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Press, 12 November 1977, Page 13

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Today

12.00: NEWS. 12.05 p.m.: DIG THIS. For home gardeners. 12.25: TOP OF THE MORNING. High lights of the past week’s viewing. 12.30: OF COURSE YOU CAN DO 11. Crafts and hobbies are explained 1.00: GOOD HEAVENS. Mr Angel finds an eligible bachelor for a young man’s ex-wife. (Repeat). 1.30: SPORT ON ONE. Preview; 1.35, Gillette Cup Cricket, Auckland v Wellington; 2.05, racing from Riccarton, New Zealand Cup; 2.15, cricket; 2.50, racing. The 1000 Guineas; 3.0, cricket; 3.30, racing, The Stewards; 3.40, cncket; 4.10, racing, Otaio Plate; 4.20, cricket; 4.45, rugby. New Zealand v French selection at Bayonne; 5.0, New Zealand v France, test at Toulouse.

- Sam Buttons stars as a young man whose only defence is a sling shot, in “Savages,” a rugged story of a man against nature, on TVI tonight. 6.00: READY TO ROLL. Pop music. 6.30: NEWS, WEATHER.

12.00: MAX AND DINAH. Max Cryer introduces Dinah Shore’s show and interviews his own guests.

sir Ralph Richardson, who plays a British secret service agent in “Midas Run” from TVI tonight. 2.30 pun.: FILM (1956). “The Girl Can’t Help It.” Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O’Brien. An amusing comedy about a press agent who is assigned to transform a mobster’s girlfriend into a movie star. 20th Century Fox. (Repeat). 4.15: BOOMA. Second quarter final. Today’s contestants are Fiona Buchanan, Michael Biggar, Stephen Murray, Helen Jenkins, Joanne Bates and Kirstin Burt (who all sing) ijj Tfterese Norrelle, playing classical guitar, and Dawn Olsen, a dancer. • 1 ———-— 5.00: ON THE MAT. Professional wrestling. 5.30: LAND OF THE LOST. Holly adopts a newly hatched brontosaurus and calls him Dopey. 6.00: WEEK-END EDITION. News 6.15: SPORT IN ACTION. 6.30: LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE. Laura helps a man whose daughter has a highly contagious disease.

7.00: DONNY AND MARIE. McLean Stevenson (Colonel Blake of M.A.S.H.) and singer Sonny James are the Osmonds’ guests in tonight’s musical extravaganza. 8.00: ITS IN THE BAG. Selwyn Toogood and Tineke Stephenson present this week’s show from Ngaruawahia. 8-30: NEWS. 8.40: FILM (1969). “Midas Run.” Richard Crenna, Anne Heywood, Fred Astaire, Sir Ralph Richardson, John Le Mesurier, Roddy McDowall, Cesar Romero. A gold shipment leaving England by air is stolen in a mysterious heist. A British secret agent earns a knighthood and a financial reward when he solves the mystery of the crime — which was engineered by himself.

7.30: IN SEARCH OF . . . “Big Foot.” Leonard Nimoy puts the viewer on the track of “Big Foot,” an elusive man-beast who keeps popping up in front of tourists in the Pacific Northwest of the United States 8.00: ALL’S FAIR. Lucy gets two onece-in-a-lifetime offers, but A’ dictates she must make a choice. 8.30: ARE YOU BEING SERVED? Mr Grace decides a team should be entered in an inter-store ballroom dancing competition.

10.35: FILM (1974). "Savages. ’ Andy Griffith, Sam Bottoms. A powerful, slightly lame attorney takes a young guide on a sheep-hunting expedition in the desert, but he himself ends up the defenceless prey when the deranged hunter stalks him. 11.55: NEWS, WEATHER.

9.05: UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS. The giddy, glamorous, girlish Lady Dolly Hale visits Georgina and takes a shine to Frederick, the footman. 10.05: WEEK-END EDITION. News. 10.15: FILM. "Twilight People.” A skindiver is kidnapped in a bizarre plan to create a race of supermen. Made for TV.

Sunday

12.00: NEWS. 12.05 p.m.: OPEN MIND. Community 12.40: THE BIG MATCH. Action from the English Football League.

12.00: KALEIDOSCOPE. Three New Zealanders — Sylvia Ashton-Warner. (Repeat).

1.25: THIS WEEK IN BRITAIN. Alginates Seaweed. 1.30: FILM (1943). “Coney Island." Betty Grable, George Montgomery, Cesar Romero. A romantic musical, set on Coney Island at the turn of the century, about the battle of two rivals for the affections of a saloon singer. 20th Century Fox. (Repeat).

1.05 p.m.: FILM (1953). "Jack McCall, Desperado.” George Montgomery', Angela Stevens. A routine western about a Southerner who captures the man who framed him as a spy during the American Civil War. Columbia. 2.20: SPORTSWORLD. Weightlifing, international power lifting contest from Auckland; squash, N.Z. Open final from Auckland; show yjmping from Isola; track review from Canterbury Jockey Club.

3.00: THE MAKING OF THE GOVERNOR. lan Johnstone talks to one of the writers, some of the actors, the directors, and producer of The Governor, and looks at the production of this television drama. (Repeat). 3.45: MICHAEL HOUSTOUN IN CONCERT. Michael Houstoun plays “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Mussorgsky. (Repeat). 4.20: THE ASCENT OF MAN. The Drive for Power. The story .of three revolutions — the French, the American, and the Industrial. (Repeat). 4

Alistair Sim as General Suffolk in the tragi-comedy, “The General’s Day,” written by William Trevor, on TVI tonight. 4.45: ARROWS. A young British p.op group introduces special guests, Slade and Bilbo Baggins.

5.10: SPOT ON. Magazine programme for the young. 5.40: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY. “Hang Your Hat on the Wind.’’ A young Navajo Indian discovers a valuable thoroughbred colt in the desert and determines to keep it for himself. 6.30: NEWS, WEATHER. 6.45: SUNDAY’S WORLD. Raf Irving investigates Auckland’s entertainment scene.

5.10: THE HIGH CHAPARRAL. When Blue falls in love with an attractive visitor the romance is marred by a blackmail plot. 6.00: WEEK-END EDITION. News. 6.15: WORLD WATCH. Current affairs backgrounder. 6.30: STARS ON SUNDAY. Dana sings “May Each Day,” “Gracie Fields sings "Danny Boy,” Norman Wisdom single “Comfort Ye One Another,” Dame Flora Robson reads the Bible, Mayor Doug MyerRobinson reads "Lay Morals," Max Bygraves sings “You Need Hands.”

7.00: SHOW OF THE WEEK. In the Spanish Way. A sunburst, of Spanish musical flair. Songs include "Those Were the Days,” “Strangers in the Night,” "Delilah.” 7.40: COUNTRY CALENDAR. A journey from Cave to Waimate on a Burrell traction engine. 8.05: EXPLORERS. The Story of Roald Amundsen and his incredible journey to the South Pole in 1911. The tough and moody Norwegian decided at the last moment to race the British Expedition to the South Pole and he reached it — 35 days before Scott. Introduced and narrated by Richard Attenborough. 8.55: NEWS. 9.00: SEVEN DAYS. A Mixed Blessing. A study of Patrick Bowles, a man whose thirst for knowledge and excellent memory have made him a top quiz competitor. But outside • the world of questions and answers he and his special mind have had a life of ups and downs, which are explored in this documentary. 9.30: OFFERINGS. Religion. 9.35: THE GENERAL’S DAY. Alastair Sim (“Misleading Cases”) and Annette Crosbie (“The Six Wives of Henry VIII”) play an elderly bachelor and a timid school mistress wh,o seem to find salvation in each other. 10.35: CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA. World-famous pianist Fou Ts’ong plays Mozart’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 25 in C major. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Erich Bergel. 11.00: NEWS, WEATHER.

7.00: PERSPECTIVE. Current affairs. 7.30: YES HONESTLY. The newlymarried Mrs Browne decides she should get a job. 8.00: FILM (1946). “The Big Sleep.” Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall. A "classic” thriller based on a Raymond Chandler novel. The plot gets ever more convoluted as private eye Philip Marlowe becomes entangled in a web of murder, blackmail, and love. Racey dialogue and performances from the married co-stars, Bogart and Bacall. Warner Bros. (B/W).

Humphrey Bogart stars in the classic thriller, “The Big Sleep,” on TV2. 9.50: WEEK-END EDITION. News. 10.00: OPEN PULPIT. Canon Bob Lowe introduces well-known New Zealanders who will discuss a spiritual or moral subject before an 10.30: SLATER’S DAY. Freddy Slater is having one of those disastrous days when it seems the whole world is against him. That’s bad news for a man in public relations business.

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