One Television New Zealand Two

Press, 18 March 1989, Page 23

One Television New Zealand Two

Saturday

7.00 SOOTY. (R) 7.20 MY LITTLE PONY AND FRIENDS. 7.45 THE KIDSONGS TV SHOW. 8.10 YOGI’S TREASURE HUNT. 8.35 WHIZ KIDS. (R) 9.30 FOUR GO OFF TO SPACE CAMP. 10.05 MUPPET SHOW COMMAND PERFORMANCES. (R) 10.35 BEWITCHED. (R) 11.10 SPACE 1999. (R) 12.00 HIGH CHAPARRAL. (R). 12.50 WHO BUILT STONEHENGE. (R) 1.40 DAD’S ARMY. (R) 2.10 WHODUNNIT. (R) 2.50 SPORT ON ONE. Featuring Rugby League, Bowls, Rowing, Racing, Harness Racing. RUGBY LEAGUE: Challenge Cup — Semi-Final Widnes v. St Helens. ATHLETICS: Highlights of last weekend’s National Track and field Championships from Mt Smart. Highlights of the World Indoor Track and field Championships from Budapest. ROWING: Highlights of the National Rowing Championships from Lake Ruataniwha. RACING: Live from Rosehill in Sydney, the Golden Slipper and Tancred Stakes. HARNESS RACING: Replay of last night’s Interdominion Pacing Final. BOWLS: The Embassy World Indoor Bowls Championships from Preston, England — Pairs and Singles Final. PROGRAMME TIMES (Approximate and subject to change): 2.50 Preview, Sports News. 3.00 Harness Racing. Interdominion Pacers Final. 3.10 Bowls Embassy World Indoor Champs. 3.35 Racing, Goldlen Slipper Stakes. 3.40 Bowls (con’d). 4.00 Athletics. World Indoor Track and Field Champs. 4.25 Rowing, National Champs. 5.00 Racing, Tancred Stakes. 5.05 Athlectics, National Track and Field Championships. 5.35 Rugby League, Challenge Cup Semi Final. Widnes v. St Helens. 6.30 NETWORK NEWS AND SPORT. 7.00 MURDER SHE WROTE. Jessica is summoned to Quebec to serve as a witness for the defence of her friend, who is charged with murder. 8.00 THE RETURN OF SHELLEY. Shelley has been under threat before — but never has his little eyrie been actually under fire. 8.30 ASPEL & COMPANY. Fancy a chat, a bit of gossip or just some good old-fashioned fun? Then join Michael Aspel along with his special guests. 9.15 NETWORK NEWS. 9.30 THE EQUALISER. Former secret government agent, Robert McCall,\now runs his own oneman security service'from his Manhattan apartment.. He accepts any case, provided that his clients have already exhausted all conventional means of law enforcement. 10.30 THE TWO RONNIES. (R) 11.25 THE PAPER CHASE. A drama series about the trials and tribulations, successes 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.

11.35 THE PAPER LADS. (R) (Final.) 12.00 OUT OF THIS WORLD. Evie’s wish to have Donna more like a “fifties” mother — baking, cleaning and doting on the children comes true but she soon regrets the personality change. 12.25 SATURDAY MATINEE: COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA. (R) When a female student rents a room from a sleazy, middle-aged housewife and her reformed alcoholic husband, she triggers off the couple’s long-hidden emotions and frustrations. Starring Shirley Booth, Burt Lancaster, Terry Moore. 2.00 LOST IN SPACE. (R) 2.50 ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK. (R) 3.40 F TROOP. (R) A comedy about a group of happy, carefree and undisciplined men who man a small frontier post at the end of the Civil War. Led by Sergeant O’Rourke and Corporal Agarn the men sell Army supplies to a tribe of friendly Indians. Starring Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch, Ken Berry. 4.05 ALISON HOLST - MICROWAVE MENUS. Home-made takeaways and pork. 4.35 THE HENDERSON KIDS. (R)The Henderson gang discover Harry’s whereabouts. Why is Vinnie giving Tam the cold shoulder? 5.30 BATMAN. (R) 6.00 TAXI. (R) Louie antagonises striking cabbies by gloating about his date with Elaine, but she has a surprise in store for him. 6.30 PERFECT STRANGERS. An invitation from newspaper owner Endicott has the cousins rubbing elbows with the rich and famous. 7.00 GRIFFIN’S TOP TOWN. Mark Leishman, fiarry Holland and lan Ferguson are in Waihi this week, for this annual feast of summer fun, games and friendly rivalry where three towns compete for a place in the final against last year’s champions, Kawerau. Competing in today’s heat are Waihi, Thames and Orewa. 7.30 SUMMERTIME SPECIAL: IT’LL BE ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT. (R) Host Dennis Norden presents another compilation of goofs, fluffs and technical mistakes made during the making of film and television programmes. 8.30 LOTTO. Live from Auckland, the six numbers to make you a winner. 8.35 SONNY SPOON. Drama series about Sonny Spoon, a savvy, street-smart private eye who handles off-beat cases. 9.35 THE NETWORK TWO SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE: MAX DUGAN RETURNS. A runaway father enters the life of his daughter, a near penniless widow and mother, bringing with him a wad of Las Vegas gambling winnings, the suspicions of a police detective and the mob. Staring Marsha Mason, Donald Sutherland, Jason Robards. 11.25 LATE MOVIE: GREASED LIGHTNING. Based on the true events of the first black auto racing champion, Wendell Scott, who had to overcome racial prejudice to achieve success. Starring Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier. 1.15 CLOSEDOWN.

Sunday

7.00 EDWARD AND FRIENDS. 7.10 THE ADVENTURES OF SNELGROVE SNAIL. 7.15 FRAGGLE ROCK. 7.40 THE PONDLES. 8.15 SCOOBY AND SCRAPPY DOO. (R) 8.35 THE MUPPET SHOW COMMAND PERFORMANCES. (R) 9.05 PRAISE BE. 9.35 AEROBICS OZ STYLE. (R) 10.00 THE RUNNING PROGRAMME. How injuries can be avoided. 10.25 STIRRING STUFF. (R) A tribute to the British national drink — tea. 11.05 TRAVELLING LIGHT, THE PHOTO JOURNALISM OF DIPIP MEHTA. A film biography of the outstanding photo-journalist Dipip Mehta, considered by many to be one of the best in the world today. 12.00 ENGLISH SOCCER. 1.00 NEWS REVIEW. The week’s news for the deaf. 1.30 SHAKESPEARE: The Two Gentlemen of Verona: A 8.8. C. production of one of Shakespeare’s classic plays. 3.45 TOMORROW’S WORLD. 4.00 SPORTS SPECIAL. Featuring Track and Field, and Five Nations Rugby. Track and Field — Highlights of last weekend’s National Track and Field Championships at Mount Smart Rugby — Highlights from the final round of the Five Nations Rugby — Wales v. England at Cardiff Arms Park, and France v. Scotland at the Parc de Princes.

12.00 ANGELS. A drama series which follows the nurses thorugh life at St Angela’s Hospital, London. 12.25 SUNDAY MATINEE: LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING. Set in Hong Kong, the true story of a romance between a Eurasian doctor and an American war correspondent. (Based on “A Many Splendoured Thing” by Han Suyin) Starring William Holden, Jennifer Jones, Torin Thatcher. 2.00 CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS. A series with Carol Burnett and special guests. 2.25 OPUS. The 1988 Young Musicians Competition Final Part 1. Elizabeth Hirst plays the Flute Concerto by Carl Nielsen, and Martin Riseley plays the Violin Concerto in D by Tchaikovsky. 3.25 LIVER BIRDS. (R) What can Carol think when her grandfather says “I’ll go to a quiet place — like the elephants do.” 3.55 A CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE. (R) A cartoon special for children. 4.20 A COUNTRY PRACTICE. An Australian drama series. 5.05 WAVELENGTH. Grant Shearer and Monica Maynard host a forum of young New Zealanders, in which they answer questions mailed in from young people throughout New Zealand and speak out on the social and moral issues that concern them. 5.35 BATMAN. (R)

6.00 WAR AT WOBURN. In March of 1943, a highly secret radio station began operating from within the grounds of the stately English .home of Woburn, beaming transmissions to Germany. It was part of the Political Warfare Executive’s "Black Propaganda” machine. 6.30 NETWORK NEWS AND SPORT. 6.50 FRONTLINE. Bronwen Reid reports on the rise of private funded universities here and across the Tasman, and the influence they could have on the tertiary education of the future. 7.30 YOU MUST BE THE HUSBAND. (Final.) Somewhere in the shadows, a loathesome and flaccid white object bestirs itself. Yes, it is Don, the landlord — and he’s thinking of leaving. 8.00 THE BEIDERBECKE TAPES. (Final.) A comedy thriller series about two colleagues who team up to crack a top secret mystery. 9.20 EVERYMAN — STAND BY YOUR MAN. Reporter Jenni Murray talks to four women who have remained loyal to their husbands who have been involved in armed robbery, rape, murder and espionage. 10.00 NETWORK NEWS. 10.10 THE SINGING DETECTIVE. (Final) (R) “He’s one step in front of us all the time. We’ve got to accept that” “I don’t accept nothing. We’ll root him out” "But where to look? Up a gum tree?” “I tell you this — there’s no such thing as a perfect hiding place. Sooner or later — somewhere or other — he’s bound to give himself away.” 11.30 TAKE FIVE. (Final.) A drama series about a P.R. man who suffers a midlife crisis. CLOSEDOWN . ,y

6.00 WIZARD. Government agent Alex Jagger has a tough assignent; protecting a genius toymaker whose expertise is vital to a number of top secret projects. 6.50 YOUR CHOICE. 7.05 ALF. (R) Alf thinks he witnesses a homicide at the neighbour’s home. 7.30 INCREDIBLE SUNDAY. Information and humour, the credible and incredible; facts and figures and unusual people. 8.20 MINI-SERIES: SINS. (Part One) A story of ambition and desire ... and the daring woman who built the world’s most successful magazine empire. Sins: When Helene Junot releases a new fashion magazine on to the highly competitive market and it fails, her publishing empire faces a collapse. But financial worries are just the beginning of Helene’s problems. Her most bitter enemies are on her tail and are waiting for her failure. Among them are a jilted lover, a former business associate, and Helene’s arch-enemy Von Eiderfeld, a one time Nazi imprisoned for his war-time crimes against the Junot family. Starring Joan Collins, Marisa Berenson, Timothy Dalton. 10.35 SUMMERTIME MUSICAL SPECIAL: RADIO WITH PICTURES. THE LAST PICTURE SHOW. “Radio With Pictures” has been on air for 11 years. In this final programme Dick Driver introduces highlights from a decade of rock and roll. ■ ■. 11.35 LATE MOVIE: ISLANDS IN THE STREAM. On a Bahamian island in 1940, an expatriate American artist welcomes his three sons and reflects on the futility of life. Starring George C. Scott, Claire Bloom, David Hemmings. .. 1.15 CLOSEDOWN.