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The battle of Bacchus Marsh
The producers of Nine's World War II drama The Sullivans have revealed one of the show's most overworked 'actors' - an olive tree. The lone tree, located in Sunbury just outside of Melbourne, has been photographed from just about every angle to give a touch of the Mediterranean to location filming for battle scenes set in the island of Crete. Producers had spent months recreating battles of war in Crete, Greece, North Africa and surrounding nations - as taken from official war records - on location in Fiskeville, a small area near Bacchus Marsh on the outskirts of Melbourne. A central storyline in the Cretan battles involves a Greek woman Melina, played by Chantal Contouri, and also features Gus Mercurio as an American soldier, alongside series regulars Norman Yemm, Steven Tandy and Peter Hehir.
(Cover picture: Chantal Contouri, Norman Yemm)
How jockey Donnie is riding high
Sound Unlimited host Donnie Sutherland (pictured) and producer Graham Webb reflect on the development of the Seven Network's Saturday morning music show, screening on 21 stations around Australia and with negotiations in place to syndicate the show to Hong Kong, Manila and Bangkok. Sutherland, a former radio disc jockey with stints at stations including 2UW Sydney and 4BK Brisbane, claims that Sound Unlimited has boosted the sales of colour TV sets: "When colour was starting, families would be in the shopping centres on Saturday morning and they would see our show - and a lot of our material was in colour. Not only did that help sell sets, but it also established Sound Unlimited in people's minds."
A scornful look for a pretty girl? 
Gai Smith, a newcomer to Nine's soap The Young Doctors as fashion designer Natalie French, comes face to face with Dr Chris Piper (Bartholomew John). Smith, who had graduated from drama at the University of NSW and played roles in the United Kingdom and Canada, is introduced to the series as an awkward patient who won't take advice from experts.
Debbie Byrne in Cop Shop
Pop singer Debbie Byrne has recorded a small guest role in the Seven Network police drama Cop Shop, playing the next-door neighbour who befriends Christine (Louise Philip). The role is expected to be a recurring one.
Viewpoint: Letters to the Editor:
"I am a football fan that likes to watch The Big League (ATN7) and The Amco Cup (TEN10), but I usually miss The Amco Cup because it finishes too late. They would be wise if they made repeats. Then viewers would not watch their favourite football team half asleep." J. Austin, NSW.
"Mr Ian Meldrum, if you cannot say something nice about someone I suggest you don't say anything at all! During the review of the Top 10 on Countdown (9 April), you said about Bonnie Tyler (It's A Heartache) "... and it's becoming a bit of a pain...". When you reached the number one song by The Babys (Isn't It Time?) you said "... and isn't it time they got off the Number One spot and gave someone else a go?" A good pun, but in bad taste. Mr Meldrum, isn't it time we had a change of critics on Countdown because you're becoming a bit of a pain." F. Williams, NSW.
"Countdown's Ian Meldrum out to try and get his act together a bit more. He could learn off by heart that the past tense of "come" is "came", and he could do something about background music which is intruding more and more into the "talk" segments of the show." T. Phelan, NSW.
What's On (May 13-19)
After last week's screening of the pilot episode of US comedy The Love Boat, GTV9 settles the ongoing series into Monday nights as the lead-in to The Don Lane Show.
ABC presents a special 200th episode of A Big Country, documenting the re-creation of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition through Central Australia. The re-enactment of the 1860 expedition also failed, though not through the explorers perishing as Burke and Wills had, but rather the failure of their method of transport - camels - to complete the journey. ABC also screens a repeat of A Big Country's 100th episode which tells the story of the completion of the Overland Telegraph from Adelaide to Darwin.
Saturday matinee movies were a staple of commercial TV, and the week's schedule included titles The Nutty Professor (ATV0), Invitation To The Dance (HSV7) and The Cracksman (GTV9).
Country music returns to ABC with another series of Country Road, hosted by Johnny Chester and featuring guest artists Judy Stone and Jimmy Little. The program is being produced in Brisbane.
Sunday night movies are The Girl From Petrovka (HSV7), The Legend Of Valentino (GTV9) and Petulia (ATV0). The 13th and final episode of I Claudius screens on ABC.
Source: TV Times (Melbourne edition), 13-19 May 1978. ABC/ACP
Australia's second national broadcaster SBS has today unveiled its new brand and corporate identity - encompassing radio, television and online outlets. The new logo comes after recent re-branding efforts this year by ABC and Nine.
'Six billion stories and counting..', the new tagline that accompanies the new logo, aims to affirm the SBS position of reflecting a diverse and multicultural society, and differentiate it from its long-held perception of being the channel to watch for liberal amounts of sex and nudity - "sex before bedtime" was a popular nickname for the channel - although whether this remains true with their 'adults-only' Friday night line-up is to be seen.
As SBS marketing director Jacquie Riddell states on the SBS blog:
"Our new position reinforces our strength of telling and sharing a multitude of stories from every corner of the earth. In a multitude of languages. We're open to new stories, new ideas, and new ways of thinking. We know stories are what connect us."
The revised station identifications that go with the new logo emphasise the point and display the logo - an adaptation of the Mercator map logo designed in the early '90s - in a range of colours, images and musical styles.
More on the new-look SBS at: TV Tonight, idents.tv, What's On The Tube
Cover story: Their real restless years
TV Times spoke to some of the cast of the 0-10 Network soap The Restless Years to find out what their real-life restless years were like: Julieanne Newbould was a child performer, making her TV debut at the age of 12 on a TEN10 talent show and had also appeared in minor roles in a number of TV dramas. Nick Hedstrom helped compile the school magazine and also produced a play, prompting him to decide his future career in acting. Jon "Sonny" Blake (pictured) recalls the frustration in 
trying to find a job after finishing school, eventually getting a job at a cinema as an usher before scoring his big break as Alan Archer in The Restless Years. (On TV Times' cover: Julieanne Newbould, Nick Hedstrom, Deborah Coulls)
Bernard's golden chance when show goes to pot
Within 24 hours of the axe falling on the 0-10 Network talent show Pot Of Gold, panelist judge Bernard King had received three separate offers for new shows including a gardening show, a variety series and a Beauty And The Beast styled panel show. After 650 episodes over three years, the final episode of Pot Of Gold is to air on the 0-10 Network in early June.
Sigley moves into the Penthouse...
After a health scare earlier in the year, Ernie Sigley is back on screens as co-host of HSV7's Penthouse '78 - with the program now being relayed live to Tasmania's two commercial TV channels. Sigley will also host his own local variety show over in Adelaide for NWS9.
...and Mary gets a surprise
Sigley's opening night on Penthouse '78 suddenly switched direction when he introduced surprise "barrel girl" Roger Climpson, who told co-host Mary Hardy: "This Is Your Life". The special tribute program was then recorded after 12.30am, and the party that followed continued well into the morning. (Pictured above: Ernie Sigley, Roger Climpson, Mary Hardy)
Viewpoint: Letters to the Editor
"Marcia Hines, Australia's First Lady of Song? Oh, ABC, how could you? Whatever happened to music - and poor Joan Sutherland? What an insult to singers!" (name and address supplied)
"Well if Cop Shop and Glenview High aren't the most retrograde step in Australian TV, I don't know what is. Usually I enjoy Australian TV, but Cop Shop and Glenview High are the most puerile shows on air. The Sullivans and The Young Doctors to me are the best Australian productions." M. Hamilton, QLD.
"I do not often disagree with Mike Willesee (pictured), but it irked me when on several occasions (even after a year or so) he still talked about the ghouls at the Granville train disaster, who came running to watch. Well, I'd like to know the difference between them and the ones that ran with cameras and took notes of all that happened to tell us all on the news, in each gory detail, and show pictures of it." E. Plant, NSW.
What's On (May 6-12)
Late on Saturday night, HSV7 presents a direct telecast of the FA Cup Final, between Arsenal and Ipswich, live from Wembley Stadium in London. For those that missed the live telecast, HSV7 repeated it the next afternoon.
ATV0 presents a 90-minute musical special The 20s And All That Jazz, based on the Australian stage show. Appearing in the special, produced at the Nunawading studios of ATV0, are John Diedrich, John O'May, Caroline Gillmer and Denise Drysdale (pictured)
ABC's new series of A Big Country featured a documentary on the making of the film The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith - adapted from Thomas Kenneally's book of the same name.
ABC's legendary children's program Mr Squiggle returns for a new series of ten episodes with host Miss Jane (Jane Fennell) and joining the pencil-nosed Mr Squiggle are friends Gus and Bill Steamshovel.
Sunday night movies are Carry On Henry (HSV7), the movie-length pilot of The Love Boat (GTV9) and the 'modified TV version' of High Plains Drifter (ATV0). The Duchess Of Duke Street and I Claudius are still going on ABC after twelve weeks.
Source: TV Times (Melbourne edition), 6 May 1978. ABC/ACP
Former Home And Away star Kate Ritchie has won her second Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television.
The actress, who has recently left the series after twenty years on-air, also won the award for Most Popular Actress.
Full list of this year's TV Week Logie winners, in order of presentation:
Most Popular Reality Program: Dancing With The Stars (Seven)
Most Popular Lifestyle Program: Better Homes And Gardens (Seven)
Most Popular Factual Program: Bondi Rescue (Ten)
Silver Logie — Most Popular Actor: Chris Lilley (Summer Heights High, ABC1)
Silver Logie — Most Popular Actress: Kate Ritchie (Home And Away, Seven)
Most Popular New Male Talent: Lincoln Lewis (Home And Away, Seven)
Most Popular New Female Talent: Bindi Irwin (Bindi: The Jungle Girl, ABC1)
Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie: Curtin (ABC1)
Most Popular Light Entertainment/Comedy Program: Kath & Kim (Seven)
Most Popular Drama: Home And Away (Seven)
Most Popular Sports Program: The Footy Show AFL (Nine)
Silver Logie — Most Popular TV Presenter: Rove McManus (Rove/Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Ten)
Most Outstanding Children's Program: Lockie Leonard (Nine Network)
Most Outstanding News Coverage: "Garuda Plane Crash" (Seven)
Graham Kennedy Award For Most Outstanding New Talent: Tammy Clarkson (The Circuit, SBS)
Most Outstanding Comedy Program: Summer Heights High (ABC1)
Most Outstanding Sports Coverage: Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 (Seven)
Most Outstanding Factual Series: Choir Of Hard Knocks (ABC1)
Most Outstanding Documentary Series: Constructing Australia: The Bridge (ABC1)
Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report: "Some Meaning In This Life: Belinda Emmett" (Australian Story, ABC1)
Most Outstanding Actor: Stephen Curry (The King, TV1)
Most Outstanding Actress: Alison Whyte (Satisfaction, Showcase)
Gold Logie — Most Popular Personality: Kate Ritchie
As part of this blog's ongoing theme of all things TV in 1978 - to coincide with tonight's presentation of the 50th annual TV Week Logie Awards, let's have a look at what they were doing at the 20th TV Week Logie Awards presentation, thirty years ago.
The 1978 TV Week Logie Awards were held at the Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne, on Friday 3 March. The presentation was hosted by Bert Newton and telecast through the Nine Network. The telecast was sponsored by the national telecommunications carrier Telecom (now Telstra).
The winner of the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian TV was Graham Kennedy, host of the popular late-'70s game show Blankety Blanks. Kennedy had stiff opposition for the award, fending off other nominees Don Lane, Bert Newton, Mike Walsh and Lorraine Bayly. This was Kennedy's fifth Gold Logie which was a new record - but it would be twenty years before he would win another one, when he was inducted into the TV Week Logie Awards' Hall of Fame in 1998.
Kennedy had also won another Logie earlier in the night in '78 when Blankety Blanks was awarded Best Australia Variety/Panel/Comedy Show.
But while Kennedy was the winner of the night's top award, he was upstaged by six-year-old Beau Cox who had won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Juvenile for his performance in an episode of the Seven Network's Young Ramsay.
It was also a big night for the popular Nine Network series The Sullivans, picking up five Logies, including Most Popular Drama, Most Popular Actor (Paul Cronin) and Most Popular Actress (Lorraine Bayly).
Overseas celebrities to feature at the 1978 TV Week Logies were Florence Henderson (then starring in The Brady Bunch Variety Hour), Mike Farrell (MASH), Richard Anderson (The Bionic Woman), Pattie Weaver (Days Of Our Lives), British TV host David Frost, and legendary performer Sammy Davis Jnr. The presentation also featured a link-up to Sydney to feature an interview with Bob Hope who had been touring Australia and was about to head back to the US to host the Academy Awards.
MASH star Mike Farrell had made an on-air appeal for a gentleman who had taken a fall earlier in the week in the Melbourne CBD following an altercation with Farrell's daughter Erin. In the confusion that followed the incident, the man did not give Farrell his name, hence the Logies night call for the man so that Farrell could "buy him a drink". Then, within an hour, Melbourne man Don Sinclair arrived at the Southern Cross Hotel. "One day you are an avowed fan of MASH and the next day you're having an accident with BJ Hunnicut's daughter," said Sinclair after arriving at the hotel. And yes, he got his drink.
Mark Holden was awarded Most Popular Teenage Personality, but was curiously not present to collect his award. It was later revealed that the pop singer and former The Young Doctors star had made a quick dash outside the ballroom but failed to return in time to accept his award.
Melbourne's Mary Hardy (pictured with host Bert Newton), in accepting her Logie for Most Popular Female Personality in Victoria, jokingly acknowledged: "I really have to thank Graham Kennedy for this. If he hadn't got me the sack at GTV9 all those years ago, I would not have gone to Seven!" After her acceptance speech, Hardy then felt a tug at her skirt on her way back to her seat. She turned and found it had come from Florence Henderson who smiled and threw her arms around Hardy, saying "I thought you were marvellous." For one of the few times in her life, Hardy was lost for words. The two had never met before and Henderson's compliment was based solely on Hardy's on-stage acceptance speech.
Now these days there is just as must emphasis placed on the red carpet arrivals and the fashions as there is on the actual awards themselves. But in 1978, TV Week's only coverage of some of the fashions of the night was a two-page spread featuring Cop Shop's Lynda Stoner (pictured), The Sullivans' Susan Hannaford (shown to be arriving with Mark Holden, triggering stories of a possible romance between the two), and sisters Carmen and Paula Duncan - but the biggest shock frock of the night came from A Current Affair host Sue Smith, who wore a revealing black gown split to the hip. The strapless top half of the gown was more revealing. For a presenter who was better known for her serious approach to current affairs, it took many in the crowd by surprise.
In total, 43 awards were handed out on the night. The Nine Network claimed twenty awards, the Seven Network claimed eight Logies, while the 0-10 Network picked up four, and ABC picked up five. Hobart's TVT6 picked up the three Tasmanian state awards, and Newcastle's NBN3 won the regional TV category.
Finally, a list of all 43 winners of the 1978 TV Week Logie Awards:
Viewers' voted awards:
Gold Logie: Graham Kennedy, Blankety Blanks (0-10 Network)
Silver Logie - Most Popular Actor: Paul Cronin, The Sullivans (Nine Network)
Silver Logie - Most Popular Actress: Lorraine Bayly, The Sullivans (Nine)
Most Popular Teenage Personality: Mark Holden
Most Popular Variety/Panel/Comedy Show: Blankety Blanks (0-10)
Most Popular Drama Series: The Sullivans (Nine)
Most Popular Commercial: Export Cola
Best New Talent: Brandon Burke (Glenview High, Seven Network)
Industry panel awards:
Best Individual Performance by an Actor: Neil Fitzpatrick, Pig In A Poke (ABC)
Best Individual Performance by an Actress: Jacki Weaver, Do I Have To Kill My Child? (ABC)
Best New Drama: Cop Shop (Seven)
Best Sustained Performance by a Supporting Actor: Michael Caton, The Sullivans (Nine)
Best Sustained Performance by a Supporting Actress: Vivean Gray, The Sullivans (Nine)
Outstanding Performance by a Juvenile: Beau Cox, Young Ramsay (Seven)
Best Single Drama: The Alternative (Seven)
Best Dramatic Script: Margaret Kelly and John Dingwall, Pig In A Poke (ABC)
Best Documentary Series: In The Wild (ABC)
Best News Documentary: Utah report, Four Corners (ABC)
Outstanding Contribution to TV Journalism: The Werribee Accident, A Current Affair (Nine)
Best Public Affairs Series: Willesee At Seven (Seven)
Best News Report: Blue Mountains bushfires, Eyewitness News (TEN10 Sydney)
Outstanding Contribution to Community Service: The National Survival Test (0-10)
Outstanding Coverage of a Sporting Event: Australian Open Golf Championship (Nine)
Best Comedy Performer: Paul Hogan, The Paul Hogan Show (Nine)
Outstanding Contribution by a Regional Station: Ian (NBN3 Newcastle)
State winners (Most Popular Male Personality, Female Personality, Program):
NSW: Mike Walsh (TCN9), Sue Smith (TCN9), The Mike Walsh Show (TCN9)
VIC: Bert Newton (GTV9), Mary Hardy (HSV7), The Don Lane Show (GTV9)
QLD: Paul Sharrat (QTQ9), Jacki MacDonald (BTQ7), Country Homestead (QTQ9)
SA: Roger Cardwell (NWS9), Helen Woods (NWS9), Super Fun Show (ADS7)
WA: Terry Willesee (STW9), Jenny Clemesha (STW9), Channel Nine News (STW9)
TAS: Tom Payne (TVT6), Robyn Jackman (TVT6), This Week (TVT6)
Source: TV Week, 11 March 1978 & 18 March 1978.
The 50th Annual TV Week Logie Awards. Tonight (Sunday) 4 May, from 7.30pm. Nine*
* GTV9 Melbourne. Other stations/affiliates check local guides.
The winners of the seventh annual Fugly Awards were announced today at a glittering three-minute ceremony held on the brown carpet outside Melbourne's Crown Casino complex.
The Fugly Awards, held in the lead-up to the TV Week Logie Awards, recognise the good, the bad, and the (f)ugly of Australian television - but while the Logies come with big budgets, big names and big frocks, the Fuglies are a much smaller affair with a few milk crates, some product placement from the award's new sponsor Another Bloody Water, and some fold-out chairs reserved for the invited guests.
Fugly creator Anthony Dever made the trip from Brisbane to Melbourne to hand out the prestigious awards which, curiously, none of the winners were on hand to accept - even the 'good' ones.
A full list of winners and runners up in this year's Fugly Awards appear on their website - but just quickly, here are the big winners of today's awards:
More on today's Fugly presentation at TV Tonight
Australia could be about to get a fourth commercial TV network - after the analogue transmitters are all shutdown.
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, speaking at a communications conference said that all options for re-utilisation of the spectrum currently being used by analogue television will be open for consideration.
Analogue television is due to shutdown in 2013 and will free up huge amounts of broadcast spectrum.
The question is, in this age of declining free-to-air audiences 
and the increasing competition that is going to come from new digital channels in the near future anyway - plus whatever extra ABC and SBS can offer, plus the growth of pay-TV and online media - do we need another commercial network? Is another network going to provide anything so dramatically different to what we've already got? Is another commercial network going to stop the decline of free-to-air audiences? And do we need another channel to bring us more reality shows, infomercials, sensationalist current affairs and gratuitous product-placement?
Of course, on the flipside, an extra commercial network could bring some innovation to the medium, although - as we've seen in radio in recent times - bringing in new players might bring in some initial innovation but eventually they fall to the same level as the existing players once the novelty wears off and commercial realities hit home.
Source: The Australian
The TV Week Logie Awards are now just a week away (has everyone made their last-minute vote for the 'Race for Gold'?).
The Fugly Awards are also down to the last week of voting while they figure out how they're going to present them this Friday 2 May.
Last week saw pay-TV's annual awards, The ASTRAs, handed out to their favourite shows and presenters, and the MTV Australia Awards did their bit for the music industry with a few TV awards thrown in.
And from tonight, Sunday, it's the turn of the community TV sector to present its annual accolades with the Antenna Awards.
This year's Antennas were actually handed out in a presentation last Thursday night in Melbourne, but the event is being broadcast on the various Channel 31's at various times from tonight.
Melbourne: C31 (pictured), Tonight/Sunday 27 April, 7.30pm
Perth: Access 31, Tonight/Sunday 27 April, 7.30pm
Brisbane: 31, Sunday 4 May, 7.30pm
Sydney: TVS, Sunday 4 May, 7.30pm
Nominations for the Antennas are submitted from all over Australia. The winners are decided by an appointed panel of judges in the following categories:
Best Indigenous Program
Best News or Current Affair Program
Best Camera Work
Best Editing
Best Program that supports New and Emerging Communties
Best Music Program
Best Theme Music Composition
Best Young Persons Program
Best Live or Outside Broadcast
Best Lifestyle Program
Best Comedy Program
Best Interview Show
Best Sound
Best Sports Program
Best Special Presentation
Best Arts Program
Best CALD Program
Best Female Presenter
Best Male Presenter
Best Director
Producer of the Year
Best Program
Chopper Squad star's secret fear!
Dennis Grosvenor, one of the lead actors in the new 0-10 Network series Chopper Squad, reveals one of the occupational hazards in filming the action drama - motion sickness! "I generally manage to control it fairly well by making sure I haven't eaten too much before a flying or boating scene," he told TV Times. The series, produced by Reg Grundy Productions, has been sold to Paramount Pictures Television for overseas distribution. (Pictured on the TV Times cover are Grosvenor (centre) with co-stars Eric Oldfield (left) and Robert Coleby.)
Big guns in 7pm battle 
A re-shuffle by the Nine Network will now see a revived battle in the 7.00pm weeknight timeslot, with the network's moving of popular drama The Sullivans up against Seven's current affairs program Willesee At Seven and the 0-10 Network's Blankety Blanks. The removal of Nine's former ratings flagship A Current Affair from 7.00pm marks a victory for Seven, but host Mike Willesee (pictured) is not about to be complacent as The Sullivans is a big-budget series and has had considerable success in its previous slot of 7.30pm. The challenge for The Sullivans, though, is to maintain viewers' interest as it moves from a twice-weekly one-hour format to nightly half-hour episodes.
She's a blooming Hardy perennial
Melbourne's Mary Hardy concedes that life in television isn't as easy when you're a woman. While Graham Kennedy has his 'palace' wherever he goes, and Bert Newton and Don Lane at least have private caravans - Hardy (pictured with overseas guest Dan Rowan on a recent Penthouse '78), even after seven years as host of The Penthouse Club, still has no office, no secretary or even a changing room to herself: "I couldn't give a ---- about the trappings, but it also involves consideration and how you are regarded. If a man asks loudly for a chair, someone will race off and get it. If I ask someone to run a broom around the set I'm being a difficult bitch." But apart from her public persona on TV and radio, Hardy credits herself as being 'Australia's most fanatical fan', jetting around the world to places like London, New York and Los Angeles to see stage productions whenever her schedule allows it.
Versatility is the name of Donovan's game
Despite his lowered profile in the long-running TV - Make It Australia campaign, aimed at increasing local content on Australian TV, actor Terry Donovan is still just as concerned at the state of the local industry, "I don't think Australian TV has progressed much in the last few years, and it's a great shame. We've just got more soap operas instead of good dramas, and although the TV stations maintain they've tried, they've improved the quantity of shows - not the quality." Probably not surprisingly, Donovan's latest roles have been in the theatre and movies such as the South Australian production The Money Movers.
Viewpoint: Letters to the Editor: 
"For some time I have watched and enjoyed $30,000 Treasure Hunt (0-10 Network) but I feel there is cause for complaint against the pronunciations used by the quizmasters. I shudder each time Mike Minehan (pictured) says "twenny" and that he is unable to say simple words like grown, shown, etc., without adding another letter and making them "growan" and "showan". Surely it is possible to find the correct pronunciation before going to air." E. Fitzpatrick, VIC.
"After all the complaints about sport on TV you would think something would be done. But we still get sport all day Saturday and Sunday. In North Queensland we only have two channels. On the weekend, the commercial station doesn't start until 4.00pm and ABC has sport all afternoon, so we have no choice." S. Alby, QLD.
"Every week I spend 40 cents buying a TV magazine just to know the programs beforehand. However, last Saturday, TEN10 changed the program and instead of showing The Egyptian, they showed City Beneath The Sea, without any regard to the viewer. I took a day off work to see the movie and I ended up like a fool seeing what I had no interest in at all!" Name and address supplied. (TV Times' response: "Bad luck. By the way we've taken your name off your letter just incase you're not self-employed and your boss isn't a movie fan!")
What's On (April 29-May 5):
HSV7 presents a 90-minute special Bob Hope In Australia, a variety special taped before an audience of 8000 at Perth's Entertainment Centre on his recent Australian tour. Also featured in the program are Barbara Eden, Florence Henderson, Kamahl and The Four Kinsmen. The program, produced by Perth's TVW7, is screened around Australia on the Seven Network and in the United States through NBC.
After Bob Hope, HSV7 screens an Australian mystery movie The Death Train, starring Hugh Keays-Byrne, Max Meldrum and Ingrid Mason.
ABV2 screens a BBC documentary The Dawn Of A Solar Age, which examines the potential developments in the use of solar energy and the feasibility of its widespread use.
The Young Doctors promises a cliff-hanger: "Dennis (Chris King) has trouble getting some money he is owed. Somebody else is in bigger trouble stepping into lifts that aren't there," hints Friday's TV listings, to what became a famous incident where Sister Grace Scott (Cornelia Frances), distracted after delivering a stern warning to one of her nurses, walks into an opened lift shaft.
Sunday nights movies are Soylent Green (HSV7), Charley Varrick (GTV9) and an Australian movie Journey Out Of Darkness (ATV0) starring Ed Devereaux and singer Kamahl.
Source: TV Times (Melbourne edition), 29 April 1978. ABC/ACP
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