PONDEROSA-BASED WESTERN ranchgoings with the redoubtable LORNE “GALACTICA” GREENE as paterfamilias Ben Cartwright, MICHAEL “TEENWOLF” LANDON as gold-hoarding Little Joe, and of course DAN BLOCKER as big ol’ Hoss. Along for the (bloody endless) ride: PERNELL ROBERTS (Adam), VICTOR SEN YUNG (the Chinese cook Hop Sing) and RAY TEAL (Sheriff Roy Coffee – eh?). As with all such Americana affairs, every single episode was the same. Best bit: map burning up in opening titles. Worst bit: “Due to an unforeseen change in our schedules, we now bring you an episode of…Bonanza”.
Bonanza
1960 to 1973 on BBC1
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Electric Dreams – The Giorgio Moroder Story
Monday, 22.00, BBC Radio 2Second part of this, where our hero moves slightly more towards the mainstream and starts penning film soundtracks, including the likes of Flashdance and Top Gun, plus of course The Never Ending Story which means we get to enjoy Limahl nestling alongside the rest of the heavyweight contributors, plus another film where his soundtrack is probably about a hundred times more famous now than the actual film. It’s the title of this programme, for a start.
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