One New Zealand Two

Press, 10 December 1988, Page 23

One New Zealand Two

Saturday

7.00 MY LITTLE PONY AND FRIENDS. 7.30 THE NEW ADVENTURES OF MIGHTY

MOUSE. 8.00 WHAT NOW. 10.00 THE MUPPET SHOW COMMAND PERFORMANCE. (R) 10.30 BEWITCHED. (R) 11.00 SPACE 1999. (R)

11.35 TAGATA PASIFIKA. A spotlight on Pacific life and culture. Foufou Susama Hukui presents stories, events, views and news of the Pacific Island Community in New Zealand.

12.00 NEWS. 12.03 THE HIGH CHAPARRAL. (R) 12.55 RICARDO MONTALBAN IN SPAIN. 1.55 A SESSION WITH CHET ATKINS. (R) Guitarist Chet Atkins hosts a country and western session with guests Mark Knopfler, The Everly Brothers, Emmy-Lou Harris, Michael McDonald, Wayion Jennings and Willie Nelson. 3.00 SPORT ON ONE. Featuring golf. The Air New Zealand Shell Open from Titirangi in Auckland. Highlights of the first two rounds and live coverage of today’s third round. Featured golfers are Jeff Sluman (U.S.A.), 1988 U.S.P.G.A. Champion; Hale Irwin (U.S.A.), 1979 U.S. Open; Rodger Davis (Australia) and Mike Colandro, defending champion.

12.00 OUT OF THIS WORLD. 12.25 THE SATURDAY MATINEE: OKLAHOMA CITY DOLLS. (R) The women of Oklahoma City Valve Company have to work overtime so that the men can have time off to practise for the company’s football team. One young woman leads a rebellion of frustrated women who try to prove to their men that they just don’t belong in the home. Starring Susan Blakely, Eddie Albert, Wayion Jennings. 2.05 LOST IN SPACE. (R) 2.50 ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK. (R) 3.50 THE BETTY WHITE SHOW. Mitzi’s surprise birthday party is spoiled when Joyce discovers her diamond necklace is missing from the house. 4.20 BETTY BOOP. The story of an independent, hard-working New York girl and her quest for happiness. 5.30 REAL FOOD OF CHINA. Coal Family and Snake Restaurant: It is said that in Canton anything will grow in half the time it will grow anywhere else. In this episode the markets are explored, plus cooking of Canton’s produce is experienced in a tiny kitchen, at the roadside kitchens of the street vendors and in perhaps the world’s most unusual restaurant.

6.00 THE SPECTACULAR WORLD OF GUINNESS RECORDS. 6.30 NEWS. 7.00 COUSTEAU AMAZON. A series of adventures with Jacques Cousteau and his crew exploring the Amazon River and its surrounds. (See story, facing page.) 8.00 CASUALTY. “Baz Samuels, get your act together before you kill.” 9.00 THE BEST OF STEPTOE AND SON. (R) 9 35 NEWS. 9.50 SCREENPLAY: THE FASTING GIRL. The true story of Sarah Jacob, the daughter of a Welsh farmer who attracted nation-wide interest in the late 1860 s following claims by her family that she had fasted for nearly a year without any apparent ill effects. An absorbing detective story with fascinating insights into the nineteenth century medical history and Welsh religious beliefs and superstitions. Starring Angharad James, William Thomas, Eluned Jones. 11.20 THE PAPER CHASE. A drama series about the trials and tribulations, success and failures of a study group battling through the competitive world of law school and under the eagle eye of a fearsome professor. 12.15 CLOSEDOWN.

6.00 BENSON. (R) 6.30 CHARLES IN CHARGE. Comedy with Charles, a 19-year-old college student who is a live-in family helper to three energetic children. 7.00 WHO’S THE BOSS. Continuing the story of a single father who takes his daughter and pride and settles in the suburbs to keep house for a budding female executive. 7.30 IT’S IN THE BAG. Join John Hawkesby and Hilary Timmins in New Zealand’s most popular quiz as they visit communities throughout the country. Tonight’s programme comes from Featherston. 8.00 LOTTO.

8.05 MACGYVER. After visiting an old flame who’s now working as a Park Ranger, MacGyver

finds himself in the middle of a poaching

investigation. 9.05 HUMAN RIGHTS NOW! AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONCERT. A concert recorded in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in aid of Amnesty International. Featured are Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracey Chapman, and Yousson N-Dour. 12.50 CLOSEDOWN.

Sunday

7.00 TEDDY DROP EARS. 7.10 PINNEY’S HOUSE. 7.15 WILDFIRE. 7.40 THE HERBS. 7.50 LONDON SNOW. 8.20 THE NEW SCOOBIE DOO SHOW. (R). 8.45 THE MUPPET SHOW COMMAND PERFORMANCE. (R). 9.10 PRAISE BE. 9.40 AEROBICS OZ STYLE. 10.05 CAMEO. 10.15 THE SOUTHBANK SHOW: THE AIDA FILE. A documentary looking at the genesis of Verdi’s masterpiece and why its success has

endured for more than a century. 11.35 COUNTRY CALENDAR. (R) Norm of the North: Irrepressible Northlander Norm Bryan milks cows and tourists in the town of Houhora.

11.00 WAKA HUIA. A celebration of people, places and things Maori.

12.00 NEWS. 12.03 ENGLISH SOCCER. 1.00 NEWS REVIEW. 1.30 MAPLE ON THE HILL. A documentary about one of New Zealand’s original country and western groups, Cole Wilson and The Turnbleweeds. 2.00 THE STORY OF ENGLISH. The Loaded Weapon: The Irish experience is often narrated in two voices, reflecting two language traditions, English and Irish. This is the story of the collision between them — the story of language as a loaded weapon. 2.55 AIR NEW ZEALAND/SHELL OPEN GOLF. From Titirangi Golf Club, Auckland.

12.00 ANGELS. 12.50 SUNDAY MATINEE: RACHEL AND THE STRANGER. The story of God-fearing pioneers of the Northwest Territory in the nineteenth century and the loves and problems of a widower and his friends. Starring Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum, William Holden. 2.05 THE BARN OWL. A documentary on the life of the barn owl. 2.20 OPUS. 3.20 CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS. 3.45 CABLE COOK. A cooking series for children. 3.50 THE RETURN OF THE ANTELOPE. Philippa and Gerald have hidden the Lilliputians in the bedroom of their seaside lodgings. But their visitors are soon threatened by a hard-hearted villain and the unexpected terrors of a Victorian house. 4.15 A COUNTRY PRACTICE. An Australian drama series 5.05 SUNDAY MAGAZINE. A programme looking at young people getting involved in their communities. 5.35 SPOT ON. The Spot On team with more fun, fact and fantasy.

6.00 VANITY FAIR. 6.30 NEWS. 6.50 N.Z. 2000. Japan has the world’s largest store of capital and its biggest trade surplus. Selling to Japan has meant learning new ways of doing business, and a number of New Zealand companies have been learning fast. 7.20 WILD SOUTH - BIRDS OF PARADOX. (R) Birds are the masters of flight, yet remarkably there are those who have abandoned the skill and become flightless. Some of them, like the ostrich and penguins, are highly successful. 8.10 MOBIL MASTERPIECE THEATRE - TIME AND THE CONWAYS. A J. B. Priestley play. It is 1919, the Great War is over, and the Conway family is gathered together to celebrate the coming-of-age of one of the daughters. The sons who fought at the front have returned safely and optimism reigns supreme ... for a while. Starring Claire Bloom, Geraldine James, Phyllis Logan.

6.00 OUR HOUSE. 6.50 YOUR CHOICE. Viewers’ favourite scenes repeated by request. 7.05 THE GOOD LIFE. (R) Tom and Barbara discover oil in Surbiton. 7.35 DAY BY DAY. Comedy with a married couple in their late 30s who decide to give up their high-powered careers to start a child-care centre in their home. 8.00 THE NETWORK TWO SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE: THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. A Boston private detective visits the ancestral English estate of her great-grand-father and makes a startling discovery. Starring Margaret Colin, Michael Pennington, Barry Morse, Connie Booth. 9.30 THE LONELYHEARTS KID. Ken learns the true meaning of inadequacy.

9.50 KOHA. 10.05 KALEIDOSCOPE. Nik Brown introduces a review of the arts and artists in New Zealand. Six Volts: "Don’t call it jazz — just call it music.” The Six Volts take 1920 s jazz, add a dollop of sixties pop, a dash of satire, and flavour with everything from cajun to calypso to cook up a toe-tapping storm. Kevin Ireland: Kevin Ireland, poet and columnist, is the first New Zealander to have a selection of poems included in the Oxford Poet Series. After 25 years living in Britain, Ireland has recently returned to New Zealand to settle permanently. KALEIDOSCOPE explores the life and work of this poet who considered his time out of this country as time in exile. 10.45 NEWS. 10‘55 FILM INTERNATIONAL: MR MANHATTAN, WOODY ALLEN. Woody Allen talks about his work as an actor/writer/director and the influences of his Brooklyn childhood on the films he makes. Included are excerpts from "Interiors,” “Stardust Memories,” “Hannah and her Sisters” and “The Purple Rose of Cairo.” 12.00 CLOSEDOWN.

9.55 RADIO WITH PICTURES. A “Southbank Show” film on The Smiths, “The Smiths — from Start to Finish.” 10.40 WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE: CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR. A story about an outsider who joins a band of nomadic Neanderthals. Starring Michael Chapman, Daryl Hhnnah, Pamela Reed. 12.20 CLOSEDOWN.