One New Zealand Two

Press, 17 December 1988, Page 19

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 PEFORMANCES. (R) 10.30 BEWITCHED. (R) 11.00 SPACE 1999. (R) 12.00 NEWS. 12.03 THE HIGH CHAPARRAL. (R) 12.55 SPORT ON ONE. Golf — The Nissan Mobil NZ Open Championship: Live from the Paraparaumu Golf Club the third round. Featuring two-times winner, Corey Pavin (USA) who won in 1984 the previous time the open was at Paraparaumu. TENNIS — Unisys Grand Masters: Semi finals from Stanley Street, Auckland. Featuring Onny Parun (NZL), Mark Cox (GBR), Ken Rosewall (Aus), John Newcombe (Aus), Ken Davidson and Mai Anderson. Racing — The Avondale Guineas/Governor General’s Cup. Programme times (approximate and subject to change): 12.55: Preview, 1.00: Tennis, 3.30: Golf. 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. 8.00 CASUALTY. “Crazies” — “That’s the trouble with the world today. You can’t tell anything by the way people look. Let’s face it, anyone can be a maniac in the 1980 s.” 9.00 THE BEST OF STEPTOE AND SON. (R) Once again Harold and Albert return in a comedy series. 9.35 NEWS. 9.50 SCREENPLAY: THE CHRISTMAS TREE. The story of a woman who has returned to her home town of Dublin to piece together a jigsaw of memories and experiences — ghosts — of her past as Christmas approaches. Starring Anna Massey, Simon Callow, Maeve Germaine. 11.25 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 under the eagle eye of a fearsome professor. 12.20 CLOSEDOWN.

7.00 EDWARD AND FRIENDS. 7.10 PINNEY’S HOUSE. 7.15 AMIGO AND FRIENDS. 7.20 THE HERBS. 7.35 KIND HEARTED AKIM. 7.55 THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL. 8.10 ALIAS THE JESTER. (R) 8.20 A WINTER STORY. 8.45 THE MUPPET SHOW COMMAND PERFORMANCES. (R) 9.10 PRAISE BE. 9.40 AEROBICS OZ STYLE. 10.00 L’ENFANCE DU CHRIST. Berlioz’s oratorio, “L’enfance du Christ” has been dramatised for the screen. It draws together some of Britain’s finest singers, dancers from the Royal Ballet and the English Chamber Orchestra. The work tells of the Holy Family’s flight from Bethlehem and King Herod’s murderous army, across the Egyptian desert to Sais. Starring Richard Van Allan, Fiona Kimm, William Shimell. 11.35 COUNTRY CALENDER. (R) Town meets country as we follow 25 city kids on a weeklong visit to the tiny King Country town of Owhango. 12.00 NEWS. 12.03 ENGLISH SOCCER. 1.00 NEWS REVIEW. The week’s news for the deaf. 1.30 AGAINST THE TIDE. 1.55 SPORTS SPECIAL. Including tennis and golf. Tennis: Live coverage of the 1988 Unisys Grand Masters’ Final from the ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland. Golf: Phillip Leishman hosts live coverage of the final round of the NissanMobil NZ Open Golf from Paraparaumu Beach Golf course.

6.00 VANITY FAIR. The newly-wed Amelia has accompanied her husband to war. Becky is there too, but for her the Duchess of Richmond’s ball is a far more important battleground than the field of Waterloo. 6.30 NEWS. 6.50 NZ 2000. A five-part documentary assessing the way we earn our living as a nation and our prospects into the next century. New Zealand lives by trade. Do we have any real power to shape our own future? 7.20 WILD SOUTH — ISLANDS OF THE IGUANA. (R) Fiji is a nation of coral beaches, coconut palms and unforgettable sunsets — but it’s aNo a wildlife paradise and a place of many mysteries. One such mystery is how a tropical South American tree-dwelling lizard came to be marooned in the middle of the Pacific thousands of miles from its true home. 8.10 MOBIL MASTERPIECE THEATRE: SHADOWLANDS. (R) In January, 1950, the writer C. S. Lewis received a fan letter from an American woman called Joy Davidman. Lewis was then 51 years old and a confirmed bachelor. The letter interested him and he answered it. Out of this first contact grew a passion which was to transform his life. Starring Joss Ackland, Claire Bloom, David Wallis. 9.40 KOHA. A series sharing Maori people, concerns and events. 9.55 KALEIDOSCOPE. Thirteen young performing artists, chosen from the tertiary arts training institutions in Wellington — The New Zealand Drama School, Wellington Polytechnic, the Schola Musica, Royal New Zealand Ballet, New Zealand School of Dance — review their year and talk about their dreams for the future — in five years time we will see them again and discuss with them how well this training has prepared them for a life in the performing arts. 10.35 NEWS. 10.45 FILM INTERNATIONAL: YELLOW EARTH. Set in China in the early days of the ChinaJapan war of 1939 this is the true story of a young, idealistic, Communist soldier sent to collect campaign songs in the rural villages. To some he offers a new and better way of life. Staring Wang Xueyin, Xue Bai, Tan Tuo. 12.25 CLOSEDOWN.

Sunday

11.35 THE PAPER LADS. (R) Round One: “Keen, bright paper lads wanted. Apply within.” When ex-copper Jack Crawford puts that sign in his shop he and his hard working wife Jinny get more than they bargained for. Starring Glynn Edwards, Anne Jameson, Tony Neilson. 12.00 OUT OF THIS WORLD. A comedy series with your average thirteen-year-old girl — except for one small thing — her father is an alien. 12.25 THE SATURDAY MATINEE: CALL OF THE WILD. A young man, his pal, and a girl stranded in the Yukon join forces to locate a rich gold claim in the Arctic wastelands. Starring Clark Gable, Jackie Oakie, Loretta Young. 1.45 LOST IN SPACE. (R) 2.35 ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK. (R) 3.30 THE BETTY WHITE SHOW. 3.55 THE A.F.I. SALUTE TO BARBARA STANWYCK. 5.00 REAL FOOD OF CHINA. Tea House Canton: A visit to the Lianxiang Tea House in Canton is a daily ritual for over 5000 patrons. They come to gossip, discuss business, read the papers and to enjoy some of the best Yum Cha in the world. Literally translated Yum Cha means drinking tea, but has come to mean a variety of snacks accompanied by pot after pot of tea. This episode takes the viewer into the kitchens of the tea-house and gives a variety of fascinating recipes and techniques.

6.00 BENSON. (R) Comedy. 6.30 CHARLES IN CHARGE. Comedy. 7.00 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 RNZAF Base, Ohakea. 8.00 LOTTO. 8.05 MACGYVER. MacGyver protects a 14-year-old from the mob, after his grandfather is killed for refusing to sell out his international shipping company. 9.05 THE NETWORK TWO SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE: SPENSER FOR HIRE. Spenser is hired to find the runaway wife of a successful land developer, a woman who has tired of her humdrum existence and looks for something exciting, fulfilling and meaningful to do. Instead, she finds herself involved with revolutionaries and gunrunners. Starring Robert Urich, Barbara Stock, Avery Brooks. 11.00 HITCHHIKER. A suspenseful drama series with cautionary tales that explore the primal emotions of vanity, lust, jealousy, envy and greed which lead the characters to violent or shocking dooms. 11.30 HEARTBEAT CITY. Hot-on-the-street new rock videos, classic flashbacks and a weekly mini concert. 12.25 CLOSEDOWN.

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

12.00 ANGELS. Everyday drama from the wards of St Angela’s Hospital. 12.50 SUNDAY MATINEE: REPEAT PERFORMANCE. The wish to re-live the past year is granted to a woman who accidentally killed her husband on New Year’s Eve. Starring Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field. 2.20 OPUS. Hewitt Humphrey presents a series devoted to classic music. A Chain of Carols: The 8.8. C. in Wales has collated carols from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Belgium and New Zealand in this programme. The Orpheus Chamber Choir directed by Peter Godfrey represent New Zealand. They sing “A Pohutukawa Tree” by Douglas Mews, “Lullaby” by Peter Godfrey and “I Sing of a Maiden” by Richard Madden. 3.20 CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS. 3.45 CABLE COOK. A cooking series for children. 3.50 THE RETURN OF THE ANTELOPE. Continuing this drama serial set at the turn of the century. The tiny Lilliputians are installed in the dolls house in the children’s nursery. But the villainous Harwell Mincing follows them to their new home and, wearing a disguise, will stop at nothing to capture the little people. 4.15 A COUNTRY PRACTICE. 5.05 SUNDAY MAGAZINE. Young people getting involved in their communities, learning to work together on projects through their church groups or through their own initiative. 5.35 SPOT ON. More fun, fact and fantasy. 6.00 OUR HOUSE. A long-time widower finds his recently widowed daughter-in-law on his doorstep with three children. 6.50 YOUR CHOICE. Viewers’ favourite scenes repeated by request. 7.05 THE GOOD LIFE. (R) Has the Good Life come to an end for Tom and Barbara? 7.35 DAY BY DAY. Comedy with a married couple in their later 30s who decide to give up their high-powered careers, their materialistic lifestyle and goals to start a child-care centre in their home. 8.00 THE NETWORK TWO SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE: MR WRONG. A young woman buys a classic 60s Jaguar only to discover that it’s a car with a history. 9.35 RADIO WITH PICTURES. (Final) An end-of-year special featuring some of the best clips from 1988, including Tracy Chapman, Mory Kante, The Pogues, The Bats, Shona Laing, The Warratahs, Sinead O’Connor, and a tribute to the late Roy Orbison. New releases fromEnya,'Sticky Filth, Upper Hutt Posse, and Sticks and Shanty, plus an excerpt from the U2 movie “Rattle and Hum.” Also rock reports, summing up the music scene in the main centres, plus a report on The Mockers, currently in London. 11.00 WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE: JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH. Based on a Jules Verne novel about a scientist and a student who start a hazardous journey to find the centre of the Earth and later find themselves in the lost city of Atlantis. Starring Pat Boone, James Mason. 1.05 CLOSEDOWN.