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THE GUIDE TELEVISION WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2 3 EH 1KHIEH SEE ETEB 6.00: Pac-Man (Rpt, Final). 6 JO: Agro's Cartoon Connection Presented by Ann-Maree and Agro. Featuring: Little Rascals (Rpt), The Snorks (Rpt), She-Ra: Princess Of Power (Rpt), Secret Squirrel '(Rpt). 9.00: Bewitched (Rpt, bw). Comedy with Elizabeth Montgomery.

930: Fat Cat And Friends (Rpt). 10.00: Now You See It (Rpt). Russian! 2.40: Temp Close. 4.00: Movie Oscar, Kina And The Laser (78, Rpt). Adventure story about young Oscar, his pet goose Kina and a kidnapping, which sparks off a series of exciting events.

With Jose Manuel Alonso. From Spain. 535: Mission To Mars (Rpt). Science and Hollywood. (UK).

630: World News And Weather. 7.00: Civilisation Of Egypt (Rpt, Part 1). Documentary series that looks at one one of the world's greatest civilisations. Tonight: The dynastic period. From Italy, in English.

730: Are Mothers Really Necessary? (Rpt). Documentary series that provides differing viewpoints on the debate about the maternal role in bringing up children. From the UK. 8.00: Samsara (PGR). Documentary about the Cambodian people and their attempts to reconstruct a shattered society.

From the US. 830: Shingen The Lord of Suruga leaves for the capital with more than 20,000 men; Kansuke, trusted by Imagawa, tricks his former lord into a narrow valley. Drama from Japan. 930: The Bookshow Reviews. 10.00: Rhythms Of The World -(Rpt).

Keita's performance at the Brixton Academy. From the UK. 1L00: A Better Life Dara is moved to Biberovic's office; Nina visits Bob in gaol. Comedy from Yugoslavia. 11.40: Movie Bastille (AO, 84, Rpt).

A Jewish man thinks he is the only surviving member of his family, but then sees a photograph in which a passer-by strongly resembles him. Derek de Lint and Geert de Jong. (The Netherlands). L20: Close. 630: Three Stooges (Rpt, bw).

7.00: News. 730: 227 Comedy. 8.00: We Got It Made Comedy. 830: Good Times (Rpt). 9.00: Here's Humphrey (Rpt).

930: KTV For children. 10.00: McHale'sNavy (Rpt, bw). 1030: Dukes of Hazzard (PGR). 1130: Barney MUler (PGR, Rpt). 12.00: Policewoman (AO, Rpt).

LOO: Sorry (PGR, Rpt). Comedy. 130: Days Of Our Lives (PGR). 230: Young And The Restless. 330: Superboy (PGR).

Adventure. 4.00: Small Wonder Comedy. 430: CmonXids For children. 5.00: Just The Ten Of Us (Rpt). 530: Head Of The Class (Rpt).

6.00: News, Sport And Weather. 630: A Current Affair Summer. 7.00: Designing Women The women join forces to buy a new van when the old one breaks down in the rain. Dixie Carter and Delta Burke. 730: Free Spirit Comedy series.

8.00: Doctor Doctor (PGR). Mike's mother is given the chance to be a nurse at Mike's office. 830: Movie The Elephant Man (AO, 80, Rpt, bw). True story based on the life of John Merrick, a hideously deformed sideshow freak who is introduced to London society. With John Hurt, Anne Bancroft and Freddie Jones.

1L00: News. 1L05: Newhart (PGR). Comedy. 1135: Movies (Rpts). The Sundowners (PGR, 60).

Drama featuring Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr. 2.M.- The Winter's Tale (66). Featuring Jane Asher and Laurence Harvey. SM: Carson's Comedy Classics. 530: Starting Out (Rpt).

Drama. 600: Newswatch (Continued). 630: Aerobics Oz Style Fitness. 7.00: The Care Bears (Rpt). 730: Lone Ranger Cartoons (Rpt).

8.00: Adventures Of Teddy Ruxpin. 830: The Muppets (Rpt). Featuring Vincent Price and Miss Piggy, Fozzie and Kermit The Frog. 9.00: 'til Ten Summer Edition. 10.00: Mulligrubs For children.

1030: MajaTheBee (Rpt). 11.00: Another World (PGR). 12.00: Santa Barbara (PGR). LOO: Bold And The BeautifuL 130: Donahue (PGR). Discussion.

230: Carson's Law (Rpt). Drama. 330: The Lone Ranger (Rpt). 4.00: Lassie (Rpt). Drama.

430: Double Dare Messy games. 500: The Goodies (Rpt). Comedy. 530: The Addams Family (Rpt). 6.00: News, Sport And Weather.

630: MASH (Rpt). Comedy. 7.00: Neighbours (S). Drama. 730: Murphy's Law (PGR).

Murphy takes on a case where he must locate a missing motorcycle for the Road Pigs', a group of former 60s bikers turned yuppies. Featuring George Segal and Josh MosteL 830: Mini-Series On Wings Of Eagles (PGR, Rpt, Part 11 Drama about two American businessmen who are held captive in a Tehran prison at the height of the Iranian revolution. With Burt Lancaster, Richard Crenna and Jim MetzJer. 1130: Late Night News. 12.00: Prisoner (AO, Rpt).

Greg moves into private practice; Meg receives an unwanted house guest. Peta Toppano, Elspeth Ballantyne. 130: Newswatch All-night news show. (Continues until 630 am). 2.00: Vremya Russian news (in 7.00: Astroboy (Rpt).

Cartoon. 7 JO: Square One TV (Rpt). 8.00: T-Bag Strikes Again. 8.20: Sesame Street. 9.20 PGR.

9J0: Play School (S, Rpt). 10.00: Puddle Lane (Rpt). 10.15: Noddy For children. 10J0: Rod, Jane And Freddy. 10.45: The Giddy Game Show.

11.00: Mr Squiggk And Friends. 11.30: Great Expectations (Rpt). COO: 3-2-1 Contact -Architecture. 12J0: Baby And Co (Rpt). Fathers.

LOO: Slow Boat From Surabaya. LOO: The Painter's World (Rpt). 3.00: Sesame Street For kids. 4.00: Playschool (S, Rpt). 430: Return Of The Antelope.

5.00: Inspector Gadget (Rpt). 5.28: Danger Bay (Rpt). 535: Roger Ramjet (Rpt). 6.00: OoTheBtgHill-BigE Blues. 630: Fresh Start Elsie (Rpt).

7.00: News, Sport And Weather. 7 JO: 7 JO Report Summer Edition. 8.00: Quantum Summer Edition Documentary program about Africa and the tsetse fly, which carries a lethal parasite and is presenting the continent with a major problem. 830: Cm James On TO A look at the past year. 9J5: News.

9.40: Mr Bean Comedy about the trials and tribulations of Mr Bean, who tries to extricate himself from difficult predicaments. With Rowan Atkinson. 1005: News (S). 10.15: Hollywood: The Golden Years -h'sAU True. Orson Welles.

ILK): In Sickness And In Health -(Final). Alf has a dream that he is batting for England. Warren Mitchell. 11.40: Tales From The Darkside -(PGR). Roy Poole.

12.05: Close. 1030: The People's Court (Rpt). 11.00: Tennis A direct telecast of the 1990 Australian Women's Hardcourt tournament, from the Milton Courts in Brisbane. 6.00: News, Sport And Weather. 630: Wheel Of Fortune (Rpt).

7.00: Hinch With Peter Luck. 730: Hey Dad! (Rpt). Simon tries to improve Nudge's love life by giving him lessons in letter writing. Comedy with Julie McGregor, Christopher Truswell and Christopher Mayer. 8.00: Perfect Strangers Larry completes an assertiveness-training course.

With Bronson Pinchot 830: Tennis Coverage of the Hopman Cup tournament from the Burswood Superdome in Perth. LOO: The NBC Today Show. 3J0O: The World At War (Rpt). 4.00: Rituals (PGR). Drama.

4.25: Generations (PGR). Drama. 430: The Refuge (PGR). Comedy. Ivan's Face lb Face (Rpt).

530: The Researchers (Rpt). 535: The Tomorrow People Sci-fi. 6JJ0: Wowser For children. Programs supplied by TV channels. Basically, though, what we need is this: Des (Paul Keene) must be given the bulk of the lines.

Now, Des isn't an attractive man, but with all the gorgeous women falling for him, he's getting ideas. For some time he has been sporting a took that was buried with Elvis a turned-up collar and sideburns. Face it, Des, you're as plain as Iiarrie Unsworth. Still, shove Des and Joe (Mark Little) together and you have something. But as Neighbours returns to our screens this week, Joe has little to laugh about He is waiting for news of an appeal in the custody case for Sky, and hassling Toby about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Here's the rub. In trying to nurture another teen star, the Neighbours producers have concentrated on the school playground and given little time to classically over-the-top characters like Harold and Madge. And Des. We'll just have to wait for Des's spin-off series. Tony Squires Subtitles, for the hearing-impaired.

MR BEAN On ABC TV at 9.40 pm AFTER four series of Btackadder, Rowan Atkinson must have relished the chance to again play a part that requires him to pull his extraordinary trademark facial contortions. As the contemptuous Edmund Blackadder, Atkinson held bis malleable visage in check while he scythed down his co-stars with Richard Curtis and Ben Elton's withering dialogue. Mr Bean (which won the 1990 Golden Rose of Montreux award for comedy) serves to demonstrate that the trio's ability to turn from one genre of comedy to another is seamless. Bean is simply light years from Bl'adder, with Atkinson reverting to his stage show persona as the unspeakable and uns peaking prat Instead of masticating over Curtis NEIGHBOURS On Seven at 7 pm LETS GET this straight You are holding in your hands a one-time avid Neighbours watcher. It is one of the few shows one can watch in comfort with children under three and its mix of corn, melodrama and astounding acting is intoxicating.

Early this year, things began to go awry, and this viewer's visits to Ramsay Street became irregular like failing to look up former dose friends while passing through the home town. Neighbours, and most viewers, lived through the limb-like loss of Jason and Kylie. When Craig McLachlan took his tan to Summer Bay, potholes began to develop in the street. And Annie Jones's disappearance was basically an invitation to watch Tony Barber bouncing off the Sale of the Century walls. SUBJECT TO LATE ALTERATIONS.

GUIDE Rowan Atkinson back with his extraordinary facial contortions. RADIO Preludes No 2 and Buscaglia. Adrienrta. Recuerdos. En I HueRa.

Et Cimarron. Versos de Fogon; Anon. Mtfonga; BoteMt. La Felipe Varei; Rodriguez. La Cumparaita; Ponce.

Weiss Suite: Prelude. Gavottes 1 and 2. Gigue; Brouwer. Sketches Nos 1.2.3; Laura. Aire de Joropo.

Carora. El Marebino; Morel. Danza BrasUera. 12 The Sound Of Jazz. 1 Wednesday Matinee.

From the Steppes. Glazunov, Slavonic Festival in Various. Four Russian Folk Songs; Glazu. nov. Serenade No 1 in Balakirev.

Piano Concerto No 2 in flat; Tchaikovsky. Symphony No 1 in 6 minor (Winter Reveries! 3 Italians Down Under. Rossini. Souvenir for my Wife; Corelli. Sonata in 6 minor; dementi.

Sonata in flat. 3.30 Classics. Mozart. Divertimento in D. 4 Marin Marais.

Marias. La Sonnerie. de Sainte-Genevieve du Mont de Paris. Sonata a la Maresienne. La Gamme.

5 Early Evening Concert. Wagner. The Flying Dutchman: overture; Barrios. Maxixa; Shostakovich, Pirogov: Waltz and Scherzo; German, Merrie England: The Yeoman of England; Bellini, Norma: excerpts; Strauss R. Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils; Sullivan.

The Yeoman of the Guard: excerpts; Schumann. Arabesque; Offenbach. Vert Vert: overture; Shostakovich, Age of Gold: polka; Trad arr Galway. Sakura; Gounod. Serenade: Copland.

Bitty the Kid: Street in a Frontier Town; Strauss waltz. Harry Adriane soprano. Beronzt. Nucci. Bach Bazaar.

6am News. 7 News. News, 9.30 NewsDad Hour. Roger 2.30 News. News.

Bishop News. Features 5.30am The Moore. Williams. Jamie 8am Pete and Elton's marvellously insulting lines (though it must be said even these sometimes wore thin and were saved mainly by Atkinson's forceful use of themX here he has only his insidious physical presence to rely on. He plays Bean as the graceless, gawking loser with visual japes and contortions enough to put Buster Keaton et al in the shade.

He extracts a mine of material from seemingly innocuous situations visiting a church and trying to surreptitiously scoff a lolly and laboriously attempting to change into his swimming costume without removing his trousers. The collection is unified at the beginning of each sketch by the appearance of a three-wheeler car, which is either forced off the road or shoved out of its parking spot by Mr Bean's red Mini Excruciating, embarrassing and exhausting viewing. Paul Pottinger Today Peter Bosty. 7 Richard Zechariefw 10 Lucienne 12 Simon Towns net 2KY 1017 Sam Ray Warren. 9 Brian Doyle, tl David Bunt Racing.

5 NewsMusicRacing. 7 Trotting Greyhound Racing. HL30 Arch Tambekie. 1 .30 Neride Nicholls. 2UW 1107 Sam Bazz and Pilko.

9 Col Mooney. 12 Trevor Sinclair'. 4 Graeme Stone. 7 Ian MacRae. 1 Andy Church.

2ch tm Sam Pete Rudder. 9 John Poole. 12 Barry Spicer. 4 Dave Norman. 8 Helen Reeves.

9 O'Clock SpeciaL 12 Steve Fox. 2WS 1224 Sam Peter Graham. 9 Hans Torv. 12 Rob Neil. 4 Chris Costello.

8 Love Songs. John BondGraham McGHIrvray. 2SM 1269 5.30am Gareth McCrayKath-erine Hynes. 10 Mike Curreli 2 John Carroll. 7 Steve Murphy.

12 Chris Firth. 2RPH 1629 Information Radio. 2EA 1368 Sam Greek. 6.45 Arabic. 7.30 Croatian.

8.15 Italian. 9 Polish, 10 German. It Russian. Moon Spanish. 1 Aboriginal.

2 Vietnamese. 3- Cantonese. 4 Swedish. 4.30 Danish. 5 Turkish, 5.45 Italian, 6.30- Greek.

7. IS YiddishHebrewEnglish, 8.15 German. 9.1S Spanish. 10.15 Macedonian. 11 Latvian.

Nightly Planet. 1 Radio Australia Overnight Current affairs. 2BL702 lam Frank Crook. Ian Doyle and Julia Lester. 12 News, Anne Warburton.

4 Anthony FrangL 7 Hugh MacKenzie. 10 John Woods. 1 Paul Lyneham. 2JJJ-FM tOS.7 8am Meynard Lottsa Comedy. 9- Angela Catterns.

Ian Rogersoii 3 Andy Glrtre (met News at 6L 9 Richard KingsmtU. I Geoff Wood: 2SER-FM 107.3 7am Breakfast (BBC News at 7L Watching Brief. 9.30 New Horizons BBC Newsdesk at 10. II JO Healths tyle For Life. t2.15 Puff Off.

12.30 Music Blue-grass SpeciaL 2 Deep Joy. 4 The Edge. 5.30 Home Market And The Family. 8 Third Degree Academics discuss topical issues. SJOThe Buzz.

7 artbeat-8 What Do Moslems Believe? 8.30 Crystal Set 10.30 Globes-tyle-Worid Music. It .30 The Big Broadcast. 1 The Quiet Space. 3 Country Music excerpts; Beethoven. Piano Sonata No 26 in flat (Les AdieuxL: Haydn.

String Quartet in (Emperor). 4 Simply Classical. Wagner. Columbus Overture: Copland. Old American Songs; MecDoweM.

Piano Concerto No 2 in minor. News. 5.10 Kaleidoscope, tner News at 6. 7 News. 7.10 FM Classics.

Mozart. Die Zauberffote: overture. Symphony No 25 in minor. Masonic Funeral Music. Just Out.

Opening with: Debussy. Chansons de Bilitis for reciter, two flutes, two harps and celesta (Catherine Deneuve. narrator. Vienna-Berlin Ensemble). 10 Sounds New.

Contemporary Dutch Music. Rijnvos. Study in 5 Parts; Keuris. To Brooklyn Bridge; Franssen6. Old Songs, New Songs for two pianos.

1 1.10 From Holland. Pijper. Symphony No Badtngs. Concerto for harp and small orchestra; Flothuis. Hymn us for soprano and large orchestra.

12 Music Overnight. Including at 2am: Goldmark, Concerto No 1 in A minor. 2MBS-FM 102.5 12 Eardrum. 1 The Black Pearl Reggae Music Show. 3 Till Dawn.

6 Early Morning Music. 9 Concert Hail. Ravel. Rapsodie Espagnole; Prokofiev. Sinfonia Concertante in minor; Elgar.

Variations on an original theme (Enigma). 10.30 A Little Mozart. Mozart. Cosi Fan Tutte: Come Scoglio Immoto Resta, Donne mie. Is fate a tanti, Bassoon Concerto in flat.

11 The South American Guitar. Villa-Lobos. J. The Blue Danube Radetzky march. 7 The Joy-A-Jazz.

Wild About Harry. Connick Jr. CWea. Lecouvreue. Adrian Lecouvreur: Joan Sutherland, Maurizio: Carlo tenor.

Michonnet: Leo baritone. 10.30 The Trumpet Shad Sound. Biber. Balleti in Hoist. Suite No 2 in JS.

Four Chorales. 1 1 Night Fados from Portugal. 2CBA-FM 103.2 Arthur Deane. 6.15 BBC 6.45 Mission To Seamen. 7.45 Dental, BBC t-30 Australia Remembers.

8.45 Fitness. 9 Devotions. Dr Jansen. 10 BBC Dave. 11 Hospital 12 News.

12.45 Homilies. 1 Cfimpson. 2 BBC News. Guest. 3 Alan Russell.

4 BBC 5.30 Yes What. 8 NewsNoticeboard. 8 3BC 8.30 Guest. 9 Piano. 9.45 John Reid.

10 Ntgh-twatch. 10.45 Legal. 11 BBC 11.30 Mrs 'Obbs. 12 for light sleepers. 2DAY FM 104.1 Mike Hammond And Morning Crew.

9 George 12 Tony Hartney. 3 Keith 7 Nick Bennett. 10 Angel. 1 Greg Dimon. 2MMM-FU 104.9 Rob Duckworth.

10 Stuart Cranney. Ron Spar. 6 Armstrong. 10 Mark Dod-shon. 1 Sue Moses.

RADIO NATIONAL S7t 6.30 Early Edition, News. Work Roundup. t.4S Worldview. S3 Finance Report. 7.10 Sacred Reading.

7.18 News. 7.30 World Roundup, News. OS Worldview. t.20 Book Reading Miss Gymkhame. RG Men-zies And Me.

S.30 Earthworm. 9.02 Offspring. 10 News. In Alt Directions. 10.30 Originals On CD.

11.30 The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (Part 2L. 12 Country Hour. Incl News at 12.30. 1 News. 1.10 Blue Hills Revisited.

1.22 Finance Report I. 30 Landscape. 1.45 Country Living. 2 Connexions. 3 News.

3.03 Playback Say Something Happened, by Alan Bennett. An eldery couple turns the tables on a young social worker. The Real Long John Silver, by Peter Barnes. 4 Passages To India Part 8. International Report.

5.30 Earthworm. 0 News. 8.10 Taim Bilong Masta The Good News. 7 News. 7.1S Encounter Act Of God.

Natural disasters, such as the Newcastle earthquake, often have a profound effect upon the religious belief of those who suffer them. I Arts National Incl Part 1 of Juke Rigg's series about William obeli and the 1947 Archibald Prize. Incl Week In Film 9.30 Food Program. 10 News. 10.10 Passages To India Part 9: Swaraj.

The Quest For Self Reliance. II. 10 Book Reading. 11.20 EH ABC-FM 92.9 6 FM Breakfast. Includes News And Weather on the hour.

9 Adventures In Good Music. Ultimate Decades. 10 Baroque And Beyond. The Couperin Dynasty. Couperin F.

Les Nations: La Piemontoise; Couperin L. Suite in Couperin F. Victoria Christo Resurgent. Concert Royal No 1 in Trio Sonnerie; Couperin A-L. L'tn-trepide.

Rondeau, L'Arlequine ou la Adam; Couperin GF, Louis XIII or Happiness Again. 11.30 The Australian Experience. The music of Ron Nagorcka. 12.30 News. 12.3S Lunchtime.

Benjamin, An Italian Comedy: overture; Schubert, Longing; Adam. Giselle: Act 1 excerpts; Faure, Impromptu; Glinka. Symphony on Two Russian Themes; Falta, Love the Magician: Ritual Fire Dance; Anon. Rowallen Lute Book; Donizetti. Don Pasquale: So anch'io la virtu magica; Krufft.

Sonata in E. 2 Midweek Choice. Rossini. String Sonata No in flat; Ries. Pieno Concerto No 3 in sharp minor; Puccini.

Turandot: Act 3 2KA 783 and 1476 Sam Brian Sanders with Shon Walker. 9 Richard Mercer. 12 Jason BoumanKerryn Banks. 4 Berry Denten, 8 Hot Hits. 2GB 873 5.30am Mike Carlton.

9 John Tingle. 12 News. 12.30 Mike Bailey. 4 John Reedier. 7 Money Talks -David Koch.

9 Brian- Wit-shire. 11 Matchmaker. 12 Overnight with Andrew Harwood. 2UE 954 5.30am Owen Delaney 9 John Brown. 12 News.

12.30 Katharine Greiner. 4 Tim Webster. 6 Sports SMH The Guide, Monday, December 31, 1990.