Around two thousand Japanese racing fans made their annual pilgrimage to Longchamp racecourse on Sunday hoping one of their four runners will finally crack the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at the 18th attempt.
i mjane hill, and to take us through this week s cinema releases, as ever, mark kermode. hi, mark. hello. we re walking the full length of the counter this week. we have mrs harris goes to paris, which pretty much does what it says on the tin. we have the woman king, which is a sweeping epic with viola davis. and there s a new film by peter strickland, flux gourmet, which i am very much looking forward to discussing with you. yes. plenty to be said there. but let s start with the glorious lesley manville. so, mrs harris goes to paris, which is based on a book by paul gallico, who wrote the snow goose and the poseidon adventure and a bunch of things that were adapted. lesley manville is ada harris. she earns a living cleaning for rich clients, who are often horrible, who own dior dresses. she s waiting for her husband to return from the war he s not coming back. she discovers, finally,
wheelchair race, daniel comanche are waiting for his moment, tucked in and letting the leader do the work mile after mile. was that finally a gap? the swiss held off the american to win. prize money has written to record levels for these wheelchair races. this was catherine to brunner, another swiss winner in another course record in the women s event. it seems like spring and next day the marathon returns to april. its sole always lies with charity. europe s richest horse race the arc de triomphe took place in paris today. it was the prerace favourite who came out on top, written by luke morris and trained by sir mark prescott in the middle distance contest. she finished ahead of last year s winner. we have had the first of three nfl matches to be played in london this month.
beating jack miller to the flag by just a seven tenths of a second. italy finished third. three rounds to go. in the last couple of minutes we have had europe as my richest horse race, in paris, the prerace favourite came out on top, ridden by luke morris, trained by sir mark prescott. the ultimate middle distance contest. finishing ahead of last years winner. just back to football, because the amputee world cup continues in turkey, england lost their opener 1-0 to turkey, england lost their opener 1 0 to the turkey, england lost their opener 1-0 to the usa, turkey, england lost their opener 1 0 to the usa, today they face indonesia. a minute s silent is yesterday s stadium crush in indonesia. which left at least 125 dead. we will show you some pictures from the amputee world cup. that is