Michael Bryant in B.B.C. thriller

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32439, 28 October 1970, Page 4

Michael Bryant in B.B.C. thriller

Michael Bryant, at present appearing in "The Seekers,” the trilogy of Ken Taylor plays, has the leading role in a 8.8. C. mystery story, “The Big M,” which

CHTV3 2.00: Headline news. 2.03: Paris 7000—“ No Place To Hide.” Drama. 2.54: The Hunchback of Notre Dame—"lnterrogation.” Fourth of seven parts (Repeat). 3.22: Hollywood Palace. Variety. 4J3: Animal World —“Dangerous Cats.” Wildlife. 4.37: Paulus the Wood Gnome. 4.48: Do Re Max. 5.17: Headline news, weather. 5.20: Daktari—“Strike Like A Lion.” Adventure. 6.15: The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (Bill Bixby, Miyoshi Umeki, James Komack, Brandon Cruz, Kristina Holland). Comedy. (New series). 6.34: Bumper to Bumper. Motoring. 7.00: Network news. 7.15: Weather The South Tonight. 7.40: The Country Touch. Music. 8.10. Hawaii Five-O—“The Jokers Wild, Man.” Drama 9.05: Newsbrief. 9.07: Survey. Documentary. 9.53: Peyton Place. 10.59: Science Report. 11.10: Late news, weather.

NATIONAL LINK [lncluding 3YA, Christchurch (690 kilohertz); 2YA, Wellington (570 kilohertz); 4YA, Dunedin (780 kilohertz); - and 3YZ, Greymouth (920 kilohertz.] 7.01 p.m.: Make Way for the Seekers. 7.30: The Maori Programme. 8.00: The Wilfrid Thomas Show. 8.30: Weather and News, Checkpoint. 9.00: Close Your Eyes. 9.30: Aspect. 10.00: Eric Cooke and his Orchestra. 10.30: N.Z.B.C. News, Comment, Weather. 10.45: Kim Cordell and the Bow Bells. 11.00: 8.8. C. News and Commentary. 12.06 a.m.: My Word! 1.00: Sounds in Store. 2.30: Music in the Peter Yorke Manner. 4.09: Just You, Just Me and the Music. 3YC, CHRISTCHURCH (960 kilohertz) 7.05 p.m.: Istvan Nadas (piano)—Bach: French Overture in B minor. 7.38: Shostakovich: The Execution of

Stepan Razin. 8.07: Menuhin Festival Orchestra Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A. Britten: Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge. 9.04: From the CrossroadsCommentaries on Fijian Independence (4). 9.22: Bush: Variations, Nocturne and Finale on an old English sea song, Op. 60. 9.42: Der Rosenkavalier (act 3). 3ZB, CHRISTCHURCH (1100 kilohertz) 7.02 p.m.: Good Old Rock and Roll. 7.55: Around the World with Sixty Bandsmen. 8.02: The Country and Western Show. 10.30: Sounds Right Now. 3ZM, CHRISTCHURCH (1400 kilohertz) 7.30 p.m.: Cucumber Castle —The Bee Gees. 8.00. Hair and Here and Hear. 8.30: Lawrence Reynolds. 9.00: The Girls Sing Out. 9.30: Little Bit of Soul. 10.00: Nice ‘n’ Easy.

has been bought by the N.Z.B.C. There are six halfhour episodes. The story is set in Sidwell, a holiday resort in southwest England, whose mild climate has infected its inhabitants with a lethargy locally termed “The Big M” —Manana. And no-one has the Big M more thoroughly than private detective Johnny Treheme. To him it seems typical of his luck that his first client for 14 weeks dies of heart failure before he can even talk business. But this is a fact which no-one else in town is ready to believe. Within hours of Paul Hassett’s death, Johnny receives offers from the widow, from the daughter, from another detective and from an undercover police inspector. All want to pay Johnny for the information he doesn’t have. And before long Johnny finds himself involved in an investigation which leads to murder and the arrest of the man who had realised that a sleepy resort town could hold rich pickings for a ruthless protection racket. The cast also includes Michael Wynne, Mitzi Rogers, Barry Lineham and Reginald Marsh.