The Age from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • Page 40

LaiajjjjiijiMMMs "jjW 1 -ypy --j Compiled and written by JILL MORRIS, "Mum" and They entertained themselves at In the Tommy story, the Ander-. son family sing the Australian folksong "The Old Bullock with visitor Jack Henright i (George Mallaby), who fought with Tommy's father at the Eureka Stockade. So It's roll up your swag boys, ana lets mane a pusn; I'll take you up the country and cc snow you the bust. TOMMY ANDERSON is ten years old He goes to school in a bark hut. Before school, he brings in the cows and milks After school, he milks the cows agalnV and chops the wood.

When his baby sister cries in the night, Tommy has to get up to her, because his rather is, away on a timber-cutting Job and his mother is always sick. Tommy the tireless worker is the hero of this week's episode in the Australian drama series "Lawson' which will be shown at 9.25 pm on Saturday on Channel 2. The script, which was written by Cliff Green, combines seven stories by Henry Lawson. One of the stories was called "An Echo from the Old Bark Henry Lawson himself is said to have attended a school like this one. "Tommy" was not made for children.

It will be screened late at night. It has a very sad ending. But it is well produced. There are several children in the cast, and the centre of the story is the ten year old. The programme paints an inter-.

esting picture of how children lived and worked, and where they went to -school, in the Australian bush 100 years ago: They ate boiled sweets as a special treat, from a paper cornet like the ones you get at Sovereign Hill; they drank milk out of tin pannikins; they rode horses to school bareback; and they did their long division sums on slates. They called, their parents. "Mother" and "Father never Tommy Anderson (fourth horn the left, front row), with his schoolmates and their teacher, outside The Old Bark School, in 'Tommy', this week's story in the series 'Lawson's Mates' (9.23 pm. Saturday, Channel 3). i TELEWATCH I'll be bound you won 't get such a chance another day.

So roll up and take possession ot the Old Bullock Dray. The part of Tommy is played by Jamie Adamson. His best mate Jim Bullock, who leads him into "wagging" school, is played by Darius Perkins. All of the children act well. In one scene.

Tommy and Jim try to scare the school; David with a ghost story about an old goldmine and the. miner who died there. They make the story so convincing, they even scare themselves The hour-long story "Tommy" Is slow-moving and Vera sad. But it's a glimpse of Australia a century ago and well worth a took, if you happen to be up late on Saturday night. THE SEAS MUST UVt (7 30 pm Tuesday.

Channel 8 Documentary narrated by David Niven on the threat to the oceans of the world. WINTER OLYMPICS (8 38 pm Saturday. Channel 7) From, Lake Placid New York Men Slalom and tee Hockey THE PROPHECIES OF NOSTflAOAMUS (830 prrt Tuesday Channel 7 Repeat of the much-discussed documentary on the (perhaps) frightening prophecies. Followed by a late (10.30) discussion on their credibility (A) CAPTAIN PUQWASH (S.30 pm Monday, Channel 2) Tlmeslot which. 'currently provides excellent daily cartoon on Monday features -a Captain Pugwash tale "Voyage of Discovery." 8IMON TOWNSENO'S WONOER WORLD (4.30 pm Monday to Friday, Channel 10) Simon hia pet bloodhound Woodrow and team of young reporters track down atoriee from the real world (C); SHIRL'S NEIGHBORHOOD (4.30 pm Monday to Friday.

Channel 71 Today Shirl. who a qualified pilot fliea a Cessna to Philip Island while the rest of the gang zoom abour (on the ground!) on mini-bikes (C) HUMPHREY'S ON THE HOP 1 KINO RICHARD AND THE CRUSADERS (2.48 pm Sunday; Channel 10). Repeat Of 1984 film with a atrong cast (Rex Harrison. Laurence Harvey) based on Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The Talisman' about the battle for the Holy Land during the time of Richard the Lionheart. (G) THE SOUND BARRIER (9.38 pm Friday.

Channel 10) Repeat of Academy award winning black-and-white film made in 1 952 about a scientist who sacrificed everything to proving that the sound barrier could be broken (G) I CURIOSITY SHOW (4 pm Friday. Channel 9) Do plants eat animala? The-film crew, visits the Botanic Gardens to hunt down some carnivorous plsnts (Q. JOHN LAW8' WORLD: OHOST TOWN8 (7.30 pm Saturday. Channel 10) An exploration of NSW ghost towns, relics of the mining booms of pioneering times. In Sunday's Humphrey Bear programme (at 10 am on Channel 9), Humphrey dresses up as a kangaroo, hoping that his costume will help him to hop.

In Monday's programme (from 9 am), Leah and Humphrey take a wibbly-wobbly walk to the land of Wobble ton, which is full of magic sounds. On Tuesday, Humphrey guesses a riddle and learns a song about a dragon. On Wednesday, Humphrey meets Humpty Dumpty (who fell off the wall). On Thursday, he meets a scarecrow and a giant white rabbit which Is almost as big as Humphrey himself. mm Friday 22nd February, 1980 SINQLE8 ALBUMS 1 Drummg MyOtoam With You CoUn Hawatt Quam uraiy liiiw ining mum low Plana Don Go 1CI Sunthma Band Stay With Mo TIN Oawn JudK Tiuk -Undarflf Jacluo Locomotion Rita Don't Stop TO You Got Enough Michl Jaekaon The Jeckaone Blam It On th 8oogio oaoo 10.

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"Top which is set In an inner suburban area of Sydney and a Sydney primary school, had already re-. ceived Penguin and Sammy awards. With, our readers it also rated top marks: The programme 'Top Mates1 I enjoyed because it showed the difficulties colored children have to face in a mostly white population. The prejudice by the headmaster and some of the pupils at the start was very realistic. ROSS COLLER (13).

Berwick. I'm 11 years old and in form one. I thought the serial 'Top Mates' was truthful and exciting. I wish Channel Two would repeat it. CLAIRE NAILON, Murrumbeena.

seen We need a lot more 'Top Mates', and aboriginal films and storiesonTV. MICHAEL McKEON, Hughesdale. AND A SMALL MINUS I thought that 'Top Mates' was quite a good idea for a serial. The worst part was the acting out of the aboriginal legend and the audience enjoy ingit too much. CaTHy HIRST (IS), North Balwyn.

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