This sport is now very big in America but is also growing rapidly around the world, especially in Japan. The World Championships were held in Saint Andrews, Scotland more commonly know for it's links with the ancient game of golf. 7 days of matches with 89 teams from 22 different countries led to a nail-biting final for the men's open division to take place between Team DOG (death or glory) USA and Liquidisc from Finland. DOG won the final in extra time keeping the title within America for yet another year

3:30 mins. duration

If you want to rid your house of a dripping tap you call a plumber. If you want to rid it of a ghost - you call Terry O Sullivan - the Ghostbuster.

Terry has been working around the UK for over 27 years. His clients range from humble home owners and famous stores, who wish to keep such problems quiet, to historical locations like the London Dungeon, who want everyone to know they have ghosts and called Terry to confirm the fact. Terry found 61 immediately, and they were only the most recent ones...

We talk to Terry about how he came to be involved with ghosts, accompany him to a modern house with a ghost problem and finally follow him to the spook ridden London Dungeon.

3 mins. duration

67-year old Ron Broomfield has become an international celebrity sharing his home with more than 900 garden gnomes. His fascination has so far cost him over £ 20.000,Ð. He is so obsessed he even dresses like one.

The gnomes aren't just in his garden. The walls are full of them... they populate his bedroom and bathroom too... they're everywhere.

There's no room for women in Ron's life either, his wife left him over 30 years ago.

4:30 mins. duration

In a small village pub near Portsmouth the course of history was changed over a few pints of beer.

The Golden Lion provided General Montgomery and General Eisenhower a regular place to discuss the D-Day Landings in an informal and relaxed atmosphere. Edwina, the barmaid, gives us a first hand account of those rather unusual customers.

2:50 mins. duration

73-year-old Reg is in seventh heaven. He has just signed a contract with a big record company worth £ 300.000, -.

His first album "Beautiful Day" has just hit the charts. Reg, who is partially blind and suffers from arthritis, is considered 'T H E hot tip of the year'.

Insiders think he will appeal to the neglected older age groups. We accompany Reg on a gig, watch him perform and talk to him about his sudden success.

In September visitors from many parts of the world descend on Egremont in Cumbria every year to attend the "Egremont Crab Fair", which has been staged since 1267.

The games start off with strange competitions like climbing greasy poles and the fastest clay pipe smoker. The highlight of the day is Ð the World Gurning Championships.

To gurn means to growl like a dog, to look vicious or to make a face at someone.

To start off a yoke is put around the neck of the contestant Ð who then has to try and win over the jury with the ugliest possible expressionÉ

There are three disciplines Ð Junior Gurning, Ladies Gurning and the World Gurning Championships.

2:44 mins. duration

The "Hash House Harriers" boast followers throughout the world, but what is it that makes eccentric Englishmen wear rabbit's ears and chase each other around the countryside for no apparent reason?

"Hashing" is a human version of "Hares and Hounds", the participants being bank directors, doctors, lawyers, artists, taxi drivers, and builders. While others spend Sundays lying in bed, Hashers roam the countryside in strange dress following the trail laid by a human hare.

The chase always finishes in a local "Hash House", otherwise known as a pub, where more conventional rituals take place.

2:20 mins. duration

The game takes place in the town of Haxey on the Twelfth Day of Christmas. It is a boisterous form of Rugby conceived following an incident involving the first Lady de Mowbray in the late 13th century.

The game lasts several hours, as hundreds of villagers converge and try to outwit the Boggins by smuggling the 'hood' into a local public house.

2 mins. duration

Henley has been an essential part of the English summer season since 1839. From 2nd to 6th July 600 crews and _ million guests will descend on this famous stretch of the Thames.

Often described as "the last great English garden party", we shall observe the international 'High Society', drinking champagne, eating oysters, watching races and messing about on the river.

5:30 mins. duration

Roly Bain's answer to declining church congregations is to discard his conventional priest's habit and deliver his sermons as a clown. He is the founder member of the Holy Fools, which boasts 200 followers amongst the clergy of the Anglican Church.

These Fools perform services in churches, schools, cathedrals and festivals. They also hold workshops to spread the message that religion can be fun.

2:10 duration

Sports with horses are an all-time regular. But have you ever seen horses playing football on their own? Alfie, the pony in our film, has acquired a taste for the British national sport! And visibly he enjoys his new pass-time very muchÉ

3 mins. duration

Horseball is the latest British equestrian sport, recently imported from France. This highly spectacular game originates from the Afghan Buzkachi and the Argentine Pato, combining the rhythm of basketball, the agility of trick riding and the dynamism of polo. It has been compared to a cross between rugby and basketball on horseback.

We visit Horseball European championships. England, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Portugal and Italy compete against each other in a 4 daylong knockout tournament.

2:30 mins. duration

The latest craze from England! Table football using real people. There are 2 teams, 8 players on each side. The players are connected to poles, which are part of the 10 metres long and 15 metres wide inflatable Football pitch.

The game lasts about 20 mins. duration and can be seen every weekend somewhere in England. The principle is the same as the pub game except that spinning is neither permitted nor humanly possible.

2:09 mins. duration

Manchester has given birth to a new football hero: Kane Jackson. According to Kane's father, this 6 year old football star has been offered £10.000,- by a premier league football club if he promises to play for them when he comes of age.

Journalists and TV crews from Finland to Japan have besieged the family but Dad isn't telling who offered the money

3 mins. duration

3000 hardy runners brave the elements in Scotland's National Park near Glasgow for a particularly tough 2-day orienteering event. Dramatic scenery and plenty of rain and bagpipes.

6:31 mins. duration

While 3 young Londoners are waiting for the big break in show business, they make a living by delivering Kiss and Stripograms.

Lesley, the whipping Nun; Terry, the stripping policewoman; and Vince, the male macho, perform their very own surprise acts on unsuspecting victims in various London nightspots.

80 canoes compete for 3 days in a 110 mile race on the St. Maurice river in Quebec. The St Maurice flows into the St Laurence river at Trois Rivieres. This is the last stage of the "Triple Crown of North America Canoe Races".

Spectacular visualsÉ5 camera crews covered the event.

Duration 6'48 mins.

Tom Lyon is a charismatic 16 year old Etonian with a very unusual hobby…he is an escape artist. He follows in Houdini’s footsteps and performs publicly and on TV. We spend a day with Tom at Eton School and witness some daring escapes. We try and find out what his secret is.

3 mins. Duration

After the event we join Prince Philip and George Bowman for a party at the castle.

The Lowther Horse Trials attracts international competitors to it's superb location at Lowther Castle in Cumbria. One of the biggest events is the Four in Hands, among the competitors is Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh.

Elegant traditional carriages are driven against the clock over rough ground and water obstacles. The Duke of Edinburgh competes against GEORGE BOWMAN who along with the Duke is one of the world's greatest drivers. From lowly origins (he was born into a Romany family) George is said to be one of the Duke's closest friends..

After the event we join Prince Philip and George Bowman for a party at the castle.

3 mins. duration

It’s one of Britain’s finest sights, to see a motley bunch of people stampede across the Blackwater River a few days after Christmas, waist deep in thick black mud. The idea is simple; 150 competitors line up on the bed of the River Crouch at low tide and race 400 metres toward Maldon town. It’s bleak, cold and wet, but for some athletes, it’s the only place to be.

3:30 mins. duration

Seamus McSporran (62) from the Scottish island Gigha has 12 jobs. Seamus is the island postman, harbour master, insurance agent, registrar, undertaker, bus driver, taxi driver, ambulance driver, school bus driver, petrol pump attendant, and runs the local bed & breakfast.

He wants to retire and is looking for a successor on his little Scottish Island with its 100 inhabitants.

2 mins. duration

500 runners compete against 7 horses on the Man versus Horse Marathon in Wales. They run 22 miles and up to 1000 metres above sea level.

3 mins. Duration

A long suffering fan of Manchester City Football Club has called for the club’s Maine Road ground to be exorcised to remove a 75 year-old gypsy curse.

Evidently gypsies cursed the club after they were turfed off the brickworks site when the club bought the land to build their new stadium in 1922. Not even their German star Uwe Rosler seems to be able to prevent City sliding into Division 2.

Psychic researchers Gary Dakin (well known TV Star consultant) and his assistant Lynn track down the evil spirits at Maine Road.

3 mins. duration

MUTV is the world's first daily football club channel. It launched on digital satellite and cable Thursday 10th September 1998, giving the four million Manchester United supporters in the UK and millions more abroad the chance to get closer to the news, action and stories from inside the world's biggest football club. We visit the state of the art studio overlooking the pitch at Old Trafford, which broadcasts six hours every day 7 days a week.

1.40 mins. duration

Marbles has been played in Tinsley Green, West Sussex since 1588, when two local lads first played marbles for the hand of a Tinsley maiden.

Twenty teams of six competitors contend for the World Title, in a colourful display of harmless eccentricity.

Hundreds of adults from home and abroad indulge playfully in a childhood pastime.

3:37 mins. duration

At the end of August 15,000 people of all ages descend on Lisdoonvarna - a little town in the west of Ireland - looking for love. A few are also looking for Willie Daly the official Matchmaker.

Willie has kept up the family tradition and has 'matchmaked' up to 10.000 couples. Allegedly none have divorced or separated - no wonder there is a sense of mysticism around Lisdoonvarna and Willie in particular.

In the Matchmaking Bar he is surrounded by a constant stream of hopefuls all looking for Mr or Miss Right. They pay £20 to be entered in Willie's "matchmaking" book, which serves as his dating bible

3 mins. duration

Over twenty of the most powerful minds on this planet battled for the title of World Memory Champion in London. The championships were part of the Mind Sports Olympiad, which attracted over 4000 super brains from all over the world. …all within the awesome surroundings of Alexandra Palace.

In previous competitions world records were set for memorizing a single deck of cards in 34.03 seconds, a 1620 digit number remembered in one hour and 2745 binary digits memorized in only 30 minutes.

3:37 mins. duration

The real Miss Marple is 70 years old and lives in the old English town of Dereham in Norfolk.

The Association of British Investigators has just elected the grey haired, bespectacled grandmother as their president. Rosemary Sorrell, has been a professional private eye, unmasking adulterers and tracking down debtors for the last 30 years.

She claims her 'secret weapon' is 'being a woman'. 'When men are caught out they are usually so disarmed being confronted by a woman that you can get away with murder'.

2:30 mins. duration

Dozens of teams in fancy dress race against the clock to visit as many of the famous streets and landmarks on a Monopoly board as possible in one afternoon. Life size Monopoly through the streets of London!

During the Second World War, specially commissioned games of Monopoly were sent to Prisoners of War. These games contained silk maps hidden in one side of the board showing escape routes. Hidden in the other side of the board were a tiny compass and several files. The Monopoly money was replaced by the actual currency of the country the game was destined for.

3 mins. duration

The Welsh hamlet of Llanwrtyd Wells hosts one of the least significant events in adventure sports - The Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling World Championships!

Snorkelers wear wet suits, masks and cycle two laps through a 60-yard peat bog filled with dirty, gooey liquid. Even though they can't see anything the best can complete 120 yards in less than two minutes!