At noon, following “Sounds Unlimited” on Channel Seven, there is a repetition from the series, “Sonny And Cher”. From one o’clock, on the same channel, a British documentary, “Survival”, features the ‘darting’ of roan antelopes, via the use of a helicopter, in South-West Africa and the transportation of the tranquillised animals to the safety of a national park. We arrived home at a quarter past four and saw the last fifteen minutes of the live telecast of Australian Rules from V.F.L. Park, in Melbourne. Collingwood thrashed Carlton by 152 points to 50. Malcolm T. Elliott hosts the programme from the studios of Channel Seven in Sydney. “Jeopardy”, followed from five and half an hour later, “It’s Academic”. Both are on Channel Seven and are a test of school children’s general knowledge. Andrew Harwood comperes the pair.
At six o’clock, on Channel Two, “Top Saturday League” offered its edited delayed replay of this afternoon’s match between the North Sydney ‘Bears’ and the Manly-Warringah ‘Sea Eagles’, which was played at North Sydney Oval. The latter led by 13-0 at half-time, with the highlight of this half undoubtedly being John Gibbs’ great individual try. The diminutive, fleet-footed half-back, who runs with his head back, literally ran through the whole of the North Sydney team to score under the posts. Gibbs scored again in the second half after he had kicked ahead and regathered the ball; and played a major part in the scoring of two other tries during the course of the match. Although Manly-Warringah won by 24-10, it played unimpressively as a team, perhaps feeling somewhat jaded after its 8-16 loss to the Eastern Suburbs ‘Roosters’ in a round of the midweek Amco Cup competition, last Wednesday night.
At half past seven, on Channel Nine, there is a movie-length programme of the dramatic series, “Baa Baa Black Sheep”, which is set during the Second World War. Squadron leader, ‘Pappy’ Boyington, played by the short Robert “Hawaiian Eye”/”The Wild, Wild West” Conrad, falls in love with a woman whose husband is missing in action, only to learn that he has been found alive.