Galway Advertiser 1986/1986_05_01/GA_01051986_E1_016.pdf 

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SATURDAY,
3rd M A Y

12.50: N E W S H E A D L I N E S followed by S P O R T S S T A D I U M 5.05: T H E L I F E A N D T I M E S O F GRIZZLY ADAMS 6.00: T H E A N G E L U S 6.01: N E W S 6.10: M A I L B A G 6.30: M A R Y 7.05: R E M I N G T O N S T E E L E 8.00: T H E 31st EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 10.45: N E W S and W e a t h e r 1 1 . 0 : S A T U R D A Y C I N E M A : In B r o a d D a y l i g h t . Blinded in an accident, a brilliant screen idol plans the perfect crime passionel. 12.25: L A T E N E W S

9.25: N E W S E R I E S - G E T F R E S H ! 11.30: T E R R A H A W K S 11.58: L U N C H T I M E N E W S 12.00: I T N N E W S 12.05: S A I N T & G R E A V S I E 12.30: W R E S T L I N G 1.20: F E A T U R E F I L M : K I M : Starring Peter O T o o l e , Ravi Sheth, Bryan Brown. Kim is a happy-go-lucky urchin w h o finds his h o m e in the streets and highroads of India in the 1890's. In L a h o r e , he meets a saintly old Buddhist L a m a . 3.45: INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY 4.45: R E S U L T S S E R V I C E 4.55: S P O R T S R E S U L T S 5.00: I T N N E W S 5.03: U L S T E R N E W S 5.05: C A N D I D C A M E R A 5.35: R O B I N O F S H E R W O O D 6.30: C H I L D ' S P L A Y 7.00: T H E C A N N O N A N D B A L L SHOW 7.30: T H E P R I C E I S R I G H T 8.30: T A R B Y & F R I E N D S 9.15: C . A . T . S . E Y E S 10.15: I T N N E W S A N D S P O R T 10.27: U L S T E R N E W S A N D WEATHER 10.30: M O V I E P R E M I E R E - A N E A R L Y F R O S T . Drama. A traditional American family has to c o m e to terms with the fact their son, Michael, is dying from A I D S . Each member of the family r e a c t s d i f f e r e n t l y : his mother, Katherine is confused but supportive; his pregnant sister, Susan, though understanding is scared; and his grandmother, Beatrice, cannot accept that her grandson might die before her.

4.30: M A Y A T H E B E E 4.55: S A T U R D A Y C I N E M A : Just M y L u c k . T h e irripressible Norman W i s d o m stars in this tale of the little man e m p l o y e d by a B o n d Street, L o n d o n Jeweller w h o is secretly in love with A n n e , a dress shop assistant. 6.15: S I L V E R S P O O N S 6.45: S W E A T O F T H E S U N , T E A R S OF THE M O O N 7.50: 100 G R E A T P A I N T I N G S 8.00: N U A C H T 8.10: F E A T U R E F I L M : I L L F A R E S T H E L A N D . O n August 29, 1930, the remaining 36 inhabitants of St. Kilda, a group of islands off the West coast of Scotland, w e r e evacuated at their o w n request to the mainland. This film tells the story of the last t w o years on the islands. 10.05: P L U S T I M E S E R V E D 10.35: STRANGERS A N D BROTHERS

SUNDAY,
4th M A Y

6.45-8.25 a . m . : O P E N UNIVERSITY 8.30: T H E S A T U R D A Y P I C T U R E SHOW 10.45 p . m . : G R A N D S T A N D 10.30 Snooker, 12 3 0 Football Focus, 1.10 Rugby L e a g u e / S n o o k e r , 1.25 Racing, 1.35 Rugby L e a g u e / S n o o k e r , 1.55 Racing, 2.5 Rugby L e a g u e , 2 . 2 5 Racing, 2.35 Rugby L e a g u e , 4 . 4 0 Final Score, 4 . 1 5 Northern Ireland Results. 5.5: N E W S ; W e a t h e r . 5.15: N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D N E W S 5.20: T H E M U P P E T S H O W 5.45: T H E D U K E S O F H A Z Z A R D 6.35: E V E R Y S E C O N D C O U N T S 7.10: T H E C O L L E C T O R S 8.00: EUROVISION SONG C O N T E S T 1986 10.45: NEWS AND SPORT; Weather 11.0: M A T C H O F T H E D A Y 11.50: F I L M : T H E M O O N S H I N E W A R . Patrick M c G o o h a n and Richard Widmark, revenue agent and crook, plan to steal illicit whiskey just before the repeal of prohibition, t o sell legally later. Alan Alda puts up a spirited resistance in this hillbilly c o m e d y thriller.

6.50 a . m . : O P E N U N I V E R S I T Y 2.00 p.m.: F I L M : W I T N E S S F O R THE PROSECUTION. Agatha Christie's classic courtroom drama with Charles Laughton as the brusque but brilliant barrister, T y r o n e P o w e r o n trial for the murder of a wealthy w i d o w , and Marlene Dietrich as the accused's wife. 3.50: L A R A M I E 4.40: T H E S K Y A T N I G H T 5.0: W O R L D S N O O K E R 6.30: H O R I Z O N : 7.20: N E W S V I E W 8.0: A R O U N D W I T H A L L I S S 8.40: W O R L D S N O O K E R 9.10: S A I N T G E N E T 10.10: R U G B Y S P E C I A L 11.0: T H E M E L T O R M E S P E C I A L 12.0: W O R L D S N O O K E R

2.10: N E W S H E A D L I N E S followed by L A N D M A R K 2.40: A N O I S I S A R I S 3.10: S U N D A Y M A T I N E E : S t o r m O v e r the N U e . Branded a coward for r e s i g n i n g his c o m m i s s i o n Harry Faversham's response is a singlehanded undertaking that turns into o n e of the greatest adventure stories ever told. Starring A n t h o n y Steel, Laurence H a r v e y and Ronald Lewis. 5.05: F R A G G L E R O C K 5.35: S U I L T H A R T 6.00: T H E A N G E L U S 6 . 0 1 : N E W S f o l l o w e d by S P O R T S RESULTS 6.15: C A R T O O N T I M E 6.25: T A L K I T O V E R 6.55: TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED 7.25: L A T E L A T E E X T R A 7.55: B L U E B E L L 9.00: N E W S . W e a t h e r 9.15: M O O N L I G H T I N G 10.10: S U N D A Y N I G H T A T T H E M O V I E S . H o t e l du L a c . Romantic novelist Edith H o p e so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel -- where she decides to work out her exile by observing her fellow guests and becomes entangled in their lives.

11.00: G E T T I N G O N 11.30: O N C E A T H I E F . . . ? 12.00: W E E K E N D W O R L D 12.58: L U N C H T I M E N E W S 1.00: B Y G O N E S S P E C I A L 1.28: F A R M I N G W E A T H E R 1.30: G A R D E N I N G T I M E 2.00: P L A T F O R M 2.30: F E A T U R E F I L M : C U S T E R O F T H E W E S T : T h e flamboyant and charismatic G e o r g e Armstrong Custer is offered c o m m a n d of the Seventh Cavalry in the far west. There he launches successful raids against the local Indians. But General Sheridan arrives at Custer's H Q and pressures him into attacking the fierce C h e y e n n e tribe. A n extraordinary chain of events has been set in motion, which will end in g l o r y . . . o r death. 5.00: T H E C A M P B E L L S 5.30: T H E L E S S O N I S U L S T E R : 6.0: A L B I O N M A R K E T 6.30: I T N N E W S 6.38: U L S T E R N E W S 6.40: H I G H W A Y 7.15: C A T C H P H R A S E 7.45: T H E J A M E S B O N D F I L M : DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. Discovering that large quantities of diamonds are being smuggled out of South Africa and stockpiled by a wealthy racketeer, secret service chief M sends agent 0 0 7 to Amsterdam. Under an assumed name, James B o n d contacts a girl, Tiffany Case, and is briefed by her to smuggle 5 0 , 0 0 0 carets of stolen diamonds to L o s A n g e l e s in a steel coffin. 9.45: I T N N E W S 9.57: ULSTER NEWS A N D WEATHER 10.0: S P I T T I N G I M A G E 10.30: T H E S O U T H B A N K S H O W 11.40: S P O R T S R E S U L T S 11.45: M U H A M M A D A L I G O E S EAST

6.50 a.m.-1.55 p.m. OPEN UNIVERSITY 1.55 p.m.: SUNDAY GRANDSTAND 6.40: T H E M O N E Y P R O G R A M M E 7.15: N A T U R E 8.40: S H A D O W L A N D S 10.10: W O R L D S N O O K E R

3.30: R O O M O U T S I D E 4.00: M T U S A 6.0: WHICKER'S CITIES: HOUSTON 7.0: T H E A G A T H A CHRISTIE HOUR 8.0: N U A C H T 8.05: H O W S Y O U R F A T H E R ? 8.40: M A S T E R M I N D 9 . 1 5 : R U D O L F II 10.20: R I C H I E C O L E 10.50: S U N D A Y S P O R T S S P E C I A L

6.45 a . m . O P E N U N I V E R S I T Y 8.55 a . m . : P L A Y S C H O O L 9.15: K N O C K K N O C K 9.30: T H I S IS T H E D A Y 10.0: A S I A N M A G A Z I N E 10.30: S W I T C H O N T O E N G L I S H 10.55: F R A N C E A C T U E L L E 11.20: I D E A S U N L I M I T E D 11.45: W I T H A L I T T L E H E L P F R O M THE CHIP 12.10 p . m . : SORRY MATE, I D I D N T SEE Y O U ! 12.35: F A R M I N G 1.0: T H I S W E E K N E X T W E E K 2.0: A Q U E S T I O N O F S P O R T 2.30: F A R M V I E W 3.0: F O O T B A L L 3 . 4 5 : F I L M : T H E Y E A R L I N G . The story of a boy's attachment to a wild fawn and his parent's struggle to make a living from the Florida backwoods in America's pioneering days. 5.50: A N T I Q U E S R O A D S H O W 6.30: N E W S ; W e a t h e r 6.40: P R A I S E B E ! 7.15: H A N C O C K ' S H A L F H O U R 7.45: MISS MARPLE: A POCKETFUL OF R Y E 8.40: M A S T E R M I N D 9.10: N E W S . Weather 9.25: T H A T S L I F E 10.10: T H E R O C K G O S P E L S H O W 10.45: GEOFFREY SMITH'S WORLD OF FLOWERS 11.10: R H O D A 11.35: N O R T H E R N IRELAND N E W S H E A D L I N E S and W E A T H E R

FRIDAY, M A Y 2nd
A U T O M A N I A , R T E 2 at 7.30 p . m . A thirteen part documentary series on the car. 5: Car v P e o p l e . Ninety-three per cent of the world's populations d o not o w n motor cars. But although the car is a production of Western affluence, the Third W o r l d has shown it is something which it is eager t o embrace. L A T E S T A R T E R , R T E 1 at 8.05 p . m . A ten-part series by Brian Clark. 5: Edward has almost found his wife. Almost, but not quite. S h e still remains a step ahead. Starring Peter Bardworth and Julia Foster.

TUESDAY, M A Y6th
E N D O F E M P I R E . R T E 1 at 8 p . m . 12: Kenya Perhaps n o event in the history of the empire so horrified the British as Mau Mau -- the savage revolt of the Kikuyu tribe. N o leader so appalled them as the man they held responsible -- Jamo Kenyatta. N o w this programme challenges the evidence and shows his trial to have been rigged. F I L M : M Y B R I L L I A N T C A R E E R , B B C 2 at 9 p . m . Joyous, award-winning screen version of the autobiographical novel by Miles Franklin, alias the strong-willed Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis), who leaves her parents' poor farm in the Australian outback in the 1890's to visit well-to-do relatives. Determined to make her mark in life, she is disconcerted to find her independence under fire from the dashing Harry Beecham (Sam Neill). Directed by Gillian Armstrong in 1979.

M O N D A Y , M A Y 5th
THE BEGINNERS GUIDE T O ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS, RTE2 at 8 p.m. Paul Gambaccinni illustrates the story behind the making of the movie "Absolute Beginners", the major British musical of the 1980's -- based on a novel by Colin Mclnnes and set in L o n d o n in 1958 F E A T U R E F I L M : M I S S I N G . U T V at 10.20 p . m . Starting Jack L e m m o n , Sissy Spacek. Based o n the true story of an American film maker, w h o disappeared without a trace from his h o m e in Santiago at the heigt of a military coup in Chile in 1973. TOUCH A N D G O : THE BATTLE FOR C R E T E , B B C 2 at 10.30 p . m . T o m Steel meets veterans of the 1941 battle for Crete at the May ceremony of remembrance on the island, and traces the course of events as Allied troops, and villagers armed with pitchforks, faced an overwhelming airborne invasion.

W E D N E S D A Y , M A Y 7th
G O O D E N O U G H T O E A T , R T E 2 at 8 p.m. Part o n e of a two-part programme. 1: It is estimated that the food w e eat contains 50 different additives a day. Y e t there are grave doubts about this toxic load. This film examines the evidence, questions the adequacy of current policing methods and asks: Is our food n o w really g o o d enough to eat? Q . E . D . T h e B o d y in the B o g ' , B B C 1 at 9.35 p . m . T h e remarkable discovery of an Iron A g e man in Cheshire in 1984 provided a murder puzzle for excited archaeologists from the British Museum and w o n B B C T V an award for best documentary of 1985 from the British Association for the A d v a n c e m e n t of Science.

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