ONE Television New Zraland TWO

Press, 29 December 1980, Page 15

ONE Television New Zraland TWO

12.00: THE LIVER BIRDS. Sandra is keen to open a stall in Paddy’s market. (Repeat). 12.30 p.m.: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Talk. 12.55: FAMILY. “Acts of Love.” (Part one of a two-part story, repeat). 1.45: “THE FOXES OF HARROW.” (Film, 20th Century-Fox, 1947). A violent man and a scorned woman seek their fame and -fortune in New Orleans in the 1820 s. Starring Rex Harrison, Maureen O’Hara. (Repeat).

3.45: FABLES OF THE GREEN FOREST. The weasel helps Reddy to hunt down Peter the Rabbit. 4.10: LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE. A mute tinker helps settle a town quarrel. (Repeat).

5.00: THE LEGEND OF KING ARTHUR. Merlin chooses Arthur to bring enlightenment to the barbaric Dark Ages. (A new 8.8. C. children’s , series in eight parts). 5.30: TAXI. John’s friends help him to meet an attractive woman. (Repeat). 5.55: CABBAGES AND KINGS. British quiz on the source of sayings and comments. 6.30: NEWS.

7.00: CLOSE TO HOME. Will Dot come home to Ken? 7.30: THE HUMAN FACE OF CHINA. An Australian documentary series which gives a glimpse of individual families, this film begins with a look at the health care offered by the barefoot doctors. 8.00: ONE DAY AT A TIME. Julie struggles to survive in the outside world. (Part two of a two-part -’Vstory). 8.30: THE SANDBAGGERS. Burnside organises an operation to remove photographs of an East German missile complex from the flat of a frightened agent.

9.30: “THE JOURNEY.” (Film, MGM, 1959). A tense drama about a busload of international refugees trying to escape the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.. Starring Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Robert Morley. (Repeat). 11.35: NEWS, CLOSE DOWN.

2.30 pjn.: FALL OF EAGLES. “The Last Tsar.” Nicholas intends to rule Russia with absolute autocracy. (Repeat).

3.20: “KIMBERLEY JIM.”’ (Film, South African, 1965). Action drama about two-American gamblers who win a diamond mine and become caught up in a town’s conflicts., Starring Jim Reeves, Madeleine Usher. 4.40: DIFF’RENT STROKES. Willis finds that everything has changed when his old club from Harlem visits him. (Repeat). : ■

5.05: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SPECIAL. A documentary on the the winged worlds of birds on the Galapagos and Pribilof Islands and Papua New Guinea. ' • 5.55: NEWS. Further bulletin at 7 p.m. 6.00: DR WHO. As the war ends Davros must pay for his evil crimes. (Concluding a four-part story). 6.25: I LIKE THAT ONE: TWO. Replay .of viewers’ favourite scenes. . 6.35:. GRANGE HltL. Series about life in ’ 'an English comprehensive school. (Final). ■ ■ , • ' -

7.00: NORDY LOOKS BACK. Sir Arnold Nordmeyer discusses the course of New Zealand politics since 1960, including the Holyoake years. (Final). 7.30: ANGELS. Miss Windrup is worried when Brenda, befriends a new staff member who has a dubious reputation.: . ■ 8.20: THE CHRISTIANS. A new 13-part 1 British documentary which explores the impact of Christianity from its humble beginnings on the edge of the Roman Empire. The series was filmed in 30 countries. .

9.10: THE TWO RONNIES. Comedy with Ronnies Barker and Corbett, with special guest Barbara Dickson. 9 55* NEWS THE MYSTERY OF THE ANDREA DORIA. An expedition sets out to discover why a luxury liner sank so quickly in an Atlantic collision in 1956. 10.55: THE MAN WHO MEANT WELL. New eight-part 8.8. C. drama series set in Belgium. 12.00: CLOSE DOWN.