TELEVISION REVIEW
l m l Ricky. it‘ssoon yourturn scuqhmugh ISetutdey Night Live (BBCZ) 1.2.25—lam. i to get a wasting disease, More from the cult American live comedy . The "gum round up 0' Place your bets at the " 3 Show.
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‘ into broad comedy is less than impressive. He plays
a cop plagued by an overprotective Italian
mother (Estelle Getty of
Golden Girls fame) and the result is a one-joke turkey packed with
i stereotypesand weak
visualgags. (CIC) I Blue Tornado (15) Ersatz Top Gun meets Close
1 Encountersin a faintly
ludicrousaction
' adventure. Patsy Kensit is Isabella. a bit of a babe. and a shit-hot research
Decker. investigating a series of murders around a college campus. The prime suspect is misfit student Artie (Charles Schlatter). but Decker isn't convinced and gives Artie 24 hours to clear his name. (First Independent)
I The Playboys (15) Gillies MacKinnon‘s
3 atmospheric period piece ' set in a small Irish village
where a woman inflames local opinion by refusing to reveal the identity of
I Pole To Pole Only seconds after the last episode fades off yourTV screen. you can relive the former Python‘s latest globe-trotting adventure as he shunts his reticent camera crew from Arctic to Antarctic. Palin is a master of the ‘bloody hell. look at that' school of
FRIDAY 4
I Hearts Of Gold (BBCI ) 8—9pm. The TV equivalent ofa war-atrocity. Esther Rantzen returns with the first ofthrce special shows devoted to embarrassing real-life heroes and samaritans. Mike
Smith is her partner in crime.
I The Face Of Tutanlrliamun: Everywhere The Gllnt Of Gold (BBCZ) 9—9.50pm. The five-part series on the greatest archaeological discovery of the century looks at the phenomenon of‘Tutmania‘ and examines how the worlds ofart. design. fashion and film were influenced by the treasures.
(BBC1)3.30—5pm. Live from London‘s Olympia. the pop awards show features Right Said Fred. Take That. East 17. Kriss Kross. The Shamen and Shakespear's Sister.
I Equinox: Toylng With The Future (Channel 4) 7—8pm. A topical report on the new technological toys that will be filling stockings this Christmas.
; I Funny Business: Let There Be Love
(BBCZ) 8.05—8.55pm. The complex relationship between comedy partners is explored in this in-depth analysis ofthe double-act.
I A Touch Of Frost (Scottish)
8. 15—10. 15pm. A somewhat unpromising
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them in their first hospital jobs.
IGetBaclr(BBC1)8.30—9pm.Martin I The arms" comedy Awardswgz ' (Ray Winstone) lands himself a job at last.
‘cottish 8.()5—1().()5 m. Jonathan Ross , . .
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fora miraclc' goesthe blurbline andittakesa special kind ofdigestiye system to hold on to your ‘ lunchwatchingthisone. Mario Van Peebles is the ' saintly football star Ricky Bell who is determined to improve the life ofa handicapped kid Ryan (Lane Davis). Cue
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Breakfast. so why not get a tape and lie in bed a little
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together now: ‘size ofa
donkey‘. (First
Independent £8.99)
I Peterllamlll— lnTtie Passionkirche Weird old prog-rocker turned arty elder statesman of rock
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' Berlin earlier this year.
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:avfi'eekend M Bemie.s(BBC1) dipso playwright Hamish Partt who 925—] lpm. A so-so black comedv starring EPrli‘f‘CSCPCFfCIC‘Jfl in “Siting if nm in ‘ is ie. .oncu e on e nes av.
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themselves implicatedin hismurder. C, h .48 “I t .H W I IPertorrnance:AlterThe Dance(BBC2) "’ m . ym“ 5 " 0 . '9 e“ ' ‘ , I Catholics And Sex ((,hannel4) 9.25—11pm. Anton Rodgers. Gcmma . . ~ . , A . , llpm—12am. Kate Saunders and Peter Jones.John Bird andImogen Stubbsstar SI. f (H k'uh‘c' th I. Ch h.s inTerence Rattigan‘ssatire onfading ‘m or 00 d L d O 'C urc
l This and the next tape are bright young things trying to recapture attffkdcf’ mamagc, and the “Home available from aGcrman . their youth and instead finding mid-life prawns“ monOgdmy' . company. if you can‘t find ' crisis and self-doubt. _ them in the shops. Call I Les Valseuses (Channel 4) 8 Horst on 010 4930 i lOpm-IZ. 15am. The TV premiere of I A Question Of Sport (BBCI )8.30—9pm. 321 1007 (Studio K7) Bertrand Blier‘s controversial road movie David Coleman, Bill Beaumont and Ian I The Oyster Bend Mutant l starring Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere Botham are the regulars for the perennial { ~ I English folk music from i as a couple of amoral lads carousing their sports quiz. with the scores currently level. "#9 -. " crusty darlings ofthe way across France. Isabelle IIuppert and I Without Walls: The Great chtetor \ ' ; w summer festival circuit. Jeanne Moreau are among the women (Channel 4) 9—9.3()pm. Linal Haft looks at \ V ' (Studio K7) who get in their way. how the figure of Adolf Hitler has been
64 The List 4— 17 oékhmr 1992