Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday October 4, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
Ed Bradley's essay, "The Other Faces of the IRA", looks into possible connections of the Irish Republican Army with Marxist revolutionaries; Morley Safer explores the unseen world of plants, insects and animals in a segment entitled "What the Eye Cannot See"; Mike Wallace profiles "Mr. Right to Life", Rep. Henry Hyde (R., Illinois).
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| [ABC 7:00] The Wave [special]
W: Johnny Dawkins D: Alexander Grasshoff With Bruce Davison, Lori Lethin, John Putch, Johnny Doran, Pasha Gray, Wesley Ann Pfenning, Marc Copage. The true story of a California high school history teacher who, in order to explain to his students the concepts of fascism and socialism, initiated a daring experiment and declared himself the leader of a new movement along the lines of the Nazis. Produced by Norman Lear.
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| [NBC 7:00] The Flintstones [Reg]: Wind-Up Wilma
Season 1, episode 1 W: Len Janson D: Carl Urbano, Chris Cuddington With Henry Corden, Mel Blanc, John Stephenson, Jean Vander Pyl, Gay Autterson, Paul Winchell, Don Messick. Wilma is a celebrity when she gets a shot at the big leagues and becomes a pitcher for the Bedrock Dodgers after nailing a couple of robbers with a melon at the grocery store.
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| [NBC 7:30] Here's Boomer [Reg]: Boomer And The Musket Cove Treasure
Season 2, episode 1 W: Richard Correll, Fred Fox Jr. D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr. With Jack Elam (Capt. O'Connell), Rance Howard (Foldy), David Spielberg (Flint), Stuart Pankin (Blades), Lee Wilkof (Nigel). Boomer joins an old salt to hunt for a pirate's long-buried treasure.
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: Billie
Season 3, episode 1 W: Patt Shea, Harriett Weiss D: Linda Day With Barbara Meek (Ellen Canby). Archie's 18-year-old niece comes to visit, bringing along a story too sad for Archie to resist, and decides to stay in New York permanently.
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| [ABC 8:00] Second International Guinness Book Of World Records [special]
David Frost and Jamie Lee Curtis look at unusual people and their special endeavors.
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Suicide Stunt
Season 5, episode 1 W: Frank Telford D: Michael Caffey With James David Hinton (Crest), Warren Berlinger (Curtis), Rex Benson (Hubbard), Michael Bair (Virg), Anita Jodelsohn (Maria), Alan Abelew (Toby), Joseph Taggert (Long Beach Officer), Gordon Oas-Heim (Garfield), Les Lannom (Janos), Zitto Kazann (Imre Kovacs). Ponch and Jon organize a stakeout to catch thieves who have ripped off a motorcycle show ticket office, and keep an eye on a motorcycle star from Hungary who is in town for a benefit.
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| [CBS 8:30] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: The Business Manager
Season 3, episode 2 W: Stephen Miller, Mark Fink D: Joe Gannon With Will Kuluva (Abe Rabinowitz), Steve Hendrickson (Roger Abbott). Because the restaurant is in financial ruin due to Archie's lackluster business sense, his lawyer hires a business manager over Archie's strenuous objections.
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| [CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: Bet A Million, Mel
Season 6, episode 1 W: Arthur Marx, Robert Fisher D: Nick Havinga With Ted Gehring (Charlie), Duane R. Campbell (Chuck), Hamilton Camp (Willie Harmon). Mel borrows $10,000 against the diner to bet on a 90-to-1 nag.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Mistress Of Paradise (1981)
W: William Bast, Bennett Foster D: Peter Medak With Genevieve Bujold, Chad Everett, John McLiam, Myron Natwick, Bill Wiley, Anthony Andrews, Olivia Cole. In the 19th century, a wealthy Northern woman marries a Louisiana plantation owner and then becomes suspicious about his first wife's death.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Grambling's White Tiger (1981)
W: William A. Attaway, Zev Cohen, Lou Potter D: George Stanford Brown With Bruce Jenner, Harry Belafonte, LeVar Burton, Fred Pinkard, Byron Stewart, Bill Overton, Ray Vitte, Deborah Pratt. Dramatization based on the story of Jim Gregory, the white quarterback of Grambling College's otherwise all-black football team, who encounters considerable resentment.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: The Separation (1)
Season 8, episode 1 W: Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson D: Bob Lally Lionel and Jenny are having marital problems that result in a separation, prompting George, Louise, Helen and Tom to convene to try to get them back together.
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: That Old Gang Of Mine
Season 3, episode 1 W: Jack Guss D: Bob Sweeney With Ken Kercheval (Marty Wicks), Madolyn Smith (Bonnie Wicks). Gonzo is finally ready to settle down and get married, and his friends are planning a big bachelor party. Everything seems to be perfect -- until the husband of the bride-to-be appears on the scene.
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