Viewers’ Views

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32382, 22 August 1970, Page 3

Viewers’ Views

Letter* on, television topics are subject'to the rules applying to general correspondence. RUGBY TEST "Sports Fan” was “openmouthed at the tactless comment of a certain CHTV3 announcer” after the screening of the second Rugby test last Sunday night. To whom should the announcer apologise? He criticised no-one. I thought the comment was one of the highlights of the broadcast. By the way, “Mr Sun,” I hear that with your “Spots” you are interfering with the reception of news about the All Blacks by the N.Z.B.C. Tut, tut ... MRS P.F.D. “BRACKEN S WORLD” After reading Pandora’s views on “Bracken’s World” I waited very patiently for viewers’ comments in favour of this programme and have

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Saturday 2.00 p.m.: Headline news. 2.03: The Monkees. Comedy. (Repeat.) 2.27: Sports Arena—Professional sprinting. 2.53: F Troop—“Witton The Kid.” Comedy. 3.19: The Ed Sullivan. Show (Tony Bennett, Dionne Warwick). Variety. 4.08: People of Many Land'sr-“Summer in Iceland.” Travel. 4.39: Daniel Boone—“ Faith’s Way.” Adventure. 5.30: Headline news, weather. 5.33: Skippy. Adventure. 6.04: Freewheelers—“ Tanks!” Adventure. 6.33: Get Smart—“ With Love and Twitches.” Comedy. 7.00: Network news. 7.15: Weather. Local news. 7.25: Catchword. Quiz. 7.55: Bracken’s World—“ Panic.” Drama. 8.52: Newsbrief. 8.55: Father Dear Father—“ Proposal” (Patrick Cargill). Comedy. (New series.) 9.24: Film (1961): “That Touch of Mink” (Cary Grant, Doris Day). Comedy. 11.07: Late news, weather. 11.14: The Dean Martin Show (Gloria Loring, Paul Lynde, Dan Dailey). Variety. Sunday 2.00 p.m.: Headline news. 2.03: Film (1937): “Nothing Sacred" (Carole Lombard, Fredric March). Drama. 3.14: Man Alive—“ Football Managers.” Documentary. 4.04: Here’s Peggy Fleming. Variety. 4.48: VSA Pacific. 5.16: The World About Us—“ Wild Jamaica.” Natural history. 6.05: Headline news, weather. 6.08: Rugby—N.Z. v. Western Province. Highlights. 6.45: Another Day—the Rev. Garvin Yates, Vicar of Westport. 7.00: Network news. 7.10: Weather. Local news. 7.18: Country Calendar. 7.34: Civilisation—“By the Skin of Our Teeth.” First of 13-part documentary, with Lord Clark. 8.24: Oh Brother—“A House of Merchandise.” Comedy. 8.55: Newsbrief. 8.57: A Man Of Our Times—“ The Name of the Man” (George Cole, Jennifer Wilson, Charles Tingwell). First of 13-part story. 9.47: Tchaikovsky—“ The Secrets of Success.” Documentary. 10.39: Jackson Schools—colour segregation. 10.52: Late news, weather.

8.26: Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115—Alfred Boskovsky (clarinet), Members of the Vienna Octet. 9.0: Geza Anda and George Malcolm play Mozart and Bach. With the English Chamber Orchestra— Mozart: Piano Concerto in D (K. 451 played and directed by Geza Anda. Bach: Cantata No. 49, with George Malcolm directing from the organ, and soloists Heather Harper (soprano), and John ShirleyQuirk (baritone). 9.55: Brown Power Here? 10.15: StraussThree Songs sung by Ophelia in Hamlet; Rest My Soul; Gentle Song; Bad Weather— Evelyn Lear (soprano), Eric Werba (piano); Metamorphoses (1945)—Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields under Neville Marriner. 3ZB, CHRISTCHURCH (1100 kilocycles)

Sheppard (piano) Poulenc: Eight Nocturnes (1929-1938). 7.40: Stockhausen in Sydney —Two illustrated lectures by Gordon Burt. 7.56: Donizetti: Quartet in D (arr. for string orchestra) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields under Neville Marriner. 8.14: Tchaikovsky Concert Concert Overture in C minor (1865); Chorus To Sleep (1864); Cantata: Moscow (1883) Moscow Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra under Yevgeny Akulov and Gennady Rozhdestvensky. 9.0: The Old Curiosity Shop (final). 9.27: Sibelius: Luonnotar Gwyneth Jones (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra under Antal Dorati. 9.37: Beethoven—Overture: Coriolan English Chamber Orchestra under Benjamin Britten; Elegy for four singers and string quartet, Op. 118 April Cantelo (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Michael Rippon (bass). Drolc Quartet; Romance in F, Op. 50— Manoug Parikian (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Sandor Salgo; Scena and Ah! Perfido— Gwyneth Jones (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra under George Hurst: Symphony No. 1 in C—B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra under Sir Malcolm Sargent. 3ZB, CHRISTCHURCH (1100 kilocycles)

7.2 p.m.: Trotting. 7.4: From the Industries Fair. 3ZM, CHRISTCHURCH (1400 kilocycles) 7.30 p.m.: Saloon Favourites the Stein Way. 8.0: Merle Haggard in Muskogee. 8.30: Ballad Album. 9.0: Choruses from Gilbert and Sullivan. 9.30: Spotlight Bands. 10.0: From the Top Pops. SUNDAY NATIONAL LINK

11.0 a.m.: Morning Services. 7 p.m.: Evening Services. 8.0: Musical Miniatures. 8.30: Weather and News. 8.40: Point of View. 9.5: Memories of Berlin. 9.30: Books of the Week. 10.0: Voices of the Steppes. 10.30: N.Z.B.C. News, Weather. 10.49: The Epilogue. 12.6 a.m.: Records to Remember. 1.30: Round the Horne. 3.3.: As You Were. 4.9: Bob Bradford Trio.

7.2 p.m.: The Velvet Sound Box. 7.30: Steptoe and Son. 8.2: Bacharach Out Front. 9.2: Such Men are Rare (final). 9.30: Bernie Allen’s Latin Group. 10.15: Don Richardson Orchestra. 11.50: The Epilogue. 3ZM, CHRISTCHURCH (1400 kilocycles)

3YC, CHRISTCHURCH (960 kilocycles) 7.0 p.m.: Liszt: Les Preludes London Philharmonic Orchestra under Bernard Haitink. 7.17: Doris

7.0 p.m.: Greatest Hits of Rod McKuen. 7.30: Nini Rosso, his Trumpet and Orchestra. 8.0: The Music of Victor Herbert. 8.30: TV Themes. 9.0: Sunday Concert.

been disappointed. I enjoyed immensely watching “Fade In" and cannot imagine why the series should be condemned. I have always been an ardent reader of news on the stars and their lives and careers and am sure there must be others like me who enjoyed this story. Let’s hear a few votes of confidence, please! HOLLYWOOD FAN.