SATURDAY Michaelson's partner Charles WaLker Claude David Knell Junior Jeff Douchette Buckwalter Royce D Applegate A ugie Tony Longo Ms Stein Nora Denny The President Charles Macaulay SCREENPLAY BRUCE JAY FRIEDMAN, FROM A STORY BY BRIAN GRAZER DIRECTOR RON HOWARD
TVS 8.30pm Movie Premiere: Splash Cape Cod, 20 years ago: • Eight-yearold Allen Bauer falls overboard from a ferryboat. Before being rescued, he briefly encounters a young mermaid and discovers a miraculous ability to breathe underwater in her presence. Twenty years later in presentday New York, Allen, who feels he can never fall in love, flees from an unhappy affair and returns to Cape Cod.. . See pages 12-19 Oracle subtitles page 888 A llen Bauer Tom Hanks Madison Daryl Hannah Dr Kornbluth Eugene Levy Freddie Bauer John Candy Mrs Slimier Dody Goodman Mr Buyrite Shecky Greene Dr Ross Richard B Shull Jerry Bobby Di Cicco Dr Zidell Howard Morris Tim the doorman Tony Di Benedetto Michaelson Patrick Cronin
10.30 ITN News and Sport 10.45 Movie Premiere: Flashdance JENNIFER BEALS MICHAEL NOURI LIMA SKALA SUNNY JOHNSON Alex Owens, a female welder in a arge Pittsburgh factory, has had an informal traiping in dance and desperately wants to win a place at ballet school. Alex also works as a showgirl in a workingmen's club, performing strenuously erotic disco numbers alongside other less ambitious dancers, while putting up with the unwelcome attentions of regulars at the bar. She is attracted to Nick, her work foreman, who encourages her efforts to become a 'serious' dancer. Their affair progresses happily, until :
the night Alex sees Nick in a car with another woman... See pages 12-19 A lex Owens Jennifer Beals (Dance double. Marine Jahan) Nick Hurley Michael Nouri Hannah Long Lilia Skala Jeanie Szabo Sunny Johnson Richie Kyle T Heffner Johnny C Malcolm Lee Ving Jake Mawby Ron Karabatsos Katie Hurley Belinda Bauer Cecil Malcolm Danare Frank Szabo Phil Bruns Rosemary Szabo Nicole Mercurio Secretary Lucy Lee Flippin Pete Don Brockett Tina Tech Cynthia Rhodes Heels Durga McBroorn Margo Stacey Pickten any Liz Saga! Normski Norman Scott Mr Freeze Marc Lemberger Frosty Freeze Wayne Frost Prince Ken Swift Kenneth Gabbert Crazy Legs Richard Colon SCREENPLAY TOM HEDLEY, JOE ESZTERHAS DIRECTOR ADRIAN LYNE
12.35 to 1.35 After Midnight Simple Minds — Alive in Rotterdam Concert filmed at the Ahoy Stadium. Rotterdam, in December 1985
'Just W isdom' salutes Norman at 9.00. He's seen again in 'The Night They Raided Minsky's, 11.00.
4.45pm On the Twelfth Day
7.00 News Summary and Weather
A George K Arthur short film presenting a balletic interpretation of the song about the twelve days of Christmas.
followed by
Made in black and white
Callas Sings Tosca
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1.35am Company To celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, Rabbi Hugo Gryn invites you and Company friends, Adrian and Bridget Plass and Peter Timms, to join him lighting the Hanukkah candles — a reminder of God's continuing presence. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER FRANCES TULLOCH TVS Production
5.05 Brookside
The classic 1964 recording of act two of Puccini's opera with Maria Callas as the singer Floria Tosca, and Tito Gobbi as Baron Scarpia, the lecherous chief of police, in the Royal Opera production produced by Franco Zeffirelli. The late Sir David Webster, general administrator of the Royal Opera, introduces the performance and describes the plot. Costumes by Marcel Escoffier. Scenery by Renzo Mongiardino.
Billy gets an unexpected Christmas present from his brother — a present which infuriates Doreen, Pat and Terry are puzzled by multiplying hampers, and Harry is worried by a suspicious Santa. It's party time at the Grants where Damon has to face an uninvited guest, Meanwhile Rod has his first taste of crime fighting. Oracle subtitles page 888
followed by
Closedown The sight of mermaid Madison (Daryl Hannah) is enough to make anyone flip. At sea or on land, she's a sensation. 'Splash': 8.30.
W ill Alex Owens (Jennifer Beals) make it from burlesque to arabesque? 10.45.
6.00 Right to Reply Annual GUS MACDONALD What did you the viewers complain most loudly about in 1986? In this special one hour programme, Right to Reply looks back at the issues, programmes and policies that provoked most anger or irritation. In a classic collection of Video Box comments viewers speak for themselves. Plus extracts from the best of the studio debates with viewers putting the programme makers and TV bosses on the spot. With Gus MacDonald in the chair. this Christmas edition of Right to Reply listens to what the public told the professionals in 1986. Write to: Right to Reply, Channel Four TV, 60 Charlotte Street, London W1P 2AX (01-631 4444). Oracle subtitles page 888 PRODUCERS JENNY CONWAY, CAROLINE PICK EDITOR GWYNN PRITCHARD Channel Four Production
TVTIMES 20 December-2 January 1987
Made in black and white Previously shown on ITV Floria Tosca Maria Callas Mario Cavaradossi Renato Cioni Baron Scarpia Tito Gobbi Sciarrone Dennis Wicks Spoletta Robert Bowman Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden TV PRODUCER BILL WARD A TV Production
8.00 just Wisdom
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NORMAN WISDOM Holly De Jong An unusual documentary entertainment based around the life and career of Norman Wisdom, all-round entertainer and comedian, extraordinaire. using extracts from his stage. film and TV work. Norman is rehearsing for a film, when suddenly in the middle of a song... but then life's full of surprises, and Norman's is no exception. Wisdom can be seen later tonight on Channel Four in the film The Night They Raided Minsky's, with Jason Robards. DIRECTOR LAURENS C POSTMA PRODUCER PAUL MADDEN Microcraze Productions
9.00 Cliff From the Hip CLIFF RICHARD ELTON JOHN BILLY OCEAN FIVE STAR THE SHADOWS MARTI WEBB Britain's best known singing star, Cliff Richard, as you have never seen him before, recorded 'live' in a spectacular concert from London's Hippodrome. Music director is Mike Moran. See page n PRODUCER JILL SINCLAIR PRODUCER/DIRECTOR GORDON ELSBURY Gordon Elsbury Production
10.00 Hill Street Blues THE COUNT OF MONTY TASCO A horrendous day has Furillo (Daniel J Travan ) slowly caving in to pressure when the mayor relieves him of his command. Oracle subtitles page 888
11.00 to 12.50am The Night They Raided Minsky's New York 1925. The • famous Minsky's theatre is in danger of closing. Until the arrival of a very religious but stagestruck Rachel Schpitendavel. See pages 12-19 Raymond Paine Jason Robards Rachel Schpitendavel Britt Ek . land Chick W illiams Norman Wisdom Trim Houlihan Forrest Tucker Billy Minsky Elliott Gould Professor Spats Bert Lahr V ance Fowler Denholrn Elliott Louis Minsky Joseph Wiseman SCREENPLAY ARNOLD SCHULMAN, SIDNEY MICHAELS, NORMAN LEAR FROM THE BOOK BY ROWLAND BARBER DIRECTOR WILLIAM FRIEDKIN
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