European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Pc a Quot Quot via Tuum c a Vav a h ,l\.5j a a a a Wowe. R jsv��j�7 a to a it or fat Fiji. B$3f> 5 n .-1tlgl&Quot .lt1 12 1 2� a a a a a a a it 5t.riv i a j lev i a 3 a Rio flight 103�?T adds drama to indictment Deborah Hastings associated press its been two yours since am flight 10.1 rained Down on the scottish Countryside. The lawsuits still arc winding their Way through the courts the investigations con Timic and now comes a British american docudrama quite unlike the usual fare. The tragedy of flight103 the inside Story contains no on camera crash no grieving rela lives no buckets of tears. This docudrama co produced by Britain a Granada television and the United states Home Box office is an incs Tina tic Effort that serves As. An indictment of am Security measures at its Frankfurt Germany terminal. The film airs this week on Germany s Adf dubbed in German. It was shown in English on British television nov. 26, and on Hob in the United slates several times last week flight 103, which originated in Frankfurt exploded Over the Scotland Village of Lockerbie on dec. 21,1988, As it turned toward new York on the final leg of its trip. All 259 passengers and Crew As Well As 11 townspeople were killed. A . Presidential commission on aviation Security and terrorism investigated the crash and came up with its own conclusions in May. One much of the flame belonged to inept and confused am Security personnel. Another a the destruction of flight 103 May Well have been preventable.�?�. A Quot the 90-minute docudrama which stars Ned Beatty Peter Boyle Vincent Gardenia Timothy West and Michael Wincott is culled from More than 40 interviews with former am safety officials and police officers and reviews of internal memos government documents and regulatory reports. A a a a a a a it recreates damning conversations Between former am chairman c. Edward Acker and the airlines newly hired Security expert Fred. Ford alleges serious Security flaws at am a Frankfurt terminal and suggests the terrorist blast could have been avoided if am had paid greater heed to intelligence reports warning of such a bombing. A a. A a a. A officials of Pun am depicted in the docudrama As corporate i moguls More concerned with Public image than protecting passengers have their own View of the films findings a outright fabrications a is one. An a attempt to exploit the tragedy without regard to the facts is another. The program is not the first collaboration be Tweep Granada television and Hob. In August of last year a joint production examined the fatal soviet attack on a korean air line Jet i tailspin behind the Kal tragedy earlier this year aired Granada a the investigation inside a terrorist bombing which created an uproar in England by concluding that six irishmen Given life sentences for the 1974 bombings of two Birmingham pubs which killed 21 people and wounded 162 others were inno a cent. A a a / a a a football scores a to Abc won the ratings race last week with a big assist from the most Walch cd game in the history of monday night fool in ii. It was the first time this season that abcs monday night football led the ratings list and it was watched by 41,550.000 \ viewers Aee ording to Abc. The game had a 27.0 rating and a 42 Sli Aie which despite the huge audience makes it o nov the second highest rated monday night football game. That Honor stays with the Miami dolphins Chicago bears game of Dee. 2, , which had a 29.6 rating and a 46 share a but because ratings Points in those Days represented fewer households its total audience was 30,040,000. A Joan Hanauer a a United press International. New series from China makers under cover a new series about . Government spies will succeed the Low ruled China Beach on saturday nights Starling Jan 12, Abc said Friday. R the new series previously called the company was created by William Broyles or. And John a acct Young co creators of China Beach. Co starring John Denison and Linda Purl As spies who Are married to each other and have a family under cover w ill have a two hour pre Pierc on monday Jan. 7. Then Start its regular saturday night run. China Beach about army nurses during the Vietnam War is temporarily going off the air after its dec. 15 telecast but it Wilt return later in the season Abc said. Associated press head in hiatus abcs head of the class is going on hiatus after its Christmas Day broadcast and will be replaced on tuesdays by a new situation comedy Davis rules the network announced. Abcs new series stars Randy Quaid Asah cd Cator who is a single Parent with three sons. The show co stars Jonathan Winters As Quaid a eccentric father a retired Marine gunner sergeant. Head of the class will return to abcs sch cd ule later in the television season the network said. A -. A a a a associated press lbs Nell Carter on stateside to in a you take the kids a a new lbs sitcom about a Pittsburgh pa., family. A Iniel Sens what they re watching the following Are the latest available rank mrs showing the top co television shows in America As compiled by a he a. Nielson co the season to Fate ranking of Anxo for firs time airing is in parentheses. 1, 2. 3. 4. 5. 8. X nil monday night food la Gamnis is. 49ers 21 60 m mutes 1 cheers 3 Roseanne 4 a different world a a a a a a. I 13 murder she wrote 7. 9 empty nest 8. 10 the Golden girls the Cosby show tie Matlock in the heat of the night americans funniest Home videos unsolved mysteries America s funniest people tie who s the Boss . Law. Full House lie coach tie Murphy Brown lie Simpsons a. Grand movie Quot Columbo co Liege Quot tie movie a donor Quot. Doogie Howser . He family matters designing women lie. Major dad. Carol amp company Hunter. Fresh Prince of Bel air macgyver tie head of the class Rescue 911. evening Shade 38 perfect strangers growing pains tie. Movie a when will i. Be loved a. Married people. Law and order wonder years. A a 20-20. Going places. Married. With children be. 57 american dreamer. 54 thirty something a. 49 Ferris bueller lie 52 Dallas 37 Jake and the farm an lie 50. X night before Christmas. 51. 45 trials of Rosie o Neill 52. X bugs Bunny can Somas special 52, 58 Fanelli boys tie 52, 30 movie a menu for murder tie a. 55. 50 night court. 50. X Midnight Ca Ler special a. 57. 54 in living Cmar a a 58. 60 amen .58. 28 movie Quot Coort cm1, / my i. December 16, 1990 v sunday. To plus _ Page 7
