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YOUR ENGLISH - SPANISH NEWSPAPER No 222 August 3 - August 9 2007 WIN! www.thinkspain.com/today THE WILD HORSES OF SPAIN ARE A DYING BREED See pages 17-19 €1.90 SPECIAL LOW PRICE CHANNELS TV GUIDE BRITS AND THE GAIN FOR SPAIN 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.” READ THE BIG INTERVIEW: See pages 49-51 UGLY SIDE: One of the complexes on the Oropesa del Mar development in Castellón with Pedro Ruiz, inset news P2 • opinion P52• features P54 • finance P58• sports P61 2 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 How to contact us Think Press S.L. C.I.F. B/54152202 Editor Berni Walker Registration T-59-07 ISSN 1887-4223 Printers Indugraf Offset SA Pol. Ind. Constanti. Avda. Europa, s/n 43120 Constanti (Tarragona) Centro Comercial La Teulera 12-14 Avda. Rey Juan Carlos I. 61-63 03727 Xaló (Alicante) Tel. 96 648 08 14 Fax 96 648 01 10 [email protected] Have you got a story? Tel. 96 648 00 52 [email protected] Display adverts [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] 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 3 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. 4 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. 6 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 CLINICA TARRAULA FAMILY DOCTORS Clinica Tarraula . Family Doctor Service- Established 17 years. DR. BERNARD WILLIS - ENGLISH British GP. Clinic hours: Mon - Fri. 8.30am - 8.00pm + Sat 9.00am - 1.00pm. Tel. 96 579 00 00. Emergencies 608 666 098. For appointments please ring 96 579 00 00 and usernames for the padrón database. 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. We care about your health MERGING OF CLINICS TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE As many patients will already have noticed we have recently been enlarging and improving our Jávea, La Plaza clinic to enable us to combine it with our Cami Cabanes clinic. New opening hours. 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. www.ctonlineclinic.com The Jávea, La Plaza, clinic is more central with nearby pharmacies. All GP and specialist services will be under one roof. From 1st July we will be open from 8.30am-8.00pm. 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 7 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. CLEANING VESSEL: Ready to retrieve spillage 1984 - 2004 A ferry bound for Ibiza suffered a crash on Wednesday night, raising fears about 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. ® RENT A CAR WE ARE THE CHEAPEST *NEW CARS * BEST SERVICE * *AIRPORT SERVICE* Reservations locally: (0034) 96 579 33 12 UK - Local charge: 0871 711 33 45 Fax 96 579 60 52. · Ctra. Cabo La Nao, Pla 37, JÁVEA. www.javeacars.com Tel. 616 044 869 - 608 766 777 e-mail [email protected] S YEARAT YOUR SERVICE We also sell cars parking Bring this advert to get a 5% discount Long-term parking € 330 for a yearly pass Alicante-Airport www.robertocar.com 8 ALICANTE NEWS 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 9 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. N 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 ALICANTE NEWS 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. 10 ALICANTE NEWS 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. N 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 SIMPLY GREAT 24-HOUR RADIO 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. STUDIO 96 532 62 10 TEXT 662 266 934 OFFICE 96 532 62 09 Email: [email protected] ALTO, MEDIO Y BAJO VINALOPÓ August 3 - August 9 2007 ALICANTE NEWS “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 N 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] 11 ALICANTE NEWS 12 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 Wednesday, The 60’s Selection, Thursday, All That Jazz, The Monday Rock Show, Tuesday The Country Music Show, Superb daytime line up, plus: Specialist Music Shows Every Night from 7 – 9pm Local issues, local news, local views! SIMPLY GREAT 24-HOUR RADIO STUDIO 96 532 62 10 TEXT 662 266 934 OFFICE 96 532 62 09 Email: [email protected] Friday, Totally 80’s, Saturday Dance Nite, Sunday, Smooth Classics Simply Great Radio 24 hours a day forward time and again. 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. JOAN IGNASI PLA: They rather gain votes than water N ”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 N 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. ALICANTE NEWS 13 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. 14 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 N 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 N 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. 15 16 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. magazine August 3 - August 9 2007- 222 www. thinkspain.com/today 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? page 41 SEE INSIDE FOR YOUR 7-DAY 50-CHANNELS TV GUIDE 18 MAGAZINE August 3 - August 9 2007 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 MAGAZINE August 3 - August 9 2007 19 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 N 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. N 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. 20 MAGAZINE 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. s m a l s 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 MAGAZINE August 3 - August 9 2007 21 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 22 MAGAZINE 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 TELEVISION August 3 - August 9 2007 23 television www. thinkspain.com/today 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. 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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 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 Wild, Wild Reptiles 12:00 Lost Buildings of Britain 13:00 Superships 14:00 The F.B.I. Files 15:00 Forensic Detectives 16:00 American Chopper 17:00 Deadliest Catch 18:00 World’s Toughest Jobs 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 World’s Toughest Jobs 23:00 My Shocking Story 00:00 Crime Scene USA 00:30 Crime Scene USA 01:00 The F.B.I. Files 02:00 Murder Trail 03:00 Forensic 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 We offer all modern Communication, including Broadband English Satellite TV installations. 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TRISAT Communications (Spain) - 699 826 701 · 648 759 924 - 0044 8450 340 312 VOIP• www.trisatcomms.com 32 TELEVISION August 3 - August 9 2007 Tuesday 7th August 2007 BBC 1 BBC 2 ITV 1 CHANNEL 4 FIVE E4 07:00 10:15 07:00 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 33 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? 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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 - 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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. 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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. 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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... 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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. 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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 38 MAGAZINE 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 D P I U A T C L 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 We would like your feedback on the puzzles in thinkSPAIN|today. Please email your thoughts and comments to [email protected] 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 SIMPLY GREAT 24-HOUR RADIO STUDIO 96 532 62 10 TEXT 662 266 934 OFFICE 96 532 62 09 Email: [email protected] 40 MAGAZINE August 3 - August 9 2007 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 41 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] 42 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] MAGAZINE August 3 - August 9 2007 43 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 44 MAGAZINE 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. 45 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. 46 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 - 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 48 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. TURN TO PAGE 50 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. 50 THE BIG INTERVIEW August 3 - August 9 2007 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 THE BIG INTERVIEW August 3 - August 9 2007 51 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. 52 EDITORIAL & OPINION August 3 - August 9 2007 _ Editorial&Opinion Samantha Kett [email protected] 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. Think Press S.L., C.I.F. B/54152202 - Editor Berni Walker Registration T-59-07 - ISSN 1887-4223 How to contact us Tel. 96 648 08 14 / Fax 96 648 02 66 [email protected] Have you got a story? Tel. 96 648 00 52 - [email protected] Display adverts [email protected] Classifieds [email protected] @ Centro Comercial La Teulera 12-14 Avda. Rey Juan Carlos I. 61-63 03727 Xaló (Alicante) Tel. 96 648 08 14 Fax 96 648 02 66 E-mail [email protected] 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 thinkSPAIN|today apologises for any inaccuracies in the articles we print, whether through journalistic error or translation. It is our endeavour to inform readers to the best of our ability, and not to offend readers who may have personal experience, memories or impressions of the topic covered. We also hope to convey our readers opinions, and have now introduced email addresses for our columnists to enable more reader feedback. Thank you Linda Phillips Dear thinkSPAIN|today Fab paper with fab competitions. Well impressed with you and after winning your designer frames competition well impressed with the excellent service at Specsavers! ¡Muchas gracias! Please add me to the thinkSPAIN|today e-mailing list and keep me up to date with any more developments and special offers from thinkSPAIN and its partners. The comments from our Moraira reader certainly touched a chord in this office, as many of us use the roads in question daily, alongside hurtling motorbikes. Bikers reading this – please choose safer locations for your games of speed and daring. And thank you Linda for your comments on the paper. We have many forthcoming plans and special offers coming up over the summer so keep your eyes peeled for us in your newsagents. Ignasi Mora [email protected] 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. [email protected] 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 55 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 N 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 56 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 57 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 N 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 58 August 3 - August 9 2007 LEGAL AND FINANCE ASKtheexpert... Nothing in this or any previous edition of the publication known as thinkSPAIN/today constitutes financial, investment, legal or other form of advice. All of Think Press SL, that is the company’s owners and employees together with any third parties contracted by Think Press SL assume no responsibility whatsoever for any information contained in this publication and disclaim all liability in respect of such information. Think Press SL is not responsible for the content of any article, text or advertisement published in this edition, or content which a reader may be able to access from reading any such article, text or advertisement. 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. Manuel Martín, Spanish lawyer, can be contacted at C/ Castaños 22, 5ºB, E-03001 Alicante. Tel. (0034) 96 516 16 06; • Fax. (0034) 96 521 71 11; • Mobile (0034) 635 545 142. Email: [email protected]. www.spanish-lawyers.info. Pla Carretero Law Firm Property Law Conveyancing Commercial Law Crime Personal Injury Family Law Wills, Trust & Probate Debts Recovery C/ Sertorio, 2 - Esc. A - Pta. 3 Edificio Adumar 2 03730 Jávea (Alicante) Litigation Tel. 96 579 68 02 Fax 96 579 67 96 Mobile 620 261 314 www.Jávea-solicitors.com [email protected] find the right house advice August 3 - August 9 2007 BUSINESS & ECONOMY 59 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! Bars in Spain SL is a franchised estate agency network throughout Spain offering business advice and information for anyone considering starting or purchasing any type of business or property in Spain. To find out more, call 95 249 94 00 or visit www.barsinspain.com 60 August 3 - August 9 2007 BUSINESS AND ECONOMY 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 VIVES.PONS&ASOCIADOS ABOGADOS · SOLICITORS ECONOMISTAS · ACCOUNTANTS ARQUITECTOS · ARCHITECTS C/ Pare Pere, 9 - bajo - 03700 Dénia - Alicante Tel.: 96 643 26 24 • Fax: 96 642 71 69 [email protected] www.vivespons.com 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.” SPORT August 3 - August 9 2007 Sport 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.” @ 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. “For the time being Brazil has not yet been given the Centro Comercial La Teulera 12-14 Avda. Rey Juan Carlos I. 61-63 03727 Xaló (Alicante) Tel. 96 648 08 14 Fax 96 648 02 66 E-mail [email protected] 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 61 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. www.portzgen-dowen.es 62 SPORT August 3 - August 9 2007 LOCAL SPORT 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 SIGN HERE: Elche RFC 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. WE ARE MANUFACTURERS. UNBEATABLE PRICES AND THE BEST SERVICE GUARANTEED. PEDRAMALA S.L. 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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- FERRER: Role model for local players 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. ORIENTAL WÓK BUFFET LIBRE Monday to Sunday 12:00 to 24:00 hrs. www.wokbuffet.com WOK DIRECT Enjoy fresh and healthy Asian food. Buffet for adults €8.95. Buffet for children €6.95 Wok buffet Torrevieja, Ctra. Crevillente-Torrevieja (Opposite Centro Comercial Las Habaneras) Torrevieja (Alicante) Tel. 636 396 457 / 626 018 793 Wok buffet Santa Pola, Attraction park “Pola Park” Next to Ctra. N-332, Avda. Zaragoza s/n Santa Pola (Alicante) Tel. 685 300 884 / 685 368 260 / 637 147 887 Wok buffet Guardamar Vía Park IV, ground floor + first floor Guardamar del Segura (Alicante) Tel. 607 467 118 / 620 693 990 64 SPORT August 3 - August 9 2007 Sport @ Centro Comercial La Teulera 12-14 Avda. Rey Juan Carlos I. 61-63 03727 Xaló (Alicante) Tel. 96 648 08 14 Fax 96 648 02 66 E-mail [email protected] 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. Issue No: 222 REYES: MY REAL DEAL IN MADRID Valid only with a purchased newspaper Moyà wins Croatian Open MOMENT OF TRIUMPH: Alberto Contador, in the yellow jersey, takes the plaudits for his Tour de France win in front of the Arc de Triomphe. FULL STORY: SEE PAGE 61 Client Token Va l e n c i a meet Manchester City in a friendly tomorrow in a week when it has been rumoured that City boss Sven Göran Eriksson is preparing to spend more 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 arrival 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.