Nostalgic trip up the lazy river

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33803, 27 March 1975, Page 4

Nostalgic trip up the lazy river

? Although, it might - sound parochial, our t , choice as the highlight of Tuesday evening's viewing did not spring from any of the four i British programmes on display but was provided by the return trip to the source of the Avon by the Allpress - Bryant expedition. This was. perhaps, the j most successful mission undertaken by the popular .team in its long association with “The South Tonight." The item was one to be savioured and, in the light of all the hoo-hah over the future of Messrs Allpress and Bryant in television, it is a j wonder it has not attracted the notice of the National .Geographic Trust Board. The circumnavigation of i the Riccarton road roundabout is the sort of awesome challenge CHTV.3’s intrepid adventurers would relish. Or a jigger trip up the main north line to discover the rogue strip of rail which l keeps throwing time-tables into confusion. The opportunities are boundless. As if the Bellamy family ! has not had its share of troubles, poor Sarah is pregnant again in “Upstairs, Downstairs.” We are relieved that Hudson is not to! (blame and astounded at the 1 Welsh cunning with which Thomas the chauffeur turned turned the situation to his ' advantage. It is a constant source of i amazement that’ the care-’ 'worn Mr Bellamy can keep: his mind on affairs of state while sitting on a hotbed of! (domestic intrigue. I The skeletons in the Bel--1 lamy- cupboard were rattling loudly as Mr B. bought

Thomas's silence. There was ■ the unfortunate affair between Sarah and Captain James, Lady Marjorie’s little flutter. Elizabeth’s disastrous marriage and the little busi- ■ ness concerning the father of her child. The list would make minds boggle in 1975. let alone in Victorian times Thomas would have been able to buy more than a garage if he had gone to the Sunday papers. The end of the road has been reached by "The Two Ronnies" and "A Place In The Sun." The Corbett-Bark-er combination produced a few belly laughs in rhe course of their monologues and sharp sketches, but the marathon murder hunt In Piggy and Charlie was tedious and tame Barker was at his best in impersonations: Corbett had his best moments in the armchair : chats. Together. however, they were often overpowering. The most peculiar feature of "A Place In The Sun” was not that Simon's mispress ruined her chances of a spicy Riviera holiday by getting sunburnt and catching a tummy bug or that the Armstrong's son again resisted a nibble at the fruits of life. It was the most unusual mode of conversation adopted by Martin Arm- ! strong and the rascally, i Simon — the boom-boom] type of question and answer! more suited to the music hall or the circus ring. These quaint exchanges ruined any chance of the; 'viewer taking the whole' (thing seriously. It was pleas-' :ant, of course, to take in the 'view from the villas and intriguing to watch Martin Armstrong making a success of his business in spite of sloppy office organisation.

But the programme could not have continued for many more weeks without subsiding into the grave pi epared and partly occupied by our unmourned acquaintances, the Lotus Eaters —J.K.B.

CHTV3 2.00 p.m.: News, weather. (C) 2.05: Harriet's Back in Town. (C) 2.32: The Whiteoaks of Jalna. Drama. (C) 3.24: Scotch Corner. (C) 3.53: Audubon Wildlife Theatre. (C) 4.26: Play School. (C) . 4.51: Pippi Longstocking. Adventure. ! 5.19: The Adventures of Black Beauty. (C) 5.43: News. (C) 5.48: Dusty's Trail. Comedy-western. (C) 6.15: The Amazing World of Kreskin. (C) 6.42: Orchestral Pop. 7.00: Network news. 7.22: Weather. The South Tonight. 7.47: Coronation Street. (C) 8.18: Public Eye (C) (Final) 9.17: Newsbrief. (C) 9.19: Sing Saia Bim. Play. (C) 9.59: If Only. A parable for today. 10.11: The Sixth Sense. Drama (C) (Final) 11.09: News, weather. (C) Tomorrow 2.00 p.m.: News, weather. (C) 2.05: The Waltons — an Easter story. (C) 3.41: Keith Michell at . . . the New. (C) 4.31: Why We Have Laws. (C) 4.38: A Story, a Story. (C) 4.47: Filopat and Patofil. (C) 4.58: Jeannie Cartoon. (C) 5.19: Spot On. Magazine. 5.49: Lotte Reiniger Animated Films. i 5.59: News. (C) ! 6.01: Dr Who. Science fiction. 6.26: Pas De Deux — Drum Duet. Jon Trimmer, Judith Mohekey. (C) 6.34: Tissot: A Passionate Odyssey. (C) 7.00: Network news. 7.15: Weather, local news. 7.23: Moonbase Three. Science fiction. (C) (Final) 8.15: The LP Show with Victor Borge. (C) 9.05: Newsbrief. (C) 9.07: Film (1957) — “Heaven Knows, Mr Allison" (Robert Mitchum. Deborah Kerr). 10.50: News, weather. (C) . 10.56: The Day at the Bottom of the Year. (C) 11.00: Longstreet. Drama. (C)

TODAY NATIONAL LINK I Including 3YA Christchurch • 690 kilohertz); 2YA Wellington '570 kilohertz); 4YA i?unedin <750 kilohertz) and 3YZ Grcymouth i 950 kilo-' hertz.) 1 7 p.m.: Local Station Programmes. 7.30: Evening Showcase. 8.0: Faith and works. 8.30: News 8.45: The Archers 9.45: The Neketini Show. 10.15: Gipsy Moth Circles the World. 10.30: News and Checkpoint. 11.0: Gentle on Your Mind. 12.0: Midnighe Report. 3YC. CHRISTCHURCH (960 kilohertz) 7 p.m.: First Recording. Messiaen: Song Cycle: Poems pour Mi; Thanksgiving; Landscape: The house; Terror: The wife; Your voice; The two warriors; The necklace; Fulfilled prayer. (Poems by the composer). 7.31: Composer Pianists. Thea Musgrave: Monologue for piano — Thea Musgrave. Richard Rodney Bennett: Cappriccio for Piano Duet — Richard Rodney Bennett and lhea Musgrave. 7.44: How Are Our National Resources Managed? 8.0: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. 8.59: In the Studio. Polly Scott (cello) Richard Mapp (piano) Faure: Sonata No. 2, Op. 117 (RNZ). 9.20: Siegfried by Richard Wagner. 11.14: Brahtns:

, Piano Quintet in F minor. I Op. 34 . — Andre Previn Upiano), Yale String Quartet. 3ZB. CHRISTCHURCH (1100 kilohertz) 7.30 p.m.: Nerida Nichols' with Easy Listening Music. 9.02: Sportsline including ‘Rugby Line.' 3ZM, CHRISTCHURCH (1400 kilohertz) ! 6.0 a.m. to midnight: I Music, news hourly, weather, service information, dedications. 3XA, RADIO AVON (1290 kilohertz) ' Monday to Friday — News on the half-hour 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Hourly thereafter. In-depth bulletin 12.30 p.m. 5.30 a.m.: Wayne Douglas with breakfast club. 9.0: Jon Cambell with morning music. Noon — Mike Richardson and afternoon music. TOMORROW NATIONAL I INK 'lncluding 3YA Christchurch '690 kilohertzi; 2YA Wellington <570 ‘ kilohertz': 4YA Dunedin 750 kilohertz! and 3YZ Greymouth <950 kilohertz)] 7 p.m.: Local Station Programmes. 7.30: Evening Showcase. 8.30: News. 8.45: Portrait of a Lady. 9.15: . Dennis Gibbons Sings. 9.30: Jazz Scene. 10.15: Gipsy ! Moth Circles the World.