ONE Television New Zealand TWO

Press, 10 March 1984, Page 15

ONE Television New Zealand TWO

Today

12.00 noon: NEWS. 12.02 p.m4 SATURDAY MATINEE. “Lost Patrol” (1934). A patrol of British soldiers find themselves lost in the desert where they struggle for survival against the elements and unseen Arab snipers. Starring Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff and Wallace Ford. (Repeat) 1.05: SPORT ON ONE. 1.00: Preview. 1.40: Racing — Champion Handicap. 1.50: Swimming — Highlights from the New Zealand Championships in Hamilton. 2.20: Racing — H. R. Chalmers Handicap. 2.30: Hockey — N.Z. Women’s Team in Melbourne. 2.55: Racing — N.Z. St Leger. 3.00: Boxing — live coverage of the W.B.C. title fight between Tim Witherspoon and Greg Page in Las Vegas. 4.00: Racing — Double Brown Handicap. 4.05: Swimming. 4.30: To be advised. 4.55: Racing — Eastbourne Handicap. 5.05: Road to L.A. 5.45: Scoreboard.

12.00 noon: EMMERDALE FARM. 12.45 p.m.: THE BEST OF BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. 1.00: DIG THIS. 1.15: THAT’S INCREDIBLE! (Repeat) 2.05: SATURDAY AFTERNOON MOVIE. “The Glass Bottom Boat” (1966). An engineering physicist on a fishing trip hooks a public relations employee acting as a mermaid to help her father, who pilots a glass-bottom boat. Starring Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur Godfrey and John McGiver. (Repeat) 3.55: THE PEOPLE’S COURT. 4.15: MORE REAL PEOPLE. 4.40: THE CRAFT OF THE POTTER. Clay and Hand Building. 5.05: THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO. (Repeat) 5.55: NEWS.

6.00: READY TO ROLL. Herbie Hancock, Re-flex, Nena, Foster and Allen, Frankie goes to Hollywood, and Duran Duran. ; 6.30: NEWS. 7.00: FAME. Leroy and Christopher try to settle their differences in a fist fight, and Shorofsky gets Bruno a job. 8.00: HI-DE-HI! Mr Fairbrother decides to offer an alternative to Maplin’s rather crude entertainment for the cultured camper - a recital of classical gramophone records. (Repeat) 8.35: THE SATURDAY PREMIERE MOVIE. “Sunset Limousine” (1983). A comedy about an aspiring comic who takes a job as a full-time limousine driver in an attempt to win his girlfriend’s approval. Instead he becomes a target for the underworld. Starring John Ritter, Susan Dey, Lainie Kazan and Paul Reiser. 10.25: ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK. 11.20: THE GENTLE TOUCH. Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes investigates a burglary at the office of a solicitor. (Repeat) 12.10: NEWS. 12.15: CLOSEDOWN.

6.00: NEWS REVIEW. 6.50: PREVIEW 2. 7.00: FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. A British M.P. tries to live on the dole; expensive nuclear power in the U.S.; and a notorious former Nazi living in retirement in Chile. 8.00: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. Sir Henry Baskerville is being followed by a mysterious stranger and Holmes and Watson hurry to Sir Henry’s hotel, hoping they will be there in time. 8.30: THE SOUTH BANK SHOW. Melvyn Bragg talks to Italy’s leading novelist, Alberto Moravia. 9.20: SATURDAY PLAYHOUSE. "Grace” Clement Yule is left an estate called Covering End, which happens to be heavily mortgaged through a rich businessman, Mr Prodmore. The latter offers to cancel all the mortgages if Yule changes his politics, stands as a Tory candidate, and marries Prodmore’s daughter. 10.10: NEWS. 10.25: WORLD CINEMA. “The Conductor” (1980). A film about the lives of an ageing but famous conductor, Lasocki; Adam, a provincial young orchestra conductor, and his wife, Marta, a violinist. Adam is forced to realise his own limitations both as a musician and a man. A Polish film with English subtitles starring John Gielgud, Andrzej Seweryn, Krystyna Janda and Jan Ciercierski. (Repeat) 12.05: CLOSEDOWN.

Sunday

12.00: NEWS. 12.02 p.m.: BIG LEAGUE SOCCER. Everton v. Liverpool. 12.50: TOMORROW’S WORLD. 1.00: AGREPORT. Independent Milk Testing. 1.15: DIG THIS. (Repeat) 1.30: THE RENOVATORS. 2.00: SPORT ON ONE SPECIAL. New Zealand Track and Field Championships: The championships at which athletes will have the last chance to qualify for the Los Angeles Olympics. 4.45: WOOLLY VALLEY. (Repeat) 4.55: MONKEY. 5.40: CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD. (Repeat)

6.00: DAY ONE. A different aspect of marriage. Final. 6.30: NEWS. 6.45: KOHA. 7.00: RON GOODWIN WITH THE NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Included in tonight’s programme are the themes from the films “Exodus,” “Chariots of Fire,” “Aces High,” “633 Squadron,” “High Noon" and “E.T.” Final. 7.45: COMMON GROUND. A series about people who live off the land in a rural community. Rainbow Valley: Golden Bay is a haven for a group whose 60s idealism has had to come to terms with economic realities. 8.00: TO THE MANOR BORN. Audrey mobilises the village to fight against the threatened closure of the local railway station — but Richard has other plans. (Repeat) 8.30: BARCHESTER CHRONICLES. Several years after Mr Harding’s resignation as warden of Hiram’s Hospital, his friend the Bishop is dying. Barchester wonders if he will be succeeded by his son, Dr Grantly. 925: SUNDAY. A live interview with Mr Muldoon on the N.Z. economy, the political scene and his call for a new world economic order. • 10.15: PLAY OF THE WEEK. “A Woman Of No Importance.” 11l health ' threatens the dull but comfortable routine of Miss Schofield, a middleaged spinster of seemingly little importance. She proves to herself that this is not so as she adapts to her new circumstances. 11.05: NEWS. IMO: CLOSEDOWN.

12.00: SUNDAY MATINEE. “Texas Across The River” (1966). A young Spanish nobleman is accused of killing his sweetheart’s fiance and so flees to Texas. Starring Dean Martin, Alain Delon, Rosemary Forsyth and Joey Bishop. (Repeat) 1.35 p.m.: BEWITCHED. (Repeat) 2.00: OPUS. 3.00: CIVILISATION. Eighteenth-century men and women who talked in the Paris salons wanted change and change is certainly what they got. (Repeat) 3.55: THE MILL ON THE FLOSS. A fourpart series based on the novel by George Eliot. Tulliver has failed to solve his financial problems and Maggie has decided not to stay with the gypsies. (Repeat) 4.45: TWO TO A LIFETIME. A film about the care of our eyes. 5.05: JAZZ SEEN. Veteran xylophone player, Red Norvo, talks about the early days of jazz and performs in concert backed by Tai Farlow and. Steve Novosel. Mavis Rivers sings a medley of favourites. 5.55: NEWS.

6.00: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY. The Omega Connection. Government agent, Luther Starling, finds himself embroiled in an international conspiracy when he accidentally becomes involved in the kidnapping of a defecting European scientist. (Part one of a two-part story). 6.45: I LIKE THAT ObjE: 2. 7.00: FAMILY TIES. Nine-year-old Jennifer is pressured by her peers to give up her friend of the opposite sex, Justin Perkins. 725: SUNDAY MOVIE. “The Acorn People.” (1981) Jesse Hooten takes a job at Camp Wiggen. However, his expectations of a great summer in the outdoors soon change when he finds his charges are severely handicapped children in need of constant care and attention. Based on a novel by Ron Jones. Starring Ted Bessell, Dolph Sweet, Cloris Leachman and Levar Burton. 9.00: ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN. A comedy series about a pop star who takes over a stately country mansion and upsets the lives of the piano teacher and her dominating old father. The pop star, Nigel Cochrane, decides to go to the local music teacher for secret piano lessons. 925: RADIO WITH PICTURES. A look at Sweetwaters South including interviews with Talking Heads, Simple Minds, Joßoxers and the Pretenders. Also a concert by the Irish group U--2, recorded recently in Colorado. 1025: THE SUNDAY HORRORS. “Gargoyles” (1972). An anthropologist, Mercer Baley, and his photographer daughter, Diana, are terrorised by horrific creatures resembling monsters of ancient legend while on their way to Mexico to research a book on demonology. Starring Cornel Wilde, Jennifer Salt, Bernie Casey and Grayson Hall. (Repeat) 11.40: CLOSEDOWN.