ONE Television New Zealand TWO

Press, 23 January 1988, Page 21

ONE Television New Zealand TWO

Saturday

7.00: ANIMATES AND PERSONATES (R) 7.05: MUNCH BUNCH. (R) The adventures of a bunch of vegetables and fruit. 7.20: FISH TALES. (R) The adventures of under-

water creatures. 7.40: THE MUPPET BEARS. (R) The adventures of a zany crowd of animated characters. 8.10: THE NEW SCOOBIE DOO SHOW. (R) 8.35: GENTLE BEN. (R) 9.05: CHIPS. (R) Action and adventure on the California highways with the boys from the

California Highway Patrol. 10.00: THE MUPPET SHOW COMMAND PERFORMANCES. 10.30: I DREAM OF JEANNIE. (R) Comedy with a genie who can’t help causing havoc despite her best intentions. (R) 11.35: MORK AND MINDY. (R)

12.00 NOON: THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO. (R) A comedy-adventure series about a teacher suddenly endowed with superhuman powers. 12.50 P.M.: SPORT ON ONE. Featuring boxing, racing, softball, motorcycling, diving and showjumping. BOXING — Live from Atlantic City, Mike Tyson defends his world heavyweight title against former champion, Larry Holmes. RACING — Live from Trentham, including the SIOO,OOO Terrace Regency Handicap. SOFTBALL — Coverage of today’s triseries between New Zealand, U.S.A, and Canada. MOTORCYCLING — A profile of Australian, Wayne Gardner, the 1987 World Formula One motorcycle champion. SHOWJUMPING — From the Isola Equestrian Centre at Waiuku, the speed derby. DIVING — Highlights of last week’s Swedish Flag Diving from Hamilton. 6.00: M*A*S*H. (R)

12.00 NOON: A BIG COUNTRY. 12.30 P.M.: LUCAN. 1.20: MR MERLIN. (R) 1.45: LOVE BOAT. 2.35: ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK. (R) 3.25: THE PEOPLE’S COURT. 3.50: THE 808 NEWHART SHOW. (R) 4.15: LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS. 5.00: FLOYD ON FISH. Keith Floyd introduces a personal and passionate view of fish as aa food. 5.30: TAXI. (R) 6.00: RTR SUMMER COUNTDOWN. (Final) Featuring U2, Pseduo Echo, Mel and Kim, Los Lobos, Club Nouveau, Crowded House, Jimmy Barnes and INXS.

6.30: NEWS. 7.10: NOEL EDMONDS’ LATE LATE BREAKFAST SHOW. A magazine programme with audience participation. 8.00: THE KISS. George Segal narrates this documentary’ investigating the many and varied aspects of kissing — social, sexual, political. 8.55: SHIFT WORK. It’s Julie’s last night as a minicab driver and it’s a night full of adventures she'll never forget. 10.0-0: NEWS. 10.10: AMERICAN FOOTBALL. 1987/88 Highlights of this week's National Football League’s top action. 11.15: FILM INTERNATIONAL. — “Monsieur Vincent” (1947). A biographical drama based on the life of St Vincent de Paul. Starring Pierre Presnav. Lisa Delamare. (Black and white). 1.10 A.MJ CLOSEDOWN.

6.30: PEPPERMINT TWIST. 7.00: CRAZY LIKE A FOX. Fox On The Range: The Foxes saddle up for a vacation at a swank dude ranch, then find themselves trailing a murderer when Harrison and Cindy find a corpse in the barn. 7.55: PORRIDGE. (R) 8.30: LOTTO. 8.35: MINI SERIES: A FORTUNATE LIFE. Bert’s relationship with the mother he hasn’t seen for 12 years is both sweet and sour, but mainly sour. 10.30: SOAP. (R) A comedy serial. 11.00: SUMMER MUSIC SPECIAL. John Farnham: Whispering Jack in Concert. John Farnham in concert at the end of a strenuous five-month tour. Much of the material consists of numbers from Farham’s recent "Whispering Jack” album. 12.20 A.M.: CLOSEDOWN.

Sunday

8.00: MOP AND SMIFF. (R) 8.15: WARNER BROS CARTOONS. 8.20: HEGGERTY HAGGERTY. (R) 8.30: ALIAS THE JESTER. (R) 8.40: THE MUPPET SHOW COMMAND PERFORMANCE. 9.05: SING TO THE LORD. (R) Introducing some of Wales’ finest male choirs and soloists. 9.35: AEROBICS OZ STYLE. 10.00: ARTHUR C. CLARKE’S MYSTERIOUS WORLD. 10.30: NIAGARA FALLS. Beginning with native American mythology, this programme traces the development of Niagara as one of the New World’s greatest symbols. 11.00: BIG LEAGUE SOCCER.

12.00: CRICKET. Live coverage of the second oneday final between New Zealand and Australia, from the Sydney Cricket Ground. 3.30: SOFTBALL. New Zealand v. United States. 4.15: CRICKET. 6.30: NEWS. 6.35: CRICKET. 8.00: NEWS.

12.00: BEST OF ZONE 7. (R) 12.30: THAT’S INCREDIBLE. (R) 1.15: SUNDAY MATINEE. “Guadalcanal Diary.” The struggle of Marines to gain a foothold in the Pacific against all odds. Starring William Bendix, Anthony Quinn, Lloyd Nolan, Preston Foster. 2.40: OPUS ENCORE. (R) Sir Charles Groves conducts Mozart’s ‘Prague’ Symphony No. 38 in D, K 504, and New Zealand-born pianist David James features as soloist in Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43 by Rachmaninoff. During the performance William Southgate talks to David James about his life in New York. 3.45: CONNECTIONS. (R) The series tells how apparently unrelated events, people and situations have come together in the thousands of years of history to produce social and technological changes and ultimately the complex world in which we live today. 4.35: EUREKA. (R) Sarah Greene and Paul McDowell introduce this series for teenagers which looks at the unsung heroes of inventions — the non-household names without whom everyone’s day-to-day existence would be very different. 5.05: BARRIERS. (R) 5.30: SPOT ON REPLAYS. (R) 6.00: WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY. (R) Ballerina. The inspiring story of a girl seeking to dedicate her life to the ballet in Denmark. 6.50: I LIKE THAT ONE: 2. 7.00: RAGS'TO RICHES. 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 — Nigel Havers, Jill Gascoine, David Steel M.P.

■8.30: DECEMBER FLOWER. Newly-widowed Etta Marsh goes to stay with her elderly Aunt M whom she has never met. She meets hostility and resentment from all the people who are close to the old lady. 9.30: END OF EMPIRE. Aden: When the British Empire had agreed to give independence to all its principal colonies in Asia and Africa, it still thought it could hang on to Aden. But Egyptian-inspired Arabs proved in Aden as violent as any opponents the British faced.

8.30: MINI SERIES. "A Fortunate Life.” (Final) (R). Providence (1914-1916): Bert is 19 and powerfully built from years of manual labour when he joins Mickey Finn’s Boxing troupe as a prize fighter. Starring Dominic Sweeney, Michael Winchester, John Stone. 10.00: SOAP. (R)

10.25: NEWS. T T 10.40: LOST BELONGINGS. Lenny Leaps In: Lenny bluffs his way to become a BBC researcher making the definitive film on Ulster but Deirdre’s return realises her worst nightmare. 11.30: SUMMER MOVIE. “The Storyteller” A veteran television writer is troubled by a mother’s charges that his teleplay motivated actions by her son that resulted in his death. Starring Martin Balsam, Patty Duke Astin, Doris Roberts. 1.10: CLOSEDOWN.

10.20: THE SUNDAY HORRORS. “Hands of the Ripper.” (R). Jack the Ripper’s daughter fears that she has inherited her father’s murderous tendencies and so seeks psychiatric help. Starring Eric Porter, Angharad Rees, Jane Merrow. 11.45: CLOSEDOWN.