The Age from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • Page 30

fr))(l fMw- dgd By KATHV KIZILOS Thanks for Norman ONE OF the ironies of non-ratings periods is that while stations use the period to show a lot of garbage it is also a time when they show some quite excellent programmes which they would not dare slot during a prime time ratings survey. Confused? Understandable. An example should clarify the situation. Last Wednesday night HSV-7 concluded the superb Norman Conquests trilogy. It had provided six hours of delightful viewing and.

for this viewer at a standard of viewing rarely exceeded during ratings surveys, The reason such fare came bur way during the current quality drought is that The Norman Conquests is not "commercial Programme managers of commercial stations Know that this type of quality programme would not attract a large percentage of their usual audience. Therefore it's kept in the drawer until, ratings are over. At a time when there's certainly plenty to complain about this irony provided some balm to those viewers who were discerning enough to seek out the impish Norman and his extraordinary family. (A.L. Drunk's the word "DRUNK" is the word for which the ABC cricket commentators seem to be struggling to describe the crowd on the Sydney Cricket Ground hill.

Unless there's a more common euphemism they have in mind. For some reason the commentators are compelled to talk about the hill supporters and mumble indirect phrases like "more jovial because of increased liquid consumption after Now really! There are many liquids which don't make you any more jovial alcohol, if that's what they mean, arguably included. The crowd does get a bit rowdy and it might be because some of them are drunk. If that's too impolite a word for the commentators they could try inebriated or intoxicated. A B.

CHIPS begins with a car chase. There are car chases all through it. It fairly oozes with car chases. The heroes of CHIPS are two California Highway Patrol men a boy-next-door Aryan, Jonathon Baker (Larry Wilcox) and an Italian, Francis "Ponch" Poncharello (Erik Estrada). The series begins on HSV-7 at 7.30 pm, Thursday.

January Ponch in later years. Paunch perhaps plays one of those impulsive, reckless young chaps whose good nature and courage wins everybody's heart except the sergeant's. He has lines like: "One moment I was this close to knocking that yo-yo out of his socks, then poof, he vanishes." He also falls off his bike, with an accident file to prove It, and is a woman-iser, making eyes at three blondes in the first episode. His partner Jon (also blond) is a quiet, nice guy who must look after nis buddy while he is on probation for his reckless, Latin behavior. In the first episode the pair, notably Ponchy, catch a highly-sophisticated ring of car thieves, which is a theme that gives many opportunities for car chases.

Depite this, the series is non-violent, the producer saying he is aware how non-violent most police work is. He says: "We are concerned with the positive and good, the adventuresome and sometimes fun aspects of policing." This is successfully achieved. The photography (of the car chases) is particularly good, as are the aerial shots of the Los Angeles freeway system. as Erik Estrada, left, as Francis Poncharello and Larry Wilcox Jonathan Baker in HSV-7's new police series Chips. OUR FARES ARE EVEN CHEAPER Cleo Laine concert Cleo Laine just loves to Sing.

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