-332 between Benissa
and Calpe before noon on a
Sunday morning.
This is where the local
bikers congregate to speed
along this fascinating piece
of tarmac; to practice their
knee-scraping leandowns;
to tear past each other
at hair-raising speeds; to
perfect their wheelies; and
to show off their latest
machines, torque and acceleration. Groups of bikers wait at strategic points
in order to watch as other
racers hurtle past over and
over again.
I have witnessed people
bring their deckchairs and
camp out at a particularly
good viewpoint to watch
the boy-racers perform.
Not only is belting along
the road at breakneck
speeds dangerous, but I
have often come around a
bend and found a motorcyclist doing a slow illegal Uturn across the continuous
white line.
As a car driver, I can only
say, it is a nerve-racking and terrifying trip in
either direction as bikes
blast deafeningly past with
little warning and there is
every likelihood that at the
next bend I will encounter
a biker, at full throttle,
leaning well into my side
of the road.
This would all be fine if
the only lives these young
men (and the odd woman,
no doubt) put at risk were
their own, but half a tonne
of metal hurtling towards
your windscreen is going
to do more than just ruin
your weekend. The police
rarely get to the spot before
11am which is, of course,
why the bikers feel free
to drive in such a reckless way during the early
hours.
I do understand, I am a
biker myself, but in the UK
we got to race in special
venues, on and off-road.
Brands Hatch or Silverstone held regular events
where amateurs such as
myself could pretend for
a few hours that we were
Barry Sheen! But we would
have been quickly removed
if found behaving in the
same way on the A-25.
Only an hour’s drive from
Benissa is Cheste racetrack
near Valencia. I can only
hope they offer the same
kind of events, so that
when enough people have
been killed or injured at
this spot and the bikers
are moved on, they will
have somewhere else to go
and not just another A(or
N)-road further along the
coast.
Petrified driver,
Moraira
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Cascant – a true discovery
Given that I can’t live without writing about what
I like, I feel compelled to
comment this week on the
discovery of a celebrity and
his works.
I met him in Muro d’Alcoi
where he was born and
bred and still lives. We ate
in El Calvo, one of the most
traditional and dignified
restaurants in the town,
and afterwards, he showed
me his provisional possessions and the industrial
warehouse that is home to a
small miracle – the process
of wine-making. His name
is Joan Cascant, he is 46
years old, married with two
daughters, a draughtsman
by trade and with an overwhelming passion for his
country – its countryside,
its people, its language…
and its olive-oil and winemaking tradition.
It was his current business
partner and friend Salvador
Boronat who decided, on a
whim, to produce wine from
his own vineyard with the
help of one of those books
that talks you through the
process step by step. The end
result came out well and the
wine was drunk. It was no
coincidence that there are
rather a lot of residents in
Muro who make their own
wine although the invasion
of industry tends to reduce
these individuals to mere
consumers who pass more
time watching TV than
producing wine. Yet as Cascant showed me that day, in
every corner of abandoned
land in the Alcoià-Comtat
district there are vines
shooting up, like recovering
ancient traditions shoot up
in the memories of human
beings.
However, what is resuscitated demands aspiration
and inspiration, and the
new wine has to reach the
highest quality. These two
friends bought a secondhand barrel to start off with,
and a few new ones later
on, organised wine-tasting
courses, built up links with
vineyard owners in the Valencia region like Paco Calatayud and Pepe Mendoza
and, one day, just for a laugh
and completely on spec, Cascant sent an email to the
great Pope of the Priorat
wine world, José Luis Pérez
from Quatretondeta. Pérez
went to see him and even
took a gamble on forming a
new company, bringing his
sons Pau and Adrià, both oenology experts, with him.
With all that I have just
talked about I still haven’t
mentioned the most revolutionary phenomenon that
Cascant and his friend Boronat are promoting at the
moment and, if it needed a
slogan, it would be ‘the start
of the long-awaited farming
revamp’. Agriculture is not
incompatible with tourism
– in fact these two economies complement each other. Of course, as long as this
‘farming revamp’ generates
a top-quality product which
those who create it can be
proud of and which represents their traditions. And
if the public is aware of its
value, this private initiative
has already started to head
in the right direction.
El Celler la Muntanya, the
bodega owned by Cascant
and Boronat, has started a
scheme they call Microvinya, which allows owners of
small vineyards throughout the Alcoià-Comtat district to sell their produce
via contracts obtained by El
Celler, proving to them that
the grape is becoming more
and more profitable, that it
is produced in the best conditions and dignifies the ancient art of our ancestors.
The result is already on
display to all – or rather, it’s
in everyone’s palates – and
comprises wines like Almoroig 2005 (red, bottled in
June 2007 with a production
of 9,500 bottles and aged for
13 months), and the Albir
2006 (white, bottled in June
2006 with a production of
4,500 bottles and aged for
five months).
Yet Cascant has not stopped
dreaming up new ideas
and has recently created
the Elviart, in which he
attempts to bring together both wine and art. To
spread the word, a book
is already on the shelves
about these two elements
that are surprisingly close
together. To this end, as
creativity is a creature that
never sits still, El Celler
has started to produce an
olive oil of the utmost quality, D’Olives, which follows
their impeccable methods
of wine-making.
To be honest with you, the
great benefactors of the
human race are not those
who land on the moon and
mess around like kids in
elastic canvases, but those
who are able to break out
of the apathy and give us a
good wine and an excellent
olive oil.
EDITORIAL & OPINION
August 3 - August 9 2007
53
Berta Chulvi
[email protected]
What do you talk to your friends about?
I have been meaning to
write something about
great disappointments for
the past few days, but have
yet to manage it. Furthermore, I have been wondering to myself about what
I could say to my readers
that might be useful. The
contract between the writer
of an opinion column and
the readers is subtle, but
must be respected. Like all
contracts, there are two parties: the reader knows and
accepts that the columnist
writes about things that
concern him or her, that the
columnist transmits something of his or her daily life
in his or her articles, and
accepts being interested by
the concerns of the other.
The columnist knows that
it is necessary to transcend
the personal to arrive at
a universal truth that the
other party, the reader, can
relate to. Well, there we are,
with me left wondering if
you are interested in great
disappointments.
So, what are life’s great
disappointments? In my
opinion, they are the ones
that occur in the context
of family life, friendship or
love. The truth is that, with
respect to disappointments,
the worst ones are those
that combine more than one
of these contexts.
The best definition I have
ever read about friendship
was written by a Moroccan
author who lives in France.
His name is Tahar Ben Jellou. It comes in the first lines
of a book entitled ‘Eulogy
to friendship’ (Elogio de la
amistad), which, as far as I
have been able to ascertain,
has never been translated
into English. One of the
same author’s books about
friendship - The last friend
- has been; by Penguin
Books. I have also read, and
can recommend, this book,
although I much prefer the
former. Ben Jelloun defines
friendship as a “religion
without God nor final judgement. Nor devil. A religion
that is not unconnected to
love. But a love where war
and hatred are forbidden,
and where silence is possible.” Friendship, according
to Ben Jelloun, is based on a
reciprocation without weak
spots, guided by the principle of respect; the respect
that we owe ourselves so
that others return it naturally.
Perhaps this is the key to
great
disappointments:
“the feeling that someone
has lost respect for you.”
The road to overcoming
this is understanding that
whomever lost respect for
you, in reality, was letting
him or herself down because friendship - like love
- is a mirror that admits no
respite: the way you treat
others is the way you treat
yourself.
I had the good fortune to
interview Tahar Ben Jelloun last year and we talked
about his concept of friendship. He has, or had, a much
more negative viewpoint
that me, and I say ‘had’,
because I now begin to understand why Ben Jelloun
defines friendship as a very
easy gift to lose. He knows,
and I have just discovered,
that when it comes to friendship, great disappointments
have no cure. Life goes on
and one forgets, but the
hole that is left will stay for
ever and become one of the
scars that will accompany
you forever. So, what can be
done? With respect to solutions, there is another book
that I wanted to talk to you
about. It is called ‘Apprenticeship in Disappointment’
(Aprendizaje de la Decepción)
by Spanish philosopher,
Félix de Azua, which has
never been translated into
English. Only one of this author’s works is available in
English; a novel entitled Diary of a humiliated man. Far
from what you may imagine,
‘Apprenticeship in Disappointment’ is anything but a
treatise on how to cope with
disappointment. In reality, it
is a compilation of articles
in which Azua deals with
several important things in
life. And this is where the
real key lies: life is like that,
learning how to cope with
disappointments and not
be bothered by them. How
to relate to the person who
disappointed you without
resentment and carry on,
in the knowledge that it is
Jacqui Cotterill
Penny Lapenna
[email protected]
Costa Education
Parents in general will
welcome the news that the
Generalitat Valenciana has
made school textbooks free
for first and second-grade
children from this September. Moreover, Francisco
Camps has stated his intention to push for all textbooks
to be provided by the state
in line with most of the rest
of Europe. This would seem
to be a move in the right
direction, and an attempt
to win favour with parents
who stand to receive 117 euros per student per year.
There are several codicils
that I would add to this
however. Firstly, I think it is
wrong to assume that bringing Spain into line with
the rest of Europe with regards to the cost of education, is necessarily going to
improve education per se.
When parents have a real,
financial vested interest in
their children’s education;
when it costs them in time,
effort and money, there is
more likelihood that they
will support their child as
he or she learns.
For instance, many parents
in Spain pay for tutors to assist with homework and extra curricular subjects, contribute hugely to the costs
of university, and will have
searched for appropriate
educational books to support the learning that takes
place in school. This is not
just something that happens with wealthy Spanish families. I have neighbours in Parcent who pay
for extra tuition for their
children from the ages of
nine upwards, who cannot
afford an annual holiday,
share one car between three
adults, and whose grandparents still work their land to
make a meagre living from
just one more pointer along
the path of daily life. I do not
know if this personal reflection on friendship and disappointment is of any use
to you.
My advice is that you should
cultivate friendship through
peaceful conversation. Summer, and the long summer
evenings, is a good time for
this. Chatting to friends is
the spice of life. We should
try not to lose it, we should
cultivate it passionately because, in reality, our use of
words is what makes us human. We should talk to our
friends about divine and
human issues and enjoy
the time we spend with others while we still can. And
above all, we should accept
disappointment as normal,
without fuss, and, at the
end of the day, a great disappointment only means one
thing: that life goes on.
olives. Education is seen as
a way out of poverty, and in
particular they are learning
English as a way to make
money in future.
Secondly, providing vouchers for parents doesn’t
address the issue that
educational textbooks are
unregulated, vary in quality, and are generally overpriced by publishers.
The first year that my eldest
daughter attended school in
Spain, I followed suit with
other families in purchasing that year’s textbooks
from the Librería Públics
in Dénia. I was surprised
to discover that there was
no country-wide, nor province-wide discount for parents for school books, but
instead you were forced to
shop around and compare
offers. Even the school PTA
(APMA) were unable to
help. Every year, in the summer holidays, book stores,
chains and supermarkets
all competed with a host
of offers to tempt parents.
Eventually, I paid 60€ for
three folders of textbooks,
worksheets and a CD-ROM
that I hoped were the same
books as my daughter’s
classmates, worrying from
day one whether or not she
would fit in.
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Fire watch
Two years later, when my
second daughter started
school the price of books
had risen to 65€ for a threeyear-old, and 85€ for a sixyear-old. Add to that the
cost of school trips, boxes
of pens and other writing
implements, sports and
musical equipment, and I
began to moan about the
Spanish system.
So, it is true that I will
breathe a sigh of relief
when I receive my daughter’s book voucher this
year, coupled with the financial help from the Town
Hall as a familia numerosa
(anyone with more than two
children) and the total costs
for all three children’s textbooks for the whole year is a
more maneageable 60€.
But I have learned a lot about
my kids’ education by participating in the purchase
of their books. I ‘ve invested
much of my own time going
through the books at home
to follow their curriculum.
I have bothered to read the
parents’ notes that come
with them (albeit written in
valenciano) and try to run
seasonal follow-up activities at weekends. I’ve been
aware of the increasing
load of homework now that
my eldest daughter is nine,
and I have been able to understand her school reports
and subject marks because
I am aware of each term’s
themes.
Would I have been so scrupulous in the UK? Has the extra struggle with language
and the pinch of paying for
her books given me added
incentive to be involved?
And will bringing Spain
in line with countries like
the UK whose education is
‘free’ also mean parents can
simply care less?
I once lived in a log cabin, off
a track snaking up a hillside
in the pine forests of British
Columbia. The house was
basic, hammered together
from the split trunks of the
trees felled to clear the land,
but it had one feature in
common with the smarter
houses dotted around, a
large bell hung on the wooden deck. This bell was a crucial part of the fire drill run
by the small community. At
the first sign of fire, the bell
would be rung continuously
and the alarm passed from
house to house. All those
able would immediately
fight the fire and if necessary evacuate their neighbours. In an area where the
woods were wild and nature
a force to be respected, fire
was a constant threat and
taken very seriously.
Fortunately I never saw a
fire in Canada and felt quite
at home when we moved to
Parcent with its pine-clad
hills. However, shortly after
we arrived here, I witnessed
a major fire on the El Carrascal range overlooking Parcent and vowed never again to
live amongst trees. I watched
the fire, standing for hours
on our village roof terrace,
hypnotised by the flames being fanned by fierce winds,
terrified by the raw power
of nature. In hours we saw
it spread, from one small
point to a line running right
across the hillsides. Every
few minutes we heard a
thundering crack as the sap
in a pine tree would explode
cascading flames into the
sky. Then the winds would
carry the flaming wood to
another tinder-dry area and
the fire’s relentless spread
continued. Out of sight the
hill was swarming with
firefighters and village men
attempting to beat out the
smaller fires; innumerable
times the helicopters buzzed
over, dipping their buckets
in the village swimming
pool, then flying right to the
heart of the fire, shrouded
in smoke. It seemed as ineffectual as firing a child’s water pistol. Night fell and still
we watched, the fire totally
in control now. Helicopters
retreated, as the fire burned
all in its path until the trees
were gone and the bare rock
of the higher slopes halted
the inferno.
The next day, Parcent was
in mourning, the sky grey
with smoke, the air bitter, the mood sombre. The
mountain was charred,
smouldering, huge swathes
of trees still standing, but a
graveyard of black, twisted
shards, shadows of their
former green glory.
Sixteen years later, nature
has worked a miracle and
the hills are green again,
only with fewer trees and
more scrubby bush cover.
However, for all those wholive near trees the danger is
here again, the combination
of lack of rain, excessive
heat and man’s negligence
or deliberate intervention
making fire an everpresent
risk. This past week there
have been two fires in Dénia and smaller incidents
in Parcent and Orba which
were swiftly dealt with.
Dénia’s chief fire officer
José Melenchón referred to
the ‘human factor’, whilst
pointing out the increased
risk posed by uncultivated
agricultural land, where the
build up of combustible material was once cleared and
now lies waiting like tinder
for a spark. Ecologists raise
darker motives, claiming
that the majority of fires
have been proved to be started intentionally, one reason
being to enable protected
forest land to to be reclassified for building.
Whatever the causes of forest fires, whether a carelessly-discarded cigarette end or
malicious intent or merely
nature’s own culling, the
threat to life and property
and the destruction of the
environment is undeniable.
We should stay vigilant this
summer, be careful with our
barbecues and waste, keep
an eye on the trees, report
any signs of fire immediately and hope that for another
year we can be spared the
trauma and destruction of
nature’s darkest force.
54
FEATURE
August 3 - August 9 2007
Making sense of fiction
Since the success of Driving
Over Lemons publishers have
lapped up stories of expats
living in Spain, and writing
retreats for aspiring authors
now abound
By Penny Lapenna
There is nothing more enjoyable than sitting down
to a fresh sheet of paper
to capture an idea that has
been buzzing around your
brain. And if you are fortunate enough to do this
in a stunningly beautiful
location, where the breeze
is scented with flowers,
and surrounded by likeminded individuals, who
think discussing the meaning of ‘serendipity’ or the
life cycle of bees is equally
facinating, then get out and
attend a writers retreat in
Spain.
Expats in particular often carry with them the
memories of their lives in
their home country, and
writing can provide a medium through which to express this creativity. There
are specific retreats set
up where you can attend
courses run by famous authors or poets, groups run
by writing enthusiasts, or
just accomodation set up to
appeal to the writers needs,
with access to computers,
libraries, book doctors, and
peace and quiet.
COSTA BLANCA
Almàssera Vella
www.oldolivepress.com
Set in Relleu, a mountain
village in Alicante province, is the Almàssera Vella
Centre which runs residential and holiday courses as
well as workshops in Creative Writing, Photography,
Painting and Walking. The
residential courses and
workshops in literature of
all kinds are led by internationally respected writers and poets such as Mimi
Khalvati, Matthew Sweeney, Mark Doty and Judith
Barrington, from the Poetry School in London. Low
season rates are also available for personal writing
retreats in the Casa Rural
annexe at 69 Carrer de la
Mare de Déu del Miracle.
Relleu is at the southern
part of the mountainous
area of the province of Alicante known as the Marina
Baixa. This comprises a
rugged complex of limestone mountains including
the highest in the province
‘Aitana’ (1,558m) and the
most dramatic: ‘Puigcampana’. In the high valleys
there is ‘secano’ cultivation, mostly almond orchards, olive groves and,
lower down, plantations of
lemon and orange trees.
The courses are run by
Christopher North and his
wife Marisa Lillo-Verdú,
who cooks local Alicante
specialities.
“We started building in
2000 literally on the first
day of the new millennium. Our inaugural writing
course, ‘The Poet’s Notebook’, was run in May 2002
and we now have a regular
programme of creative
writing days and weekends as well as week-long,
all-inclusive,
residential
writing courses, mountain
walking, photography and
painting courses. In 2004
our accommodation facilities were extended with
the opening of the casa
rural annexe, opposite the
Almàssera Vella. The annexe is now available for
writer’s and artist’s retreats, enjoying tranquility
and mountain walks from
the front door.”
Visitors also have access to
the Almàssera 3,000 book
library, use of a telephone
line for internet and email
access, the freedom to
roam the grounds and use
of the pool.
• September 1 to 8 2007
That Giant Leap with
Mentor: Mimi Khalvati.
Mimi Khalvati is one of
the most inspiring and
experienced tutors on
the UK poetry scene at
present, with many acclaimed and award win-
WRITING WORKSHOPS: Soak up the ambience
FAWLTY FINCAS: Bedouin style accomodation with space for writing and relaxation areas
ning collections to her
name. She is one of the
founding poets of the
London Poetry School.
• September 15-22 2007
The Delight of this
Spain now Astir Mentor: Graham Fawcett
Graham Fawcett is a
poet, writer and broadcaster who lectures on
poetry in England, Italy
and the US – a key personality at the London
Poetry School.
• September 29 - October
6 2007
Poetry and the Senses
Mentor: Grevel Lindop
Grevel Lindop is an acclaimed and experienced
poet, formerly professor
of English at Victoria
University – an expert on
the Romantic poets and
he has also published
five collections of poetry
with Carcanet – the latest called ‘Playing with
Fire’.
ANDALUCÍA
Healing Arts Workshops
www.healingartjourneys.com
A retreat or residency experience in Alcázar offers
an opportunity to share the
spacious, beautifully simple home of Irish artist,
Meg Robinson, in a remote,
traditional Spanish village
in Las Alpujarras, southern Spain. Las Alpujarras
has been described as the
part of Andalucía where
north Africa meets Europe,
but is neither one nor the
other. Rather it is steeped
in a combination of Pagan,
Catholic and Moorish customs.
Alcázar is a tiny mountain village with barely 75
inhabitants, an hour and
fifteen minutes by car from
Granada, in the middle
of the Contraviesa mountain range, which face the
high peaks of the Sierra
Nevada. On Thursdays the
nearest town of Orgiva has
a colourful market, but the
tranquil rural atmosphere
has meant that Alcázar has
become a magnet to a multitude of artists, writers,
musicians, dancers, and
healers from around the
world.
If you are budget conscious
and have a skill to trade
(massage, reflexology, kinesiology, computer graphics
or vegetarian /vegan cooking, etc) price deals are negotiable.
Llano de la Luz retreat
www.writersretreat.gbr.
cc
The Llano de la Luz retreat
is set in an idyllic area of
the Andalucian mountainside, ideal for retreating
and writing. Therapists
can be booked to provide
treatments such as massage and reflexology. The
centre is run by Jacqueline,
and nestles on the edge of a
beautiful valley of almond
and olive trees, just outside
the Moorish vilage of Comares. Comares is one of
the highest ‘white villages’
in Andalucía and retains
its original Moorish features. The retreat is outside the village, about 20
minutes walking distance
and the nearest airport is
Málaga, about an hour’s
drive away.
The writing retreats here
are not focused on teaching. Instead, writers have
their own private rooms
and writing terrace area
and are able to focus on
their writing in a comfortable and peaceful setting.
The informal support of
the retreat facilitator and
other writers is available,
plus nearby holistic therapies and beauty treatments
including reflexology, and
aromatherapy massages.
There is a fully stocked li-
brary with fiction, books
on writing, dictionaries,
Spanish books, magazines
and journals and a wireless
broadband internet service,
but guests must bring their
own laptops with appropriate peripherals. Note: there
is no technical support at
the retreat, although you
can access a printer, and
there is a spare laptop for
those who just wish to access emails.
There is also access to a
professional teacher of
Spanish literature and
drama, who provides Spanish lessons in his beautiful
sixteenth century house
N
high up in the village of
Comares.
CATALUÑA
Cataluñan Retreat
www.7daywonder.com/
writing
On September 8 to 15 2007
at Fornells, near Girona,
in Cataluña you can attend
a fiction workshop run by
Maggie Hammand – author,
publisher and teacher.
Her first novel was The
Rocket Man and she was
the winner of the first
World One-Day Novel cup
with The Resurrection of
the Body, which was published by Michael Joseph
Internet resources
There are many internet resource sites for writers, and
associations that offer specific writing courses, plus help
and advice to aspiring authors.
www.nawg.co.uk
The National Association of Writers Groups has a website with details of UK writing festivals, competitions
and publications where you can submit your writing.
www.arvonfoundation.org/Writing
Courses in the UK plus advice for writers
www.poetryschool.com
Courses and support for poets in the UK and abroad
www.liveworkplay.com.au
Travel writing couses by correspondance (from 175€)
www.transitionsabroad.com
Travel writing portal with guidelines and competitions
www.writersservices.com/agent
List of Agents for aspiring writers plus other resources
www.anotherealm.com/prededitors
The infamous Preditors and Editors list which lists
dubious agents and recommends others from content
sent in by writers.
FEATURE
August 3 - August 9 2007
and has now been optioned
for television.
She has also had short stories published and teaches
creative writing at Morley
College and at the Groucho
Club. In 2000-2001, she was
Writer in Residence at
Holloway Prison, London,
and she is currently Royal
Literary Fund Fellow at
London University of the
Arts. She is the founder-director of The Maia Press,
the award-winning small
independent
publisher
launched in June 2003.
This course will help you
to structure your story or
novel, from an opening
that hooks you, through to
a satisfying ending. Maggie will look at narrative
drive, pace, the interaction
between character and plot
and how to create narrative
tension and suspense. She
will also look at sub-plots,
point of view and timeframes. You will also have
the opportunity for Maggie
to read up to 5,000 words of
your work, and have a oneto-one tutorial.
The workshops are held
every morning with the opportunity for sessions on
work in progress, plus time
to relax by the pool or walk
in the Cataluñan countryside.
Barcelona, Girona, Figueres and the coast are all
within easy reach.
An unforgettable
time, in an
oasis of
Andalucian
beauty and
peace
COSTA DE LA LUZ
In the Write Light
www.inthewritelight.com
Fawlty Fincas B&B farm is
the venue for In the Write
Light workshops, a location apparently selected
because of its tranquil location in a lush valley two
kilometres outside Tarifa
and for the simple way of
life it offers. In their own
words, Fawlty Fincas offers:
“A private and self-sufficient farm hidden away in
the hills behind the town
– the polar opposite of urban living.
Every aspect of the farm is
designed to work harmoniously with the land. Vegetables are grown organically; goats, chickens and
a donkey graze freely; electricity is provided by solar
panels, while a generator
and waste-water irrigate
the land.”
Classes are held in the adjacent large salon. Thick
stone walls keep the room
cool in the morning sun
and
participants
will
have plenty of time to explore the varied landscape
around the farm or to simply sit and write.
A selection of meals will be
served, made up of ethnic
vegetarian cooking, a speciality of the host, Carole.
Since Tarifa is an old fishing town located at the
southernmost tip of Spain
on the Costa de la Luz, its
proximity provides an ideal source of inspiration for
anyone with a jaded palate.
The town attracts surfers and adrenalin junkies
along with an international population of artists,
musicians and alternative
travellers seeking the natural lifestyle that Tarifa
offers.
The hosts at Fawlty Fincas
describe the experience:
“Today, psychodelic doorways and exotic window
displays
signal
ethnic
clothing and crafts shops,
Indian and Moroccan furniture shops, street-side cafes, funky bars and chilled
bistros.
They spice up the picturesque old town (‘casco antiguo’ in Spanish); with a
labyrinth of snaking cobbled alleyways and whitewashed façades that salute
the endurance of the region’s Moorish heritage.
The peaks of Morocco’s Rif
Mountains shimmer and
beguile across the Straits.
A nearby-submerged island is believed by some
archaeologists to be the
true site of the mythical
Atlantis.”
CANARY ISLANDS
Finca el Quinto Writers’
Retreat
www.tenerifecountryescape.com/eventspage
Located in Tenerife, in an
area of unspoiled countryside just below the small
mountain village of Tigaiga (200m above sea level),
is La Finca El Quinto. This
15-acre organic fruit and
arable farm sits within a
beautiful, peaceful valley,
surrounded by mountain
ridges on the island and
overlooking the Atlantic
Ocean. It is about 2km
from the small town of Los
Realejos, west of Puerto de
la Cruz.
At Finca el Quinto, the
support of authors-in-residence is offered; experts
who are available for consultations all year round.
They can help in various
ways, whether to recommend agents, prepare a
proposal, hone a screenplay, or give a detailed critique of work. A number
of successful authors give
talks and run workshops
between May and September, on popular subjects
such as crime fiction, romantic fiction and the literary novel.
There are also seminar facilities if you wish to bring
your whole writing club,
or conduct your own workshops. Groups receive free
use of a modern, well-appointed seminar room (for
up to 30 persons).
Finca El Quinto was set
up in 1987 by Helmut and
Roswitha Köllmann who
moved to Tenerife to become self-sufficient and
enjoy an organic lifestyle
with their five children.
Growing around the cottages and flats, there are fruit
trees such as mango, papaya, avocado and banana
and herbs for the kitchen.
The holiday homes are
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ALMÀSSERA LIBRARY: Take advantage of access to over 3,000 reference books
connected with each other
by small paths and steps
that lead through the farm.
Each has a view across the
Atlantic and the adjacent
Barranco (the Realejos
Bajo gorge).
GETTING IT
WRITE!
With any writers retreat
there are a few steps that
will help you maximise the
potential on offer.
Do take work-in-progress,
whether to share with a
professional writer or with
fellow writers, as it can be
a starting point for useful
growth.
Be prepared to abandon old
habits or rules of writing
and refresh your approach.
Trying styles or genres of
writing that are unfamiliar can often bring out surprising results.
Be aware of your own
needs – for instance if you
prefer to write in solitude,
or need the stimulation of
others, check that the retreat is suitable.
If you intend to seek publication, present yourself
professionally and make
the most of contacts or
opportunities that may be
on offer. Some retreats offer the services of a ‘book
doctor’ or editor included
in the price, and many will
share email addresses for
useful follow-up support.
By maintaining contact
with other course members
you can create a writing
support network and share
publishing opportunities.
The Writers and Artists
Yearbook 2007 (www.
writersandartists.co.uk)
The standard book for all
writers updated yearly,
with articles written by
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some very famous authors
— such as Alexander McCall Smith, J.K. Rowling,
Terry Pratchett and Joanna
Trollope — as well as thousands of listings for book
publishers and packagers,
literary and art agents,
magazines, television and
radio, online resources,
prizes and festivals. Indispensable.
Still need convincing?
Katherine Burke, a Travel
& Lifestyle Journalist was
impressed with the Llano
de la Luz retreat.
“I arrived in Spain frazzled
and frustrated – with only
two weeks to go before giving up full-time work and
starting up again as a freelance.
Between tea-breaks I talked to the three other women writers at the retreat,
I read and wrote (a bit)
and stared at the mountains (a lot), and went for
the odd stroll to the nearest village. The four of us
had coffee at the English
bar, we went to a yoga and
meditation class, got tiddly
at the Mayor’s restaurant,
zig zagged home from the
village by torch-light, and
listened to fiddle music at
a party hosted by some local musicians.
Despite the relaxed pace
– or more likely because
of it – I finished a short
story, started others and
did some useful reading.
More importantly I felt a
tide of negativity wash
away. I found I could think
clearly about the future – I
made improved plans for
next year. I’m going back
to the retreat again in May
and somehow I know that
won’t be for the last time.”
Jacqueline was a gracious
and warm-hearted hostess, driving me in and out
of the village of Comares
– a wonder of labyrinthine
white streets and Moorish
architecture – and even organising Spanish lessons
with a delightful local
teacher.
Vivienne Vermes, from
Paris, talks about her impression of the Llano de la
Luz retreat.
Vivienne has to date published three collections of
her poetry, and her short
fiction has appeared in,
among others, “New Writing Nine”, “Paris-Atlantic” and The Mail on Sunday.”
“El Llano de la Luz is indeed a place of light. I
stayed in a room with
stunning mountain views,
with my own balcony, and
finally found the peace
to embark on my writing
project.
An unforgettable time, in
an oasis of Andalucian
beauty and peace.”
For further testimonials
on the other retreats mentioned, see individual websites, or contact the hosts.
RECOMMENDED
READING
On Writing by Stephen
King.
Even if you are not a fan of
this man’s work, his skill
at conveying the writing
process is ‘par excellence’.
Written like a memoir,
when he was hospitalized
after a car crash, it details
his writing process from
first ideas through to completed published work.
Without preaching rules,
but with inspiring guidelines for amateurs or experienced writers alike.
LLANO DE LA LUZ: Outstanding views plus the support of the retreat facilitator
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TRAVEL
August 3 - August 9 2007
Visit gorgeous Guadalest
but it’s true and the views
are fantastic. You will reach
a cemetery where some of
the graves are in bad repair
and it can be sad to see the
forgotten headstones but
it is refreshing to see that
there is no litter or disrespectful graffiti, despite the
number of tourists that visit the place daily.
Its turquoise reservoir and
belltower glinting in the
sun, Guadalest is the most
visited village in Spain
By Jade Holden
As you journey inland to
tiny Guadalest (population:
250 inhabitants) the busy
city scenes quickly fade
away and you are faced instead with mountain and
sea views, orange and lemon
trees and a sense of pure nature, interrupted only by the
road you’re driving on and
the odd café. As you continue to wind your way through
the mountains you will soon
ARCHWAY ENTRANCE
be able to make out Guadalest’s iconic bell tower sitting
politely on the top of the frequently photographed rock
face. As a child this moment
would always excite me as I
knew that seeing the cubelike structure meant that we
were near our destination.
As you walk into the village
you are greeted with small
shops selling local produce
and souvenirs. You will also
pass a small restaurant and
the Belén Museum (which
no doubt you will have already seen signposts for).
This museum is full of intricate doll’s houses and, on
the top floor, a whole village
scene in miniature. Despite
the price tag it is well worth
a visit because the craftsmanship is truly beautiful.
To the right you will see a
small children’s playground
with a few picnic benches,
if you have come with children it might be an idea to
relax here for a while and
take in the picturesque scenery while they play on the
swings and climbing frame.
After your relaxing break,
return to the path and begin
your walk to the main part
of the village. This part of
the journey involves walking up through a cave-like
archway where, at some
point, you will have a determined cameraman jump out
at you – he won’t go away
unless he gets the chance to
snap you so just smile and
walk on (if you wish, you
can purchase the pictures
on your way out, either
printed or on a keyring.) On
this level are more shops,
cafés and museums as well
as the new church. The locals don’t mind you looking
BELÉN MUSEUM: Intricately crafted displays
Returning from here you
will walk down cobbled steps
and go through a large metal turnstile – this is to stop
those who have not paid the
entrance fee from visiting
the cemetery. This system
is relatively new (as is the
charge) but I don’t begrudge
paying it as the views are
worth it and the money goes
towards the upkeep of the
old house and cemetery. You
will now find yourself back
in the square and, after the
long walk, probably ready
for lunch in one of the lovely cafés or restaurants.
When you leave the upper
level of the town and pass
back through the archway you will see that you
can head right to more
shops, cafés and museums.
Amongst these museums
is the old torture museum
– those of you that enjoyed
the dungeons will love this
place, it’s full of old torture
devices and explanations of
how they were once used. I
recommend that you visit
here because it truly is interesting.
SHOPS AND MUSEUMS: The tourist heart of Guadalest is well-frequented
around the beautiful church
but they don’t appreciate
people loudly interrupting
the ambiance and being disrespectful in their place of
worship. Moving on you will
find more shops and cafés
and (if they are open) the
old dungeons! The dungeons
are still dark and spooky but
at the same time very interesting for both adults and
children. While you’re here,
don’t forget to look over the
wall at the marvelous turquoise reservoir, this reservoir provides water for all
the towns in the area but the
thing that impresses onlookers the most is it’s unusual
EMBALSE DE GUADALEST: The unnaturally blue waters are reknowned
ROCKY PROMONTORY
colour and the way it actually glistens in the light
– like it has been digitally
enhanced or animated. Also
on this level of the town is
an old house that one can
explore (for a small fee of
course). The house belonged
to the wealthy Orduña family and has been made to
look almost exactly how it
did when it was inhabited
years and years ago. After
touring this house you can
proceed up some metal steps
to higher ground. This is the
closest you will get to the
white bell tower, believe it
or not, although you pass it
on the way up! It is difficult
to believe that you are now
higher than the bell tower
you saw earlier from the car
Another place to visit while
you are in Guadalest is the
beautiful swimming pool. It
is cheap to visit and could be
a day out all of its own. The
pool is wonderfully clean
and there is also a children’s
pool with a slide. The water
is surrounded by grass and
fat palm trees which provide perfect shade (and look
a lot nicer than umbrellas).
As you lie back on a sun
lounger or float in the water
you will see the spectacular
mountain face rising above
you and eagles and other
birds flying overhead.
This is a truly magnificent
sight and one of the most
relaxing activities I have
ever indulged in. Despite
the hordes that visit Guadalest every year, it retains a
unique ambience and is not
to be missed.
TOURIST ROUTES: Many areas of the old town are accessible on foot
TRAVEL
August 3 - August 9 2007
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From the top of the world
A visit to Teide – the highest
mountain in Spain is but a
three-hour flight away and a
day trip hike to the top.
By Cornelia Muller
The Pico de Teide on Tenerife is the third largest
volcano on Earth. Like
Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea,
the first and second largest
volcanoes on Hawaii, it is a
shield volcano, a gently sloping volcano in the shape of
a flattened dome and built
almost exclusively of lava
flows. It is estimated that the
mountain is about 5 million
years old. It is now a Natural Park that covers nearly
20,000 hectares. Nearly all of
it is open to the public, only
the ascent to the very summit and the areas around the
craters and active vents are
restricted for obvious reasons. It is possible to obtain
a walking permit to climb
the summit, which is available from the administrative
offices of the Natural Park
in the capital Santa Cruz de
Tenerife or via email.
Driving up to the volcano
is quite spectacular, since
you pass through various
types of vegetation and see
relatively young flows of
lava and the peak in its most
beautiful setting. Depending from which side of the
island you start your journey you will have different
impressions. If you take the
approach from the North,
you will start the journey in
a small fishing village or in
the second largest town, in
Puerto de la Cruz and then
follow the bends of the road
uphill, most likely through
a thick pine forest and often clouds. As you continue
your ascent, the sky will
open up and offer you the
first beautiful view of the
mountain, with the almost
perfect cone that nearly all
year round has a few streaks
of snow. On the other hand,
if you start climbing from
the south side, you will see
less vegetation as this part
of the island is much more
arid, but the views will be
no less spectacular.
The summit of the volcano rises to an elevation
of 3,715 metres. However,
about 150,000 years ago, a
large explosive eruption occurred, creating Las Cañadas, a large caldera at just
over 2,000 m altitude, 15 km
across east-west and 10 km
north-south. A caldera is
a volcanic feature formed
by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption.
The word ‘caldera’ comes
from the Spanish language,
meaning cauldron.
From this level it is easy to
reach the summit itself, the
Pico de Teide. Only one road
leads across the caldera and
passes the cable car, teleférico, carrying the tourists to
the top, where it is possible
to walk a restricted area of
about one square kilometre. If you want to explore
further you need to acquire
a special permit, which is
free but has to be arranged
in advance at the administrative offices of the Natural Park.
On your way to the cable
car station you pass several
interesting spots. One not
to miss are Los Roques de
García, a rock formation
that was created by eruptions, when stones and
lava were spewed out of
a crater. Another one are
Los Azulejos, these rocks
are covered in sulphur and
copper and show unusual
colours, vaguely reminding you of tiles – azulejos.
You also pass the Montaña
Blanca, which is whitish as
its name indicates, and the
Montaña Mostaza, which
has a mustard yellow tint
as the name suggests.
The caldera is one of the
largest ones in the world.
Following various eruptions, it has been filled
with several layers of lava,
stones and ash.
CABLE CAR: 1500m altitude in an eight-minute journey
PICO DE TEIDE: View from the caldera to the summit at 3,715 metres
The trip in the cable car
takes about 10 minutes
and costs 20 euros and
will render most visitors
speechless as with every
metre the cabin climbs
the views become more
and more spectacular. It
ends 200 metres below the
summit, which has to be
climbed on foot. At the top
only a small area is accessible to the public, however,
the small trip around the
peak is tiring as the air is
thin, but worthwhile as it
offers more stunning views
over the entire island, the
Atlantic Ocean and on good
days to the neighbouring
islands. Looking south, you
see the remnants of an old
caldera wall that has now
been surrounded by younger lava flows.
The volcano is currently
dormant, having last erupted in 1909 from the subsidiary vent of Chinyero on
the west slope. Since the
island was settled in 1402,
other significant eruptions
occurred in 1706, and 1798
which destroyed the town
and principle port of Garachico, plus several smaller
villages. The summit has
a number of small active
fumaroles, openings which
emit steam and gases such
as carbon dioxide, sulphur
dioxide and other gases.
Further eruptions are considered likely in the future.
From 2003, there has been a
seismic crisis at the volcano, which may be indicative
of magma rising into the
edifice. There are rumours
that the Park authorities
consider the closing of the
park if there may be a risk
to the visitors.
A HIKER’S PARADISE
In 2007, it was named a
World Heritage Site by
UNESCO, and for the active
walker who likes hiking it
is a fantastic experience to
walk to the top.
The path is well within the
capacity of any hill walker,
without any scrambling
being involved. The only
difficulties are lack of oxygen (50% of sea level value
at summit) and summer
heat. Long trousers, water,
a fleece and lightweight
waterproof jacket should
be carried regardless of
the season. In winter, additional safety equipment
is required, including very
dark sun glasses to avoid
snow blindness and a warm
layer. In February, dawn
temperature at the base of
the mountain can be -1ºC
and only 5ºC at the summit
at noon.
If climbing Teide in hot
weather, I recommend being on the hill before dawn,
to avoid being caught by the
sun low down on the mountain. This approach gives
the bonus of watching the
sun rise over the national
park. Allow 5 hours for the
journey one way. The total
ascent from Los Roques to
the top is 1,418 metres!
FROM THE SUMMIT: View to La Gomera
ROUTE
A good point of departure
is Los Roques. The path
starts as a jeep track (closed
to public) to the east of a
prominent mirador. Signs
and a large map mark the
start. Keep to the track on
an easy gradient, zigzagging up past the “eggs of
Teide” (large black rocks
hurled from the volcano
mouth) until signs indicate
the start of the footpath
which now leaves the pumice slopes and ascends the
edge of a lava flow until being eventually forced onto
the lava itself. Once on the
lava you will be glad of the
well engineered path across
the uneven surface. Keep
climbing up past the refuge
on its left (west) side until
you meet the mirador path
just below the summit. Turn
left onto the mirador path.
Now you will encounter
tourists coming up with the
cable car. When you reach
the teleférico top station in a
few minutes you will see the
summit path on your right
just before the building, the
start guarded by a rope and
a large, stern ranger. Once
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your permit and passport
have been inspected you
will be allowed onto the
‘Telesforo Bravo’ path to the
summit. The path climbs
steeply up the summit cone
of yellow rocks ending on
the lip of the crater. You
may continue on from here
anti-clockwise round the
crater, stepping over small
fumaroles venting scalding sulphurous vapours,
to about half way where a
length of rope indicates the
section of the summit being
preserved from all erosion.
The views in all direction
are spectacular.
When you have had enough
of the views and retrace
your steps to the teleférico,
the guard will return your
permit as a souvenir and
you have the choice of walking back down or taking the
cable car. The cable car is
a good option if the day is
becoming hot but bear in
mind you must take care in
returning to your car along
the road. There is a bar on
the way to reward yourself
for your effort and to marvel at the summit you have
climbed.
Obtaining your summit permit
Summit permits (free) are obtainable from: ICONA
Office P. N. de Teide,
Calle Emilio Calzadilla 5
38002 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Phone 922 29 01 29 or 922 29 01 83
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LEGAL AND FINANCE
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Manuel Martín legal expert
Marc White legal expert
Q
My husband suffered
a
stroke
recently and his mental
health is deteriorating.
Is it possible to prepare
an enduring power of
attorney in Spain?
A
It goes without saying that every adult
has the right to manage
his or her own money and
affairs.
It is a fact of life that a person’s ability to do so may
reduce as they get older,
or suffer from a stroke or
other illness.
Whether the person’s ability is impaired by illness,
disability or an accident
there are a number of
steps one can take in order
to prepare for this.
A power of attorney is
without doubt one of the
most straightforward and
effective means of lightening the burden which
might otherwise be placed
on family members.
Where a person has assets
in both the UK and Spain
it is worthwhile considering granting a separate
power of attorney in each
country.
My business partner is
a Spanish abogado and
I mention this since it is
essential that any such
issue be looked at from the
perspective of both legal
systems.
Enduring power
of attorney (EPA)
An EPA is a legal process
in which you, the ‘donor’,
give the legal right to one
or more people, the ‘attorneys’, to manage your
financial affairs and property. This power can come
into effect immediately,
and has the same status
as an ordinary power of
attorney. This means that
your attorneys can manage
part or all of your financial affairs for you, or you
can continue to manage
them yourself while you
are able to and hand over
responsibility later. The
difference between an EPA
and an ordinary power of
attorney is that an ordinary power of attorney
is rendered invalid if the
donor becomes mentally
incapable, whereas an EPA
remains effective, providing the necessary steps are
taken.
If you know someone
who might become mentally incapable in the
near future (they may
have suffered a stroke or
have been diagnosed with
Alzheimer’s disease, for
example) it is strongly
advisable to act now. This is
now even more important
than ever as the English
EPA is being phased out in
October with the introduction of ‘lasting powers’.
The difference
between the UK
and Spain
The EPA is an English
term, although I have discussed the issue at length
with a Spanish notary and
can arrange for a similar
power to be granted in
Spain.
The
main
difference
between the UK and Spain
is that the English EPA
must be registered by the
nominated attorneys with
the public guardianship
in the UK office once the
donor becomes mentally
incapable.
There is no direct equivalent in Spain, however, and
for this reason it is very
important that the people
appointed as attorneys are
trusted – at least as far as
you can throw them, but
ideally a great deal further. A professional person who is regulated by a
professional body is likely
to be the safest option.
Attorney powers
It is important to consider
what authority you wish
to give your attorney(s).
Irrespective of whether
we are talking about Spain
or the UK, it is possible to
grant:
A general authority, which
allows an attorney to carry
out any transactions on
your behalf that you are
legally able to delegate;
A more limited authority to deal with certain
aspects of your property
and affairs, as detailed by
you on the EPA form.
Both the general and more
limited authority can be
qualified by certain conditions or restrictions.
You can also appoint different attorneys to have
different responsibilities,
but it is advisable to keep
arrangements as simple as
you can.
The kinds of activities an
attorney can carry out on
your behalf include signing cheques and withdrawing money from savings accounts; buying or
selling shares or houses,
and using your assets to
finance your residential or
nursing care.
First steps
If you are considering
making an EPA, it is advisable to seek independent
legal advice from a solicitor. It may then be a good
idea to call a family meeting in order to explain why
you are taking this course
of action.
Whatever you do, make
sure that you never sign
any document unless you
fully understand its content and the implications
of signing.
I hope the above is useful, and please feel free
to give either myself or
Carlos Baos a call on 96
642 61 85, or send an email
to [email protected] if
you wish to discuss the
above or any other issue.
Marc White LL.B. (English
solicitor). See advert in
The Guide for further contact details.
Marc White LL.B. (English solicitor).
C/ Diana, 16, 1º – 03700 Dénia
Tel. 96 642 61 85 - Fax 96 578 44 71 - Mob. 677 204 355
[email protected] • www.white-baos.com
© White & Baos 2007 – All rights reserved.
Q
We are purchasing a
property from a man
who has not registered
the deeds in his name.
Can we force him to do
so before purchasing the
property from him?
Accidentally we found
out that the owner of the
property we are purchasing has not registered
the deeds. In our original contract it states that
he is the full owner and
that the property is free
of debts. This contract
was signed in the presence of an estate agent.
Now we also know that
he failed to pay the
amounts stated in his
contract with the previous owner and only
paid the outstanding balance when the previous
owner threatened to sell
the property to another
person. This happened
after we had signed our
contract with the seller.
We have also found out
that he does not intend
to register; he wants to
pass the title from the
previous guy to us, thus
saving several thousand pounds in taxes.
As yet, he does not know
that we know this and is
still under the assumption that we think he has
the title. We feel that he
is deliberately misleading us and are very angry.
What can we do?
A
The situation you
describe is complicated since the final aim is the
purchase of the property
and the registration in your
name. This is possible but
some difficulties may arise
as the current registration
procedures require of some
documents to be in the name
of the vendor, and it seems
that the vendor just recently purchased the property
on private documents.
This is the case, provided
there are no registered
official deeds available.
If there are registered official deeds for that property, he might be tempted
to pass title directly from
the previous owner to
you. He will never appear
in a title deed, as otherwise he will be liable for
taxes since the notary has
to inform the tax authorities about all documents
signed before him. Buying
a property only on a private document and getting
the seller to ‘jump’ him and
sell to you is unlawful, but
it can be done in practice,
and when done, the buyer/
seller in the middle saves,
or even better, evades a significant amount in taxes.
He is acting, somehow, as
an estate agent, but with
the difference that he is
‘buying’ that property. You
can force him in a court
of law to grant you ownership of the property in
a public title deed before
the notary. This should be,
however, the last option
due to time considerations.
My advice is: you should
discuss the subject with
him, and highlight that tax
authorities would be really
interested in investigating
your seller if they find out
that he is intervening in the
deal without paying taxes.
I suggest you hire the services of a solicitor as the
situation is well worth the
intervention of qualified
legal assistance.
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Setting up a business in Spain
Many British people come to Spain for a change
in lifestyle as well as the obvious reasons such
as the sun, sea and sangría, and an increasing
number are deciding to start a new career or
even set up their own business here.
One of the easiest ways to own a
business here is to buy a company
that is already trading, as that way
you can avoid many of the set-up
costs, particularly if you are buying
a business that is already operating
from a premises.
Every business here in Spain has to
be properly licensed and the initial
costs, work and timescales involved
in starting a business from scratch
can often make it easier and cheaper
to buy one as a going concern.
This said, the accounting system
Getting it right from
the start
here in Spain makes it difficult
to assess the viability or track
record of a business when compared to buying one in the UK.
Many small businesses do not file
proper accounts or declare all their
income, so it is often harder to
assess the risks or the potential
of an existing business in Spain.
However, there are many things
that the prospective buyer of a
business can do to ensure their purchase is a sound investment rather
than a leap of faith!
Costings
The first thing you will need to
consider is what type of company you want to own and what
status your business should
have.
Getting expert advice from a
good business agent, lawyer or
accountant as to which type of
business status is right for you
is highly recommended. The
different options are as follows:
When starting a business here
in Spain it is imperative that
it is set up correctly right from
the start.
Before setting up your own
business anywhere you need to
carry out as much research as
possible, including the following:
Set objectives
● Decide on what it is you want
to do.
● Is that objective compatible
with your family scenario?
● What are your short, medium
and long-term business objectives?
● Are these compatible with
your personal goals?
Evaluate
● Assess your own background
and skills.
● Look at your cost base.
● What will your product cost
to buy in?
● What discount structures or
incentives are available?
● How will you fund the business?
Staff
● What staff will you need?
● How do they match with what
you want to do?
● What skills will your staff
need to have?
● Is what you are planning to
do already being done in your
target area?
● How much will you need to
pay them?
● If so, who are your potential
customers?
Premises
The competition
● Can you compete with the
competition?
● What will you be able to offer
that they cannot?
● Why will clients buy from you
and not the competition?
● Try to ascertain the size of
your potential market
● What share of that market
can you realistically aim for?
Product sales
● How much can you sell your
services or products for?
● Where will you source them
from?
● Are there alternative suppliers?
● How many can you sell in
year one, two and three?
What type of
company?
● What type and size of premises will you need?
● Look at utility costs such as
heat and light, telephone and
internet costs
● Will you need transport, cars
and so on?
You will need to think about all
of these and many more issues
and then prepare (or get help in
preparing) a business plan complete with a cash flow forecast.
This helps you to focus your
mind on what you want to do
and how you will do it, and
makes the whole process less
subjective and more objective,
as well as being able to see the
financial effects of your plan in
a simple cash-flow spreadsheet.
This is the best way to prepare
an easy-to-use working document.
Empresa individual (sometimes
referred
to
as
autónomo)
Is for a sole trader where the
business is just in one person’s
name – the equivalent of being
self-employed in the U.K.
Sociedad civil
Where the business is in several
people’s names, i.e. a partnership.
Sociedad limitada (S.L.)
A registered limited-liability
company. This is the Spanish
equivalent of a Limited Liability
Company (Ltd.) in the U.K.
Sociedad anónima (S.A.)
A large company with registered
shareholders and a minimum
amount of capital for trading.
This is the Spanish equivalent
of a Public Liability Company
(plc) in the U.K.
Making it legal
Another fundamental part of
starting a business is registering with the local town hall for
an opening licence (Licencia de
apertura). This is necessary in
order to register your business
with the authorities in the local
area, and defines what your
business is and how it trades.
You also have to register with
the Spanish tax authorities
(Agencia Tributaria) in order to
pay the appropriate tax on your
business activities. The next
stage is to register for seguridad social payments. This is an
income tax-style contribution
to the state in return for inclusion within and treatment from
the Spanish health system and
State pension scheme.
Once again, all of this process is best organised through a
good business agent, lawyer or
accountant, who should be able
to offer you a complete package to include everything you
need, along with the bi-lingual
support for those who are still
struggling with their Spanish
language skills.
It is also essential to appoint
a good Spanish accountant to
ensure you fully comply with
all that is required by the various agencies and, if necessary,
to assist with your initial business plan.
Location, location,
location
Once you have taken care of
all the legal aspects you need
to give thought to the right
location and property requirements.
You will need to undertake a
careful evaluation of space
requirements, set-up costs,
fixtures and fittings, ease of
access, storage, and so on.
Whether to buy or rent in the
early stages of a business is
an important consideration, or
whether the business can work
well from a home base (at least
initially) so that you can keep
your overhead and property
commitments as low as possible
during the start-up period. It is
also worth considering the use
of a business centre or serviced office accommodation that
may be able to offer you various
options from a virtual office to a
short-term serviced office.
Be realistic
When you are at the business
planning stage, always try to be
realistic – neither too optimistic
nor pessimistic about your projected sales. Try to keep your
overheads as low as possible
and always look at the worstcase scenario when budgeting.
Do not put all of your money
into a business venture, as it is
always wise to keep (as a guide)
at least six months’ living costs
back, to cover you whilst you
are getting your business up to
speed.
Remember
that
companies
which fail do not always run out
of business – they usually run
out of cash!
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Expensive shoeboxes with outside toilets
Of Spain’s estimated 1.8
million living in rented
accommodation,
more
than 110,000 live in properties of less than 45 square
metres.
Some 40 per cent of rented
homes are in the provinces
of Madrid and Barcelona,
although there is a buoyant rental industry in the
Comunitat Valenciana
and the Murcia Region.
Flats of 35 square metres,
dubbed minipisos, built
two years ago in Valencia
brought forth a tidal wave
of criticism from the public, who say it is impossible to live in property of
this diminutive size.
However, recent reports
show that in Spain’s provincial capitals, young
people are living in flats
as small as 27 square
metres and paying phenomenal sums in rent
every month.
Christian, 25, a photographer’s assistant, told
Spanish national daily El
País that he spends 500
euros per month half his
salary on renting a flat
of 27 square metres in
Madrid’s Lavapiés neighbourhood.
This amount does not
include bills, and he had
to borrow the 6,000-euro
deposit from his brother.
Samuel, 28 and Micaela,
24, a salesman and illustrator, live in a 35-squaremetre flat in the capital’s
Lucero district and pay
500 euros per month
which includes electricity and water. Their joint
monthly salary barely
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reaches 1,800 euros per
month.
Their toilet frequently
blocks, their walls are
bulging with damp and
their doors do not shut,
the couple revealed to El
País reporters last week.
Abdul lives with two,
sometimes three other
Senegalese nationals in
an apartment of 25 square
metres in Lavapiés and
pays a total of 600 euros
per month in rent. He and
his compatriots have to
share beds.
Bilbao-born Hibai, 27, a
lawyer, and his 26-yearold girlfriend, Cristina,
a university researcher
from Tarragona, pay
530 euros per month for
a 28-square-metre flat in
Barcelona that does not
have a kitchen.
They say some of the
cheaper flats they viewed
had outside toilets and no
windows.
The El País report reveals
tiny flats such as these are
being built ‘to cut costs
for young people’, according to Spain’s ministry of
housing.
Director general of architecture and housing
policy, Rafael Pacheco,
says “faced with the
huge demand, we want to
increase the number of
small properties, to lower
prices.”
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Dallaglio says
England are
French-made
Lawrence Dallaglio has told
England there can be ‘no
excuses’ for underperforming at the Rugby World Cup
in France next month.
The former captain says the
side is fit and ready to face
the challenge.
He will make his long-awaited return to play against
Wales at Twickenham
tomorrow.
Wasps star Dallaglio last
played for England as a
replacement in March, 2006
– when they were trounced
in Paris by a French team
delivering a terminal blow
to Andy Robinson’s régime.
England’s fortunes have
barely improved since then,
and with new coach Brian
Ashton in charge they head
to the World Cup as outsiders to retain their crown.
But after an intensive fiveweek training camp in Bath,
Dallaglio, 34, insists there is
no reason England cannot
defy logic and finish on top
of the pile.
He said: “I make no bones
about it, our domestic structure is not ideally suited to
England doing well in the
Six Nations – it’s as simple
as that.
“What you see now is a very
different player to one halfway through a Guinness
Premiership
campaign
or halfway through a Six
Nations.
“We knock lumps out of
each other from September
through to January, and
then you have to peak for
the Six Nations tournament.
What you’re seeing now is a
group of players who are a
lot fresher and have got the
benefit of a lot of the training behind them.
“Everyone talks about the
last World Cup campaign,
and the camp being a fundamental part of that process when everyone was very
fit and ready, and this campaign will be similar.
“Everyone has put a hell of
a lot of hard work and effort
into being fit and fresh – and
so there can be no excuses.”
England face a tough World
Cup pool which includes
South Africa, Tonga and
Samoa. But Dallaglio, a star
in the 2003 win, says anything is possible if England
can fight their way into the
knock-out stages.
He said: “The World Cup is
about not leaving anything
in the locker.
“But the belief is there that
we can.”
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A reign in Spain
after drugs’ pain
Spain’s Alberto Contador
won a drug-tainted Tour de
France on Sunday when he
held on to his 23-second overnight lead over Australian
Cadel Evans to secure the
famed yellow jersey.
Contador, who rides for the
Discovery Channel team,
becomes the first Spaniard
to win the three-week race
since Miguel Indurain, the
first ever five-time consecutive winner, took the title
from 1991 to 1995.
The 24-year-old from Madrid
virtually secured his first
ever yellow jersey on only
his second ride in the race
after his fifth place finish
in the penultimate stage
time trial in Angoulême on
Saturday.
He finished two minutes 18
seconds behind American
teammate Levi Leipheimer
after the 55,5km race against
the clock, but was forced to
dig deep to prevent the everpresent Evans from causing
a major upset.
The 30-year-old Australian
started the 19th stage with
a deficit of 1:50 on Contador
but kept the Spaniard on his
toes by finishing just 51 seconds behind Leipheimer to
ALBERTO CONTADOR
CARLOS SASTRE
close the gap significantly.
In the end Contador held
on to his lead after the final
stage finished in a bunch
sprint dominated by Italian
Daniele Bennati of the
Lampre team.
Evans, in second place at 23
seconds, became Australia’s
highest ever finisher in the
race, having equalled compatriot Phil Anderson’s
achievement of a fifth place
last year.
Like Contador and Evans,
American Levi Leipheimer
achieved a career best to
finish third overall at 31 seconds, well ahead of fourthplaced Spaniard Carlos
Sastre, of CSC, at 7:08.
It is the second smallest
winning margin in the history of the race, following
Greg Lemond’s eight-second victory over France’s
Laurent Fignon after a final
day time trial in Paris in
1989.
Contador’s victory, and
indeed the entire 94th edition of the race, will however be tinged forever with
controversy.
There are many who are
going to claim that the race
was distorted by the mere
inclusion, and subsequent
exclusion, of Dane Michael
Rasmussen.
Denmark’s former two-time
winner of the polka dot jersey had saddled up looking
for a stage win or two, and
to perhaps be crowned King
of the Mountains for a third
consecutive time.
To everyone’s surprise, he
became a potential, though
unlikely, Tour champion
due to his determination
and the relative collapse
of the Astana team of
Alexandre Vinokourov, who
was subsequently thrown
out for blood doping.
Soon, Rasmussen’s own
collapse – in the shape of
his unceremonious exit
from the race – would push
Contador into the unlikely
position of race leader, a
position that he would go on
to defend during the closing
days of the race.
After a week of speculation
that he had been doping,
Rasmussen’s
Rabobank
team discovered that their
yellow jersey wearer had
lied to them about his
whereabouts in June – he
was in Italy when he said he
would be in Mexico – leading the Dutch outfit to bow
to the pressure and throw
him out.
Land of Pelé bids
to bring 2014
World Cup home
The Brazilian football association has formally submitted its plans for staging
the 2014 World Cup but is
keeping the details of the
bid a secret.
A
Brazilian
delegate,
headed by CBF president
Ricardo Teixeira, handed
over a 900-page dossier at
the headquarters of world
football’s governing body
but refused to answer media
questions on the size of the
bid, budget or any potential
challenges it faced.
Brazil last staged the World
Cup in 1950 and is the only
country bidding to stage
the 2014 version, having
benefited from FIFA’s decision to rotate the World
Cup between different continents.
Colombia briefly launched
a rival bid but withdrew in
April.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter
has repeatedly warned
however that Brazil must
still meet the logistical and
financial requirements of
staging the tournament or
risk the competition being
opened up to nations from
outside South America.
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has not yet been given the
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Horno blows
hot and cold
for new term
Valencia full-back Asier del
Horno, who was left out of
his side’s pre-season training camp in the Netherlands
last month, trained on
Wednesday with the rest of
the squad.
Valencia coach Quique
Sánchez Flores had said at
the start of the pre-season
that he was keen to offload
Del Horno, who was signed
from Chelsea a year ago
for 7.5 million euros on a
six-year contract.
But the 26-year-old had
reportedly refused to leave
the Spanish side if he was
offered less than the 1.8
million euros per season
he earns at present and
Valencia was not able to
find him a new club.
“Little is known about the
reasons that have led Quique
to readmit Del Horno but
what is clear is that his exit
from the club is very difficult because of his high
cost,” the online edition of
El Mundo wrote.
The Valencia coach has
only one other left-back at
his disposal, Italy’s Emiliano Moretti, the paper
added.
Del Horno played in just six
Liga matches last season,
due to a recurrent ankle
injury that forced him to
withdraw from Spain’s
23-man team at the 2006
World Cup in Germany.
Formula 1’s
Valencia date
UP FOR IT:
The greatest of all,
Pelé, leads
the charge
for Brazil´s
bid
World Cup,” Blatter said
shortly ahead of Tuesday’s
formal handover.
“If something should happen to the Brazil bid, then
we still have time to start
again.”
Blatter said that FIFA would
begin inspections of all
aspects of Brazil’s bid at the
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end of August before taking
its final decision on October
30 following a meeting of
the organisation’s executive
committee.
Acknowledged as ‘home’ of
world class football, Brazil
will undoubtedly face scrutiny over problems with the
country’s infrastructure.
France has kept its place
on the 2008 Formula 1 calendar with Valencia and
Singapore appearing for
the first time and Australia
confirmed as the March 16
season-opener.
The
Inter national
Automobile Federation has
published a calendar with 18
races, one more than 2007.
Valencia will debut on
August 24 with the Spanish
port city’s race listed as the
European GP.
Singapore will host a race
on September 28.
Canada, now the only North
American round of the
championship after the disappearance of the US GP at
Indianapolis, was listed as
‘provisional’ for contractual
reasons with a June 8 date.
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Swimming
Clubs swim
to win in
Benidorm
Torrevieja’s swimmers
are medal winners
The penultimate swimming
competition
of
the season took place in
Benidorm on July 21 2007,
with 13 clubs competing in
the VIII edition of the Juan
Fuster Zaragoza Memorial
Trophy, organised by the
Lope de Vega Swimming
Club, Benidorm.
The competing clubs were:
Oliva, Villena, Lope de
Vega, Elche, San Vicente,
Xirivella, Almansa, Petrer,
Sax, Raspeig, Club Tenis
Elche, Alto Vinalopó and
Torrevieja in the Benjamín,
Alevin, Infantil and Junior
categories.
Torrevieja
Swimming
Club was represented by
four swimmers and three
of them collected medals.
All Torrevieja’s swimmers
competed in the 50-metre
freestyle. For the record,
Emma Cagigao Blight (10
year-old group) came 3rd
with a time of 36.66 seconds, lowering her personal best by almost two
seconds. Joshua Lorente
Imber no
(12-year-old
group) also picked up a 3rd
place in a time of 34.39
seconds, and Alina Vrakiv
(11-year-old group) came in
2nd with a time of 36.02
seconds. Luisa Fernández
Salazar (12-year-old group),
although not gaining a
medal, finished in a time
of 33.64 seconds and lowered her personal best by
1.4 seconds.
For information regarding
Torrevieja Swimming Club,
contact Tony Fernández on
639 912 591.
Geo and John triumph
Battling it out at the adult and junior competition
Real de Faula, Benidorm
hosted the 3rd Escuela de
Golf Adult/Junior event last
Sunday. The weather was
sublime, the par 62 executive course was in excellent condition and over 30
players battled it out for the
coveted title of being Adult/
Junior Team Champions.
All the competitors headed
off on their buggies and
began plotting their way
round the tricky course.
The format was ‘greensomes’, with alternate
shots being played after the
best drive was chosen. The
event was played in high
spirits and all competitors
looked to be having fun
deciding which drive to
play. The early pace was set
by Mike and Luke Curtis
(age 13) as they got to three
under gross after just seven
holes. However having used
most of Luke’s drives the
inevitable happened on the
back nine and the team slid
out of contention.
The top six teams were separated by just three shots.
Defending champion, Jason
Outhwaite, this time pairing up with son Tom (age
10) and the combination of
Darryl Smith and Hannah
Ogilvie (age 15) managed
very solid rounds to finish in
tied 3rd place at four under
par. Second place went to
Aaron Woodhams and partner Laura Outhwaite (age
14), one shot better at five
under. The winners, having
played a stunning round
of just four over gross, net
six under were John RasAndérica and playing partner George Pay (age 14).
George commented: “John
and I played well, we kept
the ball in play and holed
some good putts. We were
really pleased to win the
trophy and I would like to
thank our playing partners
David and Daisy for a very
enjoyable round.”
On the tough 11th and 15th
holes, George Pay (age
14) and Patrick Kelly won
the junior and adult nearest-the-pin competitions
respectively. In the long
drive, Toby Christey-Clover
(age 13) hit a monster drive
down the 17th to win the yellow tee event and Hannah
Ogilvie followed suit to win
the red tee event.
Escuela de Golf would like
to thank Elaina at the front
desk at Real de Faula for all
her help and support.
All the competitors commented on the course and
are looking forward to playing again.
Ben and Loretta at the
Escuela de Golf, (behind the
Arenal in Jávea) offer junior and adult golf classes
for all abilities from beginners to advanced.
Junior group lessons run
most days of the week and
students play on Sundays
in tournaments at local
courses. Individual adult
tuition is available and
women’s group lessons are
on Thursdays with tournaments once a month.
If you are interested in golf
coaching, drop in and talk
to Ben or Loretta, or Tel.
680 528 658.
Beach party tug-of-war
On Saturday, Elche RFC
took part in a charity event
at the beach party by competing in a tug-of-war.
We were supposed to go up
against Torry Army, but
for some reason they pulled
out, so we took part in two
matches, firstly against a
Coastrider team and then
against Torrevieja RFC.
Against Coastrider we were
slightly unlucky as we had
8 people on the rope against
their 20, so we lost that battle.
Afterwards, having pulled
twice, Elche went up
against a heavier Torrevieja
team and the first pull was
counted as a draw, after
that on the re-pull, tiredness showed and Torrevieja
came out on top as with the
deciding pull.
But the most important
thing on the day was that the
charities involved, APANEE
Torrevieja and Cruz Roja,
made some money.
Last month, Elche Rugby
Club held a summer school
for the players, coaches and
referees for the Spanish
Rugby Federation.
The courses were enjoyed
by many people from all
parts of Spain and were led
by Juan Arenas and José
Ramón Núñez, from the
technical committee of the
Spanish Rugby Federation.
The Spanish under-19s held
a training session during
July 12-19, in which Elche
Rugby Club assisted them
with all of the equipment
that was required to ensure
it was a success.
Elche Rugby Club would
like to thank the Spanish
Rugby Federation for the
trust they have placed in the
club to organise and hold
such an important event for
national rugby.
Raffle tickets are still selling for the commemorative
rugby shirt in aid of AECC.
The draw will take place on
August 24 at 20.00 hrs at The
Bridge Bar, so if you want a
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chance to win a bit of rugby
history, you can get your raffle tickets from The Card
Place in Benimar, Impact
Bookshop in La Marina, Bar
Central in Hondón de las
Nieves and, of course, just
call into The Bridge Bar in
Rojales or contact Garry.
The club is in the process of
setting up a women’s rugby
team, with Tomás, one of
the more experienced coaches and members of the club,
training them.
For more information contact the numbers below
or Tomás on 610 257 280
or
[email protected]
(Spanish speakers only on
the telephone please).
Please check with Garry for
training as we are changing the training between
the beach and the training
ground.
Next week, players from
the club will be playing in
the San Juan beach sevens,
so good luck to them all.
Training takes place on
Tuesdays between 21.00
- 23.00 hrs for the seniors
and juveniles at the Ciudad
Deportiva Municipal in
the north part of Elche on
Avenida de la Libertad, just
across the road from the
Ibis Hotel or on the beach.
Contact us by phoning
Garry on 618 048 532 or
Stuart on 647 618 463.
Also on Saturdays a group
of players has set up a
beach rugby training session.
If you are missing the fun
and social life of playing
rugby, why not dig out your
old boots and come along to
Elche Rugby Club? All ages
welcome.
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LOCAL SPORT
Golf
Jalón Valley
Golf Society
The late withdrawal of a
player on July 23 meant
the team competition at
Don Cayo was cancelled.
A Singles Stableford and a
‘Blind Pairs’ competition
was played instead.
At the club house, Mal ‘down
the middle’ Brewer was
paired with Captain Ken
Oliver and together they
scored 66 points, sufficient
to take first prize. Runnersup were Clive Elmer and
Brian West. Unfortunately
Ken’s fine score meant he
incurred a cut in handicap, which proved costly on
Wednesday.
July 25 at Don Cayo saw
another day of high scoring with Brian West taking first prize in a Singles
Stableford with 41 points.
Peter Whitelaw was second
with 39 points and George
King was third with 37.
The high turnout meant
that four prizes were on
offer and Paul Darragh’s 34
points secured fourth place
on count back from Rob
Lintern. Two further quarter final matches in the 2007
Jalón Villa Rentals’ Pairs
competition were played
today.
Mixing it up in new league
Tennis is one of the most
popular sports for expatriates living on the Costa
Blanca and the MacArthur
Denton Seniors’ Mixed
Doubles Tennis League,
which was started in 2002,
provides the opportunity
to play competitively.
At present there are 18
teams playing in the
league, which runs from
October until May, and the
clubs are based in Altea,
Moraira, Jávea, Pedreguer,
and Pego.
Over 100 people from different countries are competing giving the league a
truly international flavour,
which makes the postmatch socialising more
enjoyable.
Last season there were
two divisions in the league
with Altea Hills ‘A’ winning the 1st division and
L’Àncora ‘C’ winning the
2nd division.
In October, the league
will operate a new format
with three divisions and
will introduce men’s and
women’s doubles into the
league matches.
The number of players in
each team will be the same
(four players, two men and
two women with a combined playing age for a
couple of 95 with the mini-
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mum age for a man being
40 and for the women 35)
but will include a men’s
and women’s doubles as
well as a mixed doubles
which will make the match
more interesting and competitive.
The season finishes in June
with a fun day for players
from each club followed by
a presentation of trophies
for the league winners and
then dinner.
Any new club wanting
to join the league should
contact Paul Silcock on 96
688 10 14 before September
1. For more information
about a club near you contact any of the following:
L’Àncora (Jávea) – Peter
Surtees 96 646 14 25; Altea
Hills – Paul Silcock 96 688
10 14; La Sella (Pedreguer)
– Norma Bilsborough
96 646 23 79; Pego – Jill
Breeze 96 283 88 49; Sol
Park (Moraira) – Graham
Wallace 96 577 02 50.
BUENAVISTA – BENISSA
CLUB DE TENIS
Although Buenavista Club
de Tenis does not, at present,
have a team in the Costa
Blanca Tennis League, it is
an open club with different
nationalities. The club has
enjoyed a successful year in
the Spanish League, with the
women’s over-40s winning
the 1st division; the men’s
over-45s gaining promotion
to the 1st division and the
introduction of a men’s over
-35s and over-55s teams.
Owner and head coach,
Juan Manglano Bosch, is
the driving force behind the
success of the club which
has excellent programmes
for all the junior categories. Professional coaches
provide the opportunity for
everyone to improve their
knowledge and expertise in
the game of tennis.
The club regularly hosts
tournaments and during
the month of August there
will be men’s, women’s and
mixed doubles matches for
all age and ability levels taking place on Sundays from
16.00 – 21.00 hrs.
For information contact
Juan on 607 312 860 or go
along one Sunday after 16.00
hrs to play or relax on the
terrace and watch some of
the matches.
Rugby
Rugby La Vila
There was no rugby last weekend due to La Vila Joiosa’s
Moors and Christians
Fiestas
but
tomorrow
(Saturday), La Vila takes
part in the Alicante Beach
Sevens, which takes place
from 10.00-21.00 hrs at Playa
de San Juan Beach. The
venue is located between
Rte Costa Blanca and Rte
Mediterráneo.
The Club is buying a large
TV screen to watch Rugby
World Cup and the new
clubhouse will be open from
the beginning of September.
Thanks to Charles Schofield
for his donation.
Beach rugby takes place
every Tuesday and Thursday
at 20.30 hrs at Club Náutico
beach La Vila Joiosa.
New players are welcome
for next season. Next year,
there will be a second rugby
team forming. This team
will be more social and will
not travel as far afield as the
first team. Training starts
on Saturday September 1, at
18.30 hrs.
For information Tel. Jason
on 659 674 768 or Ignacio on
608 068 208.
The Club is located at
Carretera Pantano, La Vila
Joiosa.
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SPORTS
SHORTS
Spend, spend,
Sven again?
Spain’s Carlos Moyà beat
Romanian Andrei Pavel
6-4 6-2 on Sunday to win
the Croatian Open for
the fifth time.
Sunday’s victory was the
20th career title for the
former world number
one, now ranked 20th.
Moyà’s last victory in
Umag was four years
ago.
Spanish
winger
José
Antonio Reyes said he
had always wanted to join
Atlético Madrid since it
became clear he was not
going to continue with
Arsenal.
The 23-year-old was on the point
of signing for Atlético last year,
having reached a pre-agreement
with the club, but ended up going
to their city rivals Real Madrid
on loan instead.
With that loan deal over, Atlético
have now secured the player on a
four-year contract.
“I am happy I am back in Spain
again and with the club I wanted
to join.
“The club has been interested in
me a long time and tried to sign
me from Sevilla when I was 13. I
GUNNED DOWN: Reyes
owe it to them,” Reyes said at his
presentation.
“Real wanted me right up until
the last moment but Atlético
made a great effort to get me.”
Atlético club president Enrique
Cerezo was keen to play down
the importance of the fact that
the club appeared to have stolen
the player from under the noses
of Real Madrid.
Spanish media alleged that
Atlético had bid between nine
and 12 million euros to land the
player, topping an offer from
Real of six million.
“We had an agreement with him
last year but Arsenal wanted to
take Real’s Julio Baptista on loan
and there was no choice,” Cerezo
said.
“We have returned for the player once again and he wanted to
come here.”
Doubting Atlético fans, who
watched Reyes help their neighbours to the Primera Liga title
just a month ago, have been
divided over the signing, particularly as he appeared to shun
them last year.
“I am a little bit worried by the
fans’ reaction, but I will have
to prove my worth on the pitch,
scoring goals, and by helping
them to be successful,” Reyes
said.
Just to make life more interesting for Reyes, his first league
match in a red and white shirt
will be in the Bernabeu against
Real on the weekend of August
25/26.
In his last game at the
Bernabeu, he scored twice as
Real beat Mallorca 3-1 to take the
league title on the season’s final
day.
“It will be a great game, the kind
every player would want to play
in,” he added.
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REYES: MY REAL
DEAL IN MADRID
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Moyà wins
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money on three new
signings.
Speculation in Italy is
mounting that a £6 million bid for Bulgarian
striker Valeri Bojinov
has been accepted by
Fiorentina, while Real
Sociedad’s Javi Garrido
is also a confirmed at
£1.5 million for a four
-year deal. In addition, Eriksson is ready
to pay £4 million for
Croatia defender Vedran
Corluka.
The 21-year-old was part
of the Croatian side
which defeated England
in the Euro 2008 qualifiers last October and
while the Dinamo Zagreb
star would not qualify
for a work permit under
the current criteria, City
are almost certain to win
any appeal.
Corluka’s
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would signal the end of
Eriksson’s much-publicised pursuit of Giorgio
Chellini, whose widelyanticipated move to
Eastlands now appears
to have broken down.
The transfer would also
effectively mark the
end of both Danny and
Matthew Mills’ time
at City, with Georgios
Samaras also heading
for the exit door once
the signing of Bojinov is
concluded.
Bojinov’s promise has
been known for some
time. Having made his
Serie A debut with Lecce
at just 16, he moved to
Fiorentina for £10 million two years ago but
quickly lost his place
and spent last season on
loan at Juventus.
The latest splurge will
bring Sven’s spending on
new players up to the £40
million mark.