Television one

Press, 29 August 1977, Page 15

Television one

SOUTH PACIFIC TELEVISION

11.30 a.m.: PLAY SCHOOL. Today’s story “Building Blocks.” 12.00: NEWS. 12.05 p.m.: THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. Soap. 12.30: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Selwyn Toogood chairs this talk programme.

1.00: TODAY AT ONE. Community action and affairs. 1.25: DAYS OF OUR LIVES. Soap. 2.10: PEYTON PLACE. Drama (repeat). 2.35: CROWN COURT. “South Tower.” After eight people died when part of a new shopping centre collapsed the site agent was accused of causing their death. The first of three episodes about the trial.

1.00 p.m.: SEARCH FOR TOMORROW. Soap. 1.30: DOC ELUOT. Ben Elliot (James Franciscus) treats an aging miner for a heart condition ana diagnoses "gold fever” (repeat). 2.30: DINAH! Dinah. Shore entertains with special guests.

3.00: SESAME STREET. Songs, stories and skits that make learning fun. 4.00: LASSIE’S RESCUE RANGERS. An epidemic of a rare disease breaks out and Lassie leads his team to the rescue. Cartoon (repeat). 4.25: JULIA. Corey buys a lucky stone to cure warts (repeat). 4.50: THE VIRGINIAN. A young woman who is found unconscious on a lonely trail turns out to be suffering from amnesia and a strange fear (repeat).

3.00: CHICABOOM. Miss Helen with Romper Room. 3.25: CHICABOOM SPECIAL. Irene Wood, Steve Rosenberg, and Willie entertain. 4.00: THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES. Jethro meets a magician who offers to teach him how to become a great magician himself—for a cool $50,000 (repeat). 4.25: KLASSIC KEYSTONE KOMEDY KAPERS. Charlie Chaplin, Chester Conklin and Mark Swain spend a day at the auto races (repeat). 4.35: MAYA. An American boy searches for his father who is missing in India. He is aided by an Indian friend and a faithful elephant. The boys encounter a killer-tiger (repeat).

5.30: MISTER ROBERTS. Men of the “U.S.S. Reluctant” stationed far behind the fighting lines of World War II find time passes slowly. Today Roberts finds a pretty native has been smuggled aboard to be with her crewman husband. Starring Roger Smith (repeat). 6.00: FIRST EDITION. News. 6.05: THAT’S MY MAMA. Clifton “arranges” a poker deal so that Earl can win back the same amount stolen from the barbershop while he was in charge (repeat). 6.30: NEWS, WEATHER. 6.30: PERSONALITY SQUARES. Derek Payne hosts a game of bluff played by well-known “personalities.”

7.00: CLOSE TO HOME. David learns a new skill, Ken is angered by Stephen’s reluctance to bring his family to stay, and Scallion is up to no good. 7.30: WINGS. Alan crosses the channel to France to meet an old friend and a new enemy. 8.20: DATELINE MONDAY. Current affairs. 9.00: THE GOOD LIFE. Although things

7.00: THE TONY RANDALL SHOW. Judge Walter Franklin makes a decision about the picketing of an X-rated movie and then discovers his daughter intends to see the film. 7.30: MOVIN’ ON. Will decides to give up trucking when he falls in love with a dying girl and wants to marry her. 8.30: ALL OUR SATURDAYS. Diana Dors stars as the female boss of a rugby league club. 9.00: POLICE STORY. Factual accounts

are starting to happen in Tom’s garden, Barbara finds some of the work tiring and boring. 9.30: NEWS. 9.40: WOMEN. A series of documentaries on New Zealand women. “When the Honeymoon is Over” looks at violence in marriage through the eyes of four women who were abused by their husbands. 10.10: TIGER TRAIL. Tiger tracking in Bangladesh. The superb photography includes film of a genuine hunt for a man-eating tiger. 11.00: NEWS, WEATHER.

of stories from police files. An officer who is reluctantly nearing retirement is teamed with a headstrong young rookie. Starring Edward Asner (the gruff boss in Mary Tyler Moore’s show). 10.00: LATE EDITION. News. 10.10: SEZ LES. Comedy with Les Dawson. 10.40: RAT PATROL. The Patrol has to stop a wounded German officer who is about to inform the Nazis about the location of Allied troops.