HOTSHEET Wknd December 19 and December 20
Victoria Wilcox
-- SATURDAY DECEMBER 19, 1998 --
. IRAQ COVERAGE AT CBC NEWS ONLINE:
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News Online where you'll find the most comprehensive,
up-to-the-minute news and information about the crisis in
Iraq. 24 hours a day, you'll find in-depth stories, audio
and video reports, an extensive archive of related websites
and online polls. Visit CBC News Online at www.cbc.ca,
Canada's Online News Source.
1. THE HOUSE:
This week on The House, the week in national politics...
Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy comments on the Iraqi
raids and on the possible impeachment of President Bill
Clinton. Anthony Germain has an update on Preston Manning's
crusade to Unite the Right. And Jason talks with one of the
most powerful unseen people in Ottawa, the outgoing Clerk
of the Privy Council, Jocelyne Bourgon, Canada's top civil
servant. All that and more this week on The House, the week
in national politics with Jason Moscovitz, Saturday after
World Report at 9 (9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
2. BASIC BLACK:
This week on Basic Black...Arthur lends an ear to a Shaggy
Elephant story...samples Christmas ditties you'll never
hear at the mall...and meets a folk artist who crafts
original works out of lobster carcasses. Just in time for
holiday giving, too. That's on Basic Black, Saturday at
10:05 (10:35 NT) on CBC Radio One.
3. GREAT EASTERN:
Saturday on The Great Eastern, Newfoundland's Cultural
Magazine...Join host Paul Moth for ruminations, meditations,
confessions and music on a holiday theme. The Great
Eastern, Newfoundland's Cultural Magazine, Saturday morning
at 11:31 a.m. (12:01 NT) on CBC Radio One.
4. QUIRKS AND QUARKS:
This week Quirks and Quarks reviews the best of this fall's
science books and CD-ROMs, including John Maddox on "What
Remains to be Discovered" and the chef behind the "Eat-a-Bug
Cookbook". All this just in time for your last-minute
holiday shopping. That's this week on Quirks and Quarks,
with host Bob McDonald, Saturday at 12:09 (12:39 NT) on CBC
Radio One.
5. DEFINITELY NOT THE OPERA:
This week on DNTO...Nora gets some world-beat buying tips
from Jowi Taylor of Global Village. A new feature called
Pop Can samples cheesy Canadian Christmas music. And in the
final hour, the Arrogant Worms put the seasonal hysteria
into perspective in a concert recorded live at the West End
Cultural Centre in Winnipeg. That's on Definitely Not the
Opera starting at 1:08 pm (1:38 NT) on CBC Radio One.
6. THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND:
Saturday on The World This Weekend, full coverage of the US
House of Representatives' historic vote on impeachment.
And the King of Canadian table hockey: Richard Martyn
profiles table hockey historian and champion player, Greg
Peden. That's on the World This Weekend, with host Scott
Walker, Saturday at 6:00 (7:00 AT, 7:30 NT) on Radio One and
Two.
7. MYSTERY PROJECT:
This week on The Mystery Project, Part One of "Lady
Holloway." It's less a whodunnit than a
will-she-get-away-with-it, all about a larcenous but
likeable elderly lady. That's Part One of "Lady Holloway"
this Saturday evening on Mystery Project at 6:30 (7:30 AT,
8:00 NT) on CBC Radio One. (CONCLUDES NEXT WEEK)
8. GLOBAL VILLAGE:
This week on Global Village, host Jowi Taylor has
cutting-edge flamenco from an iconoclastic Spaniard, plus
news about Celtic Salsa in Scotland...Calypso's Parade of
Champions...an audio postcard from Mali, and more. Plus the
broadcast premiere of a collaboration between Show-do Man,
Papa Wemba and Kofi Olomide. That's on Global Village,
Saturday night at 7:05 (6:05 AT, 6:35 NT) on CBC Radio One.
9. FINKLEMAN'S 45s:
This week on Finkleman's 45s, the annual Christmas Special.
Danny offers his Christmas greetings with sounds from Bobbie
Sox, the Ronettes, Wilson Pickett and more. He also offers
seven special tunes performed by Doug Riley and Friends, the
talented people responsible for Danny's "Hour Two" theme
music. That's all on Finkleman's 45s, Saturday night at 8:06
(8:36 NT) on CBC Radio One.
10. A PROPOS:
This week on A Propos...a very special tribute to the late
Pauline Julien, who died last month. Julien was one of the
pioneers in Quebec music, as well as a personal friend of
Jim's, and he's bound to have some special memories of her.
Join host Jim Corcoran for A Propos Saturday at 10:05 (10:35
NT) on CBC Radio One.
11. SATURDAY NIGHT BLUES:
This week on Saturday Night Blues, in Hour One...Jackie
Richardson, caught at this year's Toronto Women's Blues
Revue. In the Midnight Hour, Holger shares a few last-minute
ideas to please the blues fans on your list. That's on
Saturday Night Blues, starting at 11:05 (11:35 NT) on CBC
Radio One.
-- RADIO TWO --
12. PEARLS OF WISDOM:
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13. THE VINYL CAFE:
This week on the Vinyl Cafe...the 1998 Christmas Concert,
recorded in front of a live audience at the River Run Centre
in Guelph, Ontario. Ian Bell leads the Vinyl Cafe Orchestra,
and you'll hear plenty of seasonal stories along with
seasonal tunes. That's this week at the Vinyl Cafe, Saturday
morning at 10:00 (10:3 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
14. SOUND ADVICE:
This week on Sound Advice, Rick Phillips presents the
Christmas Special - holiday favourites, old and new, to add
to your music library. This program includes excerpts from
the very-much-requested Lutheran Mass for Christmas Morning.
That's Sound Advice, Saturday at 11:05 (12:05 AT, 12:35 NT)
on CBC Radio One.
15. COLLECTOR'S CORNER:
Join host James Manishen this Saturday for Collector's
Corner. He'll have excerpts from the first LP recording of
Handel's Messiah, an all-Canadian performance featuring Sir
Ernest MacMillan conducting the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir,
along with tenor Jon Vickers and baritone James Milligan in
their first recordings. Also...Texas guitarist/fiddler Mark
O'Connor in some hot bluegrass. That's Collector's Corner,
Saturday afternoon at 12:30 (1:00 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
16. SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA:
This week Live From the Met...La Traviata, in a new
production starring Patricia Racette as the lovely, doomed
Violetta. Carlo Rizzi conducts the orchestra in this
multi-hanky special. That's Live From the Met, Saturday at
1:30 pm (2:30 AT; 3:00 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
17. THE GREAT EASTERN:
Saturday on The Great Eastern, Newfoundland's Cultural
Magazine...Join host Paul Moth for ruminations, meditations,
confessions and music on a holiday theme. The Great
Eastern, Newfoundland's Cultural Magazine, Saturday evening
at 6:31 p.m. (7:31 AT; 8:01 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
18. RADIOSONIC SATURDAY NIGHT:
This week, Radiosonic Saturday Night features...A RadioSonic
Christmas. In the Listening Booth, it's the Squirrel Nut
Zippers' Christmas album. That's Radiosonic Saturday Night,
with hosts David Wisdom and Leora Kornfeld, starting at 7:00
p.m. (8:00 p.m. AT; 8:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
-- TELEVISION --
19. HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA:
QUEBEC ONLY:
Tune in to Hockey Night in Canada this Saturday. In the
first game, the New Jersey Devils take on the Habs in
Montreal. Game time is 7:00 p.m. (EASTERN). Later, it's the
Nashville Predators against the Canucks in Vancouver,
starting at 10:00 p.m. (EASTERN) That's Hockey Night in
Canada, Saturday on CBC Television.
ALL EXCEPT QUEBEC:
Tune in to Hockey Night in Canada this Saturday. In the
first game, the New York Rangers take on the Maple Leafs
in Toronto. Game time is 7:00 p.m. (EASTERN). Later, it's the
Nashville Predators against the Canucks in Vancouver,
starting at 10:00 p.m. (EASTERN) That's Hockey Night in
Canada, Saturday on CBC Television.
-- NEWSWORLD --
20. ROUGH CUTS:
Saturday night on Rough Cuts, the Canadian television
premiere of the offbeat documentary "Tree Weeks," a tree
vendor's point of view of Christmas in New York City. Every
December, industrious Quebecers set out to make a quick buck
selling pine trees in New York City. And, according to some
residents of the Big Apple, these Quebecois entrepreneurs
give a big boost to their holiday spirits. Don't miss "Tree
Weeks," on Rough Cuts, Saturday night at 10:00 p.m.
(EASTERN) on CBC Newsworld.
--- WEEKEND HOT SHEET, SUNDAY DECEMBER 20, 1998 ---
1. THIS MORNING:
On This Morning, the Sunday edition, America in crisis:
Clinton's future and how it affects American politics...
June Grant on the real meaning of Christmas...and Talking
Books on nonsense rhymes. Join Michael Enright for This
Morning, Sunday after the 9 o'clock news (9:30 NT) on CBC
Radio One.
2. VINYL CAFE:
This week on the Vinyl Cafe...the 1998 Christmas
Concert, recorded in front of a live audience at the
River Run Centre in Guelph, Ontario. Ian Bell leads the
Vinyl Cafe Orchestra, and you'll hear plenty of seasonal
stories along with seasonal tunes. That's this week at the
Vinyl Cafe, Sunday at 12:08 p.m. (12:38 NT) on CBC Radio One.
3. MADLY OFF IN ALL DIRECTIONS:
This week, Madly Off in All Directions comes to you from
lovely Gander, Newfoundland. Host Lorne Elliott welcomes
Pete Soucy's Snook and the satirical songs of Sods 'n'
Rhymes. That's Madly Off in All Directions, Sunday afternoon
at 1:08 (1:38 NT, 4:08 PT) on CBC Radio One.
4. THE INSIDE TRACK:
This week on The Inside Track...a feature interview with
Canadian soccer star Alex Bunbury. He's a major hero in
Madeiros, Portugal, but not exactly a household name here.
Also...a look at a booming pro hockey league in Texas.
That's this week on The Inside Track Sunday at 1:33 (2:03
NT; 4:33 PT) on CBC Radio One.
5. TAPESTRY:
This week on Tapestry...Simplify and Celebrate: how to
celebrate the holiday more meaningfully with less. The show
includes an interview with a writer who has spent years
simplifying her life, plus a look at a movement in the US
called $100 Christmas. Plus Children and Spirituality:
wacky and profound reflections from kids about God, hell
and Bob Dylan. And Judy Maddren with a simple gift of her
own .. a reading from Charles Dickens' the Christmas Carol.
That's this week on Tapestry, with host Judy Maddren, Sunday
at 2:08 p.m. (2:38 NT; 4:08 p.m. MT; 3:08 pm. PT) on CBC
Radio One.
6. WRITERS AND COMPANY:
INTRO: This week on Writers and Company, host Eleanor
Wachtel talks with American feminist scholar and mystery
writer Carolyn Heilbrun. The author of "Writing a Woman's
Life," "Hamlet's Mother," a biography of Gloria Steinem and
the Amanda Cross mystery series, Heilbrun's latest book is
"The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty." You can hear
Eleanor Wachtel's conversation with Carolyn Heilbrun on
Writers & Company, Sunday at 3:08 (3:38 NT, 5:08 CT/MT/PT)
on CBC Radio One.
7. CROSS-COUNTRY CHECKUP:
** NOTE: please change time to suit your time zone...Network shows
say "Sunday afternoon..."
Sunday on Cross Country Checkup ...Baghad and impeachment.
This was a week of unbelievable events - a scheduled vote on
the impeachment of the U.S. president --- and the bombing of
Iraq? Some are questioning the relationship between the
bombing and domestic US politics. What do you think? Join
host Rex Murphy on Cross Country Checkup, Sunday from 4
until 6 (EASTERN) on CBC Radio One.
8. THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND:
Sunday on The World This Weekend...As America strikes at
Iraq, New York City prepares for the worst. Thara Pillai
reports on the Big Apple's plans to thwart terrorist
attacks. Also, Assessing Maud Lewis: Half a million
Canadians have seen the touring exhibit of the folk art of
Nova Scotia's Maud Lewis. But just how good an artist was
she? Carmen Klassen reports on a controversy in the
Canadian art world. That's on the World This Weekend, with
host Scott Walker at 6:00 (7:00 AT, 7:30 NT) on Radio One
and Two.
9. SOUND ADVICE:
This week on Sound Advice, Rick Phillips presents the
Christmas Special - holiday favourites, old and new, to add
to your music library. This program includes excerpts
from the very-much-requested Lutheran Mass for Christmas
Morning by Michael Praetorius. That's Sound Advice, Sunday
at 6:30 (7:00 NT) on CBC Radio One.
10. ON STAGE:
This week, On Stage presents the choristers of St. John'
College, Cambridge, in their annual Service of Lessons and
Carols for Advent. That's On Stage, with host Eric Friesen,
Sunday night at 8:05 (9:05 AT, 9:35 NT) on CBC Radio One.
11. SUNDAY SHOWCASE:
This week on Sunday Showcase...from Vancouver, a Christmas
Surprise Special. Renowned Haida artist, writer and
spokesman Bill Reid died earlier this year. Reid and
Vancouver poet Robert Bringhurst co-wrote "The Raven Steals
The Light," a collection of traditional Haida stories. This
special features Reid, reading some of the stories, with an
original music score by Vancouver composer Claire Lawrence.
That's on Sunday Showcase starting at 10:05 (11:05 AT, 11:35
NT) on CBC Radio One.
12. JAZZBEAT:
This week on Jazz Beat...in Hour One...Canadian pianist John
Stetch, who now calls New York home, brings his trio of
compatriots to a Montreal studio session. In the second
hour...trumpeter Wallace Roney, who learned from Art Blakey
and Tony Williams, leads his high-energy quintet through a
concert at Toronto's Montreal Bistro. That's Jazz Beat, with
host Katie Malloch, Sunday night at 11:05 (12:05 AT, 12:35
NT) on CBC Radio One.
--- RADIO TWO ---
13. JOY TO THE WORLD:
Tune into CBC Radio Two this Sunday for twelve solid hours
of fabulous seasonal music. It's Joy to the World, the
annual Euradio Christmas Music Day, when twelve nations,
including Canada, offer the best of the season, in musical
form. From 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., half an hour later in
Newfoundland, you'll hear live performances from Belgium,
the Czech Republic, Portugal, Finland, Estonia, Hungary and
more. That's Joy to the World, starting at 6:00 a.m. (6:30
NT) on CBC Radio Two.
1 - PORTUGAL Old Cathedral, Coimbra
2 - CZECH REPUBLIC All Saints' Chapel, Prague Castle
3 - FINLAND Kallio Church, Helsinki
4 - ESTONIA Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn
5 - HUNGARY Marble Hall, Hungarian Radio, Budapest
6 - BBC ENGLAND Westminster Cathedral, London
7 - IRELAND Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
8 - SWEDEN Nederlulea Church, Gammelstad
9 - GERMANY tba
10 - POLAND W. Lutoslawski Concert Hall, Polish Radio, Warsaw
11 - BELGIUM tba
12 - CANADA St.-Viateur Church, Outremont, Montreal
13 - SLOVENIA Gallus Hall, Cankar Centre, Ljubljana
14. RADIOSONIC SUNDAY NIGHT:
A RadioSonic Christmas continues this Sunday as David and
Leora pull all the old chestnuts out of the fire. You'll
hear everything from the traditional to the
out-in-left-field, on Radiosonic Sunday Night, starting at
6:31 p.m. (7:31 p.m. AT, 8:01 p.m. NT) on CBC Radio Two.
15. JAZZ BEAT:
This week on Jazz Beat...in Hour One...Canadian pianist John
Stetch, who now calls New York home, brings his trio of
compatriots to a Montreal studio session. In the second
hour...trumpeter Wallace Roney, who learned from Art Blakey
and Tony Williams, leads his high-energy quintet through a
concert at Toronto's Montreal Bistro. That's on Jazz Beat,
with host Katie Malloch, Sunday at 8:00 p.m. (9:00 AT, 9:30
NT) on CBC Radio Two.
16. TWO NEW HOURS:
This Sunday on Two New Hours...the Elmer Iseler Singers and
the Hannaford Street Silver Band join forces for more music
from the Made in Canada Festival at Massey Hall. That's Two
New Hours, with host Larry Lake, Sunday at 10:05 (10:35 NT)
on CBC Radio Two.
--- TELEVISION ---
17. HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA:
Tune into CBC Television this Sunday for a rare afternoon
telecast. The Dallas Stars take on the Senators in Ottawa,
starting at 2:00 p.m. (EASTERN) on CBC Television.
18. MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET:
Tune in to CBC Television Sunday night for Miracle on 34th
Street, a re-make of the 1947 classic, this time starring
Richard Attenborough and Elizabeth Perkins. It's the story
of the encounter between Kris Kringle, working at Macy's
department store, and a child who finds it difficult to
believe in him. How far will Santa go to prove he's the
real thing? Find out, in Miracle on 34th Street, Sunday
night at 8:00 p.m. on CBC Television.
--- NEWSWORLD ---
19. THE PASSIONATE EYE:
As the tenth anniversary of the crash of Pan Am Flight 103
approaches, The Passionate Eye presents the documentary
"Surviving Lockerbie," which looks at the bombing that
downed the aircraft on Dec. 21, 1988 over Lockerbie,
Scotland. It examines what has happened regarding the case
in the subsequent decade and looks at how family members of
the victims have struggled to rebuild their lives. That's
"Surviving Lockerbie" on The Passionate Eye, Sunday night at
10:00 p.m. (EASTERN) on CBC Newsworld.