Arena

Season 1, Episode 326

Episode Title: All on a Mardi Gras Day Part One

Air Date: 1988-02-16

Overview:

Today is Shrove Tuesday, in French, Mardi Gras , and tonight is the night before Lent. While the British celebrate with pancakes, the Latin world explodes in a riot of music and spectacle. Tonight, live for the first time, Arena presents the world's three biggest carnivals. At 10.45pm the programme moves to BBC1.