ONE New Zealand Television TWO

Press, 20 February 1988, Page 21

ONE New Zealand Television TWO

Saturday

7.00 MY LITTLE PONY AND FRIENDS. Fun, fantasy and adventures. 7.30 THE ADVENTURES OF TEDDY RUXPIN. 8.00 THE NEW SCOOBE DOO SHOW. (R) 8.30 GENTLE BEN. (R) 9.00 CHIPS. (R) 10.00 THE MUPPET SHOW COMMAND PERFORMANCES. (R) 10.30 PUNKY BREWSTER. 11.00 11TH CIRCUS. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. The 11th Championship takes on a different form this year with The People’s Republic of China competing against a Rest of the World team for a new world title and challenge trophy.

12.00 NEWS. 12.02 SATURDAY AFTERNOON MOVIE: THE LADY FROM YESTERDAY. The life of a married executive takes sudden turn when he hears from a woman he had an affair with 10 years before in Vietnam and learns of a son he never knew he had. Starring Wayne Rogers, Bonnie Bedelia, Pat Hingle. 1.40 WORKING GLASS. A documentary in which Holly Sandford talks about her work in stained glass which include work in private homes and diverse projects architectural glass. 2.00 SPORT ON ONE. Programme Times (subject to change): 2.00 Preview, Home and Away, Sports News. 2.15 Cricket. 2.30 Racing — Logan Insurance Plate. 2.40 Showjumping. 3.05 Racing — Wrightson Bloodstock Handicap. 3.15 Showjumping. 3.40 Racing — Matamata Breeders’ Stakes. 3.50 Canoeing. 4.10 Racing — DB Draught Handicap. 4.20 Canoeing. 4.50 Racing — Harvey Farms’ Handicap. 5.00 Rugby. 5.50 Scoreboard. 6.00 HOME JAMES. A comedy series about a South London boy who becomes a chauffeur in one of the ritzier parts of Chelsea.

12.00 A BIG COUNTRY. Fascinating aspects of the Australian outback. 12.30 LUCAN. (Final) (R) An action adventure 1.20 LOVE BOAT. (R) 2.15 ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK. (R) 3.00 THE PEOPLE’S COURT. 3.35 THE 808 NEWHART SHOW. (R) Comedy with Chicago psychologist, Dr Robert Hartley. 4.00 LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS. Robin, Leach looks at the lifestyles of Hollywood "movie and television stars. 5.00 FLOYD ON FISH. Keith Floyd introduces a personal and passionate view of fish as a food. Floyd demonstrates how to cook paella, and features cockles and winkles. 5.30 TAXI. Alex poses as Elaine’s professorboyfriend after she meets an old schoolmate who once envied Elaine, but who has now achieved great success. 6.00 THROB. Comedy in a fledgling record company in New York with divorced mother Sandy beatty and the crazy colleagues of “Throb Records.”

6.30 NEWS. 7.10 LATE LATE BREAKFAST SHOW. A magazine programme with audience participation. 8.00 SPORTS SPECIAL — WINTER OLYMPICS. Natalie Brunt and Phillip Leishman present highlights of Day Seven featuring the Women’s Combined Downhill Ski-ing, Men’s 15km Cross-Country, and the fastest sleds on ice in The Doubles Luge. Also highlights of three Ice Hockey pool matches. (Some events coverage is subject to weather). 9.00 HARRY’S GAME. (Final) (R) Part three of a three-part drama series about a British agent sent under-cover to the suspicion-riddled streets of Belfast to track down an I.R.A. assassin after a British Cabinet Minister is murdered. The “game” is to find the killer before Harry himself is exposed to the I.R.A. 10.00 NEWS. 10.15 FILM INTERNATIONAL: OF MICE AND MEN. The story of two rural southern itinerant ranch-hands — the physically powerful but mentally weak Lenny, and his life-long friend George who commits himself to protecting his friend from innocent but often near-tragic events. (Based on the John Steinbeck novel), Starring Robert Blake, Randy Quaid, Lew Ayres. 12.25 CLOSEDOWN.

6.30 PEPPERMINT TWIST. 7.00 GRIFFIN’S TOP TOWN. Mark Leishman hosts this annual television festival of summer fun and games in which three further towns compete in friendly rivalry for a place in the grand final against the current title holder, Timaru. Host town: New Plymouth. Competing town: Opunake, Hawera. 7.30 CRAZY LIKE A FOX. Road to Tobago: Harry and Harrison visit a tropical island to hunt for a murderer but find themselves being hunted instead. 8.30 LOTTO.

8.35 MINI-SERIES: A YEAR IN THE LIFE. (Part three) (Final). A three-part mini-series which traces the lives and relationships of the Gardner family from Christmas to the next. During the course of the year a great many things will happen to change the face of the family for ever. 10.25 SOAP. (R) A comedy serial. 10.55 SUMMER MUSIC SPECIAL; ARETHA! American jazz, rhythm and blues superstar, Aretha Franklin in a concert at the Music Hall Centre, Detroit. Joining her are “The Primadonnas,” Clarence Clemons and the Saint James Baptist Choir. 11.55 CLOSEDOWN.

Sunday

7.00 TEDDY DROP EARS. A puppet series. 7.05 REBECCA. Stories about a little Welsh girl. 7.10 MUPPET BABIES. The adventures of a zany crowd of animated characters. 7.35 THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. An animated version of the classic tales of the riverbank with over 700 drawings by John Worsley. 7.50 THE WORLD OF DAVID GNOME. Stories of gnomes who live peacefully in the forest apart from the occasional problems with the troublesome trolls. 8.15 HUCKLEBERRY HOUND. (R) 8.40 THE MUPPET SHOW COMMAND PERFORMANCE. 9.05 PRAISE BE. Hymns. 9.35 AEROBICS OZ STYLE. Exercises. 10.00 BRIDGE WITH AUDREY GRANT. An entertaining and educational show for bridge enthusiasts. 10.25 CAPABILITY BROWN. (R) The appearance of England’s green and pleasant land owes much to Lancelot "Capability” Brown. An eighteenth-century Northumberland landscape gardener and architect, his habit of commenting on the “capability” of an estate earned him his famous nickname. 11.20 ATLANTIS. A documentary exploring the myth, legend, and perhaps reality of the sunken city of Atlantis. It discusses the surprising similarities between the circumstances of Plato’s Atlantis of legend, and the archaelogical discoveries of the Southern Aegean.

12.00 NEWS. 12.05 BIG LEAGUE SOCCER 1987/88. Highlights

from the current English soccer season. 12.55 BRITISH FOOTBALL RESULTS. 1.00 A FIGHT AGAISNT LEUKEMIA. Leukemia is a killer — but because of recent advances and a miracle drug in the battle against rejection, bone marrow transplants are becoming more successful in the saving of young lives. 1.25 BENSON. 1.50 BACKSTAGE AT THE KIROV. A documentary focusing on the corps de ballet of the 200-year-old Kirov Ballet as they prepare for a performance of “Swan Lake.” 3.05 MOVIE: END OF SUMMER. A sophisticated comedy of manners set in the Maine summer home of the Frothingham family in 1936, during the Depression. The title symbolises the impending end of the idle rich. Starring Helen Hayes, Lois Nettleton, Paul Rudd. 5.10 SPORTS SPECIAL — CANOEING. The National Canoeing Championships at Lake Pupuke on the North Harbour.

12.00 BEST OF ZONE 7. (R) A Christchurch family live the Hindu faith in suburban New Zealand. 12.30 THAT’S INCREDIBLE. (R) 1.15: SUNDAY MATINEE: HOLIDAY AFFAIR. A story about a young war widow with a small son and two suitors — which to choose? Starring Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey. (Black and white.) 2.40 CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS. 3.05 OPUS ENCORE. (R) Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Opus 58, played by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. 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 THE WITCHES AND THE GRINNYGOG. A children’s drama series about five children and their adventures with long-buried stone idol and its three guardian witches. Starring Anna Wing, Patricia Hayes, Adam Woodyatt. 5.05 BARRIERS. (R) 5.30 SPOT ON REPLAYS. (R)

6.00 HANCOCK’S HALF HOUR. (R) Hancock wants to emigrate but no other country will have him. Sid gets him a passage on a disreputable tramp steamer telling the crew to dump him on the first bit of land they come across.

6 30 NEWS. SPORTS SPECIAL — WINTER OLYMPICS. A big day of competition in Calgary today features the finals of the Men’s Figure Skating, the 90m Ski Jump, the Women’s Combined Slalom Ski-ing, Men’s 20k Biathlon, Men’s 1500 m Speed Skating, and the two-man Bobsled. Also highlights of three Ice Hockey pool matches and the Curling Finals. (Some events subject to weather.) 900 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. 9.50 NEWS. 10.10 TE KUPENGA (THE NET.) A frank and lively discussion on major issues with Hone Kaa, an invited guest and studio audience all

joining the debate. 10.40 KNOCKBACK. (Final.) A unique love story and a trenchant comment on the plight of long-term prisoners in Britain. 12.15 CLOSEDOWN.

6.00 WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY. (R) Bayou Boy (part one of a two-part story) An action-adventure set in the swamps of Louisiana where a young boy attempts to lay his deceased father’s memory to rest by locating a lost silver bell hidden beneath the murky waters of the evil Dead Nab’s Bayou. 6.50 I LIKE THAT ONE:2 Viewers’ favourite scenes repeated by request. 7.00 BODY LANGUAGE: The first of two one-hour specials looking at how we express our feelings through gestures. Hosted by body langauge expert Allan Pease. 7.50 ASPEL AND CO. Join Michael Aspel along with his special guests. Tonight — Phil Collins, Liza Minnelli, Wayne Sleep. 8.30 SUNDAY MOVIE: FAMILY SECRETS. Three women of three generations spend an emotionally charged week-end together learning the truths about their pasts and rediscovering the love only mothers and daughters can share. Starring Stephanie Powers, Maureen Stapleton, Melissa Gilbert. 10.00 SOAP. (R) A comedy serial telling the story of the wealthy Tate family and the middle-class Campbell family. 10.25 THE SUNDAY HORRORS. LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE. A thirteen-year-old girl moves to a small town, where she lives in a big house on her own. Everyone who comes to visit her mysteriously disappears. Starring Jodie Foster, ■ Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith. 11.50 CLOSEDOWN.