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felevisionRadio The Sacramento Bee Thursday June 18 1987 Scenes Suds with an accent Realism the key in sible it might be shown in the United States But location proves an occasional) drawback still a problem trying to persuade people to come and-work with us because the image of' the area is not too Redmond said Once known for launching the Beatles Liverpool has lately been embroiled in racial tension and in- dustrial decline Brookside Close which backs on) the River Alt is a crescent of semi- detached brick houses with func- tional bathrooms and kitchens No) one inhabits them but they do have real neighbors across the river who) can monitor filming from their back windows are real houses with real' restrictions and real said Peter Boisseau one of" the directors Not everyone though is Impressed rather watch said taxi driver Steve Walsh fun to fantasize a channel it would probably equal Redmond said lot of people are genuinely fond of these said Jacqueline Morgan a Liverpool-born actress cast as working-class Dorothy Wright a new recruit to the series done a deal of good in terms of she said of the impact on Merseyside the greater Liverpool area listed as one of the six most depressed regions in the 12-nation European Economic Community With an estimated unemployment of 20 percent Liverpool has seen its population drop by half from 1 million at the turn of the century to about 500000 today Approximately 10000 people still leave each year Redmond said the series had injected $26 million into Liverpool since it began Other economic boons include employment for more than 6000 actors a year creation of 112 permanent jobs and a talent pool that is 95 percent local The series has been broadcast in Australia since March and it is pos Bee file Nigel Havers and Sara Crewe in a scene from that appeared last winter on the PBS the three-part production of Little Prin- series for children Bucking kidvid trends goes pm Disney shuns tie-ins By Matt Wolf Associated Press LONDON It is set on a real Liverpool street in real houses Its primary asset? You guessed it: realism No Holly wood-style phony glamour and glitz for the British soap opera In this half-hour series which began in November 1982 well-oiled Texans and overdressed Coloradans are out ordinary English folks are in like to see drama they can relate creator and executive producer Phil Redmond said part of the human psyche to be able to identify with other The show was named for the street Brookside Close on which it is filmed is shown three times a week on commercial Channel Four network A typical episode shows the Cor-khills behind in their rent job is in the balance Billy is unemployed and Doreen bets on horses to make ends meet Its concerns to Americans might seem mundane but an average 6 million Britons watch each episode shows grow out of the great American dream" Redmond said Great Britain the heritage is very much that of the working The characters and their problems reflect that heritage Sheila and Bobby Grant are working-class socialists She is a staunch Roman Catholic who decides to have a baby at age 42 He must cope with both a vasectomy and the loss of his factory job after 25 years Up the street are the right-wing social climbers Paul and Annabelle Collins and their homosexual son Gordon There also are Doreen and Billy Corkhill who see Brookside Close as a step up from the public housing in which they have always lived Other British soap operas draw higher ratings: The series on the British Broadcasting Corp gets about 23 million viewers per episode but Redmond said had done well for a series shown on a non-mainstream channel If it were shown on the main BBC RADIO STATIONS By Richard de Atley Associated Press TWO programming will be challenged next season when Disney starts a cartoon series without a toy tie-in and public television moves its to Saturday night Conventional wisdom suggests shows must be broadcast in the morning especially on Saturdays and that cartoon characters should be linked with a doll game or other toy leading critics to charge that such shows as and the Masters of the are really 30-minute commercials Even Disney fell to the trend with the and shows But now it is Disney offering a show that bucks the trend with the first use of its comic-book and theatrical cartoon stars for a regularly scheduled television show And the Emmy-winning with its live-action presentations will square off against prime-time Saturday TV The Disney project called will be syndicated to TV stations and will feature Donald penny-pinching Uncle Scrooge McDuck and nephews Huey Dewey and Louie The heavies will be the Beagle Boys a mask-wearing band of canines introduced in Disney comics in the 1950s will start with strong characters and an interesting story line as opposed to the current trend that makes the product a means of merchandising and promoting a said Bob Jacquemin senior vice president of Buena Vista Television The other challenge to the series Jacquemin said was defining the kind of action that familiar Disney characters will face lot of main characters in the series will be in said Jacquemin what you see is of the characters killing other characters That is something that is so typical of Donald Duck will make a few guest appearances but as a superstar Disney character he will avoid overexposure There also will be an introduction of new characters including Laur 'hpad McQuack a retired test pilot who will ferry Scrooge to his adventures And with the largely male Disney stable the series will also introduce Webbigail Van Der Quack who will share in the adventures and help attract girl viewers we decided to do is catch high adventure to attract the boys 6 through early teens but also have the warmth and of traditional Disney cartoons said Jacquemin He said much of the story material for the 65 shows will be drawn from the Disney comic books of the 1950s including the two-hour introductory movie of the Golden to be broadcast the weekend of Sept 18 Jacquemin said any merchandising for the show would come later but the characters already have wide familiarity through years of exposure in other Disney cartoons and comic books starts its third season Saturday Sept 13 Executive director Jay Rayvid says the ratings for have always compared well to public drama series and now the producers hope parents will watch with their children at the new time were looking for the old habit of telling stories to children by the said Rayvid we hoped to do is be a participant in that hearthside and provide family entertainment and family educational experience" LAST SEASON on Ray on dealt with access for the handicapped and parents a chance to talk about what kind of access they should Rayvid said Mighty was a sort of story about a young black scholastic chess team that won a national chess he said Of the 14 shows broadcast in 1986 10 were based on books or plays and Rayvid said the show puts an emphasis on further reading The problem with said Rayvid is the special requirements of the script Writers want to make sure that children who watch the show alone will not be left confused say we succeed absolutely every time in this area but we have not run into problems with writers who refuse to share this said Rayvid people from commercial and non-commercial television are concerned about this being safe and good for children but we also like being a little bit challenging because children can often take more than you he said Super Seller The private individual's way to advertise 3 lines for 5 days $1000 For articles $5000 or less CALL THE BEE 321-1234 (Advertisement) TV HIGHLIGHTS BUGS BUNNY SPECIAL TweetySylvesterFun! 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