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| VisionTV Weekly Programming Highlights |
| Posted
on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 10:00 AM |
Highlights for the week of October 18th include:
- Priests behaving badly: the sinfully funny Father Ted joins VisionTV's Britcom lineup, Oct. 23
- Up close and personal: VisionTV's Unscripted profiles entertainment icons Rip Taylor, Thelma Houston and Hector Elizondo
- What ho! British comedy classic Jeeves and Wooster, with House M.D.'s Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, returns to VisionTV Oct. 21
- Boo! Catch the classic fright flick The Innocents on Oct. 23
Monday, Oct. 19
Retro TV Classic - The Beachcombers
Monday to Friday, 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT
Return to the comforts of Molly's Reach café in Gibsons, BC, the picturesque setting for Canada's longest-running family drama series. The late, great Bruno Gerussi stars as Nick Adonidas, a maverick salvage operator who plies his trade along the Sunshine Coast with the help of partner Jesse Jim (Pat John) and the hindrance of unscrupulous rival Relic (Robert Clothier).
Retro TV Classic - The Waltons
Monday to Friday, 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT
The winner of more than a dozen Emmy Awards, The Waltons stands today as one of television's finest family dramas: the heartfelt and gentle story of a poor but upright rural American family struggling to stay together through the hardships of the Great Depression and the dark days of World War Two. Starring Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite and Michael Learned.
Retro TV Classic - Murder, She Wrote
Monday to Friday, 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT
Legendary stage and screen actress Angela Lansbury cemented her iconic status playing mystery author and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher in this long-running whodunit series. Tonight: Screen legend Jean Simmons (Elmer Gantry, Spartacus) guest stars as Jessica's bitter rival, fellow mystery novelist Eudora McVeigh Shipton.
** NEW EPISODE **
Drama Series - McLeod's Daughters: "Every Move You Make"
9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT
This award-winning Australian drama returns for its final episodes, giving fans the chance to say a fond farewell to Stevie (Simmone Jade Mackinnon), Grace (Abi Tucker) and the other strong-willed women who manage the sprawling cattle ranch known as Drovers Run. Tonight: Ingrid (Rachel Coopes) fears the worst when her estranged and obsessive ex-husband (Daniel Whyte) finds out about her relationship with Marcus (Matthew Passmore).
** NEW EPISODE **
Talk Series - Unscripted
10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT
In this intimate talk program from the producers of The Daily: Weekend Edition, some of the entertainment world's most iconic figures - from Bob Newhart to Florence Henderson - reflect candidly on their lives and careers. Tonight: Hollywood's "Prince of Pandemonium," Rip Taylor, talks about the serious business of comedy.
Movie - Cocoon: The Return
Midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT
In this 1988 sequel to Cocoon, Art Selwyn (Don Ameche) and a group of his fellow seniors return to this world after five years on an alien planet, only for some to face doubts about their decision to leave. With Wilford Brimley, Maureen Stapleton, Elaine Stritch, Courteney Cox, Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
The Best of British Comedy - Bless Me, Father
8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
Veteran character actor Arthur Lowe (Dad's Army) stars as Father Duddleswell, a crusty but compassionate parish priest who tends to his suburban London flock while keeping a keen eye on the bottom line. Tonight: Father Duddleswell ends up in court after kidnapping a pig.
Retro TV Classic - Quantum Leap: "Moments to Live"
9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT
This classic sci-fi drama stars Scott Bakula (The Informant!) as Sam Beckett, a scientist trapped in the past by a time travel experiment gone wrong. Sam can leap into any person's life, at any point within his own lifetime - but he can't predict where he's going to land next. Tonight: Sam leaps into the body of a soap opera star who is kidnapped by an obsessed fan (Kathleen Wilhoite, Gilmore Girls).
** NEW EPISODE **
Talk Series - Unscripted
10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT
Tonight: Accomplished character actor Hector Elizondo (Pretty Woman, Monk) talks about his 45 years in film and television.
Documentary Series - I Prophesy: Thought Police
10:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. PT
What will the future look like? This documentary anthology series ponders the shape of our tomorrows, drawing upon the insights of renowned scientists, authors and intellectuals. Tonight: In George Orwell's 1984, an all-seeing state security apparatus tracks a citizen's every move. Just a cautionary sci-fi tale? Sure, until you consider how much your bank and credit cards, cell phone and GPS device reveal about you - and to whom. In this episode, I Prophesy asks how far we really are from Orwell's world, and whether we risk sacrificing our freedom for security.
Movie - The Buddy Holly Story
Midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT
Gary Busey earned an Academy Award nomination for his electric performance in this 1978 biopic chronicling the brief, meteoric career of 1950s music legend Buddy Holly. With Don Stroud and Charles Martin Smith.
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Retro TV Classic - Murder, She Wrote
7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT
Tonight: Cabot Cove's new priest (Hunt Block) seeks Jessica's help after hearing a murderer's confession in the booth.
The Best of British Comedy - One Foot in the Grave
8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT
Humorless. Foul-tempered. Vitriolic. And those are his good qualities. This award-winning comedy stars Richard Wilson (Merlin) as pensioner Victor Meldrew, a bitter misanthrope who makes Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David look like the tooth fairy. Tonight: Victor's ill-advised visit to the fish shop unleashes nameless horrors.
** SPECIAL ENCORE PRESENTATION **
Comedy Series - Jeeves and Wooster
9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT
Before he was House M.D., Hugh Laurie starred in this award-winning series, adapted from the stories and novels of P.G. Wodehouse. As Bertie Wooster, an amiable but addlepated young English gentleman, he lurches from one social predicament to the next, only to be extricated by his indispensable manservant (played, impeccably, by Stephen Fry). Tonight: Bertie feigns insanity in a desperate bid to avoid marriage.
** NEW EPISODE **
Talk Series - Unscripted
10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT
Tonight: Grammy Award-winning R&B artist Thelma Houston reflects on her life on and off the charts.
Movie - Solid Gold Cadillac
Midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT
Got the recession blues? Try this uproarious 1956 corporate satire, starring Judy Holliday (Born Yesterday) as a minority shareholder who creates trouble for the corrupt board members of a massive holding company. Take that, fat cats! George Burns narrates.
Thursday, Oct. 22
Movie - Cocoon: The Return
9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT
See Monday, Oct. 19 at Midnight ET.
Movie - The Princess Bride
Midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT
This delightfully fractured 1987 fairy tale from director Rob Reiner tells the story of a dashing farm boy (Cary Elwes) and his quest to rescue the beautiful Buttercup (Robin Wright Penn) from the clutches of sinister Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon). With Mandy Patinkin, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, Peter Falk, Billy Crystal and Carol Kane.
Friday, Oct. 23
Retro TV Classic - Murder, She Wrote
7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT
Tonight: Another victim of the housing bubble? Elliott Gould (Ocean's Eleven, Friends) guest stars as Jessica investigates the murder of a real estate investor in Palm Springs.
** VISIONTV PREMIERE **
The Best of British Comedy - Father Ted
8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT
God must really hate the parishioners of Craggy Island. Why else would He send them the scheming Father Ted (played by the late, great Dermot Morgan) and his colleagues, dim-witted Father Dougal (Ardal O'Hanlon) and demented Father Jack (Frank Kelly)? Banished from the mainland for assorted ecumenical misdeeds, these three men of the (soiled) cloth still manage to wreak holy havoc in their island exile. Voted one of the best British comedies of all time, the irreverent, award-winning Father Ted is sinfully funny. Tonight: Ted leaps at the chance to appear on TV, but the arrival of the world's most pathetic traveling fair interferes with his moment of glory.
** NEW EPISODE **
Talk Series - Unscripted
10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT
Tonight: Meet the man who killed Spider-Man's uncle and took a kick in the jaw from Cameron Diaz. Character actor Michael Papajohn talks about his journey from star athlete to stuntman to big-screen performer.
Movie - The Innocents
Midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT
Is this the scariest movie ever made? Deborah Kerr stars in this classic 1961 chiller as a repressed young governess who begins to fear that the two orphans under her care at a lonely Victorian estate are possessed by supernatural forces. Author Truman Capote (In Cold Blood) co-wrote this adaptation of the Henry James novella The Turn of the Screw.
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