Viewers’ Views

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32349, 15 July 1970, Page 3

Viewers’ Views

Letters on television topics are subject to the rules applying to general correspondence.

CATCHWORD

I consider the new 7.30 p.m. Saturday programme, “Catch the Quizmaster,” one Of the best produced for a long time. At last the contestants are getting the idea and quizzing the master. We caught on weeks ago and are thoroughly enjoying the game. Our only regrets are that we are not contestants, and that the money does not come to us. It is pleasing to see that others (viz. sports section of N.Z.8.C.) are entering into the spirit of the quiz. It is surprising that local church dignitaries did not enter when it was obvious that the contestant thought that the Apocalypse

CHTV3 2.00 p.m.: Headline news. 2.03: The Survivors. Drama. 2.56: Survival “The Enchanted Isles.” Documentary. 3.51: The Rolf Harris Show. Variety. (Repeat). 4.36: Lassie. Adventure. 5.01: Abbott and Costello. Cartoon. 5.24: Rocket Robin Hood. Cartoon. 5.43: Headline news, weather. 5.46:. The Patty Duke Show. “Patty the Diplomat." Comedy. 6.13: This Week in Britain. 6.17: Cesar's World. “Cities Gold Built—South Africa.” Travel. 6.44: Handy Hints. 7.00: Network news. 7.15: Weather. The South Tonight. 7.38: Studio One. Music. 8.28: Mission: Impossible. “The Mind of Steffan Niklos.” Suspense. 9.21: Newsbrief. 9.23: Hark at Barker. Comedy. 9.51: Peyton Place. 10.43: Moving. Music. 1L16: Late news, weather.

NATIONAL LINK

(Including 3YA, Christchurch <690 kilocycles): 2YA, Wellington <570 kilocycles): 4YA. Dunedin <7BO kilocycles); and 3YZ, Greymouth (920 kilocycles).] 7.0 p.m.: N.Z.B.C. Sporting Service. 7.4: A German Touch. (2YA broadcasts Parliament from 7.30 to 10.30). 7.30: The Mountain of the Lord (repeat). 8.30: Weather and News. 9.0: Let the Peoples Sing. 9.31: Aspect. 10.0: Spotlight Bands. 10.30: N.Z.B.C. News and Weather. 10.45: My Autobiography (Charles Chaplin). 11.0: 8.8. C. News and Commentary. 12.0: News and Weather. 12.6 a.m.: My Word! 2.30: The Sound of Strings. 4.9: Latin Americana. 3YC, CHRISTCHURCH (960 kilocycles) 7.5 p.m.: Doris Sheppard (piano)—Sonata No. 34 in E minor, Sonata No. 48 'in C (Haydn). 7.32: Philharmonia Orchestra under Carlo Maria Giulini—Overture in D. Op.

43, Symphony in C Minor (Boccherini); Rapsodie Espagnole (Ravel). 7.48: Tom Krause (baritone), Pentti Koskimies (piano). Selections by Sibelius. 8.25: David Oistrakh, Moscow Philhar-1 monic Orchestra under Kirill Kondrashin. Violin Concerto No. 2 in C Sharp Minor, I Op. 129 (Shostakovich). 8.55:1 Poetry. 9.25: Dennis Brain and Alan Civil (horns), Eng-1 lish String Quartet. Sextet! in E flat, Op. 816 (Beet-i hoven). 9.41: I Puritan! (Vincenzo Bellini). 3ZB, CHRISTCHURCH (1100 kilocycles) 7.2 p.m.: Movie Magazine. 8.2: The Country and Western Show. 10.30: Sounds Right Now. 3ZM, CHRISTCHURCH (1400 kilocycles) 7.30 p.m.: The Stone Poneys. 8.0: AM Star Hootenanny. 8.30: The Pozo Seco Singers. 9.0: Pete Jolly. 9.30: Contemporary Jazz. 10.0: Nice ’n’ Easy.

was the Apocrypha. However, as two wrongs make a right the contestant rightly earned his $2. The whole thing is just too riotous for words. Keep the programme going, as it is great fun always to be on the winning side. As Nelson said, “I see it all.” TAYLOR’S MISTAKE. SHANE I enjoyed David Beatson's interview with Shane handled on the whole, with dignity and commonsense. But why the embarrassed smirk at the remarks on spiritual matters? Obviously this was not meant to be an interview on religious matters but there should have been a less incredulous attitude towards a subject which has received investigation by learned men for centuries. Whether viewers share Shane’s beliefs or not is immaterial: but let us not scoff at those who do, particularly a young man such as Shane, who proved in the interview that, contrary to the opinion of some of the older generation, some young people are capable of sincere convictions. FORTY PLUS. SATISFIED

we turn it off. After all, we all have different tastes and ideas and the N.Z.B.C. does very well the way it caters for everyone. We do not want to hear all the grumbles. I wonder how many viewers share my thoughts?—SATISFIED VIEWER (Scargill).

What a lot of displeased viewers there are never satisfied, always grumbling. Turn the television off and get on with a good book, if you are so against a programme. Never a day goes by without someone writing in and complaining and we are heartily sick of it. We do enjoy the N.Z.B.C. programmes and if there is nothing on worth watching