The Age from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • Page 2

2- THE AGE, Monday 25 January 1982 TELEVISION NEWS DIARY IBM. The other day of the year Supersoap vs superhero 59 local I wnAl would promj canoerra politicians 1 I erally bloke to jump in the lake, from Alice to come tq Ifn big Bdb- smoke and sing 'Me bie McGhee' in Pitjal atjara 1 It's the paper for the greyhound man! Hollywood's TV producers, beset by censorious activists of all persuasions, have taken refuge in comic-strip television. Nobody, after a wnne downing yat it MWfX) oreeK restaurant urne 1 nd also to stage a corroboree, all, can get overly upset ONE NATION ONE FUTURE Naws Diary is compiled with Damlan Murphy and Ruth Ostrow by such patently nonsensical fare. Tonight two new programmes that fit into this category battle for your at-tion a "supersoap" called 'Dynasty' (Channel 9 at 7.30) and the comedy series "The Greatest American Hero' (Channel 10 at 7.30). Both have their amusing moments; their highlights and lowlights.

'Dynasty', which has only a title in common with the ABC newspaper drama, is a heated-up 'Dallas'. It looks more expensive. It oozes wealth, with limousines, mansions, private jets and glamorous gowns flashed in every frame. Like 'Dallas', it is about Rupert Murdoch has considered it very seriously; he has offered to supply the sheep. According to the Murdoch plan, the sheep would be trucked from his properties in the Riverina and penned in the Flagstaff Gardens before being herded down Swanston Street The organisers of this grandiose scheme, however, are hoping to procure some sheep closer to Melbourne.

Why the scheme? Because the primary industrv committee of the Victorian 150th Anniversary Celebrations 1984-5 wants to impress us with the enormity of the Australian sheep industry. "For people to see all those animals where they normally work and shop will really amaze them," says the manager of Den-nys Strachan Mercantile and the chief organiser of this particular sheep show, Bill Hill. Indeed it will for as well as the sheep there will be a camel train and bullock wagon both loaded with wool, and an 1850-style cattle auction and sheep shearing exhibition in the City Square. To a city slicker, the whole idea sounds appallingly messy, but not to Mr Hill who assures us, that he has the Town Hall on side, not to mention the police, who will get a chance to practise" their -CHOGM skills at directing traffic. Besides, says Mr Hill, if, as planned, the event is held in the autumn, the sheep will drop mere "pebbles which are nothing more than dried grass, really." And so we turn to the not too fanciful idea, given the intellect of sheep, that the little critters might end up, not at the Shrine, but on Myer's escalators The National Australia Day Committee's logo.

deterrent to those intent on adding Australia Day to the Christmas, Easter, Mothers' and Fathers' Day spending binge. We hear of one innovative company that is producing carpets styled on the Australian flag, while another firm enables nationalists to dry themselves with a towelling version of the national symbol. Mr Cassidy confirms our suspicion that Australia Day will become more commercial in years to-come. This year, he says, more private capital was invested in the festival than ever before, and the National Australia Day Committee was delighted. It believes that the Government should slowly phase out its support, leaving Australia Day as an event put on for Australians by Australians, which sounds similar to what the Government has in mind for the arts.

Droving force HOW seriously would the average Melburnian consider the idea of one man and a team of dogs droving 2000 sheep through the city from the Flagstaff Gardens to the Shrine Master trainer Allan Roberts scored yet another victory in a feature race when Wynlee Spirit won the $30,000 Trusty Maturity Final at Olympic Park on Monday night In Greyhound Weekly this week there's all the rundown on Australia's richest puppy race and how the Roberts-Englund combination hes yet to taste defeat in a major event. Also, the Greyhound Owners, Trainers and Breeders Association hes come under attack over the handling of the Helping Hand fund. But, back to Wynlee Spirit who lines up again in the Sir Arthur Rylah Classic semi finals at Sandown Park tonight. Greyhound Weekly gives an extensive preview on Sandown's big race for the youngsters so don't miss it! Greyhound Weekly is on sale at all newsegents first thing Thursday morning. With all the vital statistics, form, photo finishes and stories it's a must for every greyhound follower.

GREAT VALUE AT $1.00 Faults, but the right feeling 'Secret Army' (Channel 2, 8.30 pm) goes on taking us closer to the end of the Gerg man occupation of Brussels. Last night's episode suggest-, ed that if the people at the Candide Restaurant survive Major Reinhardt's suspicions, they might not survive the attacks by the Belgians who think they are collaborators. The main story in the episode concerned an ambush of a convoy thought to be taking spare parts to a V2 rocket site. The information was wrong; the trucks were empty. Flight Lieutenant Cox, harbored by Lifeline, was helping the Resistance and was killed.

It was a fine performance by David Yelland, who moved from being a dashing young hero with straight teeth and crooked grin to a grey-faced sweating man in fear of his life and ashamed of his terror. As always in this series, many of the details were wrong for example, everyone al-wavs looks clean and well-groomed. Flight Lieutenant Cox, in hiding for so long, had clean, glossy hair. So did Major Bradley, who wore a spotless pale blue pullover during the ambush. And some of the acting and writing was sloppy.

Kke the scene with Kessler and his Belgian girlfriend in bed. What made it worth watching, as alwavs, was that the FEELING was right. But the series is about the moral ambiguities of war. There is so much a sense that the war is corrupting, that neither bravery nor villainy is clear cut certainly not among the civilian population of an occupied city. "There's blood on my hands as well we just have to live with that." Albert told Mon-ique.

It would make an interesting follow-up series or documentary how people did live with that. RITA ERLICH. bound for woolien goods. Not at all, says Mr HilL The way to keep sheep on course is to load him down with a. full fleece.

Shorn sheep travel at three times the speed, so this lot will be nine-mcnth-old woolly wethers. Everyone, we are told. Is madly enthusiastic about this not-quite-re-enactment of Melbourne's woolly past. The very first sheep came up the Yarra on a dinghy. But in the early days, sheep and cattle being driven through the city streets were a familiar sight.

King Street is Still a licensed livestock route, according to Mr Hill who remembers it being used to herd cattle at dawn from Newmarket to -the South Melbourne abattoirs as recently as 15 years ago. Meanwhile, roll on 1984-85 which promises not one dull day. There are some 20 committees all busily planning anniversary celebrations every bit as unusual as the Swanston Street sheep show. Blake as he prepares to marry his young secretary, Krystle (played by Linda Evans, a red-faced blonde who has the dubious honor of being the woman in John Derek's life before Bo). The characters in 'Dyn-astv' are difficult to like.

Not so those in 'The Greatest American Hero', a delightful idea that survives a two-hour opener despite its director's uncertainty about whether to concentrate on comedy or drama. It's about a reluctant superman a weedy school teacher (William Katt) who is forced to team up with a hawkish FBI agent (Robert Culp) after an unannounced visit by a flying saucer leaves him with a Ralph, the teacher, loses the instructions for the suit, which allows some splendid visual comedy as he experiments. And there are highflying moments in the dialogue. Culp relishes the Nixonian jargon with which he is armed and Ralph's girlfriend (Connie Selleca) is provided with some hilariously indignant lines. oilmen and their families, the American aristocracy.

cause an upturn in the sales of Australia-shaped cake tins? Australia Day, that's what. And these are not the only unusual activities that will take place tomorrow when nationalists emerge from the woodwork and unabashedly show their support for the Lucky Country. We are told that there will be some 8000 events taking place around Australia. Victoria's contribution includes a re-enactment of Captain Phillip's landing with the First Fleet at land-locked Benalla; a mock gold discovery drama in Maldon; the traditional Australia Day lunch at the Melbourne Town Hall, and a vast array of street parties, flag-raising ceremonies, poetry readings, pageants and all-out gaiety. According to the secretary of the National Australia Day committee in Canberra, Mr Frank Cassidy, more people than ever are taking part in Australia Day celebrations.

But since the Federal Government ow gives the national committee about $350,000 a year and provides Australia Day councils in each State with smaller grants, is hardly surprising. Indeed, this year sees the Government's first all-out patriotic effort. It recently appointed eight executive directors to work, with the State Australia Day councils at a total cost of about $180,000 paid out of the national committee grant. Remaining committee money is spent on publicity, promotions and artefacts. For example, we understand that thousands of balloons will be floated up from the streets of Australia.

And Mr Cassidy tells us that three television commercials featuring the achievements of prominent Australians have just been produced at a total cost of $25,000. Meanwhile, retailers are busy commercialising Australia Day. But, while souvenir sales do peak over the summer, Melbourne retailers say this has more to do with seasonal tourism than national fervor. Lack of interest, however, is no Also like 'Dallas', it comfortingly shows us that though the rich may be different they suffer like the rest of us. Perhaps more so.

It is pacey drama, missing not a trick in the movie- length opener. AH the in gredients they usually drop in week by week seem to have been piled into it: business villainy, promiscuity, homosexuality, areed. hatred, and just plain oP misery. 'Dvnastv' is set in Den ver, Colorado, although, for the rare glimpses we get of i Brian Courtis will be on holiday for the next two weeks. its mountain scenery, it hardly seems to matter.

Tt is a story of the fictional Carrington family and the city's beautiful people. There is John For- sythe (the disembodied voice of Charlie in 'Charlie's Angels') as Blake Carrington, an intriguing oil mogul with, one suspects, the 'Drummer Hodge', a programme of poetry and song from the Boer War, is on 3AR at 8 tonight. Drovers and cattle in Flemington Road, 1957 now a plan for sheep in Swanston Street. moralitv of a JR. We meet THE AGE PRICES sommanded and Maximum only MONDAY TO FRIDAY Sr NSW oaci.

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It stars Glenda Jackson, Susannah York and Vivien Merchant. (AO) 1957 adventure in which an American destroyer and a German U-boat attempt to out-manoeuvre each other in the Atlantic Ocean. It stars Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens. (PGR) (R) 11.10 Entertainment This Week (PGR) AM 12.10 Movie: Horror At 37,000 Feet (AO) (R) 1.35 Close FANTASTIC dbf Uoyd it on th cow, out now. tt.gQ mt Our TV stars, as selected by Brian Courtis, rate as follows: Worth considering 'What on earth are you doing in that vidiculous suit?" William Katt and Connie 10.00 News and Weather Excellent Selleca cope with the supernatural tonight Not to be missed.

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