ONE Television New Zealand TWO

Press, 18 April 1987, Page 19

ONE Television New Zealand TWO

Saturday

7.«0 A.M.: THE WUZZLES. (R) 7.30: THE MUPPET BABIES. 8.00: WHAT NOW?

10.00: LANCELOT LINK SECRET CHIMP. (R) 10.30: MUNSTERS. (R) 11.00: HAPPY DAYS. (R) 11.30: THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES. (R) 12.00 NOON: NEWS.

12.02 P.M.: THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERQ. (R) 12.55: PEOPLE DO THE CRAZIEST THINGS. 1.25: DAD’S ARMY. (R) 2.00: SPORT ON ONE. Featuring Racing, Trotting, Rugby and Netball. RACING FROM ELLERSLIE: the TVNZ Stakes. RACING FROM SYDNEY: two live races from Randwick, the AJC DERBY FOR 3-year-olds, and the Doncaster Handicap. TROTTING FROM ADDINGTON: the Lion Brown Easter Cup over 3200 metres. RUGBY: Ireland travel to the National Stadium in Cardiff to meet Wales in the final match of the Five Nations Championship. NETBALL: highlights from this afternoon’s Swiss Maid League match between Verdettes and Wellington East Old Girls. Programme Times (approximate): 2.00, Preview. 2.05, Trotting. 2.15, Racing. 2.40, Trotting — New Zealand Derby. 2.55, Racing. 3.05, Rugby. 3.25, Racing — TVNZ Stakes Preview. 3.35, Racing — Television New Zealand Stakes. 3.50, Trotting — Lion Brown Easter Cup. 4.10, Racing. 4.20, Racing from Sydney — AJC Derby. 4.25, Trotting. 4.45, Racing. 4.55, Trotting.s.oo, Netball. 5.45, Racing from Sydney — Doncaster Handicap. 5.50, Scoreboard.

11. H A.Mj TAGATA PASIFIKA. a spotlight on Pacific life and culture. 11.25: THE CHRISTIANS. (R)

12.15 P.M.:SATURDAY MATINEE: “Sea Gypsies.” (R) A photo-journalist and his three youngsters face peril as castaways on an uninhabited island in the Alaskan wildnerness. Starring Robert Logan, Heather Rattray, Mikki Jamison-Olsen.

2.00: SOLID GOLD. 2.50: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS. (R) 3.40: THE PEOPLE’S COURT. 4.05: LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS.

5.00: HESTER GUY COOKING. A series based on newly available lean cuts of lamb. Special Occasion: A special meal for a special occasion. Poached lamb fillet with ginger sauce, and sponge fingers. 5.30: TAXI. Sugar Mama: A feisty rich lady in her seventies uses money to try to buy Alex’s companionship as a cure for her loneliness.

6.00: NEWS REVIEW. Madeline David presents a review of the week’s news for the deaf. 6.30: NEWS. 7.00: THREE UP, TWO DOWN. Daphne is the proud owner of an antique which Sam wants. He attempts to arouse her sympathies — but Daphne is a hard case to crack. 7.35: TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED. Operation Safecrack: A safecracker, the retired Sam Morrissey, is pestered by an advertising agency man, Jack Harrison, who wants Sam to break into their client’s safe on Television as a promotional gimmick for the Holdwell Safe Company. Starring John Mills, David Healy, June Ritchie. 8.00: WHICKER’S WORLD: LIVING WITH UNCLE SAM.

6.00: READY TO ROLL. Video hits from this week’s Top 20. 6.30: ALF. 7.00: IT’S IN THE BAG. Tonight’s show comes from Nayland College Hall, Nelson.

7.30: THE COSBY SHOW. Starring Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

8.00: MACGYVER. A drama series featuring a modern-day all-American hero with the uncanny ability to solve any crisis in doublequick time. Starring Richard Dean Anderson.

9.00: THE MISTRESS. Maxine and Luke have parted. A chance meeting with an old friend of Jenny’s helps Maxine’s depression. Even so, Luke does not give up so easily. 9.35: NEWS. 9.45: COVER HER FACE. (2) Treading dangerous ground where one detective has already been killed, Adam Dalgliesh questions friends and contacts of Stavros Veludis in his efforts to find the Cypriot’s killer quickly. 10.40: FILM INTERNATIONAL. “P’Tang Yang Kipperbang” (1982.). In the English summer of 1948, 14-year-old Alan has three dreams; that the brave post world war will live in peace, that England’s cricketers will win the Ashes, and most importantly, that he’ll finally get to kiss his classmate, Ann, the girl of his dreams. Starring John Albasiny, Abigail Cruttenden, Garry Cooper. 12.06: CLOSEDOWN.

9.00: EASTER SATURDAY SPECIAL MOVIE. (1983) “Trading Places.” Comedy as a glib street hustler switches roles with a stuffed shirt commodities trader. Starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd. 11.15: ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK. 12.10: MIDNIGHT SPECIAL. 1987 British Record Industry Awards, from London. The top names of the British record industry are gathered together for the glittering annual British Phonographic Industry Awards. Top recording stars will be in the audience to present and receive these prestigious awards, which are presented by the industry to honour the most popular artists and bands of 1986. There will be special guest peformances by Whitney Houston, Spandau Ballet, Five Star Level, 42. 1.10: CLOSEDOWN.

Sunday

8.00 A.M.: DANGER MOUSE. 8.05: THE BUNNY WITH THE CHECKED EARS. 8.10: THE ROADRUNNER SHOW. (R). 8.30: PRAISE BE. 9.00: BENSON. (R) 9.30: BIG LEAGUE SOCCER 1986/87. Brian Moore introduces highlights and comment from the British soccer league. 10.20: BRITISH FOOTBALL RESULTS. Scores from last night’s games in all the English and Scottish divisions. 10.30: QED — ACTS OF GOD. (R). An entertaining informative look at freak weather conditions, commonly referred to as “Acts of God” and at how the human body stands up to their violent effects. 11.05: WARSHIP. (Final)(R). 11.58: NEWS. 12.00' NOON: SORRY I’M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF. All Friends: Henry decides that the only privacy in this mad world of Stackley is in Uncle Crispin’s bath. 12.25 P.M.: JERUSALEM: WITHIN THESE WALLS. It could be wracked with strife, like Beirut or Belfast. Or it could be forcibly divided, like Berlin. Instead, the ancient city of Jersulem, in one of the most troubled areas of the world, is an island of tolerance, a place where Jews, Arabs, and Christians live side by side in carefully forged, if sometimes uneasy peace. 1.20: THE ODD COUPLE. (R) 1.45: RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT. (R)

2.30: SUNDAY GRANDSTAND. Brendan Telfer introduces highlights from the first day of play on the baize in the World Snooker championships at Sheffield. We also have edited highlights from one of today’s Air New Zealand national league soccer matches and coverage from this weeks British Open Squash championships where Susan Devoy defends her title.

6.05: COUNTRY CALENDAR. Turn Left At Auckland Islands: Country Calendar joins the crew on the Mys Skalisti as they fish for squid in the southern oceans. 6.30: NEWS. 7.00: FIRE AND ICE. A fantasy drama displaing the scintillating talents of Torvill and Dean, their company of international ice-dancers and a company of British contemporary dancers. Starring Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean. 7.50: KOHA. 8.05: EXECUTIVE STRESS. The strain’s beginning to tell on Donald having to work alongside his wife and pretend he’s never met her before. Starring Penelope Keith, Geoffrey Palmer, Harry Dltson. 8.30: MASTERMIND. New Zealand’s annual battle of wits, in which contestants nominate their own topic, and are questioned by quiz-master Peter Sinclair. 9.M: NEWS. 9.10: PARADISE POSTPONED. Dr Salter is dying. Agnes is wretched and can no longer cope with Henry’s infidelities. Now conservative M.P. for Hartscombe, Leslie turns his attem tion to sorting out his life. 10.15: NGA TAKE MAORI. 10.20: FALL AND RISE OF REGINALD PERRIN. The problems of a man overwhelmed by the pressures of life today. Starring Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, John Barron. 11.00: THE PAPER CHASE. (R) 11.45: CLOSEDOWN. v

10.00 A.M.: WAKA HUIA. Hemana Waaka presents a programme in Maori.

11.00: CHURCH SERVICE. An Easter celebration: With the Newtown Pacific Island congregation at their Church, Nokise House. The service is led by the Rev. Kenape Faletoese, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church.

1.55: SUNDAY MATINEE. “The Great Race” (R) (1965). In 1908 a storybook hero and a villain are rivals in a car race that spans three continents. Starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood. 2.30: OPUS 1986 TCHKAIKOVSKY CONCERTO COMPETITION. The eighth International Competition Every four years more than 150 young musicians gather in Moscow to compete for the world’s toughest and most prestigious music prize. 4.15: FAERIE TALE THEATRE. The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers. 5.05: THE CANAL CHILDREN. To earn some money for his crippled father, Tom takes up clog-dancing. Betsy’s efforts to help result in Mrs Brill’s dismissal from the Russell household. 5.30: ZONE 7. The Same Difference. How many ways are there to worship the same God. Anglicans, Presbyterians, Methodists and Roman Catholics. 6.00: WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY. The Spaceman In King Arthur’s Court. A space engineer travels back in time to sixth century Camelot to become the nemesis of villainous Sir Mordred and the wizard Merlin in this adaption of “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.” 7.35: ONE DAY AT A TIME.

8.00: IF TOMORROW COMES. (Part one of a three-part mini series based on the Sidney Sheldon novel about a woman’s fascinating transformation froma law-bidding bank clerk to an intematinal cat burglar. (Part 2 screens next Wednesday). (1) Tracy Whitney, an attracitve New York City bank computer operator in her late twenties, is engaged to be married to Charles Stanhope, who has defied his wealthy parents to plan their marriage. She is also expecting his child. Starring Madolyn Smith, Tom Berenger, John Laughlin. 19.10: RADIO WITH PICTURES. 10.55: SUNDAY SCI-FI. “Planet of the Apes” (R) (1968). A U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolatelooking planet, stranding spacemen in a world that is dominated by apes 2000 years into the future. Starring Charles Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter. 12.05: CLOSEDOWN. W