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SATURDAY DECEMBER 28 16 THE GUIDE 6.00 Bob In A Bottle (R). 8157 6.30 Yogi's Space Race (R). 3848 7.00 Saturday Disney. 1446041 9.00 Disney's The Little Mermaid (R). 8515 Jim Hanson's Animal Show With Stinky Jake.

8374 Iznogoud. Djello demon 9.30 10.00 6.00 Rage (M). Simulcast on Triple until 9.00 am. 27845157 12.00 Movie: Innocent Sinners (bw, 58, R). A young girl gets into trouble with the police when she builds a garden in the remains of a bombed church.

Flora Robson. 841732 1.30 Snow Jumping (R). Champions' Challenge. Day two. Highlights.

85291 2.30 Athletics The Bay Sheffield Footrace 1996. Live from Glenelg, Adelaide. 6.00 Gillette World Sports Special. 896577 6.30 Sllmer The Real Ghostbusters (R). 804596 7.00 Wonder World! (R).

805225 7.30 The Adventures Of Skippy (R, S). 808312 8.00 Today On Saturday. 681732 9.00 What's Up Doc? 2604799 9.50 Mysterious Island. Harding rescues Nui after her tribe sends her to fight the sea monster. 2662393 10.50 Cricket Third Test.

Australia West Indies. Day three. Live from the MCG. Commentary from Richie Benaud, Tony Greig, Bill Lawry, Michael Holding and Colin Croft. 48806770 6.00 Junior Basketball.

245954 7.00 Owl TV (R). 803867 7.30 Bobby's World (R). 806954 8.00 Totally Wild (R). 807683 8.30 The Muppet Show (R). Series return.

279886 9.00 Video Hits. 3739867 11.00 Basketball: NBA. 250751 11.30 Movie: The Jungle Book (42, R). A boy raised by wolves returns to his village and learns that his father has been killed by a tiger. 1054729 1.30 Devondale Ironwomen.

Sporting program. 611848 2.00 Uncle Tobys Super Series. Round five. Highlights from New Zealand. 855652 3.00 Road To Avonlea (Final).

10.30 Jamie Lee Curtis discovers that her lover is a psychotic killer in Blue Hosted by Steven Trigg. 52867 strates his powers by hypnotising Ahdoolaf and convinces him he is a mouse. 9003 Dexter's Laboratory. A boy genius turns his bedroom into a laboratory. 7022 California Dreams.

8751 CNet Central. 8138 Sailing. The Flying Eighteens move across the Tasman to Auckland for the third leg of the Oracle Grand Prix. 92886 Movie: Come September Steel at 8.30 pm on Seven 11.00 11.30 12.00 1.00 1.00 The Cricket Show. Cricket news.

Hosted by Shane Warne, Michael Slater and Simon O'Donnell. 610119 1.30 Cricket. Third Test. Australia West Indies. Day three.

Continues live. 15746935 6.00 News And Weather. 259549 6.30 Cricket One-Day Match. Australia XI Pakistan. Second session.

From the SCG. Commentary from Ian Chappell, Greg Chappell, Greg Ritchie, Simon O'Donnell and Kerry O'Keefe. 40770393 (61, R). A wealthy American discovers a caretaker has been using his Italian villa as a hotel. Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida.

2141225 3.25 Movie: Dot Goes To Hollywood (87, R). Animated children's tale. Dot travels to Hollywood and wins a talent contest. 4475428 5.00 Test Of The Toughest. Competition taking the iron-men to extreme locations for extreme action.

25190 6.00 News And Weather. Presented by Ross Symonds. 7729 6.30 Movie: Robin Hood, The Movie (R). A man gives up his life as a nobleman to fight a greedy prince and a corrupt sheriff. Richard Greene, Leo McKern, Alan Wheatley, Ber- Sara's nanny is close to death and her father, Blair Stanley, is acquitted of fraud.

403916 4.00 I Do I Do. Game show. Contestants compete to win a television wedding. Hosted by Lisa Treloar. 407732 5.00 News And Weather.

154995 5.30 Bright Ideas The Home Improvement Show. 904472 6.00 Ocean Girl. Mera is reunited with her Orca friends. 554931 6.30 Before They Were Stars (R). 428225 7.30 Xena Warrior Princess (PG).

Xena protects a helpless infant who may become a threat to the king. 883003 8.30 Movie: Missing In Action (M, 84, R). A former POW returns to Vietnam in search of American soldiers missing in action. Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh.

866596 10.30 News And Weather. 253490 11.00 Sports Tonight The latest sporting news from Australia and around the world. 154175 11.30 Video Review (M). 300652 10.15 Newsbreak. 1625480 10.20 99-1 (M).

Undercover agent 6.00 WorldWatch. Japanese News. 4386683 6.30 WeatherWatch. 28517393 7.35 Cantonese News. 59424935 7.55 Mandarin News.

971274808.30 Das Journal. 7600683 9.00 Le Journal. 2467848 9.45 Vrem- ya. 12882312 10.30 WeatherWatch. 7697U9 11.00 The Journal.

7698848 11.30 Business Report. 7691935 12.00 The Fourth Season (R). (Japan). 7692664 12.30 Stretton On Saturday. Includes at: 12.31 Movie: Ruy Bias (bw, 47, R).

Danielle Darrieux. (France). 8300799 2.15 Elia Kazan Outsider (R). (France). 80835645 3.25 A Night At The Opera (R).

Features trumpeter Hakan Harden-berger, trombonist Christian Lindberg, and pianist Love Derwinger. (UK). 93158596 4.30 Proudly We Served (R). Documentary. (US).

5785157 5.30 Living With Chimpanzees (R). (Canada). 9480765 6.30 World News. 2242190 7.00 The Food Lovers' Guide To Australia. 5841848 7.30 Inside Castro's Cuba (R).

(UK). 4382867 8.30 The United States Of Poetry. (US). 5839003 9.00 Aeon Flux (PG). Aeon Flux enters Habitat, an artificial environment, to save Trevor's Mick Raynor vies for the favors of a ruthless drug baron.

3422596 11.25 Lonesome Dove (PG). Newt 4.30 Soccer (R). English Premier League. 80515 5.30 Triathlon. Commences in Perth and concludes in Moo-loolaba, on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, in April.

Hosted by Bridget Tilley. 2886 6.00 Ruby Wax Meets The Duchess Of York (R). Ruby Wax asks the questions that no one else dares to ask in a revealing interview with the Duchess of York. 3515 6.30 The Best Of Mother And Son (R). Arthur is confident that a two-week visit from Maggie's sister, Lorna, will give him some time to spend with his new girlfriend.

8206 7.00 News And Weather. 577 7.30 Heartbeat (S). British drama series. A road accident puts a local girl in a coma." Nick's investigation is hampered by people who have other matters to conceal. 55732 8.25 News.

1887374 8.30 The Bill (PG, S). While Beech and Carver are busy solving a hit-and-run, Skase hits a dead end on an old robbery case. When a man is attacked by his daughter, Quinnan and Page must unravel his past to find out why. 36645 9.20 News. 7491225 9.30 Rumpole Of The Bailey (R, S).

A distant cousin invites Hilda and Rumpole to Sackbut Castle for the weekend. 89751 10.20 Movie: Carry On Doctor (PG, 68, R). The comical adventures of the doctors, nurses and patients at a large hospital. 7860003 11.50 Rage (M). Simulcast on Triple from 1.00 am.

Features music video clips. Tonight Rage plays the best of 1996's guest programmers. 15062138 and Buffalo Bill join forces to find an Indian chief who has disappeared from reserve land. 1482645 8.30 12.25 Cricket. Third Test.

Australia West Indies. Highlights from the MCG. 201639 nadette 0 Farrell. 751645 Movie: Blue Steel (M, 89, R). A female rookie cop realises her lover is a psychotic killer.

Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown. 8660409 Movie: Rocky (PG. 76. R). 12.55 Late Show With David 11.32 Movie: The Killiiuf Time 10.40 Letterman (PG).

Talk show featuring celebrity interviews and live music. 7733813 1.55 Movie: Stage Fright 12.50 (bw, PG, 50, R). A man suspected of murder enlists the help of a friend to find the real killer. Jane Wyman, Michael Wilding. 44735829 1.50 A struggling boxer becomes a contender for the heavyweight title.

Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young. 9243652 Telemall Shopping. 1270788 Movie: Vincent And Theo (M, 90, R). Depicts the relationship between artist Vincent Van Gogh and his brother Theo. Tim Roth, Hans Kestine.

96639368 (M, 87, R). A small town becomes a place of violence, passion and murder. Beau Bridges. 2177886 1.20 Man About The House (R). British comedy.

5444368 1.50 Aboriginal Australia. Explores aspects of contemporary Aboriginal culture and lifestyles. 9535097 2.00 Telemall Shopping. 7849784 4.00 Hillsongs Australia Presents Life Is For Living. Religious program.

6597349 4.30 Key Of David. 4795542 5.00 Hour Of Power. 8639504 4.00 Dear John (PG). 6599707 4.30 Court TV Inside America's scientist. (US).

5854312 9.30 Movie: Eraserhead (bw, 77). John Nance. (US). 9170751 11.00 Eat Carpet. 2394596 12.00 Movie: Pummaro (M, 89, R).

Depicts the plight of illegal African migrants living in Italy. (Italy). 8648417 1.40 Close. Courts (PG). Real life court-room drama.

Presented by Cynthia McFadden and Gregg Jarrett. 4797900 4.20 Movie: Appearances (PG, 90, R). A portrait of middle-class family life. Scott Paulin. 3899691 5.00 Kenneth Coneland.

Religious program. RADIO FF.I AM and Sandra Ross. 9 Warwick Moss. 12 Bruce Bamett 5 Sport with David Tapp. 7 Kel Richards.

12 Mark Jensen. 2UE 954 5.30am Gary O'Callaghan. 7 The Gardening Show Phil Halde-manShirley Stackhouse. 10 Dr James Wright 12 Owen Delaney. 5 Sports Today.

6 Memory Lane. 9 Suzie Yates. 12 Melanie King. 2KY 1017 5am Hi-Tide. 7 Inside Racing.

8.30 Turf Time. 9.30 3-Way Turf Talk. 10 World Of Racing. 12 Racing. 11pm British Soccer.

SBS RADIO 1 1107 6am World View Weekly. 7 Greek. 8 Croatian. 9 Vietnamese. 10 Mandarin.

11 Khmer. 12 Hungarian. 1 12.10 Notes On The News. 12.45 Cartooning. 1 Stan Pedersen.

3 Lance Shilton. 4.15 Solar Energy. 6 NewsNoticeboard. 6.10 David Lloyd. 6.45 Great People.

7 World Of Books. 7.45 Steam Trains. 8 BBC News. 8.30 Science. 9 Music To Remember.

10 Chuck Wagner. 10.45 Carnovorous Plants. 11 BBC News. 11.10 Myma Dodd. 11.30 Features for light sleepers.

2DAY-FM 104.1 6am Ron Sparks. 10 Paul Campion. 2 Dean Kesby. 5 Rock 40.9 Party Hard. 1 Overnight TRIPLE M-FM 104.9 6am Pete Armstrong.

10 Stuart Cranney. 2 Ronni Swinteck. 6 Jon Kennedy. 12 Wayne McLean. TRIPLE J-FM 105.7 6am Richard Margetson.

10 Jane RADIO NATIONAL 576 5am News. 5.05 Country Club. 7.10 Asia Focus. 7.30 The Sports Factor The 1936 Berlin Olympics, and Australian Women Who Race Big, Fast Machines. 8.05 Indian Pacific.

8.30 Divided By A Common Language. Part 1: Brave New World. 10.05 The Music Show. 12 The Goons The Whistling Spy Enigma. 12.30 News.

12.40 The Science Show. 1.30 Arts National Ulysses. Incl at (2.45) The Week In Rim. 3.05 Book Talk. 3.30 Saturday-Eye -Bush Fires.

4.05 Singers Of Renown. 5.05 Women Out Loud -Leaping Off The Edge. 6.05 Awayel 7.10 Music Deli. 9.05 Music Feature. 10.05 Saturday nett.

RodgersHart, Manhattan; Rodgers orch Spialek, On Your Toes: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue; RodgersHart, I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Bennett RR, Violin Concerto, Symphonic Songs for Band. 8 Saturday Recital. Jon Kimura Parker, piano. Mozart, Sonata No Beethoven, Sonata No 23 (Appassionata); Schumann, Theme and Variations on the Name ABEGG; Berg, Sonata; Corea, Got a Adams, China Gates; Louie, Memories in an Ancient Garden; Buczynski, Prelude No 10; Barber, Fugue. 10 Knowing The Score.

War in the Pacific, with music from the TV series Victory at Sea, and then two scores by Jerry Goldsmith. 12 Music Overnight. Including at lam: Chamber Music. Including: Rameau, Harpsichord Pieces in Concert: Nos 4 and 2. ONE-FM 96.1 6am David Archer.

12 Pete Hill. 6 Aussie Hit Jam. 12 Overnight SBS RADIO 2 97.7 6am World View Weekly In English. 7 Arabic. 8 Italian.

9 Belarusan. 10 Dutch. 11 Portuguese. 12 Maltese. 1 Spanish.

2 Farsi. 3 Turkish. 4 Russian. 5 Latvian. 6 Italian.

7 Arabic. 8 Thai. 9 Filipino. 10 Kurdish. 11 Alchemy.

12 Music. 2000-FM 98.5 6am Fijian. 7.45 Telugu. 9.15 Hungarian. 10 Polish.

10.45 Irish. 12.15 Arabic. 1 Macedonian. 2.30 Arabic Access. 4.45 Bosnian.

6.15 Vietnamese. 7 Afghan. 7.45 Tamil. 10 BBC Overnight. 2WS-FM 101.7 6am John Bond.

12 Bob Peters. 6 Jukebox Saturday Night Simon Carey. 12 David Dwyer. 2MBS-FM 102.5 12am All Through The Night. 6 Saturday Morning Music.

9 Guitar And Voice. Henrique, Boi-Bumba; Ovalle, Azulao; Barroso, Para Niar; FaluDavalos, Tonada del Viejo Amor; Martin Soler, Canzonette: Amor Gelosia, La Volubile, L'lnnozenza, La Costanza, La Semplice, La Preghiera, La Mer-cede. 9.30 Echoes From Sydney International Piano Competitions. The Winners. Irina Plotnikova: Liszt, Rapsodie Espagnole; Haydn, Piano Sonata in flat; Chia Chou: Bach, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue in sharp; Chopin, Scherzo No Xiang-Dong Kong: Brahms, Intermezzo in Schubert, Serenade; Olivier Cazal: Rachmaninov, Sonata No San-can, Mouvement; Duncan Gifford: Scarlatti Sonata in Tchaikovsky, Dumka; Rachmaninov, Variations on a theme of Corelli.

11.30 Orchestral Brumby. 12 New Releases. 2 Home Cooking. Lord of the Rings: John Sangster (Part 3). 4 Nicolai Gedda.

Songs of Strauss, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninov. 4.30 Gyorgy Ligeti And Friends. On the Fringe of Modernism. Ligeti, Piano Concerto, Atmospheres, Cello Con certo, Lontano, Violin Concerto; Nono, Liebeslied; Boulez, Natations Nos 1-4. 6.30 Laudes Deo.

Tallis, Lamentations of Jeremiah: Incipit Lamentatio, Alephi, Beth; Johnson, Dum Transisset Sabba-tum, Gaude Maria Virgo, Benedi-cam Domino. 7 Women In Music. 9 From The Organ Loft. Music for Christmas. Franck, Fantaisie in Dupre, Six Antiphons for Christmas Time; Hollins, A Trumpet Minuet; Dupre, Variations on an old Noel; Toumemire, Fantaisie de I'Epiphanie; Messiaen, L'Ascen-sion: Transports de Joie.

10 Ayres From A Golden Age. Ford, Fair, sweet Cruel; Morley, Come, Sorrow, come; Rosseter, When Laura Smiles; Dowland, I Saw My Lady Weep; Morley, It was a Lover and his Lass; Dowland, Awake, sweet Love; Rosseter, What Then is Love but Mourning; Dowland, In Darkness let me Dwell; Morley, Mistress mine, well may you Fare. 10.30 Neglected Piano Concertos. Kalkbrenner, Piano Concerto No Field, Piano Concerto No Hayes, Piano Concerto No 4. 2CBA-FM 103.2 6am Bible Study.

6.15 BBC News. 6.45 Australia Remembers. 7 NewsNoticeboard. 7.30 Great People. 7.45 Dealing With Difficult People.

8 Radio For Kids. 9 Vernon Turner. 9.10 Bronwyn Hughes. 9.30 Accelerated Learning. 10.30 Small Business.

10.45 Eat Right. 11 Hospital Hour. 11.30 Baby Maternal Management. 12 NewsNoticeboard. SYI-FM 87.8 Tourism Information Radio.

ABC CLASSIC FM 92.9 6am News. 6.05 Bob Maynard. 9 News. 9.05 Colin Fox. Bargain Counter.

Kodaly, Dances of Gal-anta; Kreisler, Rondino on a theme of Beethoven; Mendelssohn arr Kreisler, Song Without Words; Mendelssohn, Symphony No 4 in A (Italian). 10 Classical Topsellers. Some of the recordings that reached the top of the this year's classical charts, including at 10.15: Sauer, Piano Concerto No and at 11.15: Elgar, Cello Concerto in minor. 12 News. 12.05 WASO.

WAS0 Chorus. Dene Olding, violin. Irina Morozova, viola. Sara Macliver, soprano. Fiona Janes, mezzo-soprano.

Michael Martin, tenor. Stephen Bennett, bass. Vernon Handley, conductor. Mozart, Sin-fonia Concertante in flat; Mozart cpltd Suessmayr, Requiem Mass in minor. Followed by: Schubert, Piano Sonata in A.

2.30 Salzburg Festival 1996. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Radu Lupu, piano. Riccardo Muti, conductor. A Beethoven Gala Concert.

Beethoven, Egmont Overture, Piano certo No 4, Symphony No 5. Tollowed by: Ibert, Escales; McLaughlin, Guitar Concerto (Mediterranean). 5 Jim McLeod's Jazztrack. 7 News. 7.05 Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Ben Polish.

2 Tongan. 3 Fijian. 4 Swedish. 5 Danish. 6 Greek.

7 Vietnamese. 8 Cantonese. 9 French. 10 Welsh. Alchemy.

12 Music. 2CH 1170 6am Ian Holland. 10 George llich. 2 Rick Wayde. 7 Chris Keams.

12 Overnight. 2RPH 1224 7am Reading on Radio. 11pm BBC World Service. KICK AM 1269 6am Andy Church. 10 Poppy Sawakis.

2 Carolyn Lee. 6 Dance The Night Away. THE EDGE AM 1620 5am Australian Culture. 3pm Kids Radio. 6 Radio Uno.

11 Dance. Gazzo. 2 Richard Kingsmill. 6 Michael Tunn. 10 Mix-Up Guest DJ.l Rage Simulcast.

MIX-FM 106.5 6am Dave Stretton. 10 Trevor Sinclair. 2 Dave Dunlay. 6 Paul Wise Party Mix. 12 Rick Phillips.

2SER-FM 107.3 6am New Country -(Continued). 7 A Crunchy Country Breakfast. 9 World On Wheels. 10 Sportstalk. 11 Final Draft.

11.30 Media Magazine. 12 Razor's Edge. 1 Maltese Program. 3 Tee Time -Music. 5 Croatian Program.

6 Erepouni Armenia. 7 Polish 7. 8 Romanian Program. 9 Croatian Program. 12 The Pulse.

2 Music. migrii iviusic. mci at iu.io: bteei-eye Span. 1.05 Overnight NEWSRADIO 630 5am BBC News. 12.35 Review.

2.10 AFL. 5 BBC. 5.30 NewsFeatures. 8.45 Letter From America. 9 Sport.

9.30 Business. 10 Ockhams Razor. 10.30 Background Report. BBC. 12 BBC Sportsworld.

2BL 702 5am Debbie Spillane. 10 Grandstand Incl Cricket. World Series One Day International: Pakistan West Indies. 7 Mark Warren. 2 Early Mornings Joe Gelonesi.

2GB 873 6am The Garden Clinic Graham SMH The Guide, December 23-29, 1996.