A short and trying night

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32563, 24 March 1971, Page 4

A short and trying night

There Was an English cricket writer years ago Who prefaced his test match report by explaining that his observations would bo of a limited nature, because the seating arrangements in and the construction of the press box left him with nothing more to see than an Australian fast bowler going back to hk mark and the Australian fast bowler turning and beginning to move in on his approach run. Somewhat similar restrictions coloured our appreciation of Monday night’s programme from CHTVB. Our set went on the blink. We were able to enjoy, in "The South Tonight” some delightful singing of a num. ber from "Camelot” by the Sacred Heart girls choir, and also the urbanity and good humour of Mr J, H. B. Gilbey, who displayed an almost professional ability for the light touch. Everything went fairly well during Bill Cosby’s show, which showed a great comedian, In a rather different light. We have heard complaints that having Cosby cast in a regular role makes him much less appealing than he was in his earlier specials: not as funny, perhaps, but .till appealing. This little story about a boy and the basketball team was a quiet, reflective portrait in pastels. The relaxed Cosby and the intensely enthusiastic basketball player were sup. elemented by the direct and likeable • personality of Joyce Boufant.

But the 8.8. C. documentary on the Stockport air crash was harder to follow, because people, started getting lantern jaws and the vertical roll of the picture began. It was pleasant hearing —1 np need to watch Tony Bennett with some simple ballads and standards, with the Count Basie orchestra—® change to have some brass instead of guitars. It was possible to recognise, for an the whirling mess on the screen, the simplicity of

the format for this show. But we lost “Nana” altogether, which seemed right and proper. And we did discover that for all the hordes of advertisements in the yellow pages of the telephone directory, offering seven days a week and night servicing of faulty television sets, it is extraordinarily hard to get anyone willing to do a job. We tried six, all of whom offered to come next day. Then we gave up.—PANDORA. BOGART FILM Humphrey Bogart fans will be familiar with "Casablanca?' This classic of movie thrillers, made in the early 1940'5, started the Bogart vogue. For those who don’t know the story: World War II is raging in Europe and Rick’s cafe in Casablanca is the secret headquarters for its many fleeing refugees. Rick (played by Bogert) is given two exit visas by Ugarte, who is then arrested by the Nazis and French police headed by Captain Renault (Claude Rains). Ugarte disappears and Rick hides the visas in his cafe. Rick's old girl friend (Ingrid Bergman) arrives with her husband Victor Laszlo (Pau! Henreid), an underground resistance leader. lisa pleads with Rick to release the visas and let them flee to safety and he devises an escape plan for the couple. “Casablanca” plays from CHTV3 on Friday night. Rolf Harris

In "Show of the Week” next Monday night Rolf Harris presents a one-man cabaret from London’s “Talk of the Town” night spot. The famous Australian entertainer ranges from Gilbert and Sullivan to Australian numbers such as his “Tie My Kangaroo Down,” and gives a demonstration of his inimitable action painting.

CHTV3 2.00 p.m.: Headline news. 2.03: Thyme for Cookery. 2.18: Judd for the Defence—“To Kill a Madman." Drama. 3,08: Petticoat Junction. Comedy. 348: Miadlemarch—"The Wife and the Widow." Sixth of seven parts. 4.21: The Doris Day Show. Comedy. (New series.) 4.46: Clangers, Puppets, 4,56: The Archie-Sabrina Show. 5.17; Magic Roundabout. 5.22: The Road Runner Show. 547; Headline news, weather. 5.50; Courtship of Eddie’s Father, 8.18; Echo. 640; Mad Movies. 7.00: Network news. 7.20: Weather. The South Tonight. 7.43: The Corbett Follies. (Sandie Shaw). Variety. 8.11: The High Chaparral—“ The Guns of Johnny Rando.” 0.05: Newsbrief. 0.07: Dad’s Army—“ Something Nasty in the Vault.” Comedy. 9.40; Peyton Place. 10.31: Late Night Horror—“No Such Thing as a Vampire.” (New series.) 11.01: Late news, weather.

NATIONAL LINK (Including 3YA Christchurch <6BO kilohertz): 2YA. Wellington (570 kilohertz); ' 4YA Dunedin (750 kilohertz): and syz Greymouth (920 kilo hertz) 7.0 p.m.: Sports News. 7,.5: Gypsy Moods: Mantovani and his Orchestra. 7.30: The Maori Programme. 8.0: My Word! -8.30; Weather and News. Checkpoint. 9.0; Eurollte. 9.30 t Aspect. 10.0: Spotlight Bands. 1040: News, Comment, Weather. 10.45: Music from George Gershwin Shows. 11.0: News and Commentary. U. 15: All Night Programme. 3YC, CHRISTCHURCH (960 kilohertz) 7.5 p.m;; Margaret Nielsen (piano) Milhaud Sonatina (1956); Edwin Carr: Five pieces for piano (1967), 7,25: Boccherini: Symphony in..C minor, Rossini Orchestra of Naples under Franco Caracciolo. 7,42: Haydn; String Quartet in D, Op. 78 No. 5 —Strauss Quartet. 8.1: Edin-

burgh Festival. New Philharmonia Orchestra under Edward Downes. 8.58: Economic Survey—A quarterly review of New Zealand's economic situation. 9.14; Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C, Op; 56—David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Herbert von Karajan. 9.51: Thomas Arne: Thomas and Sally, dramatic pastoral in two acts first performed at Covent Garden in 1760. 10.37: Bloch: Concerto grosso No. 3 (1952)—Eastman Rochester Orchestra under Howard Hanson. 3ZB, CHRISTCHURCH (1100 kilohertz) 7.40 p.m.: Gardening with Reg Chibnail. 8.2: The Country and Western Show. 11.2: Late Extra. 3ZM, CHRISTCHURCH (1400 kilohertz) 7.30 p,m.: Things are Swinging. 10.0: From the Top Pops.