Week 36 highlights 2012

22 August 2012

If you're not interested in top-class sport, inspirational courage, electrifying action, triumphant determination, and the human spirit at its finest, look away now. It's Paralympics time, baby!

 

 

Saturday 01/09/2012
7am
Paralympic Games Breakfast Show
A day of continuous Paralympics coverage begins with Kelly Cates and Rick Edwards presenting from the Olympic Park, with guests Michael Caines and Katie Piper, and profiles of UK swimming star Ellie Simmonds and 'blade runner' Oscar Pistorius.
Three further streams, C4 Paralympics Extra 1, 2 and 3, feature uninterrupted live coverage of events from across the Paralympic Games, on-air from early morning through to late evening. (Details can be found in the press centre pack.) Channel 4 HD provides continuous coverage of the Games throughout each day.
A press pack, including a daily guide, can be found here

 

Saturday 01/09/2012
7pm
Paralympic Games 2012 Tonight: Swimming, Athletics, Wheelchair Basketball and Table Tennis
GB's Anthony Stephens, Claire Cashmore, Sam Hynd, James Crisp, Rhiannon Henry and Sascha Kindred are all aiming for swimming gold tonight. Meanwhile, Oscar Pistorious makes his first Paralympics appearance at the Olympic Stadium as he begins the defence of one of his three titles: the T44 200m. South Africa's Blade Runner faces strong competition from American Jerome Singleton. (Please note: athletes or teams mentioned in later stages of competition will have to qualify from earlier heats.)

 

Saturday 01/09/2012
10:30pm
The Last Leg with Adam Hills
Adam Hills presents an alternative review of each day at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, showing all the best gems of action and taking a sideways look at the intricacies of disability sport. Adam is joined each night by his eagle-eyed sidekick Josh Widdicombe, as well as guests from the worlds of sport and entertainment, to pore over the golden moments, confront some of the widely held views associated with Paralympic sport, and answer the questions you were always afraid to ask

 

Sunday, 02/09/2012
7pm
Paralympic Games Tonight 2012: Swimming, Athletics and Wheelchair Basketball
A huge night of athletics in the Olympic Stadium includes the Men's 200m T44 final. Can Jerome Singleton challenge Oscar Pistorius? And can GB's David Weir win gold in the 5000m T54 final? (Please note: athletes or teams mentioned in later stages of competition will have to qualify from earlier heats.)

 

Sunday, 02/09/2012
11:15pm
Submarine
Network premiere of Richard Ayoade's directorial debut; an idiosyncratic coming-of-age drama. At home 15-year-old Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) has to deal with parents Jill and Lloyd's (Sally Hawkins and Noah Taylor) troubled marriage which comes under further threat with the arrival of her ex, Graham, a narcissistic guru (Paddy Considine, resplendent with mullet). Meanwhile at school, Oliver falls for classmate Jordana Bevan (Yasmin Paige). Based on Joe Dunthorne's novel, the film richly conveys the complexities of growing up without pandering to nostalgia or comic exaggeration.

 

Monday, 03/09/2012
7:30pm
Paralympic Games 2012 Tonight: Swimming , Athletics and Wheelchair Basketball
At the Olympic Stadium, Beijing silver medallist and British world record holder Mickey Bushell aims to go one better in the 100m T53 Final. A night full of medal possibilities for British swimmers could be capped by success in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points Final. Plus reports from a busy day across the London 2012 venues, including the last round of wheelchair basketball group games, Lee Pearson's bid for more gold in the equestrian Mixed Individual Freestyle Test Ib, and the first day of table tennis finals. (Please note: athletes or teams mentioned in later stages of competition will have to qualify from earlier heats.)

 

Tuesday 04/09/2012
7:30pm
Paralympic Games 2012 Tonight: Swimming, Athletics and Wheelchair Basketball
Tonight at the Olympic Stadium Great Britain's veteran wheelchair racer David Weir hopes to defend the 1500m T54 title he won in Beijing; while the Men's 400m T36 Final is expected to be a battle between GB's Paul Blake and Russia's Artem Arefyev, who took gold and silver respectively at last year's World Championships. At the Aquatics Centre, Matt Walker, the veteran swimmer from Stockport and reigning 50m Freestyle S7 world champion, is looking to get his hands on a first individual gold medal at his fourth Paralympics. And the women's wheelchair basketball competition has reached the quarter finals. (Please note: athletes or teams mentioned in later stages of competition will have to qualify from earlier heats.)

 

Wednesday 05/09/2012
7:30pm
Paralympic Games 2012 Tonight: Swimming, Athletics, Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Rugby
Women carry the British medal hopes in the Olympic Stadium tonight. Having won medals in Barcelona and Sydney, sprinter Tracey Hinton competes in her sixth Paralympics, going in the Women's 100m T11 Final. GB's world champion Katrina Hart faces a stiff challenge from Russia's Svetlana Sergeeva and Ukraine's Viktoriya Kravchenko in the Women's 200m T37 Final. And Shelly Woods goes in the Women's 800m T54 Final, hoping to add Paralympic gold to the bronze and silver she won in Beijing. Meanwhile, in the pool, Scotland's Jim 'The Swim' Anderson aims for gold in the Men's 50m Backstroke S2 Final. And, in the Women's 50m Freestyle S9 Final, Lancastrian Louise Watkin, who won gold at the 2010 World Championships, will be hoping to overcome South African legend - and reigning Paralympic champion - Natalie du Toit. Plus news from across the London 2012 venues, on the first day of the wheelchair rugby competition. (Please note: athletes or teams mentioned in later stages of competition will have to qualify from earlier heats.)

 

Thursday, 06/09/2012
7:30pm
Paralympic Games 2012 Tonight: Swimming, Athletics, Wheelchair Basketball, and Wheelchair Rugby
Yorkshire's 20-year-old world champion wheelchair sprinter Hannah Cockroft aims for gold in the Women's 200m T34 Final. In the F44 Discus Throw Final, Dan Greaves, who has been on the podium at the last three Paralympics, hopes to wrest back the title he won in Athens from the reigning Paralympic champion, USA's Jeremy Campbell. Stef Reid is a GB gold hope in the Women's 200m T44 Final, as is Libby Clegg in the Women's 200m T12 Final, while Ben Rushgrove is targeting gold in the Men's 200m T36 Final (he won a silver in Beijing, just three weeks after breaking a bone in his foot). Hopes are high, too, for Paul Blake in the Men's 800m T36 Final. Londoner David Weir seeks to retain the Men's 800m T54 title he won in Beijing. And South Africa's Oscar Pistorius, America's Jerome Singleton and GB's Jonnie Peacock should be the favourites in the Men's 100m T44 Final. Pistorius beat Singleton by 0.03 seconds in Beijing, but the US sprinter avenged that defeat at last year's World Championships, while Peacock broke the World Record in June. The wheelchair basketball reaches the semi-finals, and in wheelchair rugby, GB take on France. (Please note: athletes or teams mentioned in later stages of competition will have to qualify from earlier heats)

 

Friday, 07/09/2012
7:30pm
Paralympic Games 2012 Tonight: Swimming, Athletics, Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Rugby
The home crowd should have plenty to cheer on the penultimate night of the athletics competition. Sophia Warner from Sussex is the European record holder in the women's T35 100m event and hopes for a medal in tonight's Final. Wheelchair athlete Mickey Bushell is among the favourites for gold in the Men's 200m T53 Final, but will have to finish ahead of Chinese world champion Li Huzhao. Richard Whitehead has high hopes in the Men's 100m T42 Final. And Shelly Woods is aiming for gold in the Women's 1500m T54 Final. In the swimming, Hannah Russell goes in the Women's 50m Freestyle S12 Final and Rhiannon Henry hopes for success in the Women's 200m Individual Medley SM13 Final. Plus the final of the women's wheelchair basketball tournament, in which American Carlee Hoffman could win her third consecutive gold medal. (Please note: athletes or teams mentioned in later stages of competition will have to qualify from earlier heats.)