SUNDAY 2.30 The Smurfs
9.45 ITN News
BORN ROTTEN
Gargamel plants a star creature in the Smurfs' midst, o smells so rotten that he f. n be traced to their village.
Yorkshire 1.15 The Big Match BRIAN MOORE Highlights of two first divis n matches. Commentary by Brian Moore and Martin Tyler. PRODUCTION TEAM RICHARD WORTH, TONY MILLS JIM RAMSEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JEFF FOULSER DIRECTORS TED AYLING, STUART WILSON Lndependent Television Sport action
2.0 One More Ri r In the 19th century, the .own of Calabar, on the coast of East Africa in what is now Nigeria, was a centre of the slave trade. The savage tribes from up the river sold their victims to the slave traders on the coast and for most people life was drunken, brutalised and superstitious. Inspired by the example of explorer David Livingstone, a mill girl from Dundee, named Mary Slessor, went out as a Christian missionary to face the dangers of Calabar in 1876. In this two-part film report, Edna Healey, wife of Labour politician Denis, follows in Mary's steps: Part two will be shown next week. CAMERA GORDON COULL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER REV DR NELSON GRAY DIRECTOR TED WILLLAMSO Scottish Television Production
10.0 Weekend in Wallop
2.45 Star Wars MARK HAMILL HARRISON FORD CARRIE FISHER ALEC GUINNESS In a distant time and galaxy, where a benevolent republic has been replaced oy an oppressive empire, Princess Leia Organa - a member of a rebel movement - attempts to escape with the plans of the Empire's deadly weapon, the Death Star. She is captured by Grand Moff Tarkin and his evil henchman Darth Vader, but her two robots, C-3P0 and R2-D2, escape to a barren planet where they are sold to farmer Owen Lars and his nephew Luke Skywalker. R2-D2 projects, for Luke, Leia's plea for help to Ben Kenobi, a former Jedi knight of the Republic. In the desert Luke finds Ben, who speaks of a mystical 'Force' which was an article of faith with the Jedi knights. Oracle sub - titles page 170 See pages 81 and 146 Luke Skywalker Mark Hamill Han Solo Harrison Ford Princess Leia Carrie Fisher Ben Kenobi Alec Guinness Grand Moff Tarkin Peter Cushing C-3P0 Anthony Daniels R2-D2 Kenny Baker Chewbacca Peter Mayhew Lord Darth V ader David Prowse Owen Lars Phil Brown Beni Lars Shelagh Fraser Chief Jawa Jack Purvis V ader's voice James Earl Jones Gen Dodonna Alex McCrindle Can Taggi Don Henderson Can Willard Eddie Byrne SCREENPLAY/DIRECTOR GEORGE LUCAS
Gallant heroes, evil enemies, revolutionary robots and bizarre beings... it's the space spectacle 'Star W ars', 2.45.
5.0 Duran Duran As the Lights go Down SIMON LE BON NICK RHODES ANDY TAYLOR ROGER TAYLOR JOHN TAYLOR Andy Hamilton Raphael Dejesus B J Nelson Charmaine Burch An electric live performance from Duran Duran featuring 12 of the songs that make up their latest album, Arena - which was filmed during four evenings when the band played before 60,000 ecstatic fans at the Oakland Coliseum in California, earlier this year. The concerts were the climax of a world tour that had taken the band from Australia to Japan and from the UK to a series of sell-out concerts in America. This film incorporates live action, fantasy sequences and some stunning special effects to capture the energy and excitement generated by one of the world's top rock bands. Stage production arranged by Duran Duran. PRODUCERS PAUL BERROW, MICHAEL BERROW DIRECTOR RUSSELL MULCAHY
6.0 Bullseye Treat yourself to a bit of Bully
for the New Year with Jim Bowen, as three couples test their skills at darts and general knowledge on the way to Bully's Prize Board. Big Cliff Lazarenko aims for the high numbers in the charity game and Tony (Mr 180) Green chalks up the scores. Script associate is Howard Imber. Produced in association with Chatsworth Television. CONTESTANT RESEARCH MICKEY BRENNAN DESIGNER GIOVANNI GUARINO DIRECTOR/PRODUCER BOB COUSINS Central Production
Pop goes California when one of the world's top groups play in Oakland: See 'Duran Duran - A s the Lights go Down', 5.0
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6.30 ITN News
6.40 Highway HARRY SECOMBE MORAG MACKAY ICENNETH MCKELLAR The Choir of St Giles Harry Secombe visits Edinburgh's historic Royal Mile and is welcomed at the Palace of Holyrood by the Very Rev Dr Ronald Selby Wright, remembered by many as the radio padre during World War Two. In St Giles Cathedral, Harry talks to the minister, the Rev Gilleasbuig Macmillan and meets the blind artist Carolyn James. In the Jolly Judge pub, he discovers that Lonely (Russell Hunter from Callan) is an Edinburgh resident. PROGRAMME ASSOCIATE RONNIE CASS EDITOR REV DR NELSON GRAY DIRECTOR NORMAN MORRLSON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BILL WARD Scottish Television Production
7.15 The Last Days of Pompeii Drama spectacular re-creating the decadent and doomed civilisation of GrecoRoman Pompeii - the city that was destroyed one terrifying afternoon when Vesuvius erupted. The year is 79AD: the cult of Isis, under the direction of the priest Arbaces, is rapidly gaining power. Arbaces seeks to destroy the Christians and control the empire by using wealthy, social-climbing Diomed. Part two is at 8.45 tomorrow night.
FILM
See pages 40 and 81 Diomed Olinthus Marcus Glaucus Chloe lone Fortunata A rbaces Gaius Nydia Quintus Lydon Lepidus Sallust Medon Lucretia
Ned Beatty Brian Blessed Ernest Borgnine Nicholas Clay Lesley-Anne Down Olivia Hussey Siobhan McKenna Franco Nero Laurence Olivier Linda Purl Anthony Quayle Duncan Regehr Tony Anholt David Robb Howard Lang Joyce Blair
TELEPLAY CARMEN CULVER DIRECTOR PETER HUNT
Nether Wallop has been missed by most of the great events of history. Henry V rode around it, Lady Godiva passed through it - dressed - and Hitler flew over it. But last September, everything changed, when the First Nether Wallop International Arts Festival was launched by the villagers, assisted by Jenny Agutter, Maria Aitken, Rowan Atkinson, Sir Alfred Ayer, Paul Bradley, Billy Connolly, Peter Cook, Steven Edis, Stephen Fry, Bamber Gascoigne, Jools Holland, Michael Hordem, Gilson Lavis, Hugh Lawrie, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Andrew Logan, Richard Logan, Norman Lovett, Rik Mayall, Roger McGough, Phil Nice, Humphrey Ocean, John Ottway. Brian Pattern, Lynn Seymour, Ned Sherrin, Wayne Sleep, Arthur Smith, Mel Smith, Ralph Steadman, Kevin Thrvey, Stanley Unwin, Gore Vidal, John Wells and Bill Wyman. See page 11 Oracle sub-titles see page 170 DIRECTOR STEPHEN PILE VT EDITOR CLAYTON PARKER FILM EDITOR FRANCESCA ROSS PRODUCTION TEAM JOHN CARLAW, PAUL JACKSON London W eekend Television Production
12.0 Late Night Drama THE BAMBOO BRUSH
The Bamboo Brush exPiores a young boy's rejection of his Chinese ancestry and heritage and how he comes to reassess his point of view. Benjamin Kee, 13, is more concerned with his friends, with 'real school' and with the challenges of Pacman than he is with the lessons taught at Chinese school.
12.30 Five Minutes As a gloomy 1984 enters its final day Dr Calvert tests the answers to the perennial question: Is there no practical possibility of change for the better?' PRODUCER MARY WATTS Yorkshire Television Production
12.35 Closedown Programmes as Y orkshire except:
ANGLIA 9.25 Cartoon; 9.30
Terrahawks; 11.0 Getting On; 2.30 Cartoon; 12.0 Shelley; 12.30 Christmas People. CENTRAL 9.25 Contact; 9.35 Terrahawks; 11.0 Getting On. GRANADA 9.25 Cartoon; 9.30 Window on the World; 2.30 Cartoon; 12.0 That's Hollywood. TYNE TEES 12.0 Streets of San Francisco. .
22 December-4 January 1985 TVTIMES