Badminton Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• All England Championships

  The finals from the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. Olympic silver-medallists Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson are expected to be in action, as they attempt to defend their mixed doubles title, but must overcome stiff competition from world champions Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir of Indonesia and Olympic gold-medallists Zhang Jun and Gao Ling of China along the way if they want to be involved in a second consecutive final

• All England Championships

  The All England Championships. Action from the opening day at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, where a strong Chinese contingent are expected to excel. China took four of the five titles last year, while England's best hopes Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms finished runners-up in the mixed doubles, and they will be hoping for a better display this time round, having secured gold at the IBF World Championships last September

• All England Championships

  The All England Championships. Highlights of the third day at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, featuring all the finals. Denmark's Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen prevented China from taking the title in every format and they will hope to successfully defend their men's doubles title, while England's best chance comes in the mixed doubles, where Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms are tipped to go one better than their second place last year

• All England Championships

  The All England Championships. Highlights of the second day at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, featuring the semi-finals in the men's women's and doubles disciplines. Xie Xingfang is the reigning champion in the women's singles and she is expected to lead the Chinese charge once again, following their title victories in 2006

• All-England Championships

  Highlights of the All-England Championships from Birmingham's National Indoor Arena : the last major qualifying event before the World Championships

• All England Championships

  The finals of the All England Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, the world's most prestigious badminton Grand Prix tournament. Chinese competitors almost completed a clean sweep of victories last year, but were denied in the men's doubles for the second year running when Malaysian pairing Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong clinched the gold medal

• All England Championships

  The finals of the All England Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, the world's most prestigious badminton Grand Prix tournament. Chinese competitors almost completed a clean sweep of victories last year, but were denied in the men's doubles for the second year running when Malaysian pairing Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong clinched the gold medal

• All England Championships

  The All England Championships. Phil Jones introduces highlights from Birmingham's National Indoor Arena, an event regarded in the sport as the Wimbledon of badminton. Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson won the Commonwealth Games and World Championship mixed doubles titles in 2006, but the All England crown evaded them - and they will hope to redress the balance by triumphing here. Commentary by Gill Clarke

• All England Highlights
• All England Open

  The penultimate day of the All England Open at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, the world's most prestigious badminton grand prix tournament. Vital qualification points are on offer and the players will be desperate to do well here as they bid to pick up precious ranking points, with August's World Championships in Anaheim, California, only open to the top 64 players in the world

• All England Open

  The penultimate day of the All England Open at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, the world's most prestigious badminton grand prix tournament. Vital qualification points are on offer and the players will be desperate to do well here as they bid to pick up precious ranking points, with August's World Championships in Anaheim, California, only open to the top 64 players in the world

• The All England Open

  Action from the third day of the All England Open at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, the world's most prestigious badminton grand prix tournament. Vital qualification points are on offer and the players will be desperate to do well here as they bid to pick up precious ranking points, with August's World Championships in Anaheim, California, only open to the top 64 players in the world

• All England Open

  Action from the third day of the All England Open at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, the world's most prestigious badminton grand prix tournament. Vital qualification points are on offer and the players will be desperate to do well here as they bid to pick up precious ranking points, with August's World Championships in Anaheim, California, only open to the top 64 players in the world

• All England Open Championships

  Action from the men's and women's finals at the All England Championships from the Bolton Arena in Manchester

• All England Open Championships

  Action from the third day of the All England Open Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, the world's most prestigious badminton grand prix tournament. Vital qualification points are on offer and the players will be desperate to do well here as they bid to pick up precious ranking points, with August's World Championships in Anaheim, California, only open to the top 64 players in the world

• All England Open Championships: Finals

  The All England Open Championships finals. The concluding day at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, featuring the showpiece games in the men's, women's and doubles disciplines. China's Chen Jin and Tine Rasmussen of Denmark were crowned respective men's and women's champions last year

• British National Championships

  The British National Championships

• Copenhagen Masters

  Highlights of the Copenhagen Masters at the Falconer Centre, one of Europe's most prestigious events. Choong Hann Wong and Xie Xingfang are the defending champions and the two stars will fancy their chances of retaining their titles

• The Copenhagen Masters

  Highlights of the Copenhagen Masters, one of Europe's most prestigious events. Peter Gade and Zhang Ning are the defending champions and the two stars will fancy their chances of retaining their titles

• The Copenhagen Masters

  The Copenhagen Masters. Highlights of the prestigious round-robin tournament from the Copenhagen Circus, where the stars of the sport compete for the lion's share of the 320,000 Danish kroner prize purse

• The Danish Open

  Coverage of the Danish Open

• Denmark Open

  The Denmark Open. Highlights from the one of the biggest events of the season

• Denmark Open

  The Denmark Open. Highlights from the one of the biggest events of the season

• England v Denmark

  Highlights of the one-off international between England and Denmark at the Preston Guild Hall. Mixed doubles partners Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson will use this meeting against one of Europe's strongest sides as vital preparation for the Commonwealth Games, which start next week

• European Championship Finals

  Action from the European Championship finals at the Echo Arena in Liverpool

• International Open

  The International Open. Highlights from the latest event of the season in Saarbrucken, Germany, where some of the sport's finest exponents are expected to be in action

• Irish International Championships

  Highlights of the Irish International Championships in Lisburn, Ireland, where Europe's leading players compete for a share of the £5,500 prize fund

• Leinster Badminton Open

  The Leinster Badminton Open. Action from the men's singles final

• Leinster Badminton Open

  The Leinster Badminton Open. Action from the first men's singles semi-final

• Leinster Badminton Open

  The Leinster Badminton Open. Action from the mixed doubles final

• Leinster Badminton Open

  The Leinster Badminton Open. Action from the second men's singles semi-final

• Leinster Badminton Open

  The Leinster Badminton Open. Action from the women's doubles final

• Leinster Badminton Open

  The Leinster Badminton Open. Action from the second women's singles semi-final

• Leinster Badminton Open

  The Leinster Badminton Open. Action from the men's doubles final

• Leinster Badminton Open

  The Leinster Badminton Open. Action from the women's singles final

• Leinster Badminton Open

  The Leinster Badminton Open. Action from the first women's singles semi-final

• MVP Cup

  Highlights of the second annual MVP Cup between Asia and Europe in Manila, Philippines, where Asia will be looking to defend the title on their home continent. Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia, world champions Lin Dan and Zhang Ning of China, and England's Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms are all expected to be in attendance at the prestigious tournament

• MVP Cup

  The MVP Cup. Highlights of the event between Asia and Europe at the Philsports Arena in Manila in the Philippines. In 2005 Asia took the title 11-7, and this year European stars such as Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms have to put on a good display if they are to help the visitors take home the $50,000 prize

• MVP Cup

  Action from the second annual MVP Cup between Asia and Europe in Manila, Philippines, where Asia will be looking to defend the title on their home continent. Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia, world champions Lin Dan and Zhang Ning of China, and England's Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms are all expected to be in attendance at the prestigious tournament

• Philippines Open Championship

  The Philippines Open Championship at the Philippine Sports Arena in Manila, including singles, doubles and mixed doubles matches. Britain's Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms should be in action in the mixed doubles and they will be seeking revenge after losing their All England title to China's Zhang Jun and Gao Ling earlier this year

• Philippines Open Championship

  The Philippines Open Championship at the Philippine Sports Arena in Manila, including singles, doubles and mixed doubles matches. Reigning Olympic and world champion Taufik Hidayat will aim to be involved in the final stages of the tournament, but he can expect tough competition from Korea's Seung Mo Shon

• Philippines Open Championship

  The Philippines Open Championship at the Philippine Sports Arena in Manila, including singles, doubles and mixed doubles matches. Women's Olympic silver medallist Mia Audina is expected to lead a strong Dutch team in the competition and will hope for a strong performance as she aims to be involved in the latter stages

• Scottish International Badminton Championships

  Highlights of the weekend's Scottish International Badminton Championships at the Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena in Glasgow

• The Scottish International Badminton Championships

  The Scottish International Badminton Championships. Alison Walker introduces highlights of the event at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall, where a high class field is in attendance, with the players looking to pick up valuable qualifying points for next year's Olympics. Commentary by Gillian Clark

• Seville, Spain

  Coverage of the 12th World Championships from the San Pablo Sports Stadium in Seville, Spain

• Sudirman Cup

  The Sudirman Cup semi-finals at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium, where Korea are the reigning champions and one of the favourites to take the title again in this mixed team world championship. Korea were drawn with Denmark, England and Thailand in Group 1A and will be expected to face the runners-up in Group 1B if the seedings have gone to plan

• Sudirman Cup

  The Sudirman Cup. Highlights of the semi-finals in the 10th staging of the mixed team event at the Scotstoun International Sports Arena in Glasgow. Only four nations have reached the semi-finals since the inaugural competition in 1989 and Korea, China, Denmark and Indonesia will expect to progress to this stage once again

• Sudirman Cup Final

  Action from the Sudirman Cup final at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium, where Korea are the reigning champions and one of the favourites to take the title again in this mixed team world championship

• Sudirman Cup Final

  The Sudirman Cup final. Action from the 10th staging of the mixed team event at the Scotstoun International Sports Arena in Glasgow. China have reached the last six finals and are favourites to defend the title they won two years ago against Indonesia, while Korea and Denmark are the other nations expected to be in with a chance of glory

• Sudirman Cup Semi-Finals

  Action from the Sudirman Cup semi-finals at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium, where Korea are the reigning champions and one of the favourites to take the title again in this mixed team world championship. Korea were drawn with Denmark, England and Thailand in Group 1A and will be expected to face the runners-up in Group 1B if the seedings have gone to plan

• World Championship 2003

  The World Championship 2003. Coverage of day from Birmingham's National Indoor Arena. The best players from all over the globe will be battling for one of the tournament's titles

• The World Championships

  The World Championships. Coverage comes from Birmingham's National Indoor Arena, where among those hoping for success will be Britain's Olympic medallist Simon Archer as the competition draws to a close

• World Championships

  The World Championships. Clare Balding presents action from the final day of the tournament at the Putra Indoor Stadium, near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, featuring the finals of the men's and women's singles and the mixed doubles, where Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms are the defending champions. With commentary by David Mercer and Simon Archer

• The World Championships

  The World Championships. Highlights from Birmingham's National Indoor Arena, where among those hoping to capture a gold medal is Britain's Simon Archer, who partners Kirsteen McEwan in the mixed doubles. Archer already has an Olympic bronze medal from Sydney three years ago : can he improve on that success and give the home crowd something to cheer about? Commentary by David Mercer

• World Championships

  The World Championships. Clare Balding presents action from the Putra Indoor Stadium, near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, where Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms defend their mixed doubles title. The English pair are seeded fourth this year and will be hoping to progress to the final once again, after beating compatriots Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg to take the title in Madrid last year. With commentary by David Mercer and Simon Archer

• World Championships

  Coverage of the World Championships from the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in California