The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 25

TV August 16 Now for the real Olympic heroes 98 per cent white and 20 per cent millionaires. By gee, that's diverse, isn't it! The Bookshow, 5.30 pm Sun, SBS: Living life in pictorial form seems to be very fashionable, given the strenuous posing seen abite tine in places where coffee and images are consumed. It's a legacy of what are calling the "cartoon existence" a curious syndrome which constrains people to live their lives as though Homer Simpson had left Springfield for Ramsay Street It all stems from our insatiable appetite for comic books and today's program, compressing 70 years of strip culture into five minutes, conducts its examination of the phenomenon through talk bubbles' rather than dialogue. DOUG ANDERSON radiant young Vietnamese Australian. They might be interested to know Thi Be Le and her classmates from Glebe Public School's Harmony Rock Group are appearing in the finals of the Citibank Primary Schools Concert.

Smiles create harmony; they should do well. FOR THE WEEKEND Dateline, 7.30 pm Sat, SBS: Chinese leaders have instructed the PM not to meet the Dalai Lama next month. The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet gently reminds the world that China hasn't exactly shown tremendous tact in suppressing his people particularly Buddhist monks. And from the Republican National Convention, some salient statistics about convention delegates. Delegates to the GOP, which bills itself as a party of are 63 per cent male, Paralympics, 10.40 pm, 2: Christopher Reeve and Aretha Franklin will be on hand as the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics commence.

This is more about ability than disability and the ABC, despite fast becoming a financial amputee, is able to offer half-hour reports Monday to Thursday and one-hour highlights Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Channel 7 appears unable to mount a coverage offering instead a Tribute To Elvis, Miracles and Other Wonders, and "nostalgia guru" (shudder!) Peter Luck. Obviously the ABC has exclusive rights and are forbidding anyone else to come within a bull's roar of the athletes. Not on TV but at the Town Hall, 8 pm: Many readers responded to an item in this column last year, about an ABC station break featuring a NINE NBNWIN 6.00 6.00 6.30 7.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.30 9.30 9.30 10.00 10.30 10.30 11.00 11.30 12.00 1.30 2.30 3.30 3.30 4.00 4.30 4.30 5.00 5.00 5.30 5.30 6.00 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.00 7.30 8.30 ITN World News. 461887 (N) Kenneth Copeland.

461887 Daybreak News. 479806 Today. 3105535 Here's Humphrey (R). 741055 (N) This Morning (PG). 741055 (W) Weekdays On Win.

741055 (Syd) Mark Walberg (PG). Talk show. 273719 (N) Romper Room. 744142 (W) Telemall Shopping. 744142 (N, W) Here's Humphrey.

745871 News. 826790 (N) The Odd Couple. 826790 What's Cooking? 834719 Entertainment Tonight (PG). 837806 Midday (PG). 747054 Days Of Our Lives (PG).

637993 Young Restless (PG). 535581 Pacific Drive (PG, R). 195852 (N) Sale Of The Century (S). Quiz show. 195852 Crocadoo.

196581 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. 568784 (W) What's Up Doc? 568784 What's Up Doc? 569413 (W) The Price Is Right. 569413 The Price Is Right. 562500 (W) Sale Of The Century (S). Quiz show.

562500 News. 643429 (N, W) News. 372644 A Current Affair. 651448 Sale Of The Century (S). Quiz Show.

582239 (N, W) A Current Affair. 582239 Burke's Backyard (S). 387871 Rugby League. Auckland Warriors Canterbury Banks-town Bulldogs. 9801142 Nightline.

2551871 (N) News. 2551871 Kung Fu (M). 2582429 Late Show (PG). 6485369 Ent. Tonight (PG, R).

4410475 Movie: Nijinsky (M, 80, R). Alan Bates. 15504307 Love War (R). 4105307 Sanford Son (R). 3831611 Primetime Live (PG).

9340475 10.40 10.40 11.10 12.10 1.10 1.40 4.00 4.30 5.00 SBS 6.00 12.00 12.30 1.30 WorldWatch. 30122993 English At Work (R). 8636871 Children Of Jehovah (R). (Canada." 45861 77 Hare Krishnas Hiders Or Seekers? (PG, R). The rise and fall of the Hare Krishna movement.

(Australia). 5732622 WeatherWatch. 54038968 TV Ed. 1215351 PAGE. 5645887' School Torque.

2924448 FYI. In English. 3649210 Newshour. 8510326 Happiness. (Brazil).

2929993 World News. 2831784 World Sports. 7761332 The Body In Question. Recent archaeological finds in Jerusalem. (UK).

9880974 People: Mother. A divorced mother decided to become a member of a cloistered order of nuns. (Canada). 4576239 Movie: Au Hasard, Balthazar (66). A donkey journeys through life, experiencing both kindness and brutality.

Anne Wiazemsky. (France). 6355581 The Bookshow (R). 7929448 Movie: The Super-Reverent Monk (M, 90, R). Fierce fighting erupts between two villages during the reign of Emperor Jiaqing.

(China). 63186239 Close. 2.20 2.30 3.00 4.30 5.00 5.05 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.30 9.30 11.05 11.35 1.10 Newcastle Wollongong Programs supplied by TV channels. SUBJECT TO LATE ALTERATIONS. RADIO SEVEN 6.00 Sunrise.

Live. 56264 7.00 Agro's Cartoons. 6902061 8.30 The Book Place (R). 7806 9.00 A Country Practice (R). 97072 10.00 Sister, Sister.

2351 10.00 (N, W) Family Feud (R). 2351 10.30 News. 4142 10.30 (N, W) Wheel Of Fortune (R). Game show. 4142 11.00 11 AM.

70852 12.00 Movie: Jailhouse Rock (PG, 57, R). A prisoner learns to sing and play guitar in jail. Elvis Presley. 527622 2.00 Wiseguy (M, R). 67332 3.00 My Three Sons (R).

9245 3.30 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (R). 2332 4.00 Amazing. 3061 4.30 Family Feud (R). 5264 4.30 (N, W) Wheel Of Fortune. 5264 5.00 News At 5.

6993 5.30 Wheel Of Fortune. 3852 5.30 (N, W) Local News. 3852 6.00 News And Weather. 4581 6.30 Today Tonight. 2500 7.00 Home And Away (S).

Alex leaves behind a thoughtful present for Shannon. 1429 7.30 Where Are They Now? (PG). Peter Luck meets the original Robin from Batman. 5500 8.00 Emergency 000 (PG). A three-year-old boy sets fire to his home.

7413 8.30 Movie: Casablanca (43, R). During World War II, the American owner of a Casablanca watering hole finds love and patriotism when his former lover and her husband seek his help. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman. 025332 10.45 News And Weather. 2635326 11.15 Miracles And Other Wonders.

3596413 12.15 Football: AFL. Melbourne Fremantle. 8918814 1.30 Telemall Shopping. 8367678 2.00 NBC Today. 3054949 4.00 Cop Shop (PG, R).

1056833 5.05 Family Passions. 4894098 TEN NTHNCAPITAL 6.00 Sports Tonight (R). 469429 6.30 Aerobics Oz Style. 4 7 7448 7.00 Cheez TV. Cartoons.

6012239 8.30 The Music Shop. Children's music program. 748968 9.00 Good Morning Australia With Bert Newton (PG). 8746054 11.30 News And Weather. 835448 12.00 The Ricki Lake Show: We're Married Now And Today I Tell My Ex Stop Harassing Us! (PG).

625158 1.00 Donahue: High-Tech Watcha-macaU'rts That Help You Around The House (PG). 634806 2.00 The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Color Of Fear (PG). 638622 3.00 Monday To Friday (PG). 905326 4.00 Totally Wild. 290351 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

Drama series. 566326 5.00 News And Weather. 277090 6.00 The Simpsons (R). 561871 6.30 Neighbours (S). Philip tells Hannah about his new historical novel.

642790 7.00 Seinfeld (R). 573581 7.30 Sliders (PG). The Sliders land in a world where mobsters rule. Quinn's resemblance to the head of the Organised Crime Task Force becomes a problem. 385413 8.30 Movie: Rambo First Blood Pt 2 (M, 85, S).

John Rambo is released from prison and sent on a special mission to track down American soldiers' missing in action in Vietnam. Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Julie Nickson. 431806 10.30 News And Weather. 581500 11.00 Sports Tonight. 726036 12.00 Video Review (M).

429475 12.02 Basketball. Mitsubishi Challenge. Perth Wildcats Geelong Supercats. 832746 2.00 Telemall Shopping. 4403098 4.00 Forever Knight (MA).

9337901 5.00 Benny Hinn. 3830982 5.30 JTV. 3840369 ABC 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.00 12.00 12.30 1.00 1.50 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 Open Learning (R, S). 2055 English Have A Go (R). 3974 First Edition.

4603 Open Learning (R, S). 57413 Sesame Street (R). 31429 Play School (R). 3326 Educational Programs (R, S). 1023177 World At Noon.

7719 Lateline (R). 5968 G.P. (PG, S). 92871 Consuming Passions. 2911121 Foreign Correspondent (R).

Current affairs. 79608 Sesame Street (R). 67852 Playschool (R). 3177 Johnson Friends (R). 2852 Treasure Island (R).

3581 Madison. 3968 Stateline. 4697 Gardening Australia (S). 5516 News And Weather. 429 The 7.30 Report (S).

500 Good News Week (PG). 413 The Final Cut (M, S). New four-part drama series. Francis Urquhart is 65 years old and knows his reign as British Prime Minister must come to and end. 27993 What's On ABC.

9864055 Dancing In The Street -A Rock 'n' Roll History. In the fifties, a new musical force appeared rock 'n' roll. Features interviews with Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis. 22719 News (S). 72697 Atlanta Paralympic Games -Opening Ceremony.

Features an appearance by Christopher Reeve. 9309581 Movie: The Wicked Lady (bw, PG, 45, R). A woman befriends a highwayman and turns to a life of crime. 8200326 Australia TV News. 2678456 Rage (M).

70889765 9.20 9.30 10.30 10.40 11.40 1.25 1.55 PG: Parental guidance. Mature viewers, 15 recommended. MA: Suitable for over 15 years only. Subtitles. Repeat.

Adventures In Good Music, 7.05 pm, ABC Classic FM: Karl Haas ponders the relativities of speed and patience in composition. Some composers soar into action of the beckoning arm of the moment, others grind exceeding slow and fine. Inspiration or perspiration? It matters not. Life comes to us a day at a time, that's how we must live it. 1 iai msm I dJ.