Television one

Press, 19 August 1977, Page 11

Television one

SOUTH PACIFIC TELEVISION

11.30 a.m.: PLAY SCHOOL Today’s story for young children, “The Sheep and The Bird.” 12.00: NEWS. 12.05 pun.: THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. Daytime drama. 12.30: FORAR.MED. Information of immediate value to fanners. 12.33: BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS. Four “beasts” discuss viewers’ problems.

1 00: TODAY AT ONE. A programme which focuses on community action and affairs. | 1.25: DAYS OF OCR UVES. Soap 2.20: PEYTON PLACE. Drama (repeat) 2.43: CROWN COLRT. The final epi sode of “Minnie." a story about a foster-father accused of stealing a • child.

1.00 pan.: FILM (1901). “The League of Gentlemen." Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough. A fine blend of comedy and suspense as an ex-army officer recruits some of his former men to pull off a bank robbery. A witty script and excellent performances. Kingsley/British. B/W.

3.10 SESAME STREET. For younger viewers, with songs, stories and skits to make learning fun. i I 4.10; BARBAPAPA. About the big gentle cuddly animals who never get cross and are good at helping others because they can change into any shape. 4.15; FANT ASTICA. The .old art of black theatre is combined with modem TV techniques to create fantasy repeat*. 4.30. BEWITCHED Paul Revere rides again (repeat). |

3.00: CHICABOOM. “Romper Room’’ for younger children with Miss Helen. 3.20: IHL LAUGHING POLICEMAN. P.C. 254 is back with a friendly word of advice and a funny story to teli. 3.30: CHICABAKE. Chic Littlewood and Willie McNab make and bake, and tell how it is done. 4.00: SUPERCAR. Mike Mercury and his magic space car which can fly, swim and race. 4.25: FRONTIER ADVENTURES. A young army medical officer leads a cavalry cietchment against the Apaches to rescue a kidnapped boy (final). 4.50: FREEWHEELIN’. Top pop music acts from around the world. Olivia Newton John, Kenny Rogers, and Heart.

5.00: FOLLYFOOT. Drama series about life on a farm for retired horses (repeat). 5.05: LITTLE WOMEN. Mrs March has gone to Washington to nurse her husband. 520; READY TO ROLL. Pops hot from the charts (repeat). 5.35: CHICO AND THE MAN. Ed is unhappy whan he is unabie to do a minor repair job on a foreign car (repeat). 6.00; HOGAN’S HEROES. Comedy 6.00: FIRST EDITION. News. series about P.O.W. camp’s battle to outwit the Nazis (repeat). 625: WINTER AWAY WITH ONE REPORT. Ski and road conditions. 6.30: NEWS 6.30; AND MOTHER MAKES THREE. Sally has a hectic day preparing herself and her family for the wedding (repeat). 6.55: POLICE FIVE. Viewers are invited to help fight crime.

7.00: THE JULIE ANDREWS HOUR. With special guests Carl Reiner and Cass Elliot. 7.50: PERSPECTIVE. Current affairs t.JO. UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS. James Bellamy is reported missing, presumed dead, in France. At. home Richard and Hazel wait for news in miserable uncertainty.

7.00; WEEK-ENDS WITH ONE. The pick of the week-end viewing. 7.10: CORONATION STREET. War breaks out between a rag-and-b.one man and his brother-in-law. Annie Walker is confined to bed. 7.40; THE WALTONS. Olivia and two of the children are lost on Walton Mountain. A mountain legend becomes a terrifying reality. • 40: TWO ON ONE. Vai Lamend and Ray Woolf entertain.

930: NEWS. i 9.40: THE MEDIA. Reviews, criticism and comments about books, films, and television. 10.10: FILM (1968). ‘ The Legend of Lylah Clare.” Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine. Novak piays a young actress who is cast as a legendary star of the thirties. The tragic history of Lylah Clare is repeated when Finch, her husband. falls for her reincarnation. M.G.M. 12.20: NEWS. WEATHER.

9.10: THE BLUE KNIGHT. The final in the series about the big dedicated cop. Bumper Morgan has his doubts about a "perfect citizen” who is only too keen to help the police. 10.00: LATE EDITION. News 10.10: ALLERGY. A couple leave their respective spouses to stay together in a cottage in the Scottish Highlands. But one of them develops an ugly rash — an allergy to adultery, it seems. Gordon Jackson stars in this drama from the “Confession” series. 11.05: KALEIDOSCOPE. “K.M. and L.M.: The Claim of Friendship.” A documentary that concentrates on Katherine Mansfield’s friendship with Lesley Moore. The narrator is New Zealand-born actress, Bridget Armstrong. BBC.