ONE Television New Zealand TWO

Press, 26 December 1987, Page 15

ONE Television New Zealand TWO

Saturday

7.ofc ANIMATES AND PERSONATES. (R) A series about a happy band of animal char7.05: MUNCH BUNCH. (R) The adventures of a bunch of vegetables and fruit. 7.15: STORIES OF SNOWY AND BUTTERCUP BUSKERS. (Final) (R) 7-36: THUMBELINA. A puppet version of Hans Christian Andersen’s story of the tiny little girl Thumbelina who, abducted by a toad, escapes with the help of a field mouse and a swallow and finds happiness with the king of the Flower Angels. 7.45: THE ADVENTURES OF TEDDY RUXPIN. (Final) 8.15: THE NEW SCOOBIE DOO SHOW. (R) 8.45: GENTLE BEN. (R) 9.10: CHIPS. (R). Action and adventure on the California highways with the boys from the California Highway Patrol. 10.05: THE MUPPET SHOW COMMAND PERFORMANCES. (R) 10.3 ft PUNKY BREWSTER. (Final) 11.00: THE GOODIES. (R) Comedy with three young men who mission in life is to provide assistance for other people — and be paid for it. 11.3 ft MORK AND MINDY. (R)

12.00: SPORT ON ONE. Programme times (approximate and subject to change): 12.00: Preview, Home and Away, Sports News, 12.10: Motorcycling — The Isle of Man, 12.55: Cricket — New Zealand v. Australia, 3rd Test, Day 1 Morning Session, 3.05: Racing — Troy N.Z. Derby, 3.25: Figure Skating — World Championship Exhibitions, 3.40: Cricket — Afternoon Session, 3.50: Racing — Newmarket Handicap, Cricket (continued), 4.30: Racing — Jaguar Cup; Cricket (continued). 5.45: Scoreboard.

12.00: A BIG COUNTRY. Fascinating aspects of the Australian outback. 12.30: LUCAN. An action adventure series about a young man who is brought back to civilisation after being raised by wolves. 1.20: MR MERLIN. (R) Merlin, whose name evokes visions of the noble knights of King Arthur’s court, joins the twentieth century with new headquarters and an enthusiastic teenager as an apprentice to aid in his magical good works. ' 1.45: LOVE BOAT. (R) 2.35: ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK. (R) 3.25: THE PEOPLE’S COURT. 3.50: THE 808 NEWHART SHOW. (R) Comedy with Chicago psychologist, Dr Robert Hartley. 4.15: LIFESTYLES OF RICH AND FAMOUS. 5.05: DELIA SMITH’S COOKERY COURSE. Winter Vegetables: Delia believes water is the enemy of flavour when it comes to cooking vegetables and warns that too much boiling should be avoided at all cost. 5.30: TAXI. Tony tries to fix up his divorced sister with Alex, but she falls for Reverend Jim instead.

6.oft M*A*S*H. (R) 6.30: NEWS. 7*00: SPORTS SPECIAL - INTERNATIONAL CRICKET. New Zealand v. Australia, 3rd Test. Live from the M.C.G., the final hour’s play of the first day of the third Benson and Hedges Test. 8.05: THE BRETTS. 9.00: THE TWO RONNIES. (Final) (R) 9.30: NEWS. 9.4 ft AMERICAN FOOTBALL 1987/88. Highlights of this week’s National Football League’s top action — all the news, results and personalities of the national game in the States. 10.35: FILM INTERNATIONAL. “The Country Girls.” In the Republic of Ireland in the late 1940 s Kate Brady and her friend Baba are teenagers in Limerick. Kate is often led into near disaster by her wilful friend. Kate is furtively in love with the considerably older and unhappily married solicitor Pierre, who cautiously displays an interest in her. (Based on the novel by Edna O’Brien). Starring Maeve Germaine, Jill Doyle, Sam Neill. 12.25: CLOSEDOWN.

6.00: RTR SUMMER COUNTDOWN. A countdown of the top hits from 1987. 6.30: PEPPERMINT TWIST. 7.00: CRAZY LIKE A FOX. A further series of adventures with a private detective father and his lawyer son who often work hand-in-hand to solve a crime or clear a client. Fox and the Wolf: Dashing movie star Nicholas Roland leads such an expensive life that his daughter wants a judge to declare him incompetent and Harry is hired to keep him out of trouble. 8.00: LOTTO. 8.05: BOXING DAY MOVIE. “Paint Your Waggon.” (R). The story of a couple of gold prospectors in the 1800 s who are married to the same woman. Based on the Lerner and Loewe musical of the forties. Starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg. 10.35: THE LATE SPECIAL: HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOLLYWOOD. A variety special celebrating 100 years of the world’s most star-studded town. Featuring Liza Minnelli, William Shatner, James Stewart. 1.00: CLOSEDOWN.

Sunday

8.00: MOP AND SMIFF. (R) A series about Mop, an old English sheepdog, and Smiff, a cat. 8.15: WARNER BROS CARTOONS. 8.20: HEGGERTY HAGGERTY. (R) Heggerty Haggerty, Broomstick, Blackcat and their friend and neighbour Farmer Giles have all sorts of adventures. 8.30: ALIAS THE JESTER. (R) A new cartoon series which follows the crazy adventures of a little spaceman whose time machine has gone wrong and landed him in medieval England. 8.40: THE MUPPET SHOW COMMAND PERFORMANCE. (R) 9.10: SING TO THE LORD. (R) Some of Wales’ finest male choirs and soloists. 9.40: AEROBICISE. 10.05: ARTHUR C CLARKE’S WORLD OF STRANGE POWERS. (R) Metal Bending, Magic and Mind over Matter: Can metal be bent by the mind? Or is the evidence being bent? 10.30: AN ENGLISHMAN’S HOME. 11.10: THE ELEVEN MINUTE MILE. 11.35: COUNTRY CALENDAR. (R) Bill’s Gant: Two shearing gangs — a shed as long as a rugby field — and nearly 20,000 sheep... Bill Morrison and his team tackle the Tautane Station mob.

12.00 BIG LEAGUE SOCCER 1987i/ 3 8. Brian Moore introduces highlights and comment from the British soccer league. 12.55: BRITISH FOOTBALL RESULTS. Scores from last night’s games in all the English and Scottish divisions. 1.00: SPORTS SPECIAL — INTERNATIONAL CRICKET. New Zealand v. Australia, 3rd Test. Live from the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the second day’s play of the third Benson and Hedges Test between New Zealand and Australia. 6.00: HANCOCK’S HALF HOUR. The Lawyer: The Crown v. James S: Hancock’s impassioned plea for the innocence of an obviously guilty Sid James results in a verdict of James innocent — Hancock guilty! Starring Tony Hancock, Sidney James, John Le Mesurier. 6 30’ NEWS. 7JG: SPORTS SPECIAL — INTERNATIONAL CRICKET. New Zealand v. Australia, 3rd Test. Live from the MCG. 8.05: THE OLDEST GOOSE IN THE BUSINESS. The panto at Oldham is in crisis. Two weeks to opening and Mother Goose is gooseless. Michael, the A.S.M., is sent to scour the countryside for a goose costume, while morale at rehearsals hits rock bottom. By a minor miracle, Michael finds his way to the door of Stan, a retired comic, where he discovers Priscilla and begins his real apprenticeship in the theatre. 9.05: END OF EMPIRE. Just 40 years ago, the government in London ruled more people and more land than any other Empire in the history of the world. Since then it has all vanished. This 14-part series tells the story of the most important and exciting British departures. Each programme covers one country. (6) Palestine. 9.55: NEWS. 10.95: LOST BELONGINGS. A six-part drama series. (1) Deirdre: Admidst the turmoil of Belfast 1980 Deirdre attempts to escape with her boyfriend Niall, but her jealous and possessive uncle has other plans as he rushes to the quay. 11.00: SUMMER MOVIE. “China Rose.” An American businessman travels to Hong Kong on a supposed international trade-deal and develops a relationship with an attractive woman assigned as his interpreter. After confiding in her that he is really searching for his son who disappeared in China, they discover the underworld is involved. Starring George C. Scott, Ali MacGraw, Michael Beihn. 12.48: CLOSEDOWN.

12.00: BEST OF DAY ONE. A programme looking at current affairs from a Christian perspective. The Blues That Won’t Go Away: Grahame Moore reports on depression. 12.30: THAT’S INCREDIBLE. (R) 1.15: SUNDAY MATINEE. (R) “Destroyer.” An old Navy man worries that he may be replaced because of his age. The man most likely to replace him is in love with his daughter. Starring Edward G. Robinson, Glenn Ford, Marguerite Chapman. 2.55: OPUS ENCORE. (R) James Galway: James Galway is conductor and soloist in this concert from the Michael Fowler Centre which features Handel’s Royal Fireworks music and the concerto in E minor for flute and strings by Saverio Miercadante. 4.15: RETURN TO TREASURE ISLAND. (Final.) Jim, Long John, Van der Brecken, Isabella, Abed and Boakes arrive at Treasure Island, only to discover that Hallows has arrived before them and has already established himself in the stockade. 4.35: EUREKA. (R) I Have Found It: Archimedes’ first cry of “Eureka” ("I have found it”) happened while he was taking a bath. Other eurekas include the invention of the ice-cream cone, the umbrella and the aspirin. 5.05: BARRIERS. (R) 5.30: SPOT ON REPLAYS. (R) 6.00: WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY. (R) Mixed Nuts: Chip ’n’ Dale, two rascal chipmunks, join Donald Duck in this animated adventure. 6.50: I LIKE THAT ONE: 2. 7.00: RAGS TO RICHES: A SERIES ABOUT A MILLIONAIRE WHO TAKES IN A GROUP OF CHILDREN FROM AN ORPHANAGE TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING SPLIT UP. STARRING JOSEPH BOLOGNA, DOUGLAS SEARLE, TISHA CAMPBELL. 7.50: ASPEL AND CO. Fancy a chat, a bit of gossip or just some good old-fashioned fun? Then join Michael Aspel along with his special guests. Tonight — Mel Smith, Britt Ekland and Anthony Hopkins. 8.30: SUNDAY MOVIE. (Final) “Dallas: The Early Years.” Larry Hagman introduces this film which chronicles the origins of the feuds and fortunes of the legendary characters behind the “Dallas” TV series. Starring David Grant, Hoyt Axton, Molly Hagen. 10.50: THE SUNDAY HORRORS. “Countess Dracula.” A Hungarian noblewoman discovers she can remain young and beautiful only by bathing in and drinking the blood of virgin girls. Starring Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Sandor Else. 12.20: CLOSEDOWN.