Today’s TV: Saturday 1 November 1997
from the NZ Listener
TV One
6.00am BBC World, including:
6.00 The World Today
6.30 Hard Talk
7.00 BBC World News
7.30 World Focus
7.45 Te Karere (Rpt)
8.00 Kingdoms of Survival (G)
9.05 UK Today (G)
9.15 Are You Being Served? (Rpt, G)
9.50 A Taste of New Zealand (G)
10.00 Infomercials
Noon Agri-Tech 2000 (G)
12.30 All Creatures Great and Small (Rpt, G)
1.35 Middlemarch (Rpt, G)
2.40 The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna (G)
3.15 Rick Stein’s Taste of the Sea (Final) (G)
3.50 Road to Avonlea (Starting today) (G)
4.50 The Great Outdoors (G)
5.20 Future Fantastic (Starting today) (G)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Tux Wonder Dogs (G)
7.00 United Travel Getaway (G)
7.30 Best of British: 25 Years of The Two Ronnies
8.45 Best of British: The South Bank Show (G)
9.50 Verdi’s Requiem (G)
11.45 Movie: The Indian Runner (1991) (AO)
1.55am BBC World, including:
1.55 Weekend World: Horizon
2.00 BBC World Headlines
2.05 Weekend World: Great Railway Journeys
3.00 BBC World News
3.30 World Living: Film 97
4.00 BBC World Headlines
4.05 Weekend World: A Rough Guide to the World
5.00 BBC World News
5.30 Hard Talk (Continues to 6am)
TV2
6.00am Button Nose (G)
6.30 Stingray (Rpt, G)
7.00 Squirt, including:
7.00 Street Sharks (G)
7.30 Pee-Wee’s Playhouse (G)
8.00 Pinky and the Brain (G)
8.35 Eek! Stravaganza (G)
9.25 The New Spider-Man (PGR)
10.00 Coca-Cola Video Hits
11.00 Mai Time
Noon UK Gladiators (Starting today) (Rpt, G)
1.05 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (Rpt, PGR)
2.10 Babylon 5 (PGR)
3.05 The Cape (Rpt, G)
4.05 Batman and Robin (G)
4.35 ReBoot (Rpt, G)
5.05 Family Dog (Rpt, G)
5.35 Hey Arnold! (G)
6.10 Movie: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993) (G)
8.00 Lotto
8.05 The Great Kiwi Video Show (G)
8.35 Saturday Night at the Movies: The Last Boy Scout (1991) (Rpt, AO)
10.30 WCW Pro Wrestling International 1997 (PGR)
11.35 Movie: Johnny’s Girl (1995) (PGR)
1.30am @Xtra (Rpt, G)
2.00 Movie: Aladdin (1990) (Rpt, G)
3.30 Behind the Scenes: “Event Horizon” (Rpt, G)
4.00 Roseanne (Rpt, PGR)
4.35 Fallen Angels (Rpt, PGR)
5.10 Prostars (Rpt, G) (Continues to 6am)
TV3
6.30am The Tiki Tiki Television Show (G)
7.00 Crocadoo (G)
7.30 The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (G)
8.00 Casper (G)
8.30 Bruno the Kid (G)
9.00 Oscar and Friends (G)
9.05 Beast Wars (G)
9.30 Ace Ventura (Rpt, G)
10.00 Wing Commander Academy (PGR)
10.30 Infomercials
Noon 20/20 (Rpt)
1.00 Noel’s House Party (Rpt, G)
2.00 Ice TV (PGR)
3.00 The Drum (PGR)
4.00 All-American Girl (G)
4.30 Beadle’s About (aka “The Joke’s on You”) (Rpt, G)
5.00 Candid Camera (G)
5.30 World’s Greatest Commercials (G)
6.00 3 National News
6.30 3 Special: Totally Animals (G)
7.30 The 1997 New Zealand International Wearable Art Awards (G)
8.30 Saturday Night at the Movies: Deadly Pursuit (1988) (Rpt, AO)
10.55 Late Movie: Curaçao (1993 (Rpt, AO)
12.55am Infomercials (Continues to 6am)
TV4
10.00am Infomercials
Noon The Site (PGR)
1.00 Star Trek (Rpt, PGR)
2.00 World Championship Kick Boxing
3.00 High 5 (G)
3.30 Uncut (PGR)
4.00 Movie Television (G)
4.30 Cin.city (Rpt, G)
5.00 The Gossip Show (G)
6.00 Santo Bugito (G)
6.30 Moesha (G)
7.00 Clueless (Final) (G)
7.30 Ice TV (PGR)
8.30 WWF Superstars (AO)
9.30 Movie: White Lie (1991) (AO)
11.25 Talk Soup (Rpt, AO)
11.55 Closedown
MTV
6.00am Kickstart
7.30 EMA Spotlight: Best Dance Act
8.00 Kickstart
9.00 MTV Mix
Noon Non-Stop Hits
1.30 EMA Spotlight: Best Dance Act
2.00 Wrekognize
3.00 Up for It
5.00 Select MTV
6.00 Oddville
6.30 MTV News Weekend Edition
7.00 Dancefloor Chart
8.00 Smokefree Rockquest 1997
9.00 MTV Unplugged: Kiss
10.00 Amour
11.00 Partyzone
1.00am Night Videos (Continues to 6am)
HBO
6.45am Born to Be Wild (1994) (G)
8.20 Little Women (1994) (G)
10.15 Box Office America
10.45 True Grit (1967) (PG)
12.45pm: Harrison: Cry of the City (1996) (PG)
2.15 The Making of “The Birdcage”
2.45 Johnny Depp Double: Ed Wood (1994) (M)
followed by
Don Juan de Marco (1995) (M)
6.30 Saturday Family Movie: Three Wishes (1996) (G)
8.30 Saturday Night Comedy: The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) (PG)
10.00 Stargate (1994) (PG)
12.00am Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994) (RP16)
1.50 Death Wish
3.20 True Grit (1967) (PG)
5.25 Don Juan de Marco (1995) (M) (Continues to 7am)
Sky Sport
6.00am ESPN Direct - Tennis
Paris Open - quarterfinal
8.00 Racehorse Digest
8.30 Horse Racing
American Championship Harness series
9.30 Dangerous and Endangered
10.00 Mountain Biking
1997 VW Trek, from Colorado
11.00 Sky Sport - Pro Boxing
12.30pm PGA Golf
1.00 Motoworld
1.30 Motorsport
IHRA Drag Racing - Pro Shootout
2.30 International Cricket
Cricket Max - Max Blacks v British Lions, live from TrustBank Park, Hamilton
6.00 Basketball
NBA - Boston Celtics v Chicago Bulls
7.45 Tennis
Paris Open
9.15 International Cricket
Cricket Max - Max Blacks v British Lions, highlights
10.00 Basketball
NBA - LA Lakers v Utah Jazz
11.45 Ice Hockey
NHL - St Louis Blues v Colorado Avalanche
1.30am Aerobics
Bally’s World Series
2.30 Mountain Biking
1997 VW Trek
3.25 International Rugby League
Great Britain v Australia - first test, live from Wembley
5.30 Amazing Games (Continues to 6.30am)
CNN
CNN News 24 hours a day, including the following features:
6.45am On the Menu
7.30 American Edition
8.30 World Business Today
9.00 Sky News (Via satellite from London)
9.30 Q & A
11.00 Insight
11.30 World Business Today
Noon World Sport
12.30 World View
1.15 Moneyline
2.00 American Edition
2.30 Inside Asia
3.00 Larry King
4.00 7 Days
4.30 Showbiz Today
5.30 World Report
6.30 Diplomatic License
7.00 Sky News (Via satellite from London)
7.30 Larry King (Rpt)
8.30 World Sport
9.30 ABN: This Week (Rpt)
10.30 Sky News (Rpt) (Via satellite from London)
11.30 Travel Guide
12.30am 7 Days
1.30 World Sport
2.30 Inside Asia
3.00 Best of Larry King
4.30 World Sport (Rpt)
5.30 Earth Matters (Continues to 6am)
Orange
6.00am Cartoon Network
4.00pm Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
4.30 The Hogan Family
5.00 The Flying Nun
5.30 The Incredible Hulk
6.30 The Bionic Woman
7.30 The Avengers
8.30 Orange at the Movies: Red Blooded (1996) (R16)
10.00 WCW World Championship Wrestling
11.00 Dangerous Curves
12.00am The Juice Music Television (Free to air) (Continues to 6am)
Discovery
6.00am Supercities
6.30 Wildlife Chronicles
7.00 In Care of Nature
7.30 Eyewitness
8.00 The New Explorers
8.30 High Adventure
9.00 Lonely Planet
10.00 The Arctic
10.30 The Himalavas
11.00 TAB Trackside (Free to air)
Live racing throughout the day and up until 11pm
11.00pm Invention
11.30 Next Step
12.00am Wings of the Luftwaffe
1.00 World of Valour
1.30 Walker’s Cay Chronicles
2.00 Wings
3.00 Invention
3.30 Next Step
4.00 The New Explorers
4.30 High Adventure
5.00 Dive to Adventure
5.30 The Adventurers (Continues to 6am)