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| VisionTV Program Highlights for the Week of Nov. 15 |
| Posted
on Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 05:57 PM |
** Comedy classic Open All Hours with Ronnie Barker joins VisionTV Britcom block Nov. 18
** So long and thanks for all the sheep: series finale of Aussie outback drama McLeod's Daughters airs Nov. 16
** VisionTV movie highlights include The Manchurian Candidate, A Man For All Seasons and The Big Heat
Monday, Nov. 16
Retro TV Classic - Murder, She Wrote
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: Two of TV's biggest mothers, Shirley Jones (The Partridge Family) and Doris Roberts (Everybody Loves Raymond) guest star as Jessica tries to help a mentally challenged man accused of murder.
The Best of British Comedy - My Husband and I
8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
Mollie Sugden (best known as Betty Slocombe on the long-running Are You Being Served?) stars here as Nora Powers, the officious head of personnel at a prestigious advertising agency. Nora's personal and professional lives collide unhappily when her husband George (played by Sugden's real-life husband, William Moore) joins the company as chief doorman. Tonight: Nora decides to crack the whip, but soon finds that she's no match for the girls in the typing pool.
** SERIES FINALE - PART TWO **
Drama Series - McLeod's Daughters: "The Long Paddock"
9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT
This award-winning Australian drama returns for its final episodes, giving fans the chance to say farewell to Stevie (Simmone Jade Mackinnon), Grace (Abi Tucker) and the other strong-willed women who manage the cattle ranch known as Drovers Run. Tonight: In this emotional series finale, Stevie and her friends must pull together in the wake of the devastating fire at Drovers.
** NEW EPISODE **
Talk Series - Unscripted
10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT
In this intimate talk program, some of the entertainment world's most iconic figures - from Bob Newhart to Florence Henderson - reflect candidly on their lives and careers. Tonight: Irish-Canadian actor A.J. Buckley recounts his journey from Burnaby, BC to a role on the hit series CSI: NY.
Documentary Series - The Naked Archaeologist: "Jewish Rome"
10:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. PT
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici (The Lost Tomb of Jesus) explores the mysteries of Biblical archaeology in this irreverent documentary series. Tonight: The city of Rome is the very heart of the Christian world. Yet Jewish influences can be found everywhere. How did a conquered people come to have such an impact on their conquerors? In this episode, the Naked Archaeologist digs into the little-known Jewish history of Rome.
Movie - The Manchurian Candidate
Midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT
Director John Frankenheimer's 1962 masterpiece is a dark thriller shot through with biting political satire. Laurence Harvey (Room at the Top) plays Raymond Shaw, a Korean War hero who has been brainwashed by Communists to act as a sleeper agent. With Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh and Murder, She Wrote's Angela Lansbury.
Tuesday, Nov. 17
The Best of British Comedy - Hallelujah
8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
British stage and screen legend Thora Hird stars as Emily Ridley, a Salvation Army captain waging a misguided but relentless war upon sin in the picturesque small towns of Yorkshire.
Retro TV Classic - Quantum Leap: "Lee Harvey Oswald, Part 1"
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 becomes swept up in historical events when he leaps into the body of Lee Harvey Oswald.
** NEW EPISODE **
Talk Series - Unscripted
10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT
Tonight: Television personality Melissa Rivers reveals what it's like growing up as the daughter of entertainment icon Joan Rivers.
Documentary Series - I Prophesy: Apocalypse 2060
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: Isaac Newton was one of the fathers of modern science. But he also devoted much of his time to studying Biblical prophecies, and became obsessed with the end of the world - a cataclysm he concluded would arrive in the year 2060. Could Newton's prediction prove correct?
Movie - Calcutta Mail
Midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT
This 2003 Bollywood thriller stars Anil Kapoor as Avinash, a distraught man who arrives in Kolkata by train to search for a criminal named Lakhan Yadav (played by Sayaji Shinde). As Avinash makes his perilous way through the bustling city's underworld, the tragic reason for his quest is gradually revealed.
Wednesday, Nov. 18
** VISIONTV PREMIERE **
The Best of British Comedy - Open All Hours
8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT
British comedy legend Ronnie Barker stars in this well-loved series from Last of the Summer Wine creator Roy Clarke. Barker plays penny-pinching corner shop owner Arkwright, who spends his days fleecing customers and tutoring his hapless nephew Granville (The Darling Buds of May's David Jason) in the tricks of the trade, while yearning for the affections of the gracious Nurse Gladys (EastEnders star Lynda Baron).
** 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 addled English gentleman, he lurches from one predicament to the next, only to be extricated by his indispensable manservant (played by Stephen Fry). Tonight: Bertie's attempt to reunite Gussie Fink-Nottle (Richard Garnett) and Madeline Bassett (Francesca Folan) proves typically ill advised, forcing Jeeves to step in and save the day.
Movie - The Muppets Take Manhattan
Midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT
In this 1984 big-screen adventure, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppet gang head for Manhattan to fulfill their Broadway dreams. Cast members not made of felt include Liza Minnelli, Joan Rivers and Brooke Shields.
Thursday, Nov. 19
The Best of British Comedy - On the Buses
8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
In this charmingly unpretentious slice of working-class British life, bus driver Stan Butler (Reg Varney) and cheerfully lecherous conductor Jack Harper (Bob Grant) conspire to do as little real work as possible while avoiding the wrath of their nemesis, the tyrannical Inspector Blake (Stephen Lewis). Tonight: How timely is this? Flu strikes the women of the Butler household, forcing Stan to deal with housework.
The Best of British Comedy - 'Allo, 'Allo!
8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT
A hilarious send-up of World War Two dramas, 'Allo, 'Allo! stars Gorden Kaye as René, the owner of a small café in Occupied France. Tonight: Alfonse is eliminated by an exploding bedpan.
Movie - A Man For All Seasons
9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT
Fans of The Tudors will want to check out this 1966 adaptation of Robert Bolt's stage play, which earned six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for its star, Paul Scofield. Directed by Fred Zinnemann, it tells the story of Sir Thomas More (Scofield) and his fateful battle of wills with King Henry VIII. Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles and John Hurt also star.
Movie - The Big Heat
Midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT
Canadian-born Glenn Ford stars as Dave Bannion, an honest cop fighting corruption, in this noir classic from legendary director Fritz Lang (Metropolis). Bannion refuses to look the other way when a suspicious suicide implicates the local crime lord, and his moral stand soon threatens everything he loves. With Gloria Grahame and Lee Marvin.
Friday, Nov. 20
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)? Voted one of the best Britcoms of all time, the irreverent, award-winning Father Ted is sinfully funny. Tonight: Temptation rears its head for Ted when alluring novelist Polly Clarke (Gemma Craven) settles on Craggy Island.
** NEW EPISODE **
Talk Series - Unscripted
10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT
Tonight: Laugh-In's Jo Anne Worley reveals how she keeps 'em rolling in the aisles.
Movie - Convicts
Midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT
Robert Duvall stars in this 1991 adaptation of Horton Foote's play about an elderly plantation owner raging against the dying of the light in turn-of-the-century Texas. Lukas Haas co-stars as a young boy who receives some harsh life lessons from the embittered old man. With James Earl Jones.
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