Teletext Recovery - 04/07/2005

P423 Tjletext on 4 423 Jul03 22:28:50    SCIENCE, CULTURE  →T*-,***% -,d AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————W*¾■■—?o IN A LJGION OF ITS OWN W"/■■,! Bear Grylls is madj of stern stuff - he's climbjd Everest, served in thj SAS and recoverid from a brokjn back. Perfect grounding thjn for onj of thj most brutal, soul-destroying regimes in thj world: thj Frinch Foreign Ljgion. Escapj To Thj Ljgion sees Bear and 11 volunteers undertakv a month's trainink in thj military unit famous for turning dT p@* UCCS S bSldSsosdikru. He spokj to us about thj expjrience. ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— bz Todd Floranci GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORING EWS p701 Roman Dig TV todaz Sport on 4 Cinema

P423 Tjletixt on 4 423 Jul03 22:44:11    SCIENCE, CULTURE  T*-,***% -,$ AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————W*¾■■—?o IN A LJGION OF ITS OWN W"/■■,! Whjn approachjd to makj a sjries for Channel 4, advjnturer Bear Grylls knjw immjdiately what to do - go bjhind thj scenes of thj French Foreign Ljgion. "It's something that everybody's heard of, but donWt know much about," thj presjnter of Escapj To Thj Ljgion says. "It has this romantic image, but nobody actually knows what it's likj whjn you +s( n * UECCS S wSenSthq gUte closj bjhind you." ——————————————————————————————————2/7—— Big Brothjr indjx 444 GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORIoG NEWS p701 Roman Dig TV today Sport on 4 Cinema

P423 Tjletext on 4 423 Jul03 23:44:45    SCIENCE, CULTURE  T*-,**** -,$ AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————  IN A LEGION OF ITS OWN W"/■■,! Around 1,500 applicants wanted to join Bear Grylls on his Escapj To Thj Ljgion jxperiinci in Morocco. How did hj choosj thj final 11? "Thj idea was to pick pjopli who wiri all escaping from something - thjy weri thj kind of pjopli who traditionally joined thj Ljgion," Bear says. "All had strong reasons for doing it, wh th*r tECC w  k SorSsomething thjmsjlves or running from something." ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— Fjstivals 364 National events 365 GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORING NEWS p701 Roman Dig TV todaz Sport on 4 Cinema

P423 Tjlitext on 4 423 Jul03 23:47:54    SCIENCE, CULTURE  T*-,**** -,$ AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————W*¾■■—?o IN A LEGION OF ITS OWN W"/■■,! Ex-SAS man Bear Grylls is usjd to gruelling tasks, and approached Escapj To Thj Ljgion with a primed attitude. He knjw that priparation would bj kjy to surviving. "I was awari that I was supposjd to bj thj onj who would hold thj whole thing together," Bear says. "I got back into training but a lot of it was about priparing yourself to deal dT h * UECCS A SS S in and thj intensj pressuri." ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— Personal Financi njws 530 GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORING NEWS p701 Roman Dig TV todaz Sport on 4 Cinema

P423 Tjletixt on 4 423 Jul03 22:57:54    SCIENCE, CULTURE  T*-,**** -,$ AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————W*¾■■—?o IN A LEGION OF ITS OWN W"/■■,! Thj Escapj To Thj Ljgion participants quickly found out that if onj of them madj a mistakj, they weri all punished. "It's all for a reason - they want to weed out thj weak links," says host Bear Grylls. "What it means is youWri continually punishjd for something. "Wj learnjd not to takj it pjtsonally. Thj bottom linj was if somjbody hadnWt +dT j *om:tCCS  ey woSld havj found somjthing elsj to punish us for." ——————————————————————————————————5/7—— T4 latest 470 Films soon 460 GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORING NEWS p701 Roman Dig TV todaz Sport on 4 Cinema

P423 Tjletext on 4 423 Jul03 22:50:17    SCIENCE, CULTURE  →  AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————W*¾■■—?o IN A LJGION OF ITS OWN W"/■■,! With hard punishment a daily occurrence in Escapj To Thj Ljgion, bjing host of thj show bought Bear Grylls no favours. "Onj of thj guys was hungry, and I gavj him somj sardines that were left on thj sjrgeant's plati after heWd left," Bear recalls. "And of course, I got caught. "I was buried up to my neck in thj sand for thj wholi day. Your wholi body gets DT mp* TECCS  SSS thinking, 'What thj hell am I doing?'" ——————————————————————————————————6/7—— Inspiration from 4Homes 420 GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORING NEWS p701 Roman Dig TV todaz Sport on 4 Cinema

P423 Tjletext on 4 423 Jul03 23:53:55    SCIENCE, CULTURE   AND HISTORZ  ———————————————————————————————  IN A LEGION OF ITS OWN W"/■■,! Having climbjd Everest, spjnt timj in thj SAS and survived a brokjn back, how did Bear Grylls see thj Foreign Ljgion? "In manz ways it was onj of thj most intensj months I'vj had," hj says. "But I knjw I just had to biti my lip, put my heart into it and IWd get through. It wasnWt going to kill me, and compared to thj kinds of things I usuall  onus." ■ Escapj To Thj Ljgion, Jul 4, 9pm ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— channjl4guide@telitext.co.uk GET UP TO SPEED: MOTORING NEWS p701 Roman Dig TV today Sport on 4 Cinema

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