Today’s TV: Saturday 8 November 1997
from the NZ Listener
TV One
6.00am BBC World, including:
6.00 BBC World News
6.30 World Living: Top Gear
7.00 The World Today
7.30 Hard Talk
7.45 Te Karere (Rpt)
8.00 Kingdoms of Survival (G)
9.05 UK Today (G)
9.15 Are You Being Served? (Rpt, PGR)
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 Fruits of the Sea (Starting today) (G)
3.50 Road to Avonlea (G)
4.50 The Great Outdoors (G)
5.20 Future Fantastic (G)
6.00 One Network News
6.30 Tux Wonder Dogs (G)
7.00 United Travel Getaway (G)
7.30 Pie in the Sky (Series return, part 1) (PGR)
8.35 Movie: American Friends (1991) (PGR)
10.30 Taggart: Instrument of Justice (AO)
12.50am BBC World, including:
12.50 This Week
1.00 BBC World Headlines
1.05 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 Thunderbirds (Starting today) (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 Bobby’s World (Starting today) (G)
9.25 The New Spider-Man (PGR)
10.00 Coca-Cola Video Hits: New Releases
11.00 Mai Time
Noon UK Gladiators (Rpt, G)
1.00 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (Rpt, PGR)
2.00 Babylon 5 (PGR)
3.00 The Cape (Rpt, G)
4.00 Batman and Robin (G)
4.30 Steven Spielberg Presents: Freakazoid! (Series premiere) (G)
5.00 Family Dog (Rpt, G)
5.30 Hey Arnold! (G)
6.00 Goosebumps (G)
6.30 Spice Up Your Life
7.00 The Gong Show (PGR)
7.30 The Great Kiwi Video Show (G)
8.00 Lotto
8.05 Strange Universe (PGR)
8.35 Saturday Night at the Movies: Midnight Sting (aka “Diggstown”) (1992) (AO)
10.30 Movie: Cahill, US Marshall (1973) (Rpt, AO)
12.30am @Xtra (Rpt, G)
1.05 Movie: Victim of Rage (1993) (Rpt, AO)
2.55 Behind the Scenes: “Paradise Road” (G)
3.25 Pauly
3.55 Roseanne (Rpt, PGR)
4.25 Fallen Angels (Rpt, AO)
5.05 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 (PGR)
2.00 Ice TV (PGR)
3.00 The Drum (PGR)
4.00 All-American Girl (G)
4.30 Beadle’s About/The Joke’s on You! (Rpt, G)
5.00 Candid Camera (G)
5.30 Cin.city (G)
6.00 3 National News
6.30 3 Special: World’s Wackiest Wedding Videos (G)
7.30 3 Special: Michael Flatley - Eire Apparent (G)
8.35 Saturday Night at the Movies: Driving Miss Daisy (1989) (Rpt, PGR)
10.40 Coca-Cola Summer of Cricket
Australia v New Zealand - first test, day two, highlights
11.10 Late Movie: Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) (Rpt, AO)
1.25am Infomercials (Continues to 6am)
TV4
10.00am Infomercials
11.45 The Site (PGR)
12.45pm Coca-Cola Summer of Cricket
Australia v New Zealand - first test, day two, live from the Gabba, Brisbane
3.00 High 5 (G)
3.30 Coca-Cola Summer of Cricket (Continued)
Australia v New Zealand - first test, day two, live from the Gabba, Brisbane
8.00 Ice TV (PGR)
9.00 WWF Superstars (AO)
10.00 Movie: Desert Shield (aka “The Finest Hour”) (1992) (AO)
12.10am Closedown
STANDBY PROGRAMMES (if the cricket is disrupted)
Noon The Site (PGR)
1.00 Star Trek (PGR)
2.00 World Championship Kick Boxing (PGR)
3.00 High 5 (G)
3.30 Uncut (PGR)
4.00 Movie Television (G)
4.30 TV Bloopers and Practical Jokers (G)
5.00 The Gossip Show (G)
6.00 Santo Bugito (G)
6.30 Moesha (G)
7.00 Clueless (G)
7.30 Ice TV (PGR)
8.30 WWF Superstars (AO)
9.30 Movie: Desert Shield (1992) (AO)
11.40 Talk Soup (PGR)
12.10am Closedown
MTV
6.00am The Morning After Show
Noon And the Winners Are…
1.00 Non-Stop Hits
2.00 Wrekognize
3.00 Up for It: EMA’s Winner’s Edition
5.00 Select MTV: EMA’s Winner’s Edition
6.00 Oddville
6.30 MTV News Weekend Edition
7.00 Access All Areas: EMA’s Special Edition
8.00 1997 European Music Awards (Rpt)
10.00 Amour
11.00 Loveline
11.30 Partyzone
1.30am Club Mix
3.00 Night Videos (Continues to 6am)
HBO
7.15am Savage Land (1994) (G)
9.00 Angels in the Outfield (1994) (G)
10.40 Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (G)
12.30pm The Blue Max (1966) (PG)
3.00 Dancing with Danger (1994) (M)
4.30 Boys on the Side (1994) (M)
6.30 Saturday Family Movie: The Little Rascals (1994) (G)
8.00 The Making of “Down Periscope”
8.30 Saturday Night Comedy: Billy Madison (1995) (M)
10.00 Mortal Kombat (1995) (M)
11.45 Darkman III: Die, Darkman, Die (1995) (M)
1.15am Dancing with Danger (1994) (M)
2.45 HBO Stand-Up Comedy: Judy Gold (1995) (R16)
3.15 The Blue Max (1966) (PG)
5.45 Gulliver’s Travels (1995) (G) (Continues to 8.15am)
Sky Sport
6.00am Wrestling
Freestyle World Cup
7.00 NBA Action
7.30 Racehorse Digest
8.00 Outside the Lines
9.00 Senior PGA Golf
Senior Tour Championship - round two, live
11.00 Boxing
Muhammed Ali Cup
12.30pm Tennis
ATP Tour - highlights
1.00 Motoworld
1.30 Inside the PGA
2.00 International Sportscenter
2.30 Canoeing
Sprint Racing World Championship - 1000m finals
3.30 Rugby
Telecom Sevens - day one, live from Rotorua
6.00 Gymnastics
World Artistic Championships
7.00 Marathon
World Half-marathon Championship
8.00 Basketball
NBA - Detroit Pistons v Orlando Magic
9.45 Senior PGA Golf
Senior Tour Championship - round two
11.15 Basketball
NBA - LA Lakers v New York Knicks
1.30am Reno Air Show
2.25 Canoeing
Sprint Racing World Championship - 1000m finals
3.25 International Rugby League
Great Britain v Australia - second test, live from Old Trafford, Manchester
5.30 Motoworld (Continues to 6.55am)
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 WorldView
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 (Via satellite from London) (Rpt)
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, including:
6.00 The Jetsons
6.30 The Flintstones
7.00 The Popeye Show
7.30 Scooby & Scrappy-Doo
8.00 Scooby’s All-Star Laff-a-Lympics
8.30 Yogi’s Treasure Hunt
9.30 Young Robin Hood
10.00 The Detective Squad
11.00 Wacky Races
11.30 The Tom & Jerry Show
Noon The Bugs & Daffy Show
1.00 Cow and Chicken
1.30 The Addams Family
2.00 The Flintstones
2.30 Goober and the Ghost Chasers
3.00 Casper and the Angels
3.30 Goldie Gold and Action Jack
4.00 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: Cry in the Wind (1988) (M)
10.10 WCW World Championship Wrestling
11.10 Dangerous Curves
12.10am The Juice Music Television (Free to air, continues to 6am)
Discovery/Trackside
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 Himalayas
11.00 TAB Trackside (Free to air)
Live racing from Wanganui, Te Rapa, Riccarton, Alexandra Park, Moonee Valley, Randwick and Flemington (Australia) throughout the day and evening and up until 11.30pm, plus:
11.00 The Ford Report
11.15 Saturday Scene Set
4.45pm The Chrysler Stakes - live from Flemington
6.05 Queen Elizabeth Stakes - live from Flemington
6.40 Harness racing - live from Alexandra Park
8.25 Nevele R Stud Harness Report
9.00 Harness racing - live from Moonee Valley
11.10 Final race from Alexandra Park
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)
MAX TV, Auckland
6.00am MAX Music Videos
9.00 Caterpillar Chart
Noon ETA Ripples Sports Explosion
1.00 1 till 3
3.00 MAX Music Videos
4.00 The Risky Business (Rpt)
5.00 Vans New Releases
6.00 True School TV
7.00 MAX Music Videos (Continues to 6am)
Includes Export Gold Gig Guide at 9.10pm and 11.30pm