Television one

Press, 21 December 1977, Page 15

Television one

SOUTH PACIFIC TELEVISION

12.00: NEWS. 12.05 p.m.: THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. Soap. 12.30: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Talk programme chaired by Selwyn Toogood.

LOO: GOOD HEAVENS. Mr Angel tries to find a family for a 10-year-old orphan (repeat). 1.25: DAYS OF OUR LIVES. Soap. 2.20: PLAY SCHOOL. Today’s story. “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” 2.50: PEYTON PLACE. Soap (repeat).

3.20: PADDINGTON BEAR. “Paddington and the Christmas Shopping” (rcpcfit). 3.30: PARDON MY GENIE. The Genie decides to help teach Hal how to drive. 4.00: GOMER PYLE. Gomer turns a specially trained army guard dog into a gentle pet (repeat). 4.30: ROOM 222. Pete and Liz feel responsible when a British exchange teacher is too progressive to conform to the school’s ways (repeat).

3.00 pan.: ROMPER ROOM? Miss" Helen. 3.43: RAINBOW. Water — Sea and Swimming. 4.00: SEARCH FOR TOMORROW. Soap. 4.25: MEDICAL CENTRE. Gannon is appalled by the cold approach of . a U.S.S.R, woman surgeon.

■.s.<sO:TaMaN j . A woman who believes Tarzan killed her brother seeks revenge on him and the village that assited him (repeat). 6.00: THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW. Mary is pursued by two charming bachelors (final). 6.30: NEWS, WEATHER.

5.30: TOE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES. The Clampetts work as Christinas help in a department store. 6.00: FIRST EDITION. 6.30: SIX-THIRTY SPECIAL. (Double Bill). (1) “The Long Christmas Dinner." This play by Thornton Wilder tells the story of the Bayard family by means of looking in on the Christmas dinners celebrated over 90 years. (2) “Liver Birds Christmas Special." The girls decide to bring happiness into the lives of lonely people they know.

7.60: 6000 TIMES. A "teen-age cousin ———————————————. empties a bottle of Christmas spirits. 7.30: EDWARD THE SEVENTH. “Alix.” A “romance’’ is planned for Edward, but he is enjoying an illicit affair with a music-hall dancer. His father’s death has a profound effect on his life. 8.00; THE BROTHERS. Paul Merroney returns from Beirut with a sheik he hopes will invest in the development of land alongside the airfield. Edward is more interested in his new baby. 8.30. THE BENNY HILL SHOW. Bennv Hill gives his impressions of Christmas.

9.30: NEWS. 9.40: MOVIE FOR TV. "She Lives." (1973). Season Hubley, Desi Arnaz Jnr. A "Love Story” theme about a young woman who is discovered to have cancer and only a few months left to live. But this heroine rages against the good night, refusing to go gently; She and her lover search for a doctor to give them hope. 1 1 11.00: NEWS, WEATHER.

9.00: DAN AUGUST. The husband of a murdered woman is himself killed as he seeks revenge in “Death Chain.” 10.00: LATE EDITION. News. 10.15: SOUNDS LIKE LES DAWSON. With Olivia Newton John, the Second Generation, Roy Barraclough and John Gower.