7 days in TV
Saturday 28th May: The final
part in a repeat run of the children's film series
Robinson Crusoe was aired today at 9.35am. Later at
5.45pm Rolf on Saturday - OK? saw Rolf Harris singing,
painting and acting with the children of Moorland Junior
and Willows High School, Cardiff. Whilst at 6.20pm there
was the first showing on British television of the Elvis
film The Trouble with Girls.
Sunday 29th: Sunday's
undoubted highlight was the Royal Windsor Big Top Show
which celebrated the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Top of the
bill were Bruce Forsyth, Mike Yarwood, Ronnie Corbett,
Les Dawson, Barry Humphries, Elton John, Olivia
Newton-John and Leo Sayer. Less famous acts included
Swedish comedy acrobats 'The Veterans' and escapologist
Alan Alan! For those who tired of the show after the
first two hours there was respite on BBC2 in the form of
the fourth of seven parts of The Flaxborough Chronicles
which starred Anton Rodgers, Brenda Bruce, Christopher
Timothy and John Comer (Les Norton - Long Live the King)
who was making his first of two appearances on TV this
week.
Monday 30th: At 10 in
the morning former Doctor Who companion Elisabeth Sladen
presented a programme for Schools on the Jubilee. In the
evening the Scottish drama The Mackinnons which starred
Hazel McBride (Alice - Bridgehead) reached its fifth
episode 'Working Weekend' This weeks episode was directed
by Survivors own Pennant Roberts.
Tuesday 31st: Pip and
Jane Baker wrote Tuesday's night's episode of Z Cars
'Quarry' which saw Brian Grellis (Grice - Parasites) - in
another explosive situation. The episode was directed by
another Survivors veteran, Gerald Blake.
Wednesday 1st June: Survivors
penulitmate episode, Long Live the King, was promoted by
a column width out-of-character publicity photo of Anna
Pitt (above). Its BBC2 competition was a Jubilee themed
programme about fireworks called In the Making and Family
Portrait, a programme about a brick making family from
Port Talbot. Survivors followed the escapist adventure
film Battle Beneath the Earth and was itself followed by
Sportsnight which covered the 1977 Derby and the
Middleweight Championship of Great Britain (Kevin
Finnegan vs Frankie Lucas). Later that evening Paul
Darrow (Blake's 7) and Maureen O' Brien (Vicki - Dr Who)
starred opposite each other in the final part of the
critically acclaimed Poisoning of Charles Bravo on BBC2.
Thursday 2nd: 5.55pm saw
the thrilling climax (!) of the Nationwide 'Cook of the
Realm competition'. Felicity Kendal and Robert Morley
judged the event.
Friday 3rd: It's A
Knockout saw Crawley compete with Dartford and Maidstone
at 8pm. Over on BBC2 an hour later, Tom Baker, Gabrielle
Drake and Miriam Stoppard took part in Call My Bluff.
[Below left: Cartoon
promoting the Windsor Big Top Show. Below
right: the 2nd placed cover in the Radio
Times Jubilee cover competition by Claire Douglass. ]
 
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