3May
We are assuming that all our readers who are in a position to vote in UK elections to-day have done so. We will not insult their intelligence by saying how important it is to vote, or mentioning how this is a fine spring day, perfect for burying bad government.
No, we shall give you advance notice of some interesting programmes on BBC Parliament over the coming week:
9pm Saturday - The French Presidential Debate
. See for yourself how M. Sarkozy was almost punched in the gob by Ségolène Royal. And see the Amazing Chess Clocks of Doom - each candidate has 60 minutes to gather their seven keys and find the codeword to unlock the tiger's head. Or something. The live debate last night was more exciting than watching the Manchester Buccaneers lose, not that that match was televised.
10.30 Saturday (also 3pm Sunday and 8.30am Monday) From Beaconsfield to Baghdad
- highlights of prochain ancien British prime minister Mister Tony Blair's career in parliament.
5.55 Sunday Patriot Games
, Ruaridh Nicoll explains the negotiations between Scotland and England in 1707.
6.55 Sunday France Decides
, the result from France 2. Also on TV5, for those who get it.
9am Monday Election 97
The third repeat in five years for this one. They've not yet done the 1959 election programme. Or the 2001 one. Anyway, INFAX programme-as-broadcast notes are 9.55 - 6am, 9am - 1.13pm, 2pm - 3.47pm. The Have you been drinking hemlock? interview will begin at about 9.17, and if you want to be Up For Portillo, tune in at 2pm. The highlights reel, featuring the extended version of The Legend of King Arthur
will go out just after 4.45.
8pm Saturday 12 May Blair: The Inside Story
Michael Cockerill's series on ancien Labour leader Mister Tony Blair, repeated in one night. Shame it's opposite Eurovision.
