The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 70

THE GUIDE TELEVISION MONDAY MAY 1 3 1 7.00: Ghostbusters (Rpt). 7.23: Robo Story (Rpt). 7.56: Belle And Sebastian (Rpt). 8.20: Sesame Street. 9.20: PGR.

930: Playschool (S). Educational Programs. COO: I Spy With Robert Culp. 1.00: Staying In Touch. 1.30 Masterworks From The World's Great Museums.

1.40: Mini-Maths. 2.00: A Vous La France (Rpt). 2.25: Living With The Law (S). 230: Write Now! -Love, Sympathy. 3.00: Sesame Street.

355: Thomas The Tank Engine. 4.00: Phry School (S). 430: Swap Shop Moo. 5.00: The Afternoon Show Behind The Scenes At Grange Hill. 6.00: Oz Game Australiana quiz.

630: Robin's Nest (Rpt, Final). Nicholls puts the bistro up for sale. 7.00: News, Sport And Weather. 7J0: 7 JO Report Current affairs. 8.00: Home James! (Final).

Comedy about a cockney chauffeur. 8 JO: Fawky Towers (S, PGR, Rpt, Final). Fawlty Towers is spick and span in preparation for the Health Department inspection. But chaos reigns when Manuel's 'Siberian hamster' escapes and the inspector arrives during the frantic hunt for the rodent. With John Cleese.

9.05: Four Corners Paul Barry reports on lOyearsofThatcherism. 950: English Soccer 198889 -Manchester United Coventry. 10.45: Late News. 11.05: Movie Sons And Lovers (AO, 60, bw). A Nottingham miner's son learns about life and love.

Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Trevor Howard. 12.45: Close. 6.00: TV AM With John Barton. 730: Cartoon Connection (Rpts). 9 JO: Fat Cat And Friends.

10.00: Falcon Crest (PGR, Rpt). 11.00: Eleven AM Current affairs. 12.00: The Bert Newton Show (PGR). Interviews and variety. 1.00: The Power, The Passion (PGR).

With Nick Carrafa. 1.30: Movie You Can't Run Away From It (56, Rpt). Remake of Happened One Night. With June Allyson and Jack Lemmon. 3.30: Bewitched-(Rpt).

Comedy. 4.00: Wombat. 4J0: Now You See It. 5.00: Wheel Of Fortune Game. 530: Family Ties (Rpt).

Comedy. 6.00: Home And Away (S). Steven recovers from a nightmare. 630: News, Sport And Weather. 7.00: Hindi Current affairs.

730: A Country Practice Matron Arrowsmiih arrives at the hospital. 830: Movie Indiscreet (PGR). A film star throws aside her career to have an affair with a wealthy man, whom she believes is married. When she finds out that he is actually divorced and has been lying to her, she decides on revenge. Robert Wagner and Lesley-Anne Down.

1030: Newsworld News updates. 1130: Shelley-(AO, Rpt). British comedy with Hywel Bennett. 12.00: News Overnight. 2.00: Movie Remember Me (AO, 85, Rpt).

A woman's ex-husband returns after spending time in a psychiatric home. Australian drama with Wendy Hughes, Richard Moir. 330: Tom, Dick And Harriet -(Rpt). 4.20: Photoplay Interviews. 4.45: Science International (Rpt).

5.00: NewsworM (Rpt). 3.00: TV Ed Sexual Harassment in Schools; Music Magazine. 4.00: World Soccer (Rpt). 5.00: Rin Hiromu's teacher says he has been absent from school and Rin realises she has been neglecting him. With Kenji Sawada.

(Japan). 6.00: Helena (PGR). Monica regains her memory so Piero tries to kidnap her. Paola Onofri. (Italy).

630: World News And Weather. 7.00: Sport Report Les Murray. 730: Australian Mosaic Pick Up The Child. South Korea has, until recently, provided 7000 children a year for adoption and there are currently about 2000 Australian couples still waiting. This doumentary looks at the bureaucratic holdups affecting the couples and babies.

8.00: Tonight Current affairs, presented by Elias Chalouhi. 8.30: Movie Yellow Earth (84). In 1939 a young solider travels to the remote province of Shaanxi to collect folk music. He lives in a cave with a local family and falls in love with the daughter. With Xue Bai and Wang Xueqi.

(China, in Mandarin). 10.00: Voices And Vision An examination of Marianne Moore's idiosyncratic, closely observed poetry with its formal inventiveness and precision. Series from the USA. 11.00: Movie A Loving Pinch (79, Rpt). A woman triumphs over ill-treatment.

Elvy's husband, Hendra, moves to Jakarta, leaving her and the children to join him later. In the city he takes a second wife, and deserts his first family when they arrive. Elvy Sukaesih, Achmad Albar, Luckman Sardi. Drama from Indonesia. 12.45: Close.

6.00: News. 630: Business Today. 7.00: Today Elizabeth Hayes. 9.00: Here's Humphrey (Rpt). 930: Petticoat Junction -(Rpt).

10.00: Maude (Rpt). Comedy. 1030: General Hospital (PGR). 1130: News And Weather. 12.00: Midday With Ray Martin -(PGR).

Variety and comment 130: Days Of Our Lives (PGR). 230: Young And Restless (PGR). 330: DifT rent Strokes (Rpt). 4.00: CMonKids For children. 5.00: Happy Days (Rpt).

530: Eye On Australia Topical. 6.00: News, Sport And Weather. 630: A Current Affair. 7.00: Sale Of The Century (S). 730: The Cosby Show Sammy Davis Jr appears as a drifter hoping to see the granddaughter he has never met.

With Phylicia Rashad. 8.00: A Different World- (PGR). With Dawn Lewis. 8.28: Lotto. 8.30: Movie Finders Keepers (AO, 84, Rpt).

On a transcontinental train, a roller derby manager hooks up with a larcenous couple, who have just stolen five million dollars which they've stashed in a coffin. Comedy featuring Michael O'Keefe, Beverly D'Angelo and Pamela Stephenson. 10.30: Graham Kennedy Coast To Coast With John Mangos. 1130: St Elsewhere-(AO). Staff are stunned by plans for the hospital.

1230: Movies (AOs, Rpts). A Flea In Her Ear (68, bw). French farce about a philandering barrister. Rex Harrison and Rachel Roberts. 2.15: Chapter Two (79).

Neil Simon comedy featuring James Caan. 435: Bonanza (PGR, Rpt). 530: The Young Doctors (Rpt). 6.00: USA Today News show. 630: News And Weather.

7.00: Good Morning Australia. 9.00: Til Ten (PGR). Mulligrubs (Rpt). 1030: News And Weather. 11.00: Another World (PGR).

12.00: Santa Barbara (PGR). 1.00: Bold And Beautiful -(PGR). 130: OneLifeToLive-(PGR). 2.00: Dallas (PGR, Rpt). Drama.

3.00: Richmond Hill (S, PGR, Rpt). Connie plans revenge. 4.00: Double Dare Game show. 430: Lassie (Rpt). Drama.

5.00: Gilligan's Island (Rpt). 530: Perfect Match Dating. 6.00: News, Sport And Weather. 7.00: Neighbours (S). Bronwyn is shocked by Henry's secret admirer.

730: Page One Current affairs program with Chris Masters. 8.30: War And Remembrance (AO). The tide is turning against the Axis; Pug says a painful farewell to the Northampton. Stars Robert Mit-chum and Polly Bergen. 10.40: Classic Detectives (PGR, Rpt, bw).

The Untouchables. AI Capone hires a hitman. With Robert Stack and Rip Torn. 11.40: Superstars Of Wrestling (AO). From the USA.

12.40: Movies (Rpts). Only The Valiant (PGR, 51, bw). A hated cavalry officer regains the respect of his men by staving off an Apache Indian attack. With Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton. 3.00: Velvet (AO, 84).

An intelligence agency sends five beautiful women to rescue a defence specialist. With Shari Belafonte-Harper and Leah Ayres. 4.45: Cartoons (Rpt). Programs supplied by TV channels. credit-watchers will realise immediately what is in store.

As sure an indicator of imminent mediocrity as any, Pamela Stephenson is cast as a supporting actress. Funny this woman, may occasionally be, but her most obvious cinematic talent to date has been an ability to sniff out and ensnare lifeless roles. The jokes were old when Moses wrote his 10 punchlines (let's confuse "prostrate" with ho and there are a lot of people hitting each other, hitting inanimate objects, hurting themselves and falling over. The sad thing is that movies like this are so inoffensive that you can't build up the vitriol. Their weariness tends to makes you couchbound you lose the energy to walk to the television to switch over, and then you kick yourself afterwards for watching it.

Jon Casimir Subtitles, for the hearing-impaired. YELLOW EARTH On SBS at 8.30 pm YOU need patience for Yellow Earth. The impact of the film is largely derived from the cinematography and the impressive undulations of the landscape, elements sadly lost on the small screen. Set in a remote, poverty stricken backblock of northern China, it displays certain idiosyn-cracies of Chinese cinema which will ensure that the merely curious don't last past the first ten minutes. But this exquisite film is worth slowing down for.

It caused a sensation when released in the Peoples Republic Of China. Although it incorporates the Chinese popular taste for opera, it is visually so rich, with performances so extraordinarily resonant, that it breaks from strictly didactic and stilted traditions. Life in Shaanxi Province in 1939 is finders KEEPERS On 9 at 8.30 pm SOMEWHERE out in the Nevada desert, way past the Manson Family ranch, is a mysterious place nobody has ever seen, a graveyard where worn-out scripts go to die. Robbing them of their dignity, greedy Hollywood producers have lined all the Tinseltown escape routes with steel traps and hired boundary riders to escort the little critters back to the studio for another spell on the treadmill. Thus, we have the kind of film you see on Channels Nine or Ten on Monday nights.

It's light, it's zappy, it's full of action and the bimbo count is high, but afterwards you feel like you've eaten three kilos of blancmange. With Finders Keepers, a story of robbery, trains and coffin mix-ups, EES News. 10.15 1 Beyond SUBJECT TO LATE ALTERATIONS. GUIDE PREVIEW- AMANDA UPTON RADIO Listening Room. Paganini's Last Testimony, by Jon Rose.

Real and imagined texts with the maestro. The Man In The Metro. produced by Kaye Mortley. 11.30 Jim McLeod's Jazztrack. Tomas Einarsson Quartet of Iceland.

1.30 After Midnight. Stephenson. Concertino Pastorale for clarinet and small orchestra: Ravel. Gaspard de la Nuit; Bizet, Symphony No 1 in C. 2MBS-FM 102.5 12 All Through The Night.

6 Early Morning Music. 9 Concert Hall. Gliere. Russian Sailors' Dance; Wieniawski. Violin Concerto No 2 in minor; Bruckner.

Symphony No 6 in A. 10.30 Tchaikovsky. The Nutcracker Ballet: Palace of the Sugar Plum Fairy; Grainger, Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers; Tchaikovsky. Symphony No 5 in minor. 12 Freedom Jazz Dance.

1 Monday Music. 2 Celebration Of Life With Isaac Stem. Ravel. Tzigane, rapsodie de concert; Schubert. String Quintet in Haydn.

Violin Concerto No 1 in Vivaldi. Flute Concerto in minor; BachJS. Double Violin Concerto in minor; Sarasate, Caprice Basque. 4 The Scottish National Orchestra. Neeme Jarvi, conductor.

Glazunov, Violin Concerto in A minor; Dvorak. Symphony No 3 in flat. 5 Birthday Tributes. Tchaikovsky. Suite No 4 in (Mozartiana); Albeniz orch Enescu.

Rapsodia Espanola; Stamitz, Clarinet Concerto in flat; Brahms. Sym phony Monday The Bird. Sonata Stormy soul, 11 Crossing Autumn two; No Answer. Summer; Minstrel for Piano Bach JC, oboe, 6am News. 7 9.30 Dr And Dave.

News. What? 6 Society. Chuck 11.30 Sam Moore. Keith Tony Greg 6am Cranney. Duckworth.

Stalder. 1 6am Lee Helen Holger Brockmann. Midnight. hard. The scorched earth offers a tough existence to the peasants, whose feudal lives are yoked to the seasons.

For Cui Qiao the future promises enslavement to domestic chores, her father, then a husband. Then Gu Qing strides into town. An idealistic young emmissary of the revolution, Gu is collecting folk songs for the Army, but with his talk of education and equality for women and a new social order, he turns Cui Qiao's despair into an unbearable longing to be free. When he leaves, promising to return, she is faced with the prospect of imminent marriage or running away. Cui Qiao's heart-rending songs, the infinite journey promised in the swollen waters of the nearby river, and the primal insistence of ancient Chinese rituals, provide a disturbing counterpoint to questions about the revolution and the meaning of communism for ordinary people.

Ruth Hessey Chris Kearns. 6 TAB Racing presented by Nick Robin. 12 George Gibson. 2UW 1107 6am Bazz and Pilko. 9 Col Mooney.

Noon Trevor Sinclair. 4 Richard Perno. 7 Greg Lambert. 12 Ben Nastasi. 2CH 1170 Sam Guy Blackmore.

9 John Poole. Noon Barry Spicer. 4 Geoff Marshall. 8 Helen Reeves. (9 O'Clock Special: Dan Fogel-berg).

12 Steve Fox. 2WS 1224 5am Peter Graham. 9 Hans Tom. 12 Rob Neil. 4 Greg PaceKaylee Harris.

8 Requests David Collins. 12 Chris Cos-teHo and Graham McGillivray. LITE 'N' EASY 1269 6am Grant Goldman and Karen Pini. 10 Gareth McCray. 2 Noel Miller.

6 Steve Murphy. 10 Ronnie. 2 Georgia Brown. 2RPH 1629 Information radio. 2EA 1386 4.30am Ramadan Program.

6 Greek. 6.45 Arabic. 7.30 Croatian. 8.15 Italian. 9 Assyrian.

10 German. 11 Dutch. Noon Spanish. 1 Norwegian. 1.30 Bengali.

2 TamilGujrati (alternate weeks). 2.30 SinhalesePunjabi (alternate weeks). 3 Arabic. 4 Vietnamese. 5 Turkish.

5.45 Italian. 6.30 Greek. 7.15 Cantonese. 8.15 Portuguese. 9.15 Hungarian.

10.15 Serbian. 11 Music. Tim Ritchie. Incl. Wofs On at 6.30.

10 Mark Dodshon with Ozmusic. 2am Andy Glitre. 2SER-FM 107.3 7am Breakfast Show. (BBC World News at 8). 9 Open Mind.

9.30 New Horizons. 11 Women On The Line. 11.30 From the Edge. 1 Health Style For Life. 1.45 Puff Off.

2 Oz Folk. 3 Jezabelles. 4 Politics Magazine. 6 Red Ail Over. 6.30 Musica Giovane.

7.30 Good Evening Australia. 8 Talking To New England. 10 Splashdown. 11 Dance Collision. 12.30 The Madhouse.

3.00 Country Music. Silver Moon; Grieg. Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance; Alfven. Swedish Rhapsody No 1. 9 Adventures In Good Music.

10 In Concert. SSO. Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, piano. Sydney Philharmonia Choir. Wagner.

Tannhauser: overture and Venusberg Music; Brahms. Piano Concerto No 1 in minor; Ravel. Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No 2. 11.35 Showcase Australia. Edwards.

Marimba Dances. Tower of Remoteness. Maninyas. 12.30 News. 12.35 Lunchtime.

Weber. Abu Hassan: overture: Mozart. Turkish Rondo; Rossini, William Tell: Forest Scene; Giuliani. Grande Overture; Boieldieu. The Caliph of Baghdad: overture.

Beethoven. Piano Sonata No 1 in minor; Elgar. Spanish Serenade; Ibert, Ports of Call; Bartok. Allegro Barbara. 2 The Great Operas.

Rossini, Barber of Seville: highlights. 3.30 Haydn. Cello Concerto in D. 4 Simply Classical. Arutyunyan, Trumpet Concerto; Tchaikovsky, Symphony No 2 in minor (Little Russian); Liszt, Paganini Etude No 3 (La Campanella).

5 Kaleidoscope. Incl News at 6. 7 News. 7.10 FM Classics. Bizet.

Children's Games: Chabrier. Villa-nelle of the Little Ducks. Ballad of the Fat Turkeys; Prokofiev. Peter and the Wolf (Narrator: Hermoine Gingold). 8 The Essential Collection.

Smetana. Bartered Bride: overture and Opening Chorus; Berlioz. Harold in Italy; Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit; Casella. La Giara. 10 The No 1 in minor.

7 Your Date. Jazz from 3unk to 8 Friends. Britten. Cello in C. Cello Symphony.

9 Monday. Blues. R'n'B. gospel, cajun and zydeco. The Divide.

Hyde. Stream, Toccato for Sculthorpe. String Quartet Britten, Can Ye Sew How Sweet The The Last Rose Of Trad arr Britten. The Boy; Dohnanyt. Serenade String Trio; Schubert, Sonata in minor; Quintet in for flute, violin, viola and continuo.

2CBA-FM 103.2 Arthur Deane. (1.15 BBC 2GB News. 9 Devotions. David Jansen. 10 Dad 11 Hospital Hour.

12 2.30 Guest. 5.30 Yes News. 9 Theatre Organ 9.45 Ministry Talk. 10 Wagner. 11 BBC News.

Features for light eepers. 2DAY FM 104.1 Dean Matters. 9 George 12 John O'Donnell. 4 Williams. 7 Bob Hi ghes.

10 Hartney. 1 Greg Dimon Vincent. 2MMM-FM 104.9 Doug Mulray. 9 Stuart 12 Ron Sparx. 3 Rob 7 Club Veg.

10 Bruce Frank Fursey. 2JJJ-FM 105.7 Tony Biggs. 10 Tracee Hutchison. 2 Cassi Plate. 5 Thomas with The Drum.

6 RADIO NATIONAL 576 S.30 Early Edition. 6 News. 6.10 World Roundup. 6.53 Finance Report. 6.48 Brian Fur-longer's Worldview.

7.10 Sacred Reading. 7.15 News. 7.30 World Roundup. 8 News. 8.05 World-view.

8.30 Book Reading -Bobbin" Up. 9 News. 9.03 Offspring. 9.30 Music. 10 News.

10.03 Music. 11 News. 11.03 Music. 11.30 Kronos. 12 Country Hour.

News at 12.30. 1 Worldview. 1.15 Notes On The News. 1.20 Stock Exchange Report. 1.45 From The British Weeklies.

2 Afternoon. At 2.01: Spirit Of Oz-One For The Road. Penalties. 2.30: Sing 89. 2.50 Ticklepot.

3.03 Books and Writing. 4.00 Correspondents Report. 4.30 The Europeans. 5.00 Newsvoice. 5.15 Week In Film.

5.30 Hearth Report. 6 News. 6.10 PM. 7 News. 7.15 Science Show.

8.05 Aust Music Show Musical theatre. 9.30 Indian Pacific. 10 News. 10.10 Late Night Live. 11.10 Music To Wind Down By.

Incl Book Reading. 12 Round Midnight. 1 Radio Australia Overnight Peter Cavanaugh. 2BL 702 Sam Ray Taylor. Includes News at 6 and AM.

6.30 News. 6.35 Ray Taylor. Includes News at 7 and 7 45 8 AM. 8.30 Andrew Olle. 10 Margaret Throsby.

12 News. 12.10 World Today. 1 News. 1.10 Terry Lane. 2 John Doyle.

4 Frank Crook. 6 News 8.10 PM. 7 David Argent. 10 COMMUNITY FM 2BCR-FM. Bankstown, 88.7 2GLF-FM, Liverpool.

89.3 2MWM-FM. Radio Manly- Warringah, 92.1 93.7 2NBC-FM. Narwee. 90.1 2NSB-FM. Nth Shore, 91.5 2RDJ-FM.

Burwood. 88.1 2RES-FM, E. Sydney, 89.7 2RRR-FM. Ryde. 88.5 2RSR-FM.

Inner City. 88.9 2VTR-FM. Windsor. 89.7 ABC-FM 92.9 6 News. Handel, Atalanta: overture; Mendelssohn.

Song without Words in (May Breezes): Charpentier. Impressions of Italy: On Mule-back; Ireland. If There Were Dreams To Sell. The Merry Month Of May; Avison. Concert! Grossi (after Scarlatti): No 9 in Donizetti.

Oboe Sonata in F.Meyerbeer arr Lambert. Les Patineurs: excerpts. 7 News. Albinoni. Concerto in Liszt.

Festpolonaise; Chaminade. Concertino: Komzak, Fideles Wien; Beethoven. Urians Reise um die Welt; Kreutzer. Septet in flat: scherzo; Enescu. Suite No 2 in Bouree.

8 News. Scarlatti. Sinfo-nie di Concrto Grosso: No 4 in minor; Chopin. Waltz No 5 in A flat: Tchaikovsky. The Nutcracker: excerpt: Kreisler, Sicili-ano and Rigaudon in the style of Francoeur; Dvorak.

Rusalka: 2KA 783 and 147S Sam Brian Sanders. 12 Tad Pierson. 6 Non-stop Hits. 12 Raying Favourites. 2GB 873 5.30am Mike Carlton.

9 Jeffreys And Robertson. 12 News. 12.30 John Tingle. 4 John Readier Show. 7 David Koch.

8 Brian Wilshire. 11 Matchmaker. 12 Australia Overnight. 2UE 954 Midnight to 5 Music and talkback. S.30 Alan Jones.

9 John Laws. 12 Mark Day. 4 Brian White. 6 Sports Today. 7 Arch Tambakis.

10 Phillip Adams. 2KY 1017 5.30 Ron Casey. 9 Bob Maum-ill. 12 TAB Racing presented by SMH The Guide, Monday, May 1, 1989 1 3s.