Jimmy.
Tom.
It's moving.
Oh, it's me too.
Saturday, the
21st December, during the evening radar observations confirm that cyclone Tracy has turned south
towards mainland Australia.
I've seen the story about a uranium tailings leak and they tell me that they can't use
it because it might upset somebody.
Who?
Just people out there whose lives are in danger, you know?
And they're worried about treading on somebody's toes.
What am I supposed to do?
Stories on flower shows or talking water buffaloes?
I don't like you want to blow your brain down.
Did you buy that?
You could shoot it.
Here.
This is Steve Parry from the tailings leak.
Don't worry about it, man.
Don't let them get to you.
They're not getting to me.
I reckon they sent you up here just to get you out of the head.
Sunday, 22nd December.
Tracy is 230 kilometers north of Darwin, moving slowly south.
You're the best one yet.
Watch out.
Watch your step.
Keep your eyes closed.
Oh, Harry, it's about 60 feet.
White tail billowing.
Exactly white tail billowing.
It's got a shower.
It's got a fabulous shower.
Probably.
How about I stop by?
Lying on the deck.
There we could see that.
Look.
Ta-da.
Hi, guys.
You're kidding.
I mean, they come highly recommended.
That's it?
Yeah, these are the best salesmen.
Harry, there's no way.
I'm getting on that tub.
No way.
These guys have been doing this all their life.
You're kidding.
You promised me a cruise.
I'm going back to Dilley.
See ya.
Oh, come on, Joycey.
Come on, Joycey.
Let's get everything in there and check this thing out, huh?
Look at this.
It's fun.
Well, has it got a loo?
A proper loo?
Yeah, sure.
Of course it does.
Come on.
Monday, 23rd December, 9 a.m. Tracy skirts the northern coast of Melville Island.
Darwin Weather Bureau issues cyclone alerts.
Oh, that's Christmas.
He's delighted on holiday.
I better go.
See you later.
Hey, Steve.
This came here.
Is it?
Could be.
Could be the million dollar advance and a movie deal.
Great.
Ta-da-da-da.
You read it?
Oh, no.
Go on.
The pressure.
Dear Mr. Perry, we thank you for sending us your manuscript for your novel.
However, we regret to inform you that...
We find the contents par-table-it-able and not suitable for fiction.
How come?
Never mind.
Any more material with that came from?
No.
Any other mail?
Nope.
One more.
Tuesday, 24th December, 9 a.m. Christmas Eve.
Dr. and Tracy rounds Bathurst Island and move slowly east-southeast towards Darwin.
Molly, come on in the car.
It's time to go.
Molly!
Coming.
Come on in the car.
Mom.
What?
Where's the dress?
I went to speak in the middle of the hall.
I don't know, darling.
The mail's going to buy them Christmas presents.
They might have, too.
I'll go and get the dress.
You're getting me something.
All right.
Watch your grandmas.
Mom.
Yes?
Can Santa find you even if it's raining?
Are you kidding?
He might even find it snowing.
I wish it would snow here.
It should be nice with the day like today.
Isn't that hot?
Will it ever snow here?
No, darling, because you know where we are.
We're too close to the...
What was that place?
It's crazy.
What was that place?
It's crazy.
What was that place?
It's crazy.
What was that place?
It's crazy.
What was that place?
It's crazy.
What was that place?
It's crazy.
What was that place?
It's crazy.
What was that place?
It's crazy.
What was that place?
It's crazy.
Those dates, how much were they, these nights?
Oh nice.
I think Santa and I wanted to show people this place.
Ladies and gentlemen, get your tickets down to the big old backstabbing.
Start off within the hour. Tickets are 50 cents.
Ride for two bucks. Get all your notes and money for ya.
Good night. We're really all right, you sips.
Good night.
Love you.
Okay, kiddos, here we are. Now.
I watch you very good for Grandma.
And not make too much noise for Nana.
Hey, where'd you get that one from?
I like doing more and more every day.
Now I'll be back here after lunch.
And then we're gonna have our own special party.
Can we stay record?
Sure. As long as I can play Peter Ponca lots of tonsils.
Bonnie was bringing them over this afternoon.
I wish she'd make up her mind.
The little ones won't have had breakfast.
Children have.
Well, if they did, it would only be cereal.
Hello, Sally. Hello.
I don't know what you're doing.
Oh, thank you. Hello, sweetheart.
I'd like some toast for the kids.
There you are. They haven't eaten.
Oh, Nana, they've had fruit already.
Children need something nourishing.
Something to stick to their ribs.
I had to have a pub early this morning.
Now the fridge blew up again.
Putting that hotel ahead of your own children.
Really, Connie, you know how.
Nana, I am a one-man band.
And that's your fault, girlie.
Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas.
Don't drink all at once.
Mmm.
Benjamin has your order, really.
Better cook some sausages, too.
Children need something nourishing.
Now you two come with me.
I've got some surprises for you.
Come on. Let's go.
How's it been?
Oh, okay.
She's been going on a bit about Dad and World War II,
but then she's done that the last couple of years.
Mmm. How about a couple of days?
Oh, I'd love to, but now I have to fly.
And it's time for breakfast.
I like doing things for the kids.
I just wish I could do more.
Well, obviously.
So, uh, today's the big day, Nana.
Yep.
I'm very proud.
Oh.
I love you, Mom.
Keep moving in your house.
Good-bye.
Good-bye, Benjamin.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas. What am I for you?
Two muggies.
For which they could save a cyclist's coming.
Telling us doesn't make it so.
Anyway, how can we believe them?
He's dead. He's dead.
Been dead over a year.
If you want this pump, did you?
He can't be dead.
This is spoken not in studio.
Ah, they have tricks, Benjamin.
People in television have many tricks to fool us.
That's what you have to watch out for.
You're mistaken for someone else, man.
I know what I know.
Ticks, ticks.
Always got to watch out for ticks.
Thank you.
Put them in raincoats and have a Merry Christmas.
The Madarlings weather report...
9.30 a.m., 24th December.
Cyclone Tracy clears the western tip
of Bathurst Island.
Wind speeds reach 100 km per hour.
By the time it hits Darwin,
the wind speed will double.
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Joy or joy?
They said you'd never make it.
We've seen you guys before.
No one's ever gonna take it.
It stays bolted to the floor.
They said you'd never make it.
But you dreamed of other things.
You were sailing for Australia
with a boat that sails on wings.
They said you'd never make it.
But you finally came through.
For all of you who made it.
This one's made for you.
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This one's made for you.
You've made it through.
And this one's made for you.
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Hello, how are you?
I'm fine, how are you?
This little guy is not just a mango farmer.
He has an unusual hobby, teaching water propeller to talk.
Say to the gentleman, good morning.
Hello, how are you?
I'm fine, how are you?
What is an abuse?
That's water.
There, see, it's a good element of the museum.
Right there.
Would you like to say good morning to the viewers?
The Daly River is a small community of farmers
who live at and around the Daly River Cross
150 miles southwest of Darwin.
The farmers and elders, the crucifix types,
who came to the area from the big southern cities in the 30s.
They farm, that is the word, tropical fruits
and towns built loose earth.
They spend most of their days sitting in the shade,
listening to the mangrove.
Hey, hey, don't go, I'll tell you.
I'll call the police.
Don't be so noisy.
Come on, come on.
Oh, good, yeah.
How many of you guys ever seen a lady doing a washing before?
Hmm?
Oh, no.
Hey, lady,
what are you doing?
What are you doing?
Surely we can't be that far from the coast.
Oh, only about five miles.
You a good swimmer, Lee?
I'll get everything else on this top.
They don't work either.
Of course he doesn't like to spend a dollar, does he, Lee?
You like family life, mate?
I'm Bobby Fontaine, is the proprietor about?
Right behind you.
Doctor, did you find my spare car keys?
Here, boss, in the fridge.
There you go, wait a minute.
Well, it's not an electric cattle product.
No, that's right, wait a minute, sir, groceries.
You want me to book Mr. Fontaine?
Oh, could you, yes, sir.
No worries, dear, the sign just did.
So what brings you up with the therapy, work or pleasure?
Work.
Ah, now that he works in the territory, it's a real pleasure.
Go away.
Yeah, mate, my life a bloody misery, you there.
Listen, doc, just because you work here, it doesn't give me the right to walk into a bloke's room whenever I want to.
Don't you realize that that's illegal?
Why don't you answer your phone?
I'm in community car, though.
Man, it's Christmas, your mom's called three times in the last two days.
Dominus Phobisc.
Hey, what's your language?
Oh, listen, doc, I'm too old to be an older boy.
Got to talk to them sometime.
Well, I'll send her a letter.
The letter's not the same as talking.
Well, she'll get a bang out of this one.
Everyone will get a bang out of this one, especially me.
You had some breakfast?
The usual, a cigarette, and a look-around.
Come on, good breakfast's the only thing to fix that hangover.
You're right, a grand breakfast.
I'll have a grand breakfast this morning, thanks, doc.
Right.
Meanwhile, do something about that mother of yours.
She's driving me, we have to twist.
Dear Major and Pater,
as you will have discovered when you receive this letter,
I have blown my brains out for Christmas.
10 a.m. 24th December. Tracy is moving slowly east-southeast.
During the next hour, it will intensify and increase its forward speed.
Errol Stewart's famous scratch and dent sale is back.
With such a huge volume of stock on display, it's inevitable.
Dents and dust and tiny scratches, and of course the unexpected.
So it's all got to go.
Hi-fi, furniture, freezers, vans, fridges, microwaves, electric fry pans,
steam irons, mowers for grass, cassettes, canopies, fridges for bars,
ranges, recliners and barbecue settings, vacuums, videos, ensembles and beddings,
washers and TVs and kettles and calculators, beaters and blenders and great coffee makers,
Errol Stewart's scratch and dent sale.
Because accidents will happen.
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If you're after the best quality lighting and the biggest range,
but you only want to pay half price, then rush to a Brody Lighthouse and take your pick.
Queensland is the only state to fight Labour's fringe benefits tax in the High Court.
This is the tax that's killing business, killing hopes, hurting everyone.
Health, Joe and the Nationals continue to lead the fight to wipe out a tax so unfair it attacks us all.
Now there's never been more at stake. There's never been a greater need to vote for Joe and the Nationals.
We now return to nine special event. Cyclone Tracy.
The cyclone is imminent. A few hours of organised family actions can turn me on to your way.
We present this advice from the Darwin Welfare Bureau and the Northern Territory.
Oh, mate, I am dying to get to my best hotel and wash my hair.
Well, you can forget about Windham. There's nothing on that coast except bush and sand.
They're supposed to take us to Windham.
No, we're supposed to take us, Joycey.
Let me see the newspaper's charts. They're two pages out of a school atlas.
They're so old, they still show America as part of the British Empire.
You know, if we're late, Clay won't wait for us.
No, not if he's got any sense he won't.
I knew something like this would happen.
Joycey, not now. Don't hassle me, okay?
Okay. I heard you and I won't hassle you because I'm not that kind of girl.
You could be that kind of girl, but I'm not that kind of girl.
Okay?
Oh, great. That is great.
Okay, guys.
Hey, boss, how many more of these do I have to blow up?
Oh, them Wayne. What's the party without balloons?
Don't need balloons for a good party. Just plenty of booze.
You have to give up smoking. There you go.
You've done a lovely job.
Why don't you blow them up with bubbling?
There you go. Wayne, Steve will help you.
Here. This is to celebrate paying off your mortgage.
Oh, Steve, thank you.
Hey, where did you disappear to last night? I looked up and you were gone.
The muse is called and Sisyphus pushed his pile of rubble up the mountain.
Oh, you worked too hard. Cheers.
Oh, are you going to the party tonight?
I wouldn't miss it for the world.
Great. Let's go there till then, eh?
One last day? I've got to go to the bank now.
Thank you so much.
Oh, come on, Steve. Get your rack together.
Give me Christmas spirit.
If you wanted a grand breakfast, you got a grand breakfast.
Like that.
Now that's a perfect time. Are you settling in, eh, guy?
Thank you, yes.
Hey, don't sit on your own here in the chair.
If you come all this way, you want to get the law of the land.
Steve, this is Bobby. Bobby?
Bobby Fontaine. How do you do?
Like a brahmin woman.
Hey, Bobby, you get to know him. He might do a story on your show.
What show?
Well, I'm an entertainer.
Darwin's a long way from the big city lights when you hit the big time, eh?
And join the club.
Oh, I've always wanted to come to Darwin.
He gets sick of all the Sydney hype.
He's down at Coral Channing tonight.
He's down at Polly's, you know, the beer pit.
Female impersonator. Good luck.
Thanks. I beginning to think I need it.
Well, look at it this way.
In your case, playing the club that you're playing,
the cyclone's not a bad thing to hope for.
Hey!
Darwin.
Now you listen to me.
Hey, what's happening?
What's the problem? What's he talking about?
He says if we do not go into Darwin, the boat will sink.
You tell him not to go anywhere near Darwin.
This man knows the cargo we've got on board.
Christmas! Poor old Artie's all drunk.
Oh, yeah, does he think the Navy's going to be drunk too?
No, don't ask him that. They probably will be.
Look, you tell him that the customs people will confiscate his ship.
Custom people?
If we do not go into Darwin, there'll be no boat to confiscate.
Did you tell this man Billy Hong is in Darwin?
And if Billy Hong doesn't get his share of this cargo,
this man is not going to need his ship.
He's not going to need anything because this man is going to be dead.
Hey, you want?
I want to hear you out.
Why the whole thing satara?
Okay, okay.
You were put into a quiet bay.
What do you mind?
Why did you invite those bad guys so early?
Really?
Mom, don't be so angry.
The men have been working all night.
Providing them with a little breakfast is okay.
It doesn't matter.
Sergeant, would you like a tea?
Sit down.
Heard from the boat?
No, and that's the way it should be.
They're due in Wyndham to die.
Their plane get off, okay?
Got away the first night.
I should be a son. Do you want to come with me?
No need. Lee is looking after them.
Oh, Singapore Shingka.
Come.
This is a gold coin.
Come, look.
One or two dollars.
Come.
Three.
One hundred thousand.
You're a liar.
You silly fool. I was having you on.
Come.
Well, lads, I want everything open for the next 24 hours.
Geez, Billy, it's Christmas.
Yeah, thank God, Billy.
It's not Christmas in China.
I want the gambling joint open 24 hours.
Understand?
Come on, folks. Last chance.
Big prize in the eight-pence round.
Couple of chooks. Nice big hands.
Gotta be in it doing it.
How about you, son, Sean?
And the best of ready to see you, too.
Oh, oh, oh.
Oh, roll up.
Oh, oh, oh.
Come on, come on.
Thank you, madam.
And good luck to the Little ones.
Now, the wheel spins, folks.
All eyes on the wheel.
Which one of you will lucky to take all of these
Tomorrow!
11 a.m. 24th December. Tracy continues to intensify, but radar observations confirm
it has changed course away from Darwin.
Brian Lexen shows off the latest Toyota Turago.
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Turago, now with powerful 2.2-litre electronic fuel injection.
Toyota also give you this energy-absorbing bumper combined with this Y-frame chassis.
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In this week's Daily Sun, everything you need to know to become a summer sun sensation.
Discover the art of sensible eating, how to look good, what to wear and the truth about
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Who will be our next Premier?
In our special election countdown, we look at who it's likely to be after next Saturday.
The last win Elton John concert tickets and six cannon typewriters.
And in Brisbane's biggest sporting coverage, the search continues to name our new VFL team.
Because success should be applauded.
Because business should be a pleasure.
Because lunch should be enjoyable.
Because anniversaries should be memorable.
Because life should be celebrated.
By another 300,000 in Neptune mining.
That's right.
Mr. Broker thought he was on a winner.
His partner discovered otherwise.
There's no nickel down there.
Right, so?
If only Mr. Broker's receptionist had had an NEC PABX, his partner wouldn't have had
to wait to get through.
Come on.
Putting you through.
But she hadn't.
If only Mr. Broker had had an NEC pager on him at lunch, he would have received the call
quicker.
This looks serious.
This looks delicious.
But he hadn't.
And back at the office, if only he'd had an NEC intelligent phone.
Sell Neptune mining.
And an NEC fax, he could have instructed the stock exchange in the twinkling of an eye.
But he hadn't.
I'm ruined.
Yeah, there's no nickel.
But lots of gold.
If only Mr. Broker had had a parachute.
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Wednesday night, Hal Linden is about to become a widower, the premier of the other woman.
She was irresistible, young, warm, and alive.
And half his age.
Happy birthday.
How does 25 feel?
Daddy!
How could you?
She could be my sister.
Will you tell me what it is you see in an old guy like me?
I love you.
But love turns sour when he meets the other woman.
You're wonderfully funny, you know that?
You're wonderf-
You treat me like a Barbie doll.
I get the feeling we're not connected.
You'll see, Lou, it's gonna be different.
What lengths must a woman go to to save the marriage?
Right out!
My husband is getting an arm with a woman who's practically 30!
That was the worst tasting clothes I've ever seen!
Cindy, this is not what it- what it appears.
What is it then?
I can't handle it.
This is the 20th century, for God's sake.
I'm not going to let you get away with this.
It's not good, Harry.
Yes, it is.
It's perfect.
How long to fix the engine?
Darling, I think it's going to be shoe leather express from here on in.
But we're 400 miles from our pickup point.
As good as it gets.
Captain, have your men start unloading the cargo.
No, no, no, see, this isn't a discussion.
Get that thingy over the side, put the dope in it, find me some caves, get it up to high ground, and then tarp it down.
Comprende?
Hey, fellas, skipper wants you up front, OK?
Come on, let's go.
Harry?
Yeah?
What are we going to do when it's unloaded?
We're going to get to Darwin.
In the middle of nowhere, there's a bloody highway, I suppose.
Yeah, there is.
As a matter of fact, there's a road just about half a mile in them.
You and I are going to hitchhike to Darwin.
And then we're going to get Billy Hong to haul the stuff away, OK?
I'll give him a hitchhiking, first.
Harry?
OK, guys, here's the deal.
We're going to take the dinghy and put it overboard, OK?
And then underneath there are these little brown boxes.
We're going to put those in the dinghy, and then we're going to go ashore, OK?
12.30 p.m., 24th December.
Top priority cyclone warning number 16 is broadcast.
Tracy has turned back towards Darwin
and is expected to hit the city early on Christmas morning.
In a world of international terrorism,
there's one man who can't tell his friends from his enemies.
What is it?
Eric, it's Dave Carbone.
The Long Good Friday.
Coming up!
Starring Pierce Brosnan and Bob Hoskins.
The same sort of device the IRA uses.
What are you going to do with me?
You can't deal with these people!
They're political, they're fanatic!
Here's a motion picture that shows the underworld of crime and terrorism
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I've got the tickets to the game tonight.
Got your calculator?
This is the final.
What are you doing?
I'm planning.
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Right now at Suzanne, this is $10.
So is this.
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This does make bad at Suzanne.
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Cut.
That's great.
That's good.
Right.
Billy Hong will be real pleased with you.
Santa Claus will be good to you this year.
Nice.
Perfect.
Okay.
Let's tie it up guys.
All right.
That's nice.
All right.
Tie it.
Real nice.
Hurry.
Billy Hong is going to like you double crossing him Lee.
You think you know everything.
Billy Hong hates your guts.
He paid me a lot of money to kill you.
Easy.
Easy now.
Easy.
What is this?
Stop them.
Do something.
Help.
Hey, thanks guys.
I'm going to kill you.
Joyce.
Harry.
Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, come on Lee.
Easy now.
Let's talk.
I can make a much better deal with you than Billy Hong.
Okay.
I can see you have a lot of confidence in me.
I don't know.
Put him in the mangrove.
Feed him in the mud crabs.
Hey.
You.
No.
I haven't got any trouble I can't handle.
What do you want Harry?
What do you want?
Half.
Give it to him Harry.
Please.
Well, you don't leave me much room to negotiate.
Okay.
Half.
You meet partners.
That's right.
You speak English real good.
John Wayne.
I'm scared Harry.
Join the club.
Come on.
You didn't go.
I could see him.
Alright we're getting cleaned up.
I'll see you guys.
We're just gonna go over here for a while.
We'll see you.
Alright let's get cleaned up.
Let's just get cleaned up and get the hell out of here.
Hurry! You look late!
I was cold. Come on.
I'm gonna be all right. I promise you.
This is not the way I thought it would be.
No, I knew it would be like this. It's all fine.
I've got it all under... Whoa! Shave it!
Oh, God!
Yeah, it's just a little bit moist here.
But, uh, you'll be all right. Come on.
Harry! No, it's fine. It really is.
Harry, Billy-Holm wants to kill you.
Yeah, well, he'll have to catch me first.
Harry!
No, no, no. Stop it, please.
My shoes are killing me!
Hey, look! Look!
Just like I told you.
Freeway to Darwin.
Who's gonna help us when we get there?
Oh, I got an old friend in Darwin.
There used to be a friend.
And if he's not anymore,
I'll bring him round.
Goffwit! The milk coming! Goffwit!
The winner! Come on! I got 80 bucks!
80 bucks for Goff! 80...
401.
Come on! Three bucks!
Come here!
I'll make a bet.
Three bucks, I'll cut them.
The winning team!
Goffwit!
Thank you, Mr. Mullet.
Thank you.
All right, gentlemen, the next race is in 20 minutes.
And the Christmas Novice Handicap
is in three seconds.
So, have your toilets,
have your beer,
and bring your money to the old fair here.
Look at that, eh? Three bucks to my damn name.
I think I'm going to have to make a bet.
Well, you're a chef, bud.
You're the captain.
All right.
Here we go!
All right!
Listen, man, I want to come with you.
Where are you going? I want to come.
You can't. Why not?
Because people ask.
Oh!
I'm protected!
No one loses 300 bucks of my money and lives to tell about it.
Oh, I wonder if his accountant's aware of his feelings.
Listen, man,
there's nothing here for me when you're gone.
At least not a job, anyway.
Oh, bullshit. Thank you.
You had a job. You're a good cameraman.
You made me a good cameraman.
Oh, look, you don't understand, brother.
You made yourself a good cameraman.
So? I still want to come anyway.
Everyone's entitled to a chance, man.
You know, and then you either hit a six like you did...
Look, what's a good cameraman without a good reporter, eh?
Well, you don't cut it.
In which case, you leave the field
with Christ in stock.
3pm, 24th December.
Tracy is 80 kilometres north-west of Darwin.
Meteorologists hope the cyclone will change direction
when it crosses the coast.
Good evening, Mike London.
Mozambique has for the first time implied
that neighbouring South Africa and right-wing rebels
were involved in the death of its leader, Samora Michelle,
killed in a plane crash last Sunday.
The country's first major
disaster was the
Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide.
Looking at tomorrow's weather for Brisbane, cloudy,
occasional showers, some late thunderstorms
and a top of 26 degrees.
Join me for Nightline after the movie.
Monday night on Willissey,
the Air Force mounts a cyclone relief operation
in the Solomon Islands.
And the key to the mission's success?
Slim Dusty.
Australia's king of the country music
and his travelling country band.
Slim Dusty!
He's bigger here than the Queen or the Pope.
Willissey, Monday 6.30,
following national 9 news at 6.
Stay with us.
We'll return shortly to 9's special event, Cyclone Tracy.
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With such a huge volume of stock on display,
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and of course the unexpected.
So it's all got to go.
Hi-Fi, furniture, freezers, vans, fridges, microwaves,
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cassettes, canvases, fridges for bars,
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Because accidents will happen.
Do professionals really keep trade secrets?
Could there be a range of wood finishes that stain and preserve?
Have they discovered something with unique ingredients
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Now you know the wood treatment professionals use.
The secrets out.
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Music.
Full details on how to enter wherever Foster's Lager is sold.
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Enter now. Entries close November 7.
We now return to nine special event.
Cyclone Tracy.
It looks pretty good to me. How's that for you, Mr. Key?
Couldn't have done it by myself.
How's that for you?
Hello.
Hello, some amazing beauties. Look at you.
Can I come in?
Have a good time?
I expect you'd like to stay for a drink, don't you?
Thank you.
You two lads can shoot off to do your Christmas shopping, shall I?
Thanks a lot, sir.
Hello.
How's it been doing?
Hello.
How are you?
Good.
Mom, what's this?
She'd better do something about that young man or she'll lose him.
Give her time, then.
Well, she can't flutter her eyelashes at him forever.
She wants something more permanent.
I know.
Don't you think they have to know sooner or later?
I'm going to be their new dad.
How about tomorrow? I'm boxing day.
Why wait?
My tiny keys. Don't fish me on that one, okay?
Honey, we've been over this before.
I'm being transferred to Canberra in six weeks.
I want you to come with me.
I just bought a new house.
I own that.
All my life I've had to fight to be independent.
I don't want to go to Canberra without you.
I don't want you to go without me either.
I'm so confused.
I don't know why she can't take care of her own children on Christmas Eve.
That's a good question.
I'm not sure.
She has that big party to organize at the pub.
The mick and his friends.
Really, I don't know how she can even associate with him
really, I don't know how she can even associate with him
after what he did to you.
It's a disgrace.
He mightn't think much of us,
but he's been a good father to Connie.
Harry, we are in the middle of nowhere.
At least no one's going to get by without noticing us.
It's hopeless, Harry.
Nobody's going to come.
What is it?
Listen.
I can hear it.
It's done.
Nothing new.
It's no her scan.
She's done.
It's done.
She's done.
But what if this通 ounces over here?
But what if this truck turns out to be our friend?
But what if this car turns out to be our friend?
It's a car or a truck or something.
Go for it, gerne!
Right.
You're another kind of represented.
There you go, life's good enough for DJs.
Taste it,board,
taste it,
this ain't the end,
you ain't even got a chance,
you ain't even got a bed to deux,
two houses on you and quiet,
there ain't none of them in the house,
you ain't got,
you ain't got any.
Ha heart.
Ha heart everybody.
Come on.
Let's go, Harry.
Hey!
I just didn't believe it, you know?
Out here, I mean.
I just didn't believe it.
Lucky for you, I stopped, eh?
I don't believe it.
A man driving along, singing, talking to himself.
You know how it gets, driving all day all by yourself?
You start talking on your part.
On your what?
On your part.
Part my loan. By yourself, you know?
So give me weed, white sand, white sand.
Hey, you like my music, eh?
Oh, yeah, man. This is great, you know?
I used to do this myself.
Drive rigs up and down to Mexico
two, three times a week, wasn't it, George?
Two. Yeah.
This is the life.
I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari
to Hatchapinatona, Papa
driven every kind of rig that's ever been laid.
Thanks a lot, man. I'll see you in the morning.
Yes, dear. See you.
Bye, Tanya.
OK, Mum, I'll see you in the morning.
Right here.
I'll see you tonight.
Why don't you come early?
I have to get my presents.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Oh, why.
My mother, she's Greek, you know?
All the old people from Calypso.
Never slept on the island.
Never seen more of the world than four square miles.
You wouldn't believe it, would you?
Anyway, she's finally coming out here
on the flight from Athens tonight.
I said I'd be enough money to bring her, huh?
Man, you got a hole-in-a-half in this tire, buddy.
Yeah. Hey, you're Yank, huh?
Yeah, that's right. Keep you away every time.
The voice, no, the way you talk.
It's funny.
You know?
I'm an Aussie, my boss.
Oh, yeah? Good for me.
God-gone country, huh?
My country.
Yeah.
Hey.
So, uh, how is it
that you're so far out here, eh?
Oh, I'm looking for a friend of mine.
In Darwin?
I hope so.
A guy by the name of Steve Parry.
You don't know him, do you?
Steve Parry, you're kidding me.
Hey, this is Steve Parry
for the Nine Network,
the way it was today in Darwin.
Steve Parry, you're joking.
Paradise Hotel lives there.
I take you right there.
Has it got a shower?
Shower? Listen, love, it might not be the Hildon,
but it's got everything you need.
Shower for every five rooms.
You like the old paradise,
I stay there myself, actually.
Yeah, but don't you think maybe you'd better
just take a look at the road?
The road? Why?
Where's it going?
Bye.
And here's the latest
of the 17 issued by the Darwin Tropical Cyclone Warning Center
at 4pm this afternoon.
Severe tropical cyclone Tracy
was centered 80 kilometres west
north-west of Darwin and moving
southeasterly at 7 kilometres per hour.
The centre is expected to be near
Grosse Island about mid-night this evening.
The rate of destructive winds of 120 kilometres
per hour with gusts
of 150 kilometres per hour
are expected between Darwin and the
Do we have any mollusk fish by the tree?
No, we ate all on the mollusk fish by the tree.
My daddy used to like
clickerfish.
I like micklish too.
I know.
I wish daddy was here.
So do I, darling.
You'd love to be here at the burning of the mollusk
ceremony.
This is it.
My daddy wanted more than anything that we should own
that hotel and be independent.
What does independent mean?
Well, being independent
means that even if you're all alone
you don't have to be afraid of anything.
Drumroll, please.
Are we going to burn the mortgage?
We certainly are.
This is for you, darling.
Are we independent now?
Yes, we are.
6pm, 24th December
Tracy is now only
60 kilometres from Darwin.
In the city, people are determined
not to let the frequent cyclone warnings
disrupt their Christmas festivities.
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Mm, getting impatient, will ya?
I'm not here now.
I know.
This is not a big show.
That is not.
Getting impatient, will you?
Come on, here you go.
I know.
Good night, Sam.
Like the man said, we're gonna hit the big time.
I'm telling you that Tracy's headed right for us.
I thought she was headed out to sea.
No, it didn't turn.
Look, Mick, I don't know.
Everybody I call who should be doing something is at a party or...
Who just doesn't want to know about it.
How bad is it?
The winds are up to 180 k's per hour.
I mean, she could hit point of land at four, maybe five hours.
What are you reckon our chances are?
50-50, mate.
We're lucky she'll let me go out to sea, if not...
We'll be in all sorts of trouble.
Listen, Tony, I'll call you back in a bit.
Right, thanks.
Hey, monkey, what are you up to?
Come on, Jimmy, give your father a break, hey?
You too.
Of course, of course.
Is everything all right?
It's Christmas Eve.
Of course everything's all right.
Is everything with you?
Yeah.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, let's not get too free with the merchandise, hey, fella.
That's me?
Yeah.
That's her.
Hey, we should have a drink together.
Sounds delightful!
I'll come straight back from the airport, you meet my mama, huh?
Yeah, sure.
All right.
Hey, after you, love.
Thank you.
The old paradise is looking up.
Hey, you stay in here, love.
Yes, I'll be right back.
Hey, Jimmy, what are you doing here?
I'm here to see the old paradise.
What?
Hey, you stay in here, love.
Yes.
You want get a taxi here?
Happy to take you wherever you like.
Uh, thank you, I've ordered one.
Doesn't mean a thing around here, love.
They only come when they feel like it.
Come on, I'll take you there, bring you back.
We can make a night of it, huh?
Look, just forget it, okay?
Just drop it.
Geez.
Taxi!
You bloody poof, duh!
What are you doing?
Walking around here with decent people.
Bad, bad!
Hey, you ought to be exterminated, a lot of you!
Oh, hello, um, can I help you?
Yeah, you can, actually.
We'd like a room, please.
Sure.
Register right here.
Yeah?
Would you like some help with your luggage?
Oh, there isn't any.
Oh.
There isn't any.
Right.
Uh, you know, it's the old airline story.
Lunch in Paris, dinner in London, luggage in Rome.
Well, Mrs. Balsam, welcome to Paradise.
I'm Connie, something you wanted to give us a hoist.
Oh, thanks.
Oh, yes, actually, I understand a friend of mine lives here at this hotel,
a fellow by the name of Steve Parry.
Steve?
Oh, yeah, he lives here.
Not sure where he's right now.
He did promise to turn up to the party.
Sounds like a good time.
Yes, our Christmas party.
Your room's first door upstairs on the right.
When you're freshened up, come out and join us.
Oh, thanks.
OK, thanks very much.
Yes?
Oh, time's wasting.
Oh, boy.
Come on, let's go.
And old Billy is back.
Oh, my.
Come on.
I just can't believe I lost Ray Bray.
Why do I love you?
I don't know.
I'll leave it.
Bye.
Attention, ladies and gentlemen.
Have a good day.
Anything to declare?
No, not aloud.
Not aloud.
This is allowed.
Come on, let's go.
Listen, my mother, how was it?
She's got a delicatessen in her baggage, mate.
Tell her it's against the war in Australia.
She's got a delicatessen in her baggage.
When a cyclone comes, remain calm and stay inside.
Keep a window open on the side away from the wind.
Grandma?
Are you all right?
What's the wind doing?
If the wind wakes you up, do this.
Mommy, are you all right?
Of course she's all right.
When is she coming back?
Well, she'll be back very soon.
But in the morning, the sun will be shining
and you'll have all your presents to open up.
Promise?
Oh, yes, I promise.
And now we've got to get you tucked in bed
before Santa doesn't visit anybody who's still awake.
You wanted to come down to school,
but then you've got to get you tucked in bed.
9 p.m., 24th December.
Tracey's progress slows,
but strong winds and driving rain
lash northern beachside suburbs.
He's here.
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In 1983, the Liberals threw Queensland into chaos
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They talk of an unholy alliance with Labour after the election,
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Don't worry about a bit of raise, I can hurt you.
So, what do you do?
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Is he really?
Yep.
Yeah.
Well, I was U.S. Air Force myself.
Fighter Jock.
Used to fly those Phantom jets over there in Nam.
Yeah, I really don't like to talk.
Let me see.
That guy I was just talking to.
The one that you were spinning a line to.
Fighter Jock.
I mean, really.
Harry.
Look, he's Navy.
I mean, patrol boats, you know.
Don't let those little white shorts fool you.
I mean, those guys are federal agents, and if they find out about the dope we've got...
Oh, yes, yes, I know.
If anyone asks any questions, we're here to scout them.
Telephone for you, Doc.
Stay as long as you can.
Well, tell her I'll ring her in 20 minutes.
She's lucky, man.
Seems like we're not the only ones who are looking for Steve.
I better go out and see if I can find him.
He's got to come back here sometimes, Harry.
He lives here.
Well, from what I've picked up, he's out drinking somewhere now.
If he's going to be of any use to us at all, I better find him now.
Oh, do you have to go?
Do you want to stay alone?
Look, we have got to act fast.
Now, when Billy Holm figures out that something's wrong, he's going to put two and two together,
and he's going to come looking for me.
Bye.
Check him out.
See if you got the cap, son.
Why do we have to listen to this poor thing?
Hey, Ferris, why don't you take off the horse and bring us back to the pool?
Ah, give me my cap.
Hang on.
Listen, man, leave him alone.
He's on his own.
He's off.
Keep away from him, mighties, mighties.
Suicide.
Oh, why, now, get out of here.
Merry Christmas.
You're going to have to be in your dreams.
Now, go on, get out of here. You take this, will you?
I don't want to take your car.
Well, you don't want to walk on this.
I'll bring you back first thing in the morning.
It's okay, mom. It's okay. It's only for the best.
It's okay, mom. It's okay. It's only for tonight, mom.
Only for tonight.
Oh, Steve. Steve. I wanted to meet my mama, huh?
Mama Steve.
Sorry, Nick.
Television reporter.
Hey, Steve. Did the American find you?
Joyce. Come and meet my mama, huh?
See, mama, nice people at the hotel.
Come on, come on.
Only for tonight, huh? Come on.
It's okay.
Good night, Ray Dock.
If you're going to blow your brains out, do me a favor.
Don't do it here.
I've got enough mess to clean up in here as it is.
Mess? Mess?
Well, that just goes to show what a good reporter I am,
because until you mention it, I completely fail to notice the mess.
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Remove all pictures from walls and all table ornaments.
These could be lethal.
11 p.m., 24th December.
Tracy is off Charles Point, 30 kilometers from Darwin.
It maintains its course for the city and increases speed.
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Tuff Toyota Hilux, taking the truck world by storm.
Somebody hit it right again.
Oh, what a feeling.
Hilux.
Great Western Brook, please.
Champagne? Why?
You're asking why the champagne?
Did Birkin-Wills ask why should we cross the desert?
No, this country was forged by those impulsive, impetuous,
slightly mad and quite wonderful people who said, why not?
So you say champagne and ask why, I say Great Western Brook and ask why not?
Great Western.
Why not?
Dynamic Lifter, pelletized poultry manure.
Pelletized poultry? Does the RSPCA know about this?
I've no idea.
Let's ask Don Burke.
We're not talking about Dean Lucan either.
This Dynamic Lifter is a world first, developed and made in Australia.
What it is, is 100% pure Aussie chook poo.
Because it's concentrated in pellets, it releases slowly,
making it safe to use on virtually all plants.
Furns, Azaleas, the lot.
It's as easy as BBC.
Right now at Suzanne, this is $10.
So is this.
These two.
In this.
Or this.
Or that.
While these go for $14.
This too.
And that.
And how about this for $19.
Or this.
Or that.
But hurry, soon all that will be left is this.
This goes with that at Suzanne.
Monday night it's Halloween on the Crosby Show.
Are you going to a wedding?
No trick or treating.
Why don't we call it what it is?
Begging.
By the time they get to the 10th house, they don't even put the bag out anymore.
They just say, just give me what you have and that's it.
Wow!
You are such a boy for wearing this.
And don't miss the draw of our Crosby competition.
I just thought I'd see you in that later tonight.
Tonight on Nine.
I will look after you.
Have you…
So I said, who bought the bloody beer?
He said, no one.
So I said, well you go right back and get it.
Hey, it's dead.
The bastard is dead.
What's the matter?
It's bloody dead.
Oh, no it's not.
It's not dead.
No, it's not dead.
Ah, very nice.
Any word from Lee yet?
No.
They didn't make the pick up point.
Look, if the Parliament wants to know if he can come on.
With a million dollars worth of merchandise lost out at sea and he wants to come home.
He wants to spend Christmas with his family.
He can forget it.
He stays there tonight and tomorrow he searches out the whole area.
Merry Christmas Billy.
Merry Christmas.
Excuse me.
Do you happen to know a fellow called Steve Perry?
Why, how much does he owe you?
No, no, no.
It's nothing like that.
See, as a matter of fact I was kind of hoping I could buy him a drink for Christmas.
Yeah, well, he's a little bored of that.
So have you seen him around or what?
Well, he was here but he left.
Okay, thanks.
I make white.
You can't sleep on the bar, can't you read the sign?
Sergeant, he's a great cruise.
Thank Billy for me when you see him, would you?
I'd say Billy wants to see you.
Have a talk.
Yeah, I'll bet he does.
Will you tell him I had a talk with Lee and I didn't appreciate the drift of the conversation?
You really can't, can you?
Get your hands off me, Nuggets.
You want me to tell everybody in here that you're Billy Holmes' messenger boy?
Now you tell Billy I'll have a talk with him when this storm's over on neutral territory.
I'm sure we can make a deal.
Good night, Nugget.
Nugget, me house, honey.
Later, Nugget.
Nothing's changed.
Tracy's still headed towards us.
When will it hit point of land?
About an hour.
It's not looking bad, Mick.
We'd better pray to God she turns away.
Yeah, but look, what if she doesn't?
Oh, thanks, Lorne.
I'm gonna roll in your sluggy tune at night.
Hey, folks, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey, hey, friends, whoa, whoa, settle down.
Hey, come on, settle down.
I need to talk to you.
Please.
I know you're all having a good time, and believe me, I've been waiting four years to
celebrate the stay with Connie.
Okay, so nobody knows more than I do how important it is and how proud I am because of them.
But right now, of course, the way things are, I think you should all go home.
Hey, Doug, it may just be a bit of wind, but have a listen to that out there.
Now, Cyclone Tracy's gonna hit here very soon.
If we're lucky, if we're damn lucky, it's gonna hit and go out to sea.
If not, we're gonna feel the full force of it right here.
Now, you know I'm not a panic merchant.
I'm not asking, I'm telling you, in the strongest possible terms, go back now and secure your
houses, please.
Sandy, I'm gonna arrange for Ted to take you and the boys out of the life now.
Where will you be?
I'll be at the bureau.
Don't worry about me.
I'm just gonna track Tracy on the radar.
So I'll find out which one she's got for sure.
Is it really that serious, Doug?
You never know.
Better to be safe than sorry, eh?
Dad?
Hello?
Dad, I can't see.
No, not now, sweetheart.
You stay with mum.
I'll see you soon.
I'll get you over to Ted.
Come on.
Mr. Morgan, I'll be there.
You look worried, nugget.
What's up?
It's the Ravi Nelson at Polish.
What was going on?
He said Lee was gonna take care of him.
Something obviously went wrong.
Are you crazy or what?
When you got a million bucks losing Darwin in your fishing.
What's the hurry?
There's a cyclone coming.
I have a family to feed.
What are you gonna do with Nelson?
He will keep.
He'll slip right out of your hands, Billy.
Take be careful of the bus.
I can't see you taking them home.
Bye bye.
You alright?
You alright to get home?
Take care. Bye bye.
The bus is over on the right. You can't miss it. It's big enough.
It's big enough to get blown away.
Good night.
Merry Christmas.
See you.
Connie, look, I'm sorry. I don't have to go back to the hotel.
Will you be alright?
Yeah, I'll be fine. I hope the kids are alright.
I'll be fine. I'll be with your mother.
Go. Okay?
No, I will. You too.
Bye bye.
Dad will be here soon.
I love you. Dad's outside in the car.
There you go.
Good night.
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Mommy!
What's the matter, baby?
I want my mommy!
Aww!
We don't want to stay in here.
Oh well, you don't have to, darling.
You can sit outside with Grandma.
We'll make each other proud.
Aww, there's the dance.
What shall we do to stop us from being dead, eh?
Play records?
What a good idea. Play records.
What record shall we play, huh?
Grandma, is all this dumping noise Dad's a coming?
Not quite, darling.
After the big blow,
and when you're all tucked up in bed,
he'll come, you'll see.
Oh, what's happening here?
Silly thing isn't working.
Well, we should just have to make our own music tonight.
What song shall we sing?
Oh, I know a good one.
What about this one?
I'll go keep them down on the farm
after they've been buried.
How you gonna come on me
and sing along with us?
Look, Mom's gonna be great,
are you, Mollie?
Oh, how you gonna keep them away from...
Look, Dad, look at me.
What's coming down the walls?
Well, that's just a leak in the roof,
and we'll have to wait until morning to fix that up.
But you sit here and watch what I do.
I'll teach you the words and the dance steps.
How you gonna keep them down on the farm
after they've been buried?
Look at me, Megan. I used to do this when I was a little girl.
I used to dance and dance and keep them away.
Mom, you mean you were once a...
Oh, yes, of course I was, darling.
But then I wanted me to be famous,
and so I had to practice every day.
Oh, hours and hours of singing and dancing
while Nella played the piano.
I couldn't play with the other little boys and girls
because I had to practice every day.
Did you become famous?
No.
But by the time I realized I wouldn't be,
it was too late to be a little girl again.
Look, Grandma, the dinosaurs are on the floor.
How you gonna keep them down on the farm
after they've been buried?
Grandma!
Grandma, are you all right?
Hi, guys. Steve back yet?
He's in his room.
Ah, good deal.
Straight night for jogging.
Mel, Doc, can you have a look at the shutters in room two, please?
Why are things never where they're supposed to be?
Like what, what?
Like my insurance policy for this place.
I'm so scared it's gonna be called an act of God
and I won't get a cent for the damage.
No, your building will be covered under storms and tempest.
That's defined events.
Now, where'd you get that from, Mike?
I was on the radio that time.
Couldn't do stop work for six months.
So I worked in the insurance company.
It was a snap.
Clients couldn't say no to a bloke on crutches, could they?
Yo, anybody home?
Who is it?
Me?
Who's me?
What do you mean, who's me? It's me, pal.
What are you doing here?
What are you doing, Steve?
Great to see you, man.
The last time I saw you, you were disappearing in a cloud of dust
up the road out of Montbassin.
Remember, we had to sneak out of that hotel
because we didn't have enough money to pay the bill?
And then we met those two gorgeous girls.
You remember that? I do, I certainly do.
You disappeared up the road with them and I was left with the bill.
Oh, well, that happens.
So you look great, man. So what are you doing here?
Oh, well, it's a long story.
Look, I am soaked. Do you think maybe I could change, you know, get a shirt?
Stop yourself. You always have done in the past.
Hey, you still got that, huh?
Oh, that's great.
Good day.
Oh, fashion risk.
Here, Steve, old buddy.
I never bothered you before.
So, look, what's your big plan this time, then?
Major bucks.
I mean, we are talking
major bucks here.
Oh, well, that is different.
No, no, no, no, no, I mean it this time. I mean, I'm serious.
This is a straight business proposition.
I'm going to make you a full partner.
I'm going to make your partner anyway. I mean, I do have choice.
Are we all going to have equal shares in this
little thing, Ali?
Almost. See,
here's the deal. Now, I'm going to have 60 percent
and you and Joycey are going to have
20 percent each.
What? 20 percent?
Come on, Harry?
You too. I'm offering you the opportunity
of a lifetime here.
Harry, Harry, forget it. Equal shares or nothing.
Hey, come on, Joycey.
You're up his light, Harry.
Hey, Steve.
It's never too late, old buddy.
Anyway, you got the easy part.
All you got to do is get us a truck.
12.30 a.m. Christmas morning.
Tracy's winds are now at Gale Force
with driving torrential rain.
Reports of property damage
reach police stations.
Wednesday.
Bloody cockwood brothers.
Guess which way they're headed, Jack?
Right at the Cooper's crossing.
Hey, where's the flaning wheel?
Meet the scourge of the outback.
Should have been an ambulance drive.
Look, I'm ringing in his ears and bruising round his coccyx.
What? Bumbo.
These guys are dirtier than Harry.
Anytime, pal. Make my day.
Just say the word, Clint.
They make more than a sudden impact
when the Cockrum Brothers star
is flying down to 7.30 Wednesday online.
When you add it all up, the best value is at Cole's New World.
Kentucky nuggets from Kentucky Fried Chicken
made special to taste great.
Ready for the great Aussie outdoors?
Then you can't miss Kmart's outdoor furniture sale.
Barbie settings, poolside settings, picnic settings.
For range and price, you can't do better than Kmart.
Color coordinate Riviera chairs discounted to $13.99.
Same price for jeans.
Banana loungers, $19.96.
And you deserve this hand at all the lounge.
$47.96.
Great range, low discount prices.
That's why you can't do better than Kmart.
Forget it. It's Christmas.
Come on, man. You got the easy job.
All you have to do is get a truck.
You're going to pay me 20% of a million bucks
just to drive a truck.
You don't even have to drive it, pal.
All you have to do is find it.
Forget it. Everything's closed for Christmas.
Come on, man. This is a matter of life and death.
I mean, I need that truck tonight.
Sorry, Phil.
Sorry isn't good enough, Steve.
Molly, are we being punished?
Why would we be punished, Billy?
They have booked for Christmas and not doing as our mother told us.
Well, it's not our fault. It's the dog's fault.
And now we've got to look after Grandma.
Get the phone.
But it doesn't work.
Come on.
Oh, the line's dead.
They will all be blown away.
Grandma, we've got to go to the hospital.
We've got to get the phone.
Grandma, we've got to go to the bar.
It's the same place.
That's what they said on the radio.
Come on, me get help.
Oh.
Hank?
I'd never seen you this loud.
Yeah.
It's for you, Sandy.
Sandy.
Don't cry, love.
Look, I'll be there as soon as I can.
In ten minutes.
Just get the kids together and stay away from the windows.
I love you.
I've got to go.
Mick, hang on.
It's going to hit us.
Connie.
Look, I'll give you a top-quality warning.
Position 33 kilometers west-north-west of Darwin, moving east at six kilometers per hour.
And then you batten down and stay here.
You'll be safe there when the book is down.
Where's Connie?
Have you heard about it?
You're not your old man.
Yeah, Dad?
Get home to the kids, love.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Take care.
See you later.
See you.
One a.m.
Christmas morning.
Police cars are ordered off the roads due to poor visibility and dangerous winds.
Two thirty-five a.m.
Destructive winds strike the city.
Soon after three a.m., the airport records a wind gust of 217 kilometers per hour.
Then its equipment fails.
The worst natural disaster in the history of Australia has arrived.
Mommy, you'll be home very soon.
Mommy, go and sit over in the corner very quickly.
Doc!
Doc, get on the phone!
Get an ambulance!
Wayne, give me a blanket and some towels.
If it wasn't for me, you'd be dead in that swamp towel.
Damn, where would you be?
And even if you made it through that one, you would have died on the road somewhere.
I mean, who'd pick you up?
Well, you did.
I mean, you did.
I wish I hadn't.
I'm so scared about the kids.
Now calm down.
They're with my mother in my house.
I'm just so worried it's going to fall down around them.
I don't know, Connie.
The situation here is extremely serious.
We've got a ship that might go down.
Connie, they're my children.
Help! Help!
He didn't even try.
I've got to get the children.
Nana, where are the children?
The township's going to be needing me.
Nana, where are my children?
This has to be the highlight of my career.
Being caught in the middle of a cyclone in a frog.
Oh, well, at least it's your best frog.
I'm so worried about you.
Oh, well, at least it's your best frog.
I'm so worried about you.
There's no water.
There's no power.
There's no sewage.
There's a risk of a major epidemic here.
Last night, in the space of five hours of living hell,
the very fabric of this once vital, beautiful city
was ripped apart by the savagery of Cyclone Tracy.
Chalice, man, chalice.
Tracy was proudly sponsored by Turbo Charge Toyota Land Cruiser.
With so much on display at Errol Stewart's, it's inevitable.
Dust and dents and tiny scratches, and of course, the unexpected.
TVs to fans and barbecue settings, washer spray pans, mallet and bedding.
The Southeast China scratch and dent fail, cause accidents will happen.
Wednesday night, Hal Linden is about to become a widower
in the premier of The Other Woman.
She was irresistible, young, warm, and aligned.
And half his age.
Happy birthday. How's 25?
Daddy, how could you? She could be my sister.
Will you tell me what it is you see in an old guy like me?
I love him. I love him.
But love turns sour when he meets The Other Woman.
You're wonderfully funny, you know that?
You're wonderful.
You treat me like a Barbie doll.
I get the feeling we're not connected.
You'll see, Lou, it's gonna be different.
What lengths must a woman go to to save the marriage?
My husband is getting it on with a woman who's practically 30.
That's the worst tasting clothes I've ever seen.
Cindy, this is not what it appears.
What is it then?
I can't handle it.
This is the 20th century, for God's sakes. People get divorced.
For the first time on television, Hal Linden and The Other Woman,
8.30 Wednesday online.
In a world of international terrorism, there's one man who can't tell his friends from his enemies.
What is it?
Eric is dead.
Car bomb.
Channel 9 premieres the long Good Friday.
Coming on!
Starring Pierce Brosnan and Bob Hoskins, he was trapped in his own game.
Have you seen anything of my Eric flying past your window about two hours ago?
He didn't know the word compromise.
Glory zero.
For more than 10 years, there's been peace.
And he will never back down.
For now, there's been an erotic!
Attack, promise, counterattack.
Same sort of device, the IRA.
What the IRA's gotta do with me?
For Christ's sake, Harold, they're not just gangsters.
It's a Pierce Brosnan no one's seen before.
Oh, Beth.
You can't deal with these people! They're political, they're fanatics!
Here's a motion picture that shows the underworld of crime and terrorism.
The raw violence and honesty of the long Good Friday.
For the first time on television, 8.30 Thursday online.
He's here.
Super Mario!
Friday night, the Man of Steel is back.
Let the games begin.
For his greatest adventure.
Forget this man, Alvin!
Oh, it's you. Forget the Alvin!
Two times the action.
Three times the excitement.
Help me!
When Channel 9 presents Superman 3.
He's become his own worst enemy.
He's going to get me!
Help me!
The Man of Steel places his biggest challenge, 8.30 Friday night online.
Mike London with Nightline. Good evening.
The crisis between Syria and Britain worsened today with Damascus warning the Thatcher government it would be sorry for breaking off diplomatic relations.
Britain had given the Syrian ambassador a fortnight to leave London because of his alleged involvement in a plot to blow up an Israeli airliner last April.
Today it's said he had to leave within a week.
Foreign officers halving of his remaining time here came in a blunt phone call to the Syrian embassy.
Before emerging he's thought to have decided to stay in Britain right up to Friday's deadline.
I can give you my word that I have never been involved in any illegal act in this country.
Dr. Haidar may have most fear from punishment back in Syria after his role in the Hindawi affair.
There's now speculation he might ask for asylum in another country.
At the British embassy in Damascus staffed by 19 diplomats there was an air of bustle today.
It was the seven day departure deadline given them that led Britain to halve the time allowed for Syria's envoys in London.
But none of the British contingent reported any personal bad feeling from local people.
Syria's foreign minister today accused Britain of using the Hindawi trial as an excuse to break off relations.
The British government could not bring any evidence to link Syria to terrorism.
I said it was a far orchestrated from the beginning for political objective.
In southern Lebanon at least 20 people are dead after gun battles broke out between Shiite Muslims and Palestinians in refugee camps near Sidon.
The fighting lasted 11 hours. Several women and children were among the 39 people injured, many hit by sniper fire as the violence died down.
In northern Spain Basque terrorists have been blamed for four bomb attacks.
The worst incident a military governor, his wife and son were killed when two youths on a motorbike placed an explosive device on top of their car as it stopped the traffic lights.
Ten people were injured.
In happier news Sydney's inner west was alive today to the sights, sounds and smells of the Mediterranean.
Thousands thronged Leichhardt for a celebration of old Italy.
This first Leichhardt Festa is an idea borrowed quite unashamedly from Melbourne where every year the Italian community invites the whole city to Ligon Street to go Italian.
Today's Norton Street Leichhardt Festa didn't quite reach those carnival heights but there was fun for everyone.
You could go dancing with Signor Humphrey B also.
After which a little vino tasting was definitely in order.
And if you'd worked up an appetite by then, well it was just a case of put another gambero on the barbie or something like that.
In today's sunshine gelato was in great demand, all 30 different types and there was no shortage of Italian goods on sale.
All proceeds from the hire of stalls went to the Camperdown Children's Hospital.
Now for today's sport and in Adelaide this afternoon Frenchman Alain Prost powered home first in the drama charged Australian Formula One Grand Prix.
Prost driving a McLaren also became the first driver since Australia's Jack Brabham in 1960 to win back to back World Drivers Championships.
As expected tyres and brakes played a key role in the two hour street battle for world supremacy.
Britain's Nigel Mansell who needed only to finish third today to win his first world title saw his chances destroyed in the 63rd lap when a blown tyre put him out of contention.
A lap earlier Kiki Rosberg who looked set to record his second straight win in Adelaide also had to succumb to a shredded tyre.
And Australia's Alan Jones again was forced out with engine failure.
In Brisbane the battle was fought out at the Gabba. England hoping for a better day's play after being battered by Queensland on the first two days finally scored some runs.
Both them banged their way to a top score of 86 and Prost finished 74 not out.
But the England total of 339 left Queensland only 164 runs to win with over a day's play remaining.
At close of play Queensland had lost the early wickets of Kerr for 8 and Trimble 7 to be two down for 58 with Andrew Cortes 18 and Brett Henshel on 13.
Before we go recapping on today's major stories. Four people were incinerated in this horror road smash at Capellabar.
Queensland's Conservative Party still at war but the Liberals say a coalition after the election is possible.
Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam condemns the Hawke Government's handling of the Lionel Murphy inquiries and Australia beats Great Britain by 22 points in the first rugby league test.
Now for tomorrow's weather an overcast day for most parts cloudy with showers and possible thunderstorms for both the Golden Sunshine coasts and also for Brisbane.
An overnight low of 17 with a 26 degree maximum Ipswich one better with 27 and a cool 22 for Toowoomba.
And that's Nightline for Sunday from Mike London. Good night.
Monday night on Willoughby the Air Force mounts a cyclone relief operation in the Solomon Islands and the key to the mission success Slim Dusty.
Australia's King of the country music and his travelling country band Slim Dusty.
He's bigger here than the Queen or the Pope.
Willoughby Monday 6.30 following National 9 News at 6.
Tomorrow night Cyclone Tracy crosses the coast and Darwin and its people suffer the full force. No one can take refuge from this Holocaust.
If it wasn't for me you'd be dead in that swamp. Where would you be? I'm so scared about the kids.
Where are my children?
What terror would remain for Christmas Day in the wake of the devastation?
There's a risk of a major epidemic here.
Tracy continues 8.30 tomorrow night online.
Back, back, back, back.
Hello. I'm Mary Whitehouse.
I didn't actually see spitting image last week but it was disgusting.
So this week I'm here to make sure it contains no foul language, no blasphemous outrages and no horrible pictures of big pink floppy things.
What do you call it? Oh you know, duvets, that's it.
So now off on a lovely trip to the land of chuckles where bluebirds collect for charity and bunny rabbits don't have bottoms.
So they can't leave those nasty little raisins everywhere.
Oh that's a big pair.
Barry, why do you think the response for your call for a day of action was such a success?
Three reasons. Mainly because as trade unionists they were fighting for their basic democratic rights because they're not going to be pushed around by this government.
And because I offered them a thousand pounds each.
Now come on everyone, do hurry along.
Don't dawdle Jeffrey. I'll send you to Northern Ireland.
Places everyone. Over here Leon, down the front where I can see you.
Everyone face front. Smile please.
Michael, ready. One, two, three.
Louder. Come on put some cams in into it.
A little bit more feeling Leon please.
Monday night it's Halloween and the Crosby Show.
Are you going to a wedding? No trick or treating. Why don't we call it what it is? Begging.
And by the time they get to the tent house they don't even put the bag out anymore. They just say just give me what you have and that's it.
Wow. You are such a force for wearing this.
And don't miss the draw of our Crosby competition. They just bored off. I'll see you in that later tonight.
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Right now at Suzanne this is ten dollars. So is this. These two.
In this or this or that.
While these go for fourteen dollars. This too and that.
And how about this for nineteen dollars. Or this or that or that.
But hurry soon all that will be left is this. This goes with that at Suzanne.
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Repatriation. That's the answer. Send these oceans back where they came from.
Unger. It worked for me.
Tell me Mr Mugabe. What exactly are your aims in Zimbabwe?
To outlaw the opposition and achieve a smoothly functioning one party state.
Just like mom say.
I will treasure this moment all my life. It is believe it or not an honor.
Not only for me but for the entire British film industry in which I am a mere.
Nay not even a cog but a sprocket.
As I stand here in total naked humility before you I know that if the Mahatma were here today he'd be very very old.
Would you be any quicker if I asked for a urine sample?
I'm standing in the cold damp workings of a Yorkshire coal mine.
And I'm here as president of the NUM to show the people of Britain at first hand some of the scandalous conditions my members have to go through.
Hey Charles, that's scandalous.
I'm down here in main corridor to point out.
It's called the main shaft.
It's cold and damp and rat infested and some of these pot trips don't look too safe.
You mean pit drops.
Pit drops yes. And how many years have they been there holding up the roof because the coal board refused to invest money in the industry.
Oh I don't know it's about five minutes.
We just put them in there.
Tell me how far do you have to crawl on your belly to get to the coal backy.
We don't have a coal backy down here.
We've got a coal face.
I mean the coal face.
I'd like to show the people at home this lump of coal which you have used.
Scandinavian Chris Red.
You what?
Scandinavian Chris Red.
It's different.
Ah they were quite shiny.
Would you lads have to queue out with these shivles.
No it's not a shivle.
No no it's a hammer.
In any case we've got very complicated machinery.
We're digging out coal.
Just press a button.
That must be pretty hard on the thumbs eh.
Arthur how long is it since you were down to coal now?
Ah ah.
Gosh is that the time?
I think he bought it don't you chaps?
Yes well done.
Now for GCHQ.
Tell me Roy do you think I'm a bully?
Roy's running for the risk of being covered with a ten pound bowling ball.
And a simple uncle knows I'm not a bully.
Wrong Mr Hattlesley. I am a bully.
Oh Roy.
Hail Vaughan Wilcox.
How nice to see you.
My dear proud section good afternoon.
You're looking perfectly lovely today.
Come on.
I'm going to go and get some food.
I'll be right back.
You're looking perfectly lovely today.
Come come Hail Vaughan Wilcox.
I have told you before you must call me Hail Jeremy.
And you will obey me.
You're too sweet.
But I'm afraid I have to ask your advice again.
What can I tell one so bold and beautiful.
I am just an old fashioned man with old fashioned ideas.
I think they're very exciting.
Your thoughts on immigration were terribly useful.
Well then my little Valkyrie. Shoot.
It's about these so called right wingers.
Who are supposed to be infiltrating the conservative party.
What should I do about them?
You must make an example of them.
That's what everyone says.
Give them power and huge automobiles.
Punish those who refuse to be like them.
Hail Jeremy. Your ideas are always so fresh.
So invigorating.
You see my little she-wolf.
The party is like a garden.
Now look at your garden.
Dicadent. A mess.
You have bushes and gnomes and ferns.
All throttling the strong young plants that are the garden of tomorrow.
What you're saying is that the Tory party is full of bushes and gnomes and ferns.
Fascinating.
And weeds.
You're certainly right about the weeds.
It is the weeds you must eliminate.
Not the flowers.
Look at this weed.
Useless. Ugly.
So you liquidated it.
And so.
The weed respects you.
Even though it is dead.
I'll do it.
I'm going to follow your advice.
You are strong my little iron maiden.
I like that in a woman.
You remind me of a very special friend I once had.
The same blonde hair.
The same blue eyes.
If only I was thirty years younger.
Well, you'll always be very special to me, Herr Jeremy.
You know, you really must come round one of these days.
Have you ever been inside number ten?
Once, in 1940, I came that close.
Really?
But with you there, why?
I almost feel like I've robbed the place.
Oh, hello again.
Well, I've not seen any of the programs so far.
I've been too busy writing letters about it.
But the one blessing is, they haven't done the Queen.
I know I'd be very upset if someone imitated me.
Yes, yes.
Oh, that's awful.
Oh, smelling salts please.
I'm ready to see you now, ma'am.
Just a teeny weeny moment, Mrs. Thatcher.
I'm in the middle of an absolutely vital call.
So that's a fiery tray on saucy peg at the two-thirty in Newmarket.
Yes, she's here now.
Awful.
Oh, don't make me laugh.
Oh, no, please, I've got to go and see her.
Oh, you're such a busybody.
Oh, you got a lot of things in the way.
Oh, no, I'm sorry.
You've got to go.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Oh, you're such a busybody.
Oh, you've got to go.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Oh, you've got to go.
A world filled with fear
Line yield
Come on Smith, get in line boy
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Next, come on, come on
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Scoogs out
To celebrate Honda's phenomenal success in the 1986 Grand Prix season
Honda has released the Grand Prix edition Integra and Civic
Both feature air dams, minted badges and side lettering
While the Integra has colour coded wheels
Civic comes in red or white
Integra in white only
See your Honda dealer and place your order now
Availability is limited and they will go very quickly
Some say he causes trouble
But he only wants what's best
Some say that he's a stirrer
He says we're better than the rest
Some say he's too outspoken
But he does things his own way
Yet we all know he's made Queensland what it is today
He loves it like a father
His love will never stop
Cause this man, this team, this party
Put Queensland there on top
And there's only one way to keep it there
Vote for Joe and the Nationals
There's never been a greater need
Answer that will you Nancy?
Okay honey
Oh Ronnie, it's one of those horrible, horrible calls again
That's okay honey, I'll deal with the filthy son of a bitch
Now look Mr. Chernenko, I've told you not to call me at home
Oh hello my little acropolis
Hello my love, how are you?
I'm well, have a good morning
Yes, yes, I've been reading my book
I'm still ready to see you mom
Oh dear, never mind old girl, back up
Give me five minutes then you'll know what to do
Okay, good luck old girl
Think of England
Oh that's sweet
Why Mrs. Thatcher?
Oh do sit down, do stand up, do sit down, do stand up
Is this protocol ma?
No, no, but it's fun isn't it?
Your Majesty, I must talk to you about this new baby
Yes, isn't it wonderful?
No it isn't wonderful
It's very expensive and we're not paying for it
The nationalised industries must be streamlined
And the monarchy is the most unproductive of them all
I would have thought Diana was producing famously
That's the whole problem mom
These inflationary increases must be stopped
In the financial year 83, 84 we gave you a 4% increase
But in the same period your expenditure in real term grandchildren rose by 33.3%
I hope you're not suggesting that I pay for the child out of my own pocket
I mean there's nannies, golden stone, navy uniforms
Extra cramming to get him into Cambridge, massive dental work
And a dutsy when he's 21
Your Majesty, I don't expect the people of Britain to subsidise my relatives
That's because the people of Oman do it
Well if it's not your grandchild there's plenty of excess fat in the monarchy
You leave my sister out of this
You must admit Mrs Thatcher that at least she livens up the newspapers
And so do I mom
Why only last month I was on the cover of The Economist
Really?
Diana was on the cover of Woman, Woman's Own, Woman's Realm, People's Time, Newsweek, Tidbits, Brides and Puzzler
Well at least I don't strut around in ludicrous little hats
Yes, but you'd love to wouldn't you?
Mom, this is my final word
Oh!
Your new grandchild will have to take the same chances as other working men and women of this country
Call for Mrs Thatcheroonie, call for Mrs Thatcheroonie
Who is it?
Someone by the name of Mark
He says he's fixed up the DeLorean Dew
Oh my lord, Texas!
I tell you, I know the pits, I've worked the pits, I've lived the pits
You are the pits
I understand Miss Collins you've broken up your engagement, why is that?
Would you marry somebody who thinks about nothing but sex, sex, sex, morning, noon and night, seven days a week?
No I wouldn't
No and neither would he
No
Fellow Americans and people everywhere
When last we left President Reagan his brain had been removed for security reasons and lost
Will his credibility suffer as the West safe?
Where is that gushed down brain?
For the answer to these vital questions stay tuned to this week's episode of The President's Brain is Missing
And to be sure the Soviet Union has from time to time called us war mongering barbarians
Well now you know, I'm not so sure they aren't right
What? Holy moly, I gotta find that brain
That's why I'm asking Chairman Chernenko if he would consent to be my Vice President in the forthcoming elections
If you're watching Constantine you're the cream in my coffee
If only it weren't so small
As a gesture of good faith, oh Ed, as a gesture of good faith I have instructed the armed forces to collect all our strategic weapons and throw them in the sea
Together with our Soviet allies we must fight poverty and injustice
Ours is an ever shrinking world
Spaceship Earth, a puny object not unlike this, small, fragile, alone
Holy moly, the brain
Careful Ed, you'll break the world
Yes sir, Mr. President
We must all of us Americans and Soviets reach out our hands to poor people everywhere
And when they reach forward to grasp our hands we must knee them in the nuts
Phew, back to normal
Yes my friends, God gave us poor people for only two reasons
One, to work all week for practically nothing
Two, to give us something to laugh at on Sundays
What? Ed, you are such an asshole
Thank you Mr. President
Friends, you may remember a while back my inviting Chairman Chernenko to be my running mate
I am now uninviting the commie bastard
I take full responsibility for this stupid and idiotic mistake
Ed Meese, whose fault it was, apologizes also
Don't you Ed?
Yes sir Mr. President
And I'd also like to take this opportunity to say what a pleasure it is to have you back with us sir
My running mate in the forthcoming elections will be someone for whom I have always had the profoundest respect
And who I think will fill the role of Vice President superbly
My old mate, Bonzo
What?
Congratulations
Is the President his old self again or has a ghastly mistake been made?
The answer to both these questions is yes folks
Will it make any difference now that the United States of America are as governed by a nut?
Has the President's brain made good its escape?
Or has it just slipped out of the bathroom?
Find out soon in The President's Brain is Missing
Tomorrow night Cyclone Tracy crosses the coast and Darwin and its people suffer the full force
No one can take refuge from this holocaust
Doc!
If it wasn't for me you'd be dead in that swamp. Damn where would you be?
I'm so scared about the kids
Where are my children?
What terror would remain for Christmas Day in the wake of the devastation?
There's a risk of a major epidemic here
Tracy continues 8.30 tomorrow night on 9
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Hey, Whack
Yeah?
You're black
Yeah?
Do you want to do an album with me?
Psh, scouse git
If your mother thinks she can buy off my members for a thousand pounds each, she'd be dead right
Next question, please
Yes, you there, come on
Commissioner Sir Kenneth Newman, head of the Metropolitan Police Force
I would like to ask Lord Lucan if he could offer me a clue as to his whereabouts
Lord Lucan?
I'm sorry, but obviously I cannot divulge my whereabouts at this time
That would be quite out of the question
All right then, Sir Kenneth, where do you think he is?
Come on, Mr. Day, I'm not stupid
It's obvious where he is, isn't it?
He's in South America
Can we have your cigarettes?
Loves, darlings, let me say from the bottom, from the very depths of my heart
What an honor, a totally unexpected honor this really is
I can honestly say this dream, this mirage that I have nurtured for the past 30 years
has now made me a proud yet fringingly humble man
What can I say but thank you?
And your spaghetti, Sir?
Loves, darlings, this really is completely and totally unexpected
You, Sir, yes, the personable good-looking gentleman over there
the one that looks a bit like Robert Redford
Do the panel ever feel that the Chairman ever tries to make them look small and unimportant?
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, that's complete nonsense
I'm sure everyone on the panel would agree
that in nowhere to hold that we might feel insignificant or small
Well, what did you think?
Of course it had a few filthy, perverted, obscene and disgustingly depraved people
and disgustingly depraved bits but I think I'd better look after those myself.
Oh that's a good bit.
Once in a while there comes a guy who catches your imagination.
But it's not every day that he's the ruler of the nation.
Who's the guy who every girl around says? Who's the guy with the vulgarness crowned says?
Who's the guy who never likes to wait? Who's that weird little star that sings?
It's Andy. My close friends call me Randy. Andy. I'm a naughty guy. Andy.
Lawn perception comes in handy or I'd have more children than Princess Di.
I like to have a lie down wherever I go, cause I'm just a prince who can't say no.
I make the girls go bandy. My blood's boiling and it's blue.
I take a glass of Randy. I raise it up, smile and say he's looking at cool.
Cause I'm just a prince. I'm just a prince. I'm just a prince who can't say no.
Look at Daddy Mr. Vice President. Isn't he a clever boy?
Oh Ronnie, I love the way you shave. The old fashioned, all American way.
That's right honey.
I love the way you shave. The old fashioned, all American way.
Well comrade Andropov, now you've been here a while. How do you like it?
All my life Leonard I was brought up to believe there was no such place as heaven.
But now I'm here, it's fantastic. No crop failures. No five year plans. No drunken workers.
But best of all, no Americans.
The two Ronnies good sports. Play with a ball and this is a blasting racket.
The two Ronnies help freaks. One glass of fruit juice, one ounce of cottage cheese and two crackers.
Breakfast in bed can be fun sir. The two Ronnies on tour.
The two Ronnies behind enemy lines. I think you better get up a tree and risk it.
Oh thank you, I can just do one sir. One more. A cup of tea and biscuits.
The two Ronnies, 7.30 Thursday night on 9.
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Wide World of Sports telecast of the Foster's 1986 Australian Formula One Grand Prix.
Brought to you by Oststar Motors, Brisbane's home of Mercedes-Benz, Shell XMO High, Formula One Performance, Holden, Australia's driving future and Westpac, the bank.
And good evening to you and welcome to Adelaide for the Foster's Australian Formula One Grand Prix.
And if you were out this afternoon, Jackie Stewart, you missed a heck of a motor race.
A fantastic motor race, but I can't believe anyone in Australia missed it because we've covered it all day long and it seems all of Australia's speaking about it.
So you probably know who the winner is, but if you don't by chance, it was a cliffhanger so stay tuned.
It was a classic race and let's go to the start right now with our commentators Murray Walker and James Hunt.
This is absolutely the critical moment of the race. Nelson Piquet and Mansell together.
And it's going a superb start from Nigel Mansell. Senna goes through in the second place ahead of Piquet.
The two McLarens slot in behind them into the chicane. Is anybody going to go off this year?
He looks to me as though they're bunching up well and getting through.
No problems at the chicane and Senna is challenging from the start and he goes through and he takes the lead.
Senna takes the lead on the right hander at Wakefield Turn. Now up to East Terrace Bend, the left hander.
It's Senna, Mansell, Piquet and the McLaren going through ahead of the Williams and coming towards us.
It is Ayrton Senna in the lead. It is Piquet second. It is Rosberg in third position. Mansell is down to fourth position.
Well, there's a turn up for the both because Nigel Mansell has lost his lead and Gerhard Berger is well up.
And look at the way that the first three are breaking away. Senna, the Williams and the McLaren absolutely together.
And Piquet going through and trying to take Senna. One Brazilian passes another and we've got a third leader before even one lap has been completed.
And it is Piquet, Senna, Rosberg, Mansell and then Prost.
Now they're approaching the tremendously fast De Ketterville Terrace, the Brabham Strait, where they were doing 215 miles an hour during practice.
And Piquet, he's breaking away. Yes, Piquet really meaning business. Tremendous first lap from him.
Very aggressive indeed. Mansell did what I think was probably right. He got a good start but there was a lot of aggressive driving going on around him.
And so I think he went for the defensive technique. Remember that Prost or Piquet have to win to stand any chance of beating Nigel.
And he's got to finish out of the first three. As Alan Prost has a look and there was a bit of confusion at the start.
That was Michele Alboreto with a damaged car, pitting in.
Arnoux did not get off the line very well but there was a bit of bumping and tumbling going on. And Prost now having a good look.
René Arnoux into the pits. He had to be one of the favorites for the race because he started well up on the grid in fifth position.
Already he is effectively out of it. Michele Alboreto is in trouble and Keke Rosberg driving in his last Grand Prix in his superb career is really challenging Ayrton Senna.
The order on the second lap. Piquet leading for Williams Honda. Then Senna. There he is and Rosberg is going through.
Keke Rosberg charging. He means to win this one. He won in Adelaide last year in the Williams Honda.
This is his last Grand Prix. He has had a terrible season. The heist that Keke Rosberg has finished.
His second position and a couple of fourth places. And he is only in fifth position in the championship which is well down by his standards.
And just look at the way that Rosberg is pulling away already from Senna. And it's Piquet through building up a big lead.
Then it's Rosberg second. Senna third. Mansell fourth. Prost fifth. Berger sixth. Then a gap.
Philippe Streff well up in seventh place. Alio is eighth. Johansson is ninth. And Alan Jones driving.
Probably his last race for the Lola Ford team is in tenth position.
The form at the moment seems to be possibly significant for the tyre choices.
Because it's the drivers who went for C compound all round. Piquet and Rosberg who seem to be going away.
Because Senna has Bs on the rear. He's got C fronts. And Prost who seems to be struggling at the moment has Bs all round.
However we would expect that to be quicker. But there's a long way to go. And there may be some doubt in the durability of the seas.
Yeah just a quick word about the world championship now. As out of the race already goes Pia Carlo Ginzani.
As ever the Ocella has failed to last very long. And unfortunately Miwe Wells expect to see Alan Berg join him soon.
But with Piquet leading with Rosberg charging in second place and actually closing up on the fin.
And pulling away from third place man Ayrton Senna and fourth place man Nigel Mansell.
In terms of the world championship very quickly if Piquet or Prost win and Nigel Mansell finishes fourth or lower.
Mansell will not win the championship. So it's absolutely critical to him.
But the race now is well and truly on with Keki Rosberg second, number two appropriately enough.
Closing on Nelson Piquet and both of them pulling away.
It's worth saying at this point too that the Williams team are extremely worried about fuel consumption.
And Piquet is setting an absolutely searing pace in a race that's going to last almost the full two hour distance if not the full two hours.
In which case he may be overdoing it.
The McLarens are better on fuel consumption but Keki Rosberg certainly too is going.
And in the background you see Ayrton Senna with Nigel Mansell right behind him.
And going through I do believe Nigel Mansell going through and taking third position.
So it's Mansell third, Senna fourth, Prost fifth, Berg sixth.
And we are now on lap four out of this 82 lap race with still a long way to go.
Watch the action.
Mansell, well Mansell's made his break. He's got ahead of Senna.
Senna as James said is on a very unusual tyre combination in this race.
He's got Cs on the front, Bs on the rear which will help him in terms of longevity.
It's going to be entirely up to the drivers whether they stop.
Now here is the seventh place man coming towards us and it's Philippe Streff doing very well in the Tyrrell Redo race order.
Lap four, Piquet, Rosberg, Mansell up into third place.
Senna down to fourth being caught by Alain Prost the world champion who has got to win this race.
And if he is to make it a back to back championship winning in 1985 and 1986.
Mansell is now where I think he'd want to be other than being out in the lead in front.
He won't certainly be starting to take the hairs in the form of Nelson Piquet and Keke Rosberg.
Remember that third place will ensure him the championship whatever else happens.
He'll be able to take it quite defensively now.
He's got the makes on after Senna so he won't feel too threatened from behind.
He'll be quite happy to be on his own and having a lonely race.
Prost of course will be very keen to get past Senna.
You can see the humidity here with the water vapour coming off the vortices created by the wings of the cars.
These two have really set a scorching pace.
Indeed they have because Keke Rosberg with a full fuel load still has shattered his own lap record of 1985.
There's the race of order and I'll tell you that Rosberg has just gone round in 1 minute 22.8 seconds.
And that is a full second faster than his Williams Honda lap record of last year.
Incidentally I know that Frank Williams the head man of the Williams team is sitting in London watching this race.
Seeing his man Nelson Piquet a world championship contender having won it twice already in the lead.
Nigel Mansell there he is in third position followed still by Senna and Prost and Berger very close together.
But Rosberg is going to be challenging for the lead very shortly and Prost is trying to take Senna who is in fourth place.
Berger holding a watching brief in the Venetom BMW the lead car on Pirelli tyres.
All the five in front of him are on Goodyear and there is no one comfortable looking Nigel Mansell.
If Mansell stays where he is now he is in command of the world championship third position.
And I'm happy to say that the rain is holding off there's a lot of moisture in the air but it has not yet turned into rain.
The leading pair have now pulled a ten second gap back to Nigel Mansell so they are really setting a scorching pace.
Very comfortable he has got a little bit of air that he wants to have between himself and Senna.
Prost of course is very anxious to get around Senna as soon as possible but doesn't look sick at all the straight.
And look at that Keke Rosberg in front of Nelson Piquet so Rosberg leads the Australian Grand Prix.
That's the first time he's been at the front of a Grand Prix since he left the Williams Honda team.
Magnificent bit of driving Rosberg started from seventh position on the grid.
He's got ahead of Berger, he's got ahead of Arnoux, he's got ahead of Prost and Senna and Piquet.
And of course Nigel Mansell and now he leads with Piquet there in second position with Nigel Mansell in third place.
With Alain Prost in fourth position ahead of Senna so the McLarens are eating into the opposition.
This is what a lot of us expected to happen because in the half hour practice that we had this morning,
as ever the McLarens were better than they were in the qualifying session yesterday when full boost is called for.
Because the tag engines do not take the boost that the Honda, the BMW and the Renault engines do.
So Keke Rosberg grimly driving in his 114th career.
The man with five wins behind him all the way is on his way to make it six as they go down the Brabham Street into the right hander at Foster's Hairpin.
Now they accelerate away towards the Paddock Turn, racetrack hairpin behind them into Paddock Turn.
This is where Patrick Tormbe went off very badly in the Lola in practice.
Now down to the first gear, Foster's Hairpin at about 110 kilometres, accelerate away up into second, third, fourth towards the Chicane at about 140 kms.
And Rosberg putting away from Piquet now in second position.
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Now we travel with Johnny Dumfries who is in 11th place in the Lotus Renault.
And in front of Dumfries, it's Theo Farby.
Now we're riding past the grandstands into the S's.
The left, right, left.
Theo Farby goes through. Now the left.
Now we're coming up to Gumtree.
Then past it into Wakefield Turn, which is a second gear corner.
Watch Johnny Dumfries's right hand as he changes gear.
You can see his helmet with the colours of Scotland.
On in the driving mirror, you can see the stabs of flame from Theo Farby's turbo.
As he backs off and then accelerates away.
Now we're going up towards Markings Turn, which is where the fruit markets matinee are.
There they are on the left. That's the Stag Hotel on the right.
Now we're going down Rundle Road at about 130kmph into the third gear.
Brewery bend. There's the big brewery in front of us.
Now we're on the fastest part of the course.
We're going up to 330kmph, which is over 200mph.
Coming down to first gear. Watch Dumfries's hand come off the steering wheel.
Down a gear. Down another gear.
Hard right into Racetrack Hairpin and now left into Carrick Turn.
A wonderful...changes you back to the old days, James.
There's tremendous, tremendous speed there.
It's very good. It gives you just an idea, some idea of just how hard a driver has to work on a circuit like this.
You see Dumfries fighting away at the steering wheel.
And the steering is very heavy on these, Charles.
It's another physical effort to go into this.
Meanwhile, at the front there is Keke Rosberg, who is pulling away quite comfortably now from Nelson Piquet.
He's not laughing quite as quick as he did in the opening laps.
So watch out for tyre problems of Piquet.
Seems to be struggling to hold on.
Rosberg is now lapping around about the mid-123s.
Over the start-finish line.
Now, he's in the several laps.
Roger Matzow still holding third place.
Well, since I am...ah, now we're with Patrick Torme.
They now contrast the styles and the driving of Johnny Dumfries in the Lotus Board.
And Patrick Torme having what may well be his last race in the Lotus Board.
And of course Dumfries in the Lotus Renault.
And let me get it right, Torme in the Lola Ford.
With a very strong rumour seething round Adelaide that the Ford engine will be going to the Benetton team next year.
Which will be Theo Farby and Thierry Bootson.
But Patrick Torme is on his way.
Into the chicane and out of it.
You can see that as with Johnny Dumfries, of course the gear lever is on the right.
You can see that white gauge in front of Patrick Torme is the turbo boost gauge.
So when he moves his head, watch the needle and see how the boost pressure goes up.
You see it moving there, he's probably up to nearly four bar, about 3.8 bar.
Which is three times atmospheric pressure.
And now Keke Rosberg still in the lead.
There he is. There is Keke Rosberg.
And Allen Berg as I predicted is already in trouble and almost out of a race in the second or so.
Yes and Rosberg has speeded up again.
He's now done another fastest lap.
And there is the Minardi, one of the Minardi's.
And it is the car of Alessandro Nanini who has driven beautifully, smoothly all season.
And he's really blotted his copy book in the Australian Grand Prix.
But hopefully he's alright, no sign of him in the cockpit.
Yes that looks like a pretty big shunt.
He must have hit very hard indeed.
But if you look at the front of the Monaco, the footwell appears to be undamaged.
As Rosberg goes serenely on his way.
Some four and a half seconds in front of Nelson Piquet.
Although I think getting past the back-pass at Markham may have regained a little bit of ground for Piquet.
And there is Alan Prost who has got in front of Nigel Madsell.
So Prost has passed Madsell.
Prost now in third place and Madsell at the moment in fourth place.
But still in the championship winning position, courtesy of Keke Rosberg, who is out front.
Yes if Keke Rosberg won this race, it would automatically win the World Championship for Nigel Madsell.
If he stayed where he is now in fourth position.
But Alan Prost as ever, the wily experienced tactician that he is, is starting to charge.
He started off comparatively slowly but now he is on his way.
There is the World Champion now behind Nelson Piquet in third position.
So the two McLarens are first and third.
I am wondering if they are thinking of stopping the race because it looks like a pretty dangerous place to be.
It looks as if it is going to be pretty difficult to move.
Now Prost will be mainly concerned with chasing Nelson Piquet because if he can get past Piquet,
I would think that there is every chance that Keke Rosberg will be asked to hand the race to Alan Prost.
Although it would be a sad thing personally for Keke because it is a lovely way to go out to win your last Grand Prix.
It is the perfect finish to a very distinguished career that he has had.
But the gentleman here is I am sure he will work for his team and help his teammates.
So that is a situation that I am sure will be causing Mansell some concern as he watches Prost pulling away from him and heading towards Nelson Piquet.
Yes, if Alan Prost that you are looking at now won the Australian Grand Prix and Nigel Mansell finished in fourth place which is where he is now.
And Prost would win the championship by one point but Prost has still got to catch Piquet and pass him.
Prost would still then have to catch Rosberg and whilst James says and I am sure he is right that Keke Rosberg is a perfect gentleman,
the temptation to win his last Grand Prix knowing that there could be no penalty would be very, very grave defeat.
So now Rosberg leads Piquet with Prost, Piquet, Mansell fourth, Senna in fifth position, Gerhard Berger in fifth place,
Stefan Johansson is seventh and Alan Jones well up in eighth position with the increased power Ford V6 engine behind him.
Philippe Streff is ninth, Dumfries is tenth, Theo Fabi is eleventh, Patrese is twelfth.
Then it's Martin Brundle followed by Fabi, Warwick, Alio, Torbay, Boots and de Cesaris, Palmer and Danner
and you look now at René Arnoux back in the race after having got into the pits.
And Alan Prost is catching Nelson Piquet, slowly but surely catching him.
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Tomorrow night, Cyclone Tracy crosses the coast and Darwin and its people suffer the full force.
No one can take refuge from this Holocaust.
Doc!
If it wasn't for me, you'd be dead in that swamp. Dan, where would you be?
I'm so scared about the kids.
Where are my children?
What terror would remain for Christmas Day in the wake of the devastation?
There's a risk of a major epidemic here.
Tracy continues 8.30 tomorrow night on 9.
And look at the way Rosberg's siding through the field. He's now past Icesaris.
He's past Jonathan Palmer. He's lapped Jonathan Palmer in the Zakspeed.
There is Alan Berg, still motoring in the Ocelot. That's Huw Broden-Gatter.
There is Christian Danner. This is Piquet second. That is Prost third.
There is Arnoux, who has been lapped, and behind him is Nigel Mansell in fourth place.
And Mansell is now nine seconds behind Alan Prost, who is third.
And Alan Jones is in eighth place and closing on Gerhard Berger.
Berger is going backwards a bit, but a good drive by Alan Jones.
Prost is the man to watch from the point of view of World Championship interest.
Kety Rosberg is now leading by nine seconds.
But if Prost can get ahead of Piquet, he will be on target for the World Championship.
Because down in fourth position is Nigel Mansell.
If Prost can get past Piquet, he could then close up on his teammate Kety Rosberg,
who might well get an order to move over and let Prost through.
And that was Alan Jones. We just saw a quick flash then, and he's past Berger.
So Jones moves up into seventh place.
Although I didn't like what I saw in that little flash, because there seemed to be a bit of fluid coming out of the back of his car.
But of course it could just have been, oh no, smoking badly.
And that looks like all over.
Johnny Dumfries gives us the thumbs up. That was courteous of him. He's just spun.
Johnny Dumfries is saying to the millions of viewers all over the world, don't worry folks, I'm OK.
Now I think this is a replay of how it happened.
Watch Dumfries, he changes up, comes up to a car behind him, locks his front wheels. It's one of the generals, it's Martin Brunwell.
Yeah, and he hit the oil. That was a lot of oil being dropped by Alan Jones' car.
So that's the end of Jones. And that really looked very slippery indeed.
Johnny Dumfries waves to let Piquet through and Prost through. And Prost is now right up with Nelson Piquet.
There is the race leader, Kety Rosberg, ten seconds ahead of the battle for second place.
And there it is. Nelson Piquet goes into the right hander at Wakefield Turn.
Look for the Williams behind it, the red and white of the McLaren of Alan Prost. There they are.
I do hope the Masters have got the oil flags going on that pretty big oil slick that came from the back of Jones' car.
We saw just how it could catch you out. You saw Johnny Dumfries as he went into that corner.
He locked his brake and he was behind another car so he wasn't able to see the oil.
And of course, arrived. And there is Alan Jones. You can see him in the shade of the garage in his light-coloured driving suit.
So that is Jones out of the race with a very, very dead engine.
Lap 17 out of 82. Long, long way to go. Race order. Kety Rosberg leads ten seconds.
Nelson Piquet, less than two seconds. Alan Prost, five seconds. Nigel Mansell, four.
Then about 15 seconds. Ayrton Senna, fifth. Sixth position. Stephanie Johansson.
Seventh is Berger. Eighth is Streff. Ninth is Petrezzi. Tenth is Martin Brundle going well.
Eleventh, Derek Warrick going well. Twelfth, Philippe Alliot.
And now Piquet is up with the Minardi of the Cesaris and the Zangspeed in front.
So we could well get some changes here.
It's interesting to watch how patient he is with Nelson Piquet. He's driving an extremely sensible race.
Obviously can afford to take no chances. You can't win a race unless you're in it.
And with the oil going down and so many back markers around, he's driving with some caution.
He may be hoping though that with all this traffic, there's a chance he'll get a little bit of a break.
James, with this terrific struggle going on and the World Championship hanging on a thread,
I am very surprised frankly that Nigel Mansell is content with fourth position and not fighting for a higher one.
Do you think he's just playing a waiting game and seeing how things sort themselves out in front?
No, I doubt it. I would think that he's going, as he always does, as fast as he possibly can.
He was very cautious indeed in the opening lap, which was probably a sensible thing to do
because there was a lot of pushing and shoving up front. Piquet took it really aggressively.
Senna, as always, was pretty aggressive.
And Mansell was a bit unfortunate to get elbowed so suddenly down to fourth place.
But I'm sure now that the race is settled, he's going as fast as he possibly can.
And he has in fact, comes with the traffic, closed up a little bit on this battle for second place.
This is a totally absorbing race. We have the unique situation in 1986 of the unseen but very much there.
Keke Rosberg in his last Grand Prix of his long career, leading now by an ever increasing margin.
He is 12 seconds in front of this battle for Piquet and for second place between Piquet,
world champion of 1981 and 1983, and number one in the red and white McLaren, Alain Frost,
the reigning world champion of 1985. Both of them in contention for this year's world championship.
And in fourth place, number five, Nigel Mansell, the third world championship contender.
Ayrton Senna, another Grand Prix winner of 1986, down low for him, fifth position.
I think I see a little bit of grainy, a little bit of marking up on the tread of the right front on Nelson Piquet's car.
So there is a possibility that we're going to have some tire bothers.
The right front looks just a little bit marked on Piquet's car.
But at the same time, Frost doesn't seem to be as right on Piquet's tail as he ought to be to be able to pick up
any hold ups that Piquet suffers when laughing slower cars.
James, very important point. No one could be closer to the McLaren team than you are.
My information was that Alain Frost was starting this race on the softest race compound, C's.
I suspect you have later knowledge in saying these are on the harder compound B's,
in which case he could theoretically go right through.
That's right, they did in fact, they wanted to keep it a secret what tires he was running.
They told me an hour before the race that they had decided to run B's on Frost's car,
but they didn't particularly ask me not to tell them until the race had started.
But I can see marking on both the right hand side tires on Piquet.
It's not serious, but the front doesn't look very fit. It could even be blistered.
Lap 22, race order. Kenny Rosberg leads 14 seconds. Nelson Piquet second.
One second ahead of Alain Frost. Less than that I guess now, you see for yourselves.
Nigel Mansell is still fourth. Ayrton Senna is still fifth.
Stefan Johansson again in the points in the Ferrari, unlike his teammate Niccolò Albarito.
And Johansson has been fired. What a travesty of justice.
In seventh position, Félix Tres, eight, Riccardo Petresi.
9K Hardbagger, head off, speed, Piquet. Wowee!
Now Piquet goes off, Frost goes through.
Now we have the two McLarens, first and second.
Rosberg leads and Frost is second. This could change the race.
And Mansell went through, so that's put Mansell into third place.
So whatever. And there we see it again.
That's a replay. And you see Nelson spin the guy,
he kept the engine running, but he dropped behind teammate Nigel Mansell.
And that may just be because, have been caused by the fact that his tyres are not quite up to full performance.
Doesn't excuse the mistake because it doesn't happen suddenly.
You can feel that the tyres are losing grip.
But that was a most untimely error by Nelson Piquet.
Nigel Mansell, there he is, puts himself back into World Championship contention.
Because Frost has still got to take the lead from Rosberg and we don't know whether he's going to.
And if Nigel Mansell stays where he is, no matter what happens, he will win the World Championship.
I'm glad the TV is back and things are normal again.
You see a couple of weeks ago we got burgled.
Who stole the telly? Who stole the telly?
Morris was very depressed. What would he do with no TV?
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Wednesday night, Hal Lindon is about to become a widower in the previaire of the other woman.
She was irresistible, young, warm, and alive.
And half his age.
Happy birthday.
How does 25 feel?
Daddy! How could you? She could be my sister.
Will you tell me what it is you see in an old guy like me?
I love him. I love him.
But love turns sour when he meets the other woman.
You're wonderfully funny, you know that?
You're wonderf-
You treat me like a Barbie doll.
I get the feeling we're not connected.
You'll see, Lou, it's gonna be different.
What lengths must a woman go to to save the marriage?
Right on! My husband is getting it on with a woman who's practically 30!
That was the worst-tasting clothes I've ever seen!
Cindy, this is not what it- what it appears.
What is it then?
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This is the 20th century, for God's sakes. People get divorced.
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Nigel Mansell, third position.
That's good enough.
Has Nelson Piquet, in having that spin, made the mistake that is going to cost him the 1986 World Championship?
Very possibly.
Alan Pross now coming up to take Andrea de Cesaris as the leader.
Keke Rosberg, who's got a marvellous rhythm going now.
This 37-year-old Finn, who lives in Ibiza these days,
flies his own Lear-Jettle around the world, including home as quickly as he possibly can after each Grand Prix.
And when he finishes his Grand Prix career, he's going to be taking up promotional activity associated with motor racing.
And knowing what a superb businessman Keke Rosberg is,
I'm sure that he will add to his already considerable fortune.
Made the hard way because Keke's been driving weekend after weekend all around the world for about well over 20 years.
And so you see Alan Pross is carving away at that lap record. There he goes again.
He's also chipped quite a lot into Rosberg's lead, but Keke is following those slower cars.
So there's Pross with the back-drive, coming towards his start, and he is now only just under 14 seconds behind Keke Rosberg.
But bear in mind, he's still got all that traffic to negate his way past.
Mansell in the position he needs to be to win the World Championship.
Third place will do, no matter what Pross can do in front of him.
And P.K. is now holding on to him. He's not losing ground anymore behind.
So P.K. is the big threat that I've mentioned.
P.K. doesn't look in a position to win the race, and therefore win the championship for himself,
but he is in a position to take it away from Michael Mansell if he gets in front of him.
Alan Pross third place, lap 28 out of 82, race order.
Keke Rosberg leads, Alan Pross is in second place, Nigel Mansell is third, P.K. is fourth, Senna is fifth, Johansson is sixth,
Strep is seventh, Patrese is eighth, Brundle is ninth, and incidentally the leader has lapped everybody up to Stefan Johansson, who is sixth,
and that is after only 27 laps. That's how quick Keke Rosberg is going.
But Alan Pross there in second place is certainly going no slower.
The gap now between Rosberg and Pross is 13.4 seconds, and Pross is some nine seconds ahead of Mansell, who is three seconds ahead of P.K. fourth,
who is about 25 seconds ahead of Senna fifth, Johansson is sixth, and everybody up to Johansson has been lapped.
Alan Pross, they call him the professor and not for nothing.
Absolutely right, he puts a very studious approach to his driving, his preparation of his driving, his mental approach, and also his setting up of the car.
He spends probably more energy, much more energy on getting a good race set up with his car in proportion to how much energy that he spends on qualifying than any other driver in the business.
There is Johnny Dumfries, who is now in 16th place after his spin, and here we can see what it's like from his point of view once again.
He's just past the start and finish line, he's in second gear for the S's, he's burning away after third.
Johnny Dumfries driving his last race for the Lotus Renault team, he doesn't know what's going to happen to him next year,
he's actually hoping to be able to put up a good show in this race because the best he has been able to do in his first year of Formula One is a fifth place in Hungary and two seventh places.
And I'm not suggesting for one moment that that's anything to be ashamed of, getting World Championship points in your first year is no man's achievement.
Up another gear, down to the right hander, and Brewery Bend is doing about 130kmph here.
You can see the oil coming to the rear of the pit, getting onto the lens of the camera, it also of course gets onto the lens of one's visor,
and this happens all through the race, now some drivers use tear-offs, they use little thin perspex strips that they can put on, clip onto the outside of the visor,
and when it gets dirty they throw it away, but I personally always prefer to carry a rag, which I can put between my legs, but it's easy to get at in the car, so I would polish.
You'll also see some drivers using the back of their sleeve, the back of their hair, or their overall sleeve to clean the visor as they go along.
We are now on lap 30 in this enthralling race, rather over one third distance, and Keke Rosberg is leading still,
but Alain Prost is chipping, chipping, chipping away at that lead, it's down to 12.8 seconds now.
Prost in second place, there is the leader, Keke Rosberg is eight seconds ahead of Nigel Mansell, who is in third place, more than good enough to ensure his world championship,
because Prost has got to get ahead of Rosberg, the leader there, number two, before he is in a world championship potential winning situation.
Rosberg takes Theo Farby back in the race, and Farby is in 19th position, and as Prost goes through, we wait for Nigel Mansell,
and he's gone seven seconds now, and there's four seconds between Mansell and Piquet,
so Piquet, who lost that third place to Mansell with his spin, is not making any impression on the Englishman.
Yes, but he's holding him, and I think maybe he has cleaned up his tyres, I think he was in a little bit of trouble with the tyres,
but he's cleaned them up because he initially lost ground to Nigel Mansell, but he's regained a little bit of lost ground,
although now they seem to have settled down, and there seems to be very little to choose between them in terms of speed, the gap is pretty static.
There's Alan Prost, he's remembered having to fight his way through a gaggle of cars, as you can see, he's been laughing.
Mansell is faced with that problem as well.
And there is Nelson Piquet in fourth position, and isn't it incredible that Sir Keke Rosberg,
because he has the equivalent of that honour in his home country, Finland, the ex-computer programmer,
one of the best wits in the business, a fantastic businessman, a pilot, the man who's driven for the Wolf Team, the Fittipaldi Team,
the Theodore and the Williams Team for four years, is coming good for McLaren in his very fast last race,
as Nelson Piquet, number six double world champion, crosses the line and starts another lap in fourth place,
four seconds behind his team mate Nigel Mansell. The two Williams-Honda cars are showing their usual reliability,
it was only a mistake of Nelson Piquet's when he hit that patch of oil that lost him the third place, that could have been so vital to him.
There's André de Cesaris, who's being caught again by Nelson Piquet. The gap between Piquet and Mansell is actually increasing,
it is nearly five seconds now, and Ayrton Senna in fifth place is right out of the running,
there are only four men effectively in the running at the present moment.
Rosberg, the leader, as Piquet laps de Cesaris, crossed in second place, 15.6 seconds now behind the leader,
and certainly making no real impression on him now, in fact just the reverse. Nigel Mansell, five seconds behind Frost,
and I'm sure content to stay there as you watch third place man Nelson Piquet, because Piquet and Frost,
like other drivers in this race but by no means all of them, are in radio communication with their pits,
they have a small loudspeaker alongside each ear in the helmet, there's Gerhard Berger being passed by Nigel Mansell,
and Frost is into the pits, Alain Frost on lap 33 is into the pits for his expected tyre change at about the right time,
and this is a bad change by modern standards, over 17 seconds, Alain Frost, and that is not good, that could be critical.
I know we say that's not a good stop, over 17 seconds to change all four tyres and wheels, that's bad,
in fact it's incredible, but by Grand Prix standards it is not good enough, because the Williams team have done it in under seven seconds.
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Last year, bright sunshine, clear blue skies, 31 degree temperature.
This year at Adelaide, overcast skies, pretty dull night.
But, so far, and let's keep our fingers crossed, the track is dry.
The hint of rain that existed just before the race has disappeared.
I think we're going to have a dry race because although the weather conditions here in Adelaide can change unbelievably quickly,
from seemingly the twinkling of an eye to bright blue sunshine and dry roads to raging downpour, it doesn't look that sort of a day today to me.
And on now, lap 35, Keke Rosberg leads by 25 seconds.
Nigel Mansell is in second position with Piquet third because of the pit stop of Alain Prost for tyres who has gone down to fourth position with Senna fifth and Johansson sixth.
Well, I really have no idea what tyres they put on Prost's car, whether they switched him to C compound tyres then during that pit stop or whether they kept him on the same A's as Nelson Piquet has passed.
Passed the Brabham and the Beneson.
But whatever they put him on, although he's a long way back now, he is the fastest man on the circuit at the moment and he's got up to speed pretty quickly.
So there is Nelson Piquet and of course Nigel Mansell is in a very strong position in World Championship terms now.
He's in second place. All he needs to do is finish third or higher, irrespective of where the competition in the form of Piquet and Prost are to win the championship.
Just as a matter of interest, if Prost or Piquet won and Mansell finished in third position, they would have the same number of points, 72, and the championship would actually be decided on a count back basis
by the fact that Nigel Mansell would have a fifth place to his credit that the others did not.
That is Ayrton Senna who is in fifth position and now everybody up to Senna who is in fifth place, as you look at Johnny Dumfries who is in 15th place, has been lapped by Keke Rosberg, the race leader, after 35 laps.
Rosberg, Mansell, Piquet, Prost, Senna, Johansson, so it's McLaren, Williams, Williams, McLaren, Lotus, Ferrari, and once again Stephanie Johansson is proving the class of the field in the Ferrari team because Albarito has long since disappeared from the race.
Another dreadful Grand Prix, this time in Australia, for the popular, likeable, and extremely talented Italian Michele Albarito who last year finished second in the World Championship and this year is going to be lucky to finish above ninth position.
So the race settles. Lap 37. We're getting towards the half distance mark.
Now out of the race already have gone Piercarlo Ginzani, Alessandro Nanini with a crash and I'm happy to tell you that Nanini is perfectly okay.
It was a very heavy crash which knocked the front of the car but left the tub intact.
He's okay. Allen Berg in the second or so is out.
Alessandro Nellis is out. Alan Jones is out. Hugh Grotengetter is out. Rosberg there is very definitely and positively in leading.
Number two, Kenji Rosberg.
McLaren tag.
I wonder if watching this race is John Barnard who designed this car which has been one of the most successful Grand Prix cars of all time. It is I think in its fourth season now in various forms.
It is an absolutely magnificent design and a superb achievement by Barnard who has now left the McLaren team and is joining Ferrari and will be starting work in just a few days time when his contract finishes at the end of October to design the Challenger that Ferrari desperately need for 1987.
And another rumour in fact even stronger than the one I've given you in the past is that Neil Oakley, the man who has designed the very pretty and extremely well handling Lola which funnily enough is just in front of Kenji Rosberg now in the hands of Patrick Tommay, is joining McLaren as their designer next year.
Rumour that is. Wait for it to be confirmed.
Alain Prost.
Third position, the gap between Prost in fourth place and Piquet in third is 16 seconds, the gap between Piquet and third and Mansell in second is four seconds and Kenji Rosberg is continuing his Sunday afternoon drive making absolutely effortless from an appearance point of view here at Adelaide.
In the lead.
Yes, slowly but surely extending his lead and he
is some 28 seconds now ahead of Nigel Mansell in second place. Prost is currently the fastest man on the circuit, although Piquet just put in a scorching lap which is a new lap record 22.06.
And there it is on caption. So Nelson Piquet has got the bit between his teeth now.
And that is Fabi coming into the pits.
There we see Prost.
17 seconds behind Nelson Piquet.
Piquet has closed up a little bit on Nigel Mansell.
And as we watch Alain Prost in fourth position 17 seconds behind Nelson Piquet.
Looking at the McLaren makes me wonder who will be taking the place of race leader next season. And with all the rumors saying that it's Stefan Johansson and with Johansson in the evil handling Ferrari in sixth position with Senna, Prost, Piquet, Mansell and
Prostberg ahead of him, all of them in cars which are generally acknowledged to be greatly superior to the Ferrari. It would certainly seem to confirm the fact that Johansson must be the most capable chap available to McLaren for next year.
Nigel Mansell, there he is second.
He will undoubtedly be talking to Patrick Head, who is his race engineer in the Williams team pit and his cars designer.
And Patrick Head has been the designer of many world championship cars for Williams.
And Nigel Mansell will know exactly what the score is. Patrick Head, a great tactician as well as a superb designer, will be telling Mansell that he can just continue to go steady as he is.
Nigel Mansell won't be half as interested in winning this race as finishing second or third. Win would be nice because any one of those positions will give him the first world championship for a British driver since 1976, which was James' year of course.
And so now the gap between Prostberg, the leader, and Mansell in second place is just under half a minute. An enormous cushion for Keke Prostberg. Really all the fin now on his 41st lap in this 82 lap race, which is exactly half distance, has got to do is by his terms coast around and make sure that everything is working properly.
Yes, he can afford to learn and a new fastest lap now for Nelson Piquet. So the times are really coming down as the fuel load lightens in these cars.
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You can see that the gap, which was nearly four seconds, has been carved right down. And soon we're going to have the position of these two teammates in very equally matched cars.
In a situation where both are in contention for the World Championship, fighting each other for the second place that they both need to have in order to try to do something about Keke Rospoe, the leader.
And Piquet needs that second place more than Mansell does. Because to win the World Championship, Piquet has to win the race. Mansell looks in his left mirror and he sees the sight of the Canon Williams Honda behind him.
A silhouette that he knows so well. And now I think we are going to see a classic struggle as they come up to filling Streff, the Frenchman who is in eighth place in his William and his Cherol Renault.
And Mansell is undoubtedly in a faster car and with respect to Streff is a better driver. So if Streff doesn't move over, this is going to give Nelson Piquet in third place challenging for the championship and needing to get ahead of Nigel Mansell the chance to close up on the Williams Honda in front of him and be in a position to challenge for second place.
Rosberg, by the way, in the lead, has now caught and passed and lapped Ayrton Senna, who is in fifth place. Senna, one of the five men who has won a Grand Prix this year. And just let's watch and enjoy Mansell and Piquet fighting for second place.
Yes, this could be a feature of the race because Piquet and Mansell have not been the best of friends, although they've got things sorted out to a good working relationship now between them.
But there's a very powerful rivalry that exists and Nelson Piquet will be able to get past Mansell and that won't hurt Mansell's chances at all for the World Championship. Third place will still do him fine.
I hope he doesn't do anything silly like, which I'm sure he won't, like turning his boost up and getting marginal on fuel.
And then through the quick right hander onto the main straight. Now, Piquet is not quite close enough this time.
That's the penalty stretched away a little bit down the straight. Gerhard Berger has gone into the pits. Need an enormous amount of self-discipline from Nigel Mansell, of course, not to fight Piquet every inch of the way, because quite apart from wanting to stay ahead anyway, there is the added incitement of wanting to stay ahead of your teammate, particularly when it's Nelson Piquet.
And that's a very good way to Nigel Mansell has consistently done better than this year. But Piquet is certainly going, he's certainly intending to have second place and he takes it. And Nigel Mansell didn't fight there. I think as James has suggested, Nigel Mansell is using every ounce of his considerable intelligence, acumen and experience and letting Piquet go through, knowing that if he stays where he is, he's still going to be World Champion.
That's a very sensible driving by Mansell. Exactly the right thing. No point in him fighting Piquet.
Berger's car being pushed away. So that's another retirement. Nelson Piquet has a very long way to do anything about Keke Rosberg. Keke Rosberg is now some 35 seconds or so clear. Prost is now only 12 seconds behind Mansell.
So he's catching but not not very quickly. That's Andrea de Cesaris parked off the road. Can't quite see what he got there.
Well the mice are getting at the machinery in no mean fashion now. Ginzani out, Nanini out, Berg out, Jones out, Röntgen out, Berger out, de Cesaris out. Everybody now has been lapped by Keke Rosberg up to Alain Prost who is in fourth position because Ayrton Senna who is fifth has been lapped.
And on lap 45 the race order is Keke Rosberg leading by 36 seconds. From Nelson Piquet there is Rosberg. Mansell just a whisker behind Piquet having let the Brazilian through in order to maintain his hold on the World Championship without getting Senna out.
Ayrton Senna finishes the 1986 season and the last race he's going to be driving in driven by a Renault engine. Unfortunately by retiring with what looked like either engine or gearbox trouble from the way he got round the back and had a look.
So Ayrton Senna, double winner of 1986 in Spain and Detroit, fourth in the World Championship, is gay to finish fourth in the World Championship because although Rosberg, the race leader, is going to add nine points to his total if he finishes where he is now and is in fifth place in the championship it's not going to be enough to close the gap on Senna, let alone pass him.
So Keke Rosberg, the moustachioed Finn, the virtually chain smoking Finn.
Now only seven seconds behind Mansell so he's catching the Williams pair. It looks as if clearly soon we'll have a three corner fight for second place because Mansell is still holding on nicely to Piquet's tail.
Neither Mansell nor Piquet have been in for tires of course. Nigel Mansell and Piquet both on C compound tires as is the race leader there, number two Keke Rosberg and paradoxically enough Alain Prost on the harder B compound has been in for tires.
So we may yet be seeing the two Williams cars come in. James pointed out that Rosberg's tires were looking a bit dodgy some time ago, but that they seem to have come back and you can do that by just taking it a little easy and letting the tires reassert themselves and get back into form as it were.
But there are the second and third, the second and third men Piquet and Mansell. Mansell's just really keeping a watching brief now. Teo Farby has spun. There is one of the Ocellas parked on the left, that of Piacarlo Ghisani.
We are on lap 47. And just to remind you of something I said at the beginning of the race, I was told by someone who should know that the Williams team are very concerned about fuel consumption.
They may just have been telling me that on a sandbagging basis of course and they're not concerned at all, but I suspect they are.
And since this race is a two hour and there's a spin for Patrick Tomei, the Frenchman who's recovered in a masterly way and drives on.
And he's now actually in the pits is Tomei. There he is. Accelerates away. We're with him. We're exiting the pit lane now.
This is Patrick Tomei's car that you are sitting in as the Frenchman notches up a gear and goes towards the chicane.
It's been a rather dramatic weekend as Patrick Tomei. He's had several spins. He had a very big shunt on Friday and really been his normally smooth and sensible style.
He's been really quite ragged.
Prost is under five seconds behind the Piquet-Mansel pair and catching up.
Second place gap to race leader Alain Prost. 36 seconds gap to third place man you can see for yourself.
Nigel Mansel. A lot of people have said to me they have been absolutely amazed by how much he has improved this year even on his double race winning form of 1985.
And I was talking to Peter Collins who is a great personal friend of Nigel Mansel and whose life was saved by Nigel Mansel on one occasion when Peter was drowning in the surf in Rio de Janeiro and Nigel Mansel plunged in to save him.
About Mansel and he said they are all wrong. I have never had any doubts about the ability of Nigel Mansel. He is now in a team and in an atmosphere and in an environment with equipment that will allow him to demonstrate just how really good he is.
And my goodness he is doing so. And demonstrating in this his 90th Grand Prix what an excellent tactical brain he's got and what superb self control he has got.
Nigel Mansel informed every inch of the way by Patrick Head through radio from the pits knows that if he just quotes jobs close quotes at a mere lap speed of about 108 miles an hour or so average around this circuit and keeps Nelson Piquet in sight.
With Keke Rosberg still leading the race he is guaranteed the world championship the fame the prestige and the very very considerable fortune that will accompany him to how richly it will have been deserved.
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Tomorrow night Cyclone Tracy crosses the coast and Darwin and its people suffer the full force. No one can take refuge from this Holocaust.
Doc! If it wasn't for me you'd be dead in that swamp. Damn where would you be?
I'm so scared about the kids.
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What terror would remain for Christmas Day in the wake of the devastation?
There's a risk of a major epidemic here.
Tracy continues 8.30 tomorrow night on 9.
Another new lap record. Everybody's times are steadily coming down and I'm prosperous this time.
And he is probably the fastest man on the circuit but he did lose a fair bit of time in traffic just now lapping slower cars.
And in fact he's dropped to 8 seconds now behind the Williams pair.
You probably noticed those twin spirals of something coming up from the rear wing of the Williams Honda of Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell behind him.
That is a visual demonstration of how the wings are really working in increasing the downforce on the tyres and maximising the grip on the ground.
Now as Piquet and Mansell went past me and as they come towards us I looked very carefully at their Goodyear tyres which seemed to me in good shape.
And Riccardo Petresi is now coming up with a went sale because the Italian in the Brabham has passed Stefan Johansson into 5th position.
Race order, lap 52 with 30 to go including the one they're on.
Keki Rosberg that comfortable to put it mildly half a minute ahead of Nelson Piquet in 2nd place who is a visual gap ahead of Nigel Mansell 3rd.
Prost 4th, Petresi 5th and has been lapped. Johansson 6th, Streff 7th, Brundle 8th, Warwick 9th and Johnny Dumfries in 11th place.
Yes well Piquet and Mansell have closed the gap to Keki Rosberg a little bit but I'm pretty sure that that would be because Rosberg doesn't need to be in a hurry.
He's got still just on half a minute in hand and he will no doubt be easing up a little bit to look after the machinery to conserve fuel.
James since things are looking pretty static at the moment let's just think of one or two hypotheses.
Shall we remember that for one reason or another either a faulty fuel readout or a heavy right foot Keki Rosberg has on occasion in the past in the McLaren team run out of fuel.
Yes he did at the beginning of the season from heavy right foot troubles and then he did once later at Hockenheim in the German Grand Prix when both McLaren's ran out on the last lap and that was quite clearly confirmed by the team to have been a faulty fuel readout.
No he did at the beginning of the season he wasn't quite used to the car but as soon as he got the hang of it he was he in fairness hasn't been guilty of over right footing it again.
But I'm pretty confident McLaren's have got their fuel readout meter back working accurately now.
And that you see in the background just coming onto the straight as the two Williams is going to the breaking out of the puff of smoke off the right front tire from Nigel's brakes he just locked the right front wheel but that is no problem.
And eight seconds is the gap between Nigel Mansell and his comfortable world championship winning if he stays there position and number one reigning world champion Alain Prost fighting hard to get back onto terms.
The cool clear thinking tactical Alain Prost who more than anybody else seems to be able to exert the most rigid discipline on himself in terms of watching his fuel counter.
I remember he lost victory in the San Marino Grand Prix having watched his fuel counter and watched everybody else running out of fuel in front of him and driving at the speed he knew would enable him to finish the race only bitterly to lose victory because when his car was weighed it was a mere two kilograms underweight.
And Prost is speeding up 121.526 but that's not all that much difference between the times of Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell second and third.
Prost now coming up to our camera car Patrick Tambay who waves him past.
So there is the Frenchman.
And it's lap 55.
We've still got the question of whether the Williams cars are going to come in for tires, whether the Williams cars are in fact going to be affected by fuel consumption problems and that's Johnny Dumfries.
And Prost meanwhile has just reduced the lap record yet again to some 21.002 so pretty much 21 dead.
Johnny Dumfries working away at the wheel.
Remember by this stage of the race the drivers are starting to get pretty tired.
To acknowledge the pain and discomfort you've got to keep going obviously.
And that's the nicest part of the circuit at this stage of the race you get a nice little rest on the straight and then it's back to flat out business again.
What we haven't done so far during this race is to keep praise on to the organizers and administrators of this second Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide.
Last year those of us who follow the Grand Prix circuits all over the world came to Australia wondering what we were going to see wondering whether the fact that it was on the other side of the world was going to have made things difficult for them to organize a Grand Prix.
To the very high standards required by the FIA.
We needn't have worried they won the award for the best Grand Prix of the year.
They won the award for the best television coverage of the year and they richly deserved both.
They didn't rest on their laurels.
This year when we came back they said we have tried to improve everything like seating for the spectators and just look at it there.
Rows and rows of seats for the thousands and thousands of spectators.
There was a bump on the Brabham Strait which you're looking at now and the whole thing was resurfaced.
Nothing was left to chance.
Any small detail that was less than perfect was corrected.
And talking about less than perfection look at Christian Danner in the arrows who has clearly blown a turbo of his BMW engine.
And Alain Prost is 4.3 seconds behind Nigel Mansell and will have to do better if he's to catch the Englishman.
And Keke Rosberg there in the lead could hardly be doing better because he's still half a minute in the lead.
Yes, the Williams has reduced the gap a little bit and Rosberg showed that he had plenty in hand because he was able to respond and speed up.
And he's maintaining that gap just under the half minute.
Prost meanwhile is slowly chipping away at the two Williams's but really isn't making a very fast impression on them.
And Rosberg really looks very comfortable out there in front.
Coming towards us Theo Farby followed by Alio, I think it's Rene Arnoux.
It's very difficult to tell them apart.
Identical cars, it's Alio.
And just watch the way that Rosberg bides his time and then just motors past very quickly.
Billy Balliol who has been translated upwards as it were, promoted from Formula 3000 after the unfortunate crash that his team-mate Jack Lafitte who finished second here last year had in the British Grand Prix.
And there Prost got right up to Nigel Mansell.
So after a fairly long hard chase, Prost is getting into position now to start challenging.
VK of course only just a second or so in front of Nigel.
So we've now got a three corner fight basically in the second place or two corners if you agree that of course Nigel Mansell is particularly fighting for second.
But he won't really want Prost to go past because if Prost can get past both Williams' that will put Nigel down to fourth place.
And if Rosberg then hands his lead over to Prost, they could nick the championship.
I'm sure Nigel will be well aware of this so he would be in my opinion well advised at this stage to fight for that third place and defend it as best he possibly can.
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They make more than a sudden impact from the Cochran brothers, Starr and the Flying Doctors. 7.30 Wednesday on NIA.
Not a tyre wear here, but I would be mildly surprised if they could both go through the full race distance without a tyre change. But that's soon going to be of academic interest because as you can see, Frost is catching Nigel Mansell who is third.
The thing is, although it normally works, the softer the compound the more the wear and the less durable it goes, it doesn't always follow that way.
And this is obviously the case here that for some reason it may be that the cars are sliding more on the bees and therefore they're overheated more.
You do get strange reversals and it would seem that Frost has hurt his chances in this race although he's certainly fighting hard because it looks like he chose the wrong tyre.
Well now, if Frost can get ahead of Mansell, he will be within sight of Piquet who is second and although he will then be half a minute behind Keke Rosberg, there would be no doubt at all about the fact that a signal would go out from Keke Rosberg's race engineer, Steve Nicol, to say cool it and let Frost through to win the championship.
And that could be absolutely riveting. We're watching this race, as is appropriate for Adelaide, really come alive.
Nigel Mansell has obviously agreed with what I suggested just now because that is to defend that third place as hard as he can because he's speeded up and he's just got very close in terms of time to Frost's new lap record.
And is prepared to respond so Frost is going to have a hard fight to get past.
And just savour this, the three championship contenders, Nigel Mansell in the lead in the championship, Alain Frost second in the championship, Nelson Piquet third in the championship are together in second, third and fourth places, Piquet, Mansell, Frost.
If he happened to Keke Rosberg, the championship would be down to these three men, except that of course Nigel Mansell would still finish third and win the championship.
What an absolutely enthralling situation. And Alain Frost speeding up all the time, he's still got the fastest lap, one minute twenty one seconds almost exactly, just two thousandths of a second over.
And now the professor has in front of him the Englishman engineer, Nigel Mansell, look down on it, there is the gap as they go down the fastest part of the course, the Brabham straight into race track hairpin, first gear.
Now into the sweeping left hander, a padded turn, that's where Patrick Torbay went off with the grass on the left as they enter Victoria race course on this newly constructed piece of road, all the rest is on the city streets or all virals of Adelaide itself.
Down to the second slowest corner, Foster's hairpin, first gear.
And this is the completion of lap sixty in this eighty two lap race, we've still got twenty two laps of pure enjoyment left.
Yes, Frost has got to get close to Mansell, he's got to try and get closer and closer before they take the quick corner onto the main straight.
He's got to really be within a couple of car lengths and it may just be that the Ligier will help him get that close.
And Renier knew that was, behaving very politely, moves right out of the way and lets the battle go past him, unmolested.
Now here, down the straight, now Frost at this corner where Piquet is just going to the fast, Frost wants to be very close.
I wonder if that's Ayrton Senna having his sandwiches, work done for the day, he looks very relaxed.
In a pre-race TV interview they asked Ayrton Senna if he couldn't win the race, who would he like to see win the race?
He rather sensibly said he really couldn't give a stuff.
Frost very, very close, I wonder if Mansell is going to be prepared to use that boost switch in the car to defend the place, I should think this is the stage where he ought to.
You're watching the battle for the World Championship in effect because if Frost can get past Mansell he will then be within striking distance of Piquet.
If he can get past Piquet he may well have it made if team orders are going to work.
Johansson by the way, we're concentrating on the battle for this third place between Mansell and Frost, but the race order now is still Rosberg.
But the gap between Rosberg and Piquet is coming down now, the Brazilian is charging in the same way that Mansell and Frost are.
The gap which was 30 seconds has now come down to 22 seconds between Piquet and Rosberg the leader, with Frost forcing Mansell very hard indeed.
Mansell third, Frost fourth, you see the both, Johansson has lost his fifth place again to Riccardo Petrezzi, great scrap going on between the Ferrari of Johansson and the Brabham of Petrezzi.
And then in seventh position it is Philippe Streff ahead of his teammate Martin Brundle.
And out of the right hander they come together, is this going to be Frost's chance?
And the staff now, Nigel's driving very sensibly, he's keeping it absolutely smooth and quite rightly making it as difficult as he possibly can.
So far Frost has not looked like he's had any obvious chance of overtaking, but he's now right on his tail.
This is the closest he's been, so this is where Mansell's got to keep really cool because it's more important to be smooth than to be fast at this stage.
Because a mistake, getting a corner wrong of course will allow, if he's a bit slow out of a corner that gives Frost the chance to swoop past, so he just wants to be smooth.
Rosberg out, Keke Rosberg is out of the Australian Grand Prix. If this isn't a sensation I would like to know what is.
The man who won last year has retired in the lead, he must be bitterly disappointed and now the World Championship is indeed wide open, there's the reason.
Look at the flapping right rear Goodyear on Keke Rosberg's McLaren, a smashed tyre and out of the race goes the fifth.
And that means that Nigel Mansell only has to finish now to be World Champion. That has just about, and as we were watching that,
Frost has got past Mansell there, you just saw him going around the half and in the background there is Nelson Piquet.
So Piquet leads the race, but third place is good enough for Mansell. Mansell can now afford to slow right down and just finish.
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Whenever you see a bit of Aussie grass turned into Aussie lawn, you can bet someone's glad they picked a victor.
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Oh yes, we're glad he picked a, I'm glad I picked a, we're glad he picked a victor.
Because victor's been caring for a beautiful turn right across Australia.
If you're living under the Aussie sun, you'll be glad you picked a straight number one.
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Friday night, the Man of Steel is back.
Let the games begin.
For his greatest adventure.
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A Man of Steel faces his biggest challenge, 8.30 Friday night on 9.
Yeah, and a word of consolation, commiseration, sympathy, and all the other appropriate words for Kiki Rosberg.
He had driven an immaculate last race for the McLaren team.
Last race in his Grand Prix career.
Leading by half a minute.
Only to have victory snatched from his hands.
Just as Nicky Lowder did last year in the McLaren.
What bitter, bitter disappointment for him.
He may have been prepared to move over.
Hey, look at that!
Out that, and colossally, that's Mansell.
That is Nigel Mansell.
And the car absolutely shattered.
He's fighting for control.
And you can see what happened.
Mansell is out of the race now.
This could change and will change the World Championship.
What an absolute tragedy for Mansell.
Obviously, the tyres went at almost the same time as Kiki Rosberg.
So there's a wear problem.
Piquet must be made aware of that by radio.
Because it means his tyres will be here.
We're going to see what happened again.
And that's an absolute tragedy.
Because that means that poor Mansell.
That is terrible at the last moment.
Because...
Well, it could still happen to Nelson Piquet.
That was pretty dramatic.
And Mansell did pretty well to hold onto the car and keep it straight then.
So, Nelson Piquet now leads and leads with World Championship points.
If he can finish in this situation.
But he's got Prost right behind him.
So the World Championship is suddenly being battled out by these two.
Now, let's clarify things with bitter disappointment.
First of all, for Kiki Rosberg.
Now for Nigel Mansell.
Nigel Mansell retains 17 World Championship points.
If either Alain Prost or Nelson Piquet win this race.
They will have 72 points and will take the championship.
But at the present moment, Nelson Piquet is in a World Championship and race winning situation.
And would score 72 points.
And into the pits goes the Williams.
And I would be at all surprised if his team didn't call him in.
Because they will have seen on a TV monitor that two people have lost these tyres.
Nelson was running the same tyres.
And so Prost is now favourite to win the World Championship.
If he can hold on.
I don't remember that Prost has already changed tyres quite a long time ago.
So Prost now leads the Australian Grand Prix.
And at the moment, the World Championship on points.
If he can hold on.
So Prost can afford to slow down and look after those tyres.
You may or may not have seen what happened to Mansell in his mirror.
I expect he did.
Well certainly from a safety point of view, I'm sure that was the right thing to do.
To call Piquet in.
And it stops. It really hurts his chances to win the championship.
If you are in Britain, do not get up and go on and put on the kettle.
If you are in Australia, do not open another can of Foster's.
Because you have now got between lap 66 and lap 82.
To watch what I believe is going to be a classic struggle.
Between two of the four top men in Grand Prix racing this year.
Now Alain Prost leads the Australian Grand Prix.
Number one is in a position to achieve the first back to back World Championship.
Two successive years for a very long time.
I'm trying to remember when it last was.
And I seem to remember the name of Sir Jack Brabham being involved.
1959 and 1960 is the answer.
Alain Prost, the professor, the cool tactician, had changed his tyres a long time ago.
That's Johnny Dumfries in the pits just for the record with his team mate Ayrton Senna already out of the race.
Now Nelson Piquet is on a new set of rubber.
And the gap between Alain Prost in the lead and Nelson Piquet in second position is some 15 seconds as you watch the professor.
The man who lives in Saint Croix in Switzerland.
13 years experience and what a lot of Grand Prix experience. 105 Grand Prix.
The wild, all this excitement has been going on.
Martin Trunkham up into fourth place and his team mate Philip Strepp is in third place.
So the Tyrrells are having a very good day.
Alain Prost immediately let Piquet into the pits, reduced his pace a little bit.
Of course he doesn't need to hurry for the moment but he'll need to keep an eye on Nelson Piquet because of course Piquet is on fresher rubber and is liable to be quicker.
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Come and have a look how I cook at home with my Weber barbecue.
The Weber is just like an oven, only better.
Being round, the Weber's unique airflow system means that the heat completely surrounds the food,
sealing in all the natural juices and flavor.
Now you can't burn the food and there's no flare up because the fat drops into this tray.
Ingenious. Just put the food in, pop the lid on, forget about it.
You don't even have to turn the food over.
And while she's cooking, you can do whatever you like.
Now for the proof of the pudding.
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In a world of international terrorism, there's one man who can't tell his friends from his enemies.
What is it?
Eric is dead. Car bomb.
Channel 9 premieres the long Good Friday.
Coming on!
Starring Pierce Brosnan and Bob Hoskins, he was trapped in his own game.
Have you seen anything of my Eric flying past your window about two hours ago?
He didn't know the word compromise.
Blow his head off.
For more than ten years there's been peace.
And he will never back down.
For now it's been an eruption.
Attack prompts counterattack.
Same sort of device as the IRA.
What do the IRAs got to do with me?
For Christ's sake, Harold, they're not just gangsters.
It's a Pierce Brosnan no one's seen before.
Oh, Beth.
You can't deal with these people. They're political, they're fanatics.
Here's a motion picture that shows the underworld of crime and terrorism.
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For the first time on television, 8.30 Thursday, on 9.
Well, what a race.
Alain Prost now leading.
And he's leading Nelson Piquet by 16.8, nearly 17 seconds.
Piquet has got to drive the race of his superb Grand Prix racing life.
He's got to keep carving away.
And there are, what, 14 or 15 laps.
The Australian Grand Prix is on lap 68.
The race order is Prost, Piquet 18 seconds behind,
Streff in third position and Brungle 4.
So, both the Tyrrells coming good at the end of the year.
A rich reward for Ken Tyrrell, who, with Data General sponsorship,
has got his team act well and truly together again.
He's walking around the pit lane looking pretty pleased,
and I suspect, therefore, has got his engine arrangements made for next year,
because he's losing the Renault engines that he has this year,
on account of the fact that Renault are retiring.
But as you see, we now have two British drivers in the top six places
for Mules in Britain, Martin Brungle in fourth place,
Johnny Dumfries in his last Grand Prix for the Lotus Renault team,
desperately needing to prove his class in order to get a drive for next year,
as his place is being taken by the Japanese driver Satoru Nakajima next year,
in sixth position and on a world championship point.
And as you see, both two cars are on the same lap.
And this could actually improve Prost's championship chances,
because, I say again, the information I was given was that the Williams cars
were a bit marginal on fuel consumption here.
The McLarens are usually better on fuel consumption,
or certainly were in the only half of the season.
And there is Alain Prost coming through to complete his 69th lap, 82 lap race.
Prost, Piquet, Streff, Brungle, Johansson, Dumfries.
Only Piquet has not been left.
That's right. Prost has eased up a bit, and I think he can respond if he needs to.
Piquet, now that he's got his tyres hot, has started to close, but only very, very slightly.
Prost, completing 69 laps.
And Prost has gone even quicker. He's responded.
Yes, and another new lap record. Just as I said, he was slowing up.
He's gone and put in a new lap record.
And no, he hasn't. Piquet has gone even quicker.
So they're both going very quickly indeed.
But it was only about a three hundredths difference in quicker than Piquet was.
Yes, I did a visual check with my own stopwatch there.
18.4 seconds, which I'm glad to say is confirmed by the nearest to one thousandth of a second electronic equipment,
which gives exactly the same gap.
So Alain Prost now on target for his second world championship in two years.
And there is Martin Brundle, pretty close to Philip Streff.
There is Streff in front of him.
So will we see Brundle coming up and having a fight and trying to snatch third place from his own team mate?
Martin Brundle's best finish ever was in Detroit when he finished in second place in his first year for the Tyrrell team,
having finished his first Grand Prix in fifth place in Brazil.
And the enormously likable Englishman who comes from South Wotton, which is near Kingslin, is on his way for nine six four points.
Philip Streff coming good because he finished in third position last year here in Adelaide, but in a different car.
Last year he was in the Ligier team.
This year he's driving for the popular Kent, and Ken's got two cars in the top four.
And since the division of the VIRT Prize Fund, which is organized by Peter and Fokker together,
is obviously in proportion to the finishing order, it looks as though Ken Tyrrell is going to end the season in the money.
Yeah, I've just remembered the fact that Philip Streff savaged Jacques Lafitte on the last lap last year
and actually finished his race on three wheels as a result of trying just a little bit too hard for second place.
Let's hope that doesn't happen between the two Tyrrell cars.
Now we are on lap seventy one of this race, which has seen Mansell go out most dramatically and tragically.
Keke Rosberg go out equally dramatically and tragically.
Keke Rosberg in the lead, Mansell in the world championship lead in this FIA World Championship race here in Australia
with Christian Danner having retired, Senna, one of the hot favorites, having retired,
Sohez Di Cesaris, Berger, Rotengatter, Alan Jones, hoping so much to do well in his home country
and his last Grand Prix of the year and for the team, I suspect.
There is a big cloud hanging over the Lola Haas team who are rumored to be going to be told their fortunes tonight
after this race finishes about what happens next year.
Allen Berg is out, Nanini is out, Ginzani is out.
Here is the hero of the hour at the moment, Alain Prost, leaning now increasingly comfortably
because he's increased the gap over his rival Nelson Piquet for the World Championship.
This is Johansen on the curb and he grounds it, scrapes along the flat bottom, recanes the ground with all four wheels.
It's a good thing he didn't stop there because he would have lost drive, but he's back on the circuit in fifth place.
Yes, he could have been hot bottomed doing that because he's stood on the floor of the car
and that would have been scraping along right underneath him and creates a lot of heat.
Prost is still pushing it along pretty quickly, but what a tragedy for Nigel Mansell.
Driven so well all season.
There is Nelson Piquet in second place, Mansell has by and large out-driven Nelson Piquet
and Piquet I think is easing up because he, or maybe he was a little bit slower then,
but lapping the Zak speed, but the gap now is over 21 seconds.
It could well be that Nelson Piquet is having to ease up.
I'm sure the fighting Brazilian doesn't want to, but the fact remains that the gap has increased from 18 to 19 to 20 to 21 seconds
between himself and race leader Nelson Alain Prost,
and it could well be because the Brazilian on advice by radio from his pit is just having to take it easy
on account of the fact that the fuel may be getting low.
Two hour race, the race has nearly been going to one hour and 45 minutes,
and there is the unfortunate Nigel Mansell bathed in sweat, his face a mask of tragedy,
seeing his world championship chances slipping away with the likelihood,
and I emphasise the likelihood, of Alain Prost finishing with 72 points ahead of Nelson,
ahead of Nigel Mansell who would be on 70 points, and Nelson Piquet if he finishes where he is now on 69 points.
Little consolation to Nigel Mansell to know that the prize just having eluded his grasp,
he would still finish in second place in the world championship,
because of course what you want to do is win, and here is the likely winner.
And I'm sure the McLaren team with the likelihood,
yes the very real likelihood of retaining their highest ever points in the Constructors Championship,
will be grimly relishing the fact that notwithstanding the loss of the man who designed the car,
John Barnard, they have succeeded in keeping his design of this car in a race winning and world championship winning state.
Thanks particularly to Tim Wright and Steve Nicholl, the two race engineers,
Tim Wright for Alain Prost there, Steve Nicholl for Keke Rosberg,
and it was no form of sticking Steve Nicholls that Rosberg car went out of the race with that low time.
This is lap 75 in an Australian Grand Prix which has been full of interest, excitement and incident all the way.
There is the second place man Nelson Piquet, the gap now 22.2 seconds, only Prost and Piquet are on the same lap.
Filipe Streff and Brundle are separated by four tenths of a second in third and fourth places, Johansson is fifth,
Duff Rees is sixth, Jonathan Palmer the other English driver is in tenth place.
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Well let's just quickly while we're watching Fiddick Streff there in third position,
run through the reasons for the retirement so far.
Michele Alboretto went out on the very first lap with an accident problem,
as far as I know he's perfectly alright.
Ginzani was transmission, Nanini was that accident we saw, he's okay.
Tormbay was transmission, Jones was engine, Rotengatter was suspension,
Berger was clutch, I don't know why Di Cesaris went out but he did.
Senna had engine trouble as did Christian Danner.
Thierry Bootson had some sort of problem that I haven't been able to identify.
You know perfectly well what happened to Rosberg and Mansell,
the tyre changes were left too late and Derek Warwick has gone out with brake problems.
And now we are on lap 80 with two laps to go at the end of this one
and the possibility of a historic situation for Alain Prost.
Yes, Mr. Prost has finally decided to slow it right down.
So he has just tried to get his machine to the line with as little strain on it now as possible.
There's Johnny Dumfries with sixth brake and a bit of break up from his car camera then
but that was what we hoped it was looking like from his point of view.
There he goes.
And he will be pretty pleased with the world championship point.
Yes, he'll be delighted with the world championship point
because it will confirm the view of many of us that this young Scot
who has very much been number two in the Lotus Renault team
to the brilliant Ayrton Senna this year,
fully deserves, richly deserves a drive in Grand Prix racing next year.
And there are going to be a lot of drivers chasing seats.
There's Trepp, there's Brunwell and behind Martin Brunwell who is in fifth place is Stefan Johansson.
So the battle for third, fourth and fifth is getting pretty close indeed.
So Hanson is catching Brunwell who is fourth.
Brunwell is not so far behind Streff who is third.
Now there you see them. There's Streff taking the racetrack hairpin.
There is Martin Brunwell and just behind him is the Ferrari of Stefan Johansson.
Third, fourth and fifth.
First and second look to be settled provided Frost has no problems and Piquet has no problems.
Dumfries who is with them has been lapped.
He is in sixth position.
So you're actually looking the third, fourth, fifth and sixth cars together on the circuit.
And there is Alan Frost just starting his last lap.
So Frost has the virtually coast round the circuit.
He's got a comfortable lead of 11 seconds now.
He's slowed it right down.
11 seconds in front of Nelson Piquet and bitter luck and bitter disappointment for Nigel Mansell
who was doing everything right to win the world championship.
And then he had his tyre explode on him as did the man who made the running for most of the race,
Kecky Rosberg.
But you've got to hand it to Alan Frost.
He does deserve this title.
He's driven steadily, thoughtfully.
He's driven a marvellous race today, never panicked and just kept on his usual relentless coming through
and a tremendous effort also by the McLaren team.
It's been a wonderful Foster's Australian Grand Prix.
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And Alan Frost is virtually within sight of his 25th Grand Prix, his second world championship
and absolutely superb achievement.
You have seen the crowd rising to this popular little Frenchman who has demonstrated yet again
that he's the driver of the day and he takes the checkered flag.
He wins the Australian Grand Prix.
He wins the world championship of 1986.
Absolute euphoria in the McLaren pit and Kecky and Alan Frost stops immediately.
I wonder if that means he was so low on fuel that he had to stop.
Look at him, he can hardly believe it himself.
Alan Frost, the quiet, softly-spoken Frenchman receiving the plaudits of the crowd.
And my goodness, they deserve.
But let us not forget in the joy of the occasion for this victory for Alan Frost,
the bitter cup of Nigel Mansell who has had the world championship dashed from his hands.
That's Tim Wright in the glasses, Alan Frost's race engineer.
Let us not forget the bitter disappointment for Kecky Rosberg who might well have won the race
and let us too sympathise with Nelson Piquet who failed to win the world championship for the third time.
Now, that means to say that Alan Frost goes down in history as having won the world championship
two years in succession and Nelson Piquet has finished in second position.
Stephen Johansson has taken third place, an incredible achievement on the last lap.
Stephen Johansson not only got past Martin Brundle who's coasting in and going across the line out of fuel,
but he also got ahead of Philippe Streff.
There is Martin Brundle, he has stopped just over the line and he's run out of fuel.
Well, the Australian Grand Prix is full of drama, excitement and incident right to the end.
There is Philippe Streff, fini he says, mon auto a fini.
The race is over, the car has stopped and now subject to official confirmation,
no doubt about the fact that the winner is Alan Frost who has won the world championship
with a total of 72 points to the unfortunate Nigel Mansell's 70 and Nelson Piquet's 79.
So Frost wins the race and the championship. Here is Stephen Johansson coming home in third position.
Nigel Mansell finishes second in the championship but not in the race.
Piquet finishes second in the race and third in the championship.
Stephen Johansson in his last race and there he is for Ferrari, finishes it with a flourish
and underlines his claim for the second seat in the McLaren team as a dejected Philippe Streff walks home.
Stephen Johansson third, Martin Brundle in fourth place who coasted across the line
which his teammate Philippe Streff who was ahead of him did not do.
So Martin Brundle finishes in the points in fourth place.
Ken Turrell gets the fifth place with Streff and Johnny Dumfries finishes in the Lotus Renault in sixth place.
And just look at little Alan Frost, he's full of chants and he may well be.
Up now to the podium and what an enormous round of applause he's going to get
because this Australian crowd is enthusiastic. I won't say like no other, it's a long way home for poor Philippe Streff.
Plod, plod, plod. And he knows that he has lost a place in the process to Martin Brundle.
But back upstairs as it were, the Prime Minister of Australia, Bob Hawke is here.
And over, over, over her commentary box goes that tremendously powerful and enormously noisy
and truly beautiful F111 which has been thrilling us before the race and does a victory blast over Adelaide
to say well done to Alan Frost. Now I look for the little Frenchman as the Williams there of Nelson Piquet
which finished in second position is wheeled away.
Well, nine, six points for the Williams team which gives them 141 and that's not enough to beat the McLaren Constructors record
of 143.5 in 1984, so near and yet so far. And I was saying that this Australian crowd is so enthusiastic,
so knowledgeable and so delighted to have a World Championship event here which it so richly deserves
and which is going to have thanks to the auspices of the FIA for several years to come. What good news that is.
So there's the F111 coming in. There is Streff. He's given up legging it and has got a ride home.
And there's Derek Ongaro waiting to greet him in the blue jacket. That's the man who starts for the 143.
Now listen to this. The whole commentary box shakes as the whole of Adelaide is shaking with excitement
and congratulations for Alan Frost. Victory for the Frenchman, victory for McLaren.
A double World Championship and Alan Frost makes it two World Championships in a row. 25 draw-free victories.
If my memory serves me right, only one man has had more World Championship victories now than Alan Frost
and that is Nigel Mansell's car being cradled off with its left rear tyre in tatters.
And that man is Jackie Stewart who is here in Adelaide to see the little Frenchman with years of racing left in him
get closer and closer to Jackie's all-time record of 27 wins and Alan Frost has now equaled the achievement
of the truly great late Jim Cahn, all of whose victories were won in a Lotus.
Well what an extraordinary sporting event, let alone a motor race, a great victory for Alan Frost
for Nigel Mansell after leading the World Championship for the last seven races. Absolute tragedy.
Yes, a great sadness for him. It could have ended up in a greater tragedy in fact because where he had his incident
with the mechanical failure occurred he was doing more than 300 kilometres an hour.
So that kind of accident you want to avoid. He did avoid it of course and I don't think there was a lot of skill there.
He was just holding on and hoping the car would come to a stop.
But you saw Nigel Mansell deflating in that car when the car finally rolled to the stop next to the barrier.
Life went out of him. Hopes and dreams disappeared and it was really a very sad man and it will stay with him
for the next two or three days. I'm afraid Nigel Mansell is going to be a very depressed young man.
I know his wife already has been in tears and I'm sure he's close to them.
But as I say he should be happy also that he's with us this evening because that car could have turned left or right
into those barriers at that speed and it could have ended up in a totally different way.
But I do take my hat off to Alan Frost. First two-time World Champion back to back since the great Sir Jack Brabham in 1959 and 1960.
He is creeping up the ladder. He beat Fangio's record today of 24 Grand Prix victories.
He now joins Jim Clark with 25 and he's shooting at poor old Jackie Stewart here at 27 because he also beat my record today
of World Championship point standing. He's got a half a point lead on me and he's closing on Nicky Lowder.
It's been a very full day for Alan Frost and I do take my hat off to him.
OK Jackie we take our hats off to you. Thank you for being with us again here at Channel 9.
I absolutely adored it. I must say the team that you have here in Australia is truly truly remarkable.
I must say the coverage of this event with all folks concerned I really do respect you all very much and it's been a great pleasure to be with you.
OK thank you Jackie. Well I told you she was worth sitting up for a great race.
Congratulations to Alan Frost. We'll see you next time around on Wide World of Sports.
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I'm Vince Gully and welcome to Game 6. The last time the Boston Red Sox won a World Series the Doughboys were dug in the trenches of France.
Mademoiselle Armantier and finally Johnny came marching home.
They're trying to do it again tonight and they're giving the ball to the best pitcher in the American League Roger Clemens who was almost a man.
For New York Bobby Ojeda who is pitching magnificently in the postseason.
He won game two of the playoffs following a loss. He helped keep Houston away and chased the specter of Mike Scott in Game 6.
He won game three at Fenway to prevent the nightmare of a Red Sox sweep.
Well Bobby Ojeda and Roger Clemens it's the Mets who are dug in the trenches. The Red Sox making the charge.
Let's meet the manager the general of the Mets Davy Johnson and we'll go to Joe Garagiola.
Okay Vin it does begin with you Davy. Are you going to do anything different? Have you done anything different?
Not really Joe you know I didn't have a clubhouse meeting or something before the game and say this is a big one.
I say that about 60 times a year this is the big one. The guys know it. This is a very pivotal game for us.
Is it simple that you got here with this ball club and that's the ball club you're going to finish with?
There's no doubt about it. You know I got here by playing a lot of people but the people that have played the best for me are going to be playing down to the wire.
How did you at least go over the hitters with Ojeda?
Bobby's pretty smart. He kind of uses a different pattern every time up with a different hitter.
Sometimes he'll go more with a dead fish and other times he'll go more with his fastball but that's between Gary and Ojeda and I don't try to get too involved in that.
How would you describe your clubhouse?
I would say we're loose. You know I'd say we feel good about ourselves. The bats have been swinging and the offense is going pretty good.
You know we're going against the rest of the Clemens that's going to be tough for us.
Good luck to you Davy. Thanks Joe.
Here's the lineup for the visiting Boston Red Sox at third base Wade Boggs at second base a standout in the series Marty Barrett at first base Bill Buckner.
In left field hitting clean up Jim Rice. In right field Dwight Evans.
Behind the plate Rich Gedman. In center field Dave Henderson.
The shortstop Spike Owen batting eighth and the pitcher who will take his turns with the bat Roger Clemens on the mound.
Here's the way the Mets will line up on defense.
As Davy said the guys who play the best will be in the lineup and this is what he goes against right hand pitching Wilson Daxman Stroper in the outfield.
Ninth Santana Bachman at second base Hernandez at first. Carter behind the plate.
Ojeda the pitcher. Bobby Ojeda making his second World Series appearance.
He won game three at Fenway seven to one.
He made two starts in the playoffs he was one and all against Houston picking up the victory in game two.
It's well enough to hold on for Jesse Arasco to win game six.
He was an 18 game winner during the year and he came to New York and the deal with Boston that sent among others Calvin Sheraldi to the Red Sox.
Ojeda had only two fly balls in his last game against the Red Sox seven ground balls fastball curve slider change.
But as you heard Davy Johnson say he'll play that fish that change of pace his biggest plus changing speeds he will come inside but he can spot that ball on the outside.
Carter he is a good pitcher.
And as you heard Jay on Saturday night it is a festive highly enthusiastic crowd as Wade Boggs awaits the first pitch.
Oh and one to Boggs followed by Barrett and then Buckner breaking ball miss one and one the plate umpire from the American League Dale Ford working the bases.
And then the other three three for the Red Sox.
And then the other three for the Red Sox.
The two of them are Jim Evans and Harry Wendelstedt.
You'll bring them on the left field foul line.
Ed Montague on the right field foul line one ball one strike and as a hopper off the glove at third of night and Santana can't pick it up and Bob's is a boy.
He's going to go to the opposite field all the way.
Night just does flick and Santana looks like he might be able to make a play but he can't find a handle second base and the boxes on with a base hit if it was gorgeous flashing the sign.
Marty Barrett hitting in the number two slot with Boggs aboard.
Interestingly enough for Barrett he has been on base 12 times in the World Series.
He has hit in all five the only player to do so and yet he has failed to score a run.
It'll be a pretty good battle because Ohita knows it better.
I'll be trying to hit that ball to the right side.
He's got a hole between first and second Hernandez has the whole box on.
When you know what a hitter has to do it gives you a bit of an edge but it'll be a pretty good battle.
Dykstra shading him a tad towards right center on one change hit the right center but that's where Dykstra is.
So they played him that way and that's exactly where he hit it.
One out and Bill Buckner coming out.
Not that both the first two hitters been hit the ball to the opposite field the off speed pitcher they're going to try to lay back and look for that pitch and go the other way because you know how you tied him up the last time he faced him.
So Buckner with the right side of the infield open Hernandez on the bag guarding with Boggs the outfield is just about straightaway Dykstra come back over more towards straight away than he was playing Marty Barrett.
I'm surprised he's not shading him towards left center field.
Well he took the expression why don't you drop by literally and figuratively.
That's about the only way to get the traffic in his town.
Wally Bachman almost jumped out of his uniform when that man came down in front of him at second base.
Why not.
Oh Saturday night at Shea one ball and no strikes.
Well to.
Well they're having a look at Renee Latchman.
That's going through the signs Boggs and interested spectator to it.
As you can say they're pinching the middle back and way off to his right Santana to his left.
So they're both shading Buckner up the middle and he missed him three and oh.
They're expecting Buckman to go that way.
One out first inning.
If there would be a pitch he could pull would be the 3 1 pitch but with Ohita his big strength is changing speeds he throw.
He'll throw you something besides the fastball when he's behind.
Three and one will watch Bob he's holding and it's fouled away three and two.
So they didn't play run and hit on that one.
We'll see what they do this time.
Remember Buckner with the bad leg is a definite double play possibility.
Second in the major leagues in rounding into double players.
So we'll see if that means that McNamara will turn Bob's loose.
I don't think he would because Buck doesn't strike out that much and he's got to stay away from double play to get rice up there.
In game one they didn't have the runner going and Buckner hit into the double play in the first inning.
Bob's is not going then goes late and the ball is hit the straightaway center to Dykstra.
Two out in the first inning Wade Bob holding it first and here is Jim Rice.
Rice eight times an all star up there in a spot in the first inning.
It is interesting that Jim Rice who is a power part of the Red Sox attack has only had three at bats in the World Series with a man in scoring position and half of his at bats have been leading off an inning filed away one and one even though he does not known as a power pitcher.
They're playing right straight away.
Dykstra in center field right in line with the bag.
Take a look at that.
He's got a lot of room in right center and left.
Remember it's three thirty eight down the line.
Three seventy one falling away to three ninety six and four ten straightaway center and he came inside with the fastball ball to do and one on deck.
Dwight Evans doing one change on the pitch before that one was so effective he keeps him honest by coming inside.
He's not afraid to come inside but that's his best.
High foul off to the right and way out of play.
The temperature at game time fifty three degrees.
Little on the damn side.
They're talking about rain perhaps sometime tomorrow.
He's got a little bit of a ball two strikes.
That's another one of those pitches that you you're fooled but you try to appear real cool like you saw it all the way.
Just take it.
But he had it by him.
Boggs of course definitely going to out on a full count.
Hernandez not holding and the pitch is in the dirt.
He's got two chains and the Sox have two on two out and Dwight Evans coming out much as I said about Bobby Ohita pitching on three days rest three years ago.
He pitched extra innings on three days rest against Milwaukee and he certainly is accustomed to the pressure.
He won the second game of the playoffs in Houston after a loss.
He held off the Astros in the sixth game and the Mets won it.
He's got a little bit of a run game three at Fenway Park to avert the sweep.
And now of course pitching a must game of the series for New York.
Two on two out first inning change strike.
A portion of the crowd is doing that sing song Dewey for Dwight.
He says the Boston fans when they were serenading Darrell Strawberry.
He's got a second race at first two out.
Dwight Evans hits the left center field wall for a long double and a run batted in and with first base open the left hand hitting Rich Gedman coming up.
He's got a well hit but played perfectly by Dykstra.
He gets that Cameron good shape hits the cutoff man and with that Latsman holds rice and third.
So for the Mets who won one hundred and eight during the regular season four in the league championship series two in the World Series one hundred and fourteen wins.
Not enough and they go in trailing in the first inning against Roger Clemens.
Fly ball to right center a late start but it's high enough for Strawberry to put it away.
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We have not had a team come from behind in this 1986 World Series and the Mets are fully cognizant of that.
We're going to see the fellows who are going to try and do it for the first time in 1986.
Len Dykstra in center and Wally Bachman at second base.
Keith Hernandez at first and Gary Carter clean up behind the plate.
Darrell Strawberry in right field.
Ray Knight at third.
Mookie Wilson in left field.
Rafael Santana the shortstop batting ninth the pitcher Bobby Ojeda.
For the Red Sox Rice Henderson Evans in the outfield.
Fox on a short.
Barrett at second base.
Buckner at first base.
Getman behind the plate.
Clemens is on the mound.
Must say Ben I'm still waiting for Dykstra to at least test Buckner.
Well we see that might very well be the trick tonight.
Roger Clemens is attempting to clinch his fourth championship in the last four years.
He was the winning pitcher in the final game of the 83 College World Series.
Then while pitching for the New Britain Red Sox he won the Eastern League Championship.
In the seventh game of this year's American League Championship Series he beat California.
And of course now he's out there trying to clinch it for Boston tonight.
Outstanding fastball. He can ride it high and that's the pitch.
He's been talking to Tom Petrarch before the game.
He said you better lay off that high fastball.
He can sink it. He's got a slider.
Curve a foreball.
And he can work that strike zone in and out and up and down.
And I think that's rare when you can work a strike zone up and down.
Well Lenny Dykstra will be the first one to test him.
Followed by Wally Backman and then Keith Hernandez.
Remember where Ojeda is working on three days rest.
Clemens is working on five days rest.
Dykstra right after him with a full swing.
He's going to have to work that count to three and do two although Clemens has outstanding control.
Oh and one to count to Lenny Dykstra.
One ball one strike.
And it is Dykstra who started the Mets on the road back when he hit the home run to right field at Fenway Park.
And it is Dykstra they look to tonight to get them well once again.
There is the attempt but that fastball was by him and if he did get it down it would have gone more to third than the first.
Clemens in addition to being a good fielder better than average has that outstanding fastball a difficult ball to punt.
They describe Clemens very simply as an ordinary pitcher with a hundred and fifty mile an hour fastball.
One and two to count.
Two balls two strikes.
He joined a slight Dwight Evans doubled in Wade Boggs.
And the Sox lead one nothing were in the bottom of the first inning.
Two and two.
Got him.
And he did it with fastballs he did not give him any off speed pitches or anything but that great fastball.
So Dykstra caught looking for out number one and watch where he spots it.
That's no accident.
One away and Wally Bachman coming up and another threat to bond way Bob plays him on the grass.
Barrett is at the ready to charge because of the immobility of Bill Buckner.
He and Buckner got a defense set up fouled away and he was jammed and late when Bachman Bunch he's a 500 hitter.
He's a 10 for 20 this year when he gets that bun down for a base hit on deck.
He Hernandez Boy Shea Stadium is just bristling with electricity and excitement in their strike to get him and has a big mid sought for every game.
And I can hear that fastball pop up here.
That's like throwing a marshmallow into a pillow and he can make it pop.
That's what he does.
The radar gun doesn't have to tell you how hard he's going.
He is really pumping out away off third well back into the crowd.
The Mets have not been retired in order in the first inning since game one.
The Mets have been away for three games since game one.
And he has the count on two on back.
It filed down the left field line back in the crowd broke his back and he just laid the bat on the ball.
That was not even a full swing.
He's got a big lead in the strike strikes to Wally Bachman.
David Johnson as he said in his conversation with Joe before the start of the game did not have a free game meeting because he said I've told the ballclub 60 times a year.
They know what it's about.
So there was no meeting.
No exhortation.
No pep talk.
John McNamara I'm sure whatever he did say was low key and brief.
Most important thing he said is Roger Clemens pitching the Red Sox the whole year when he's out there it's going to be a close ball.
Oh and to the backman got him and he took something off that off speed pitch for strike three.
So Dykstra and now Bachman caught looking.
Look at that one you can see almost in his delivery that he lets up he doesn't really push off his heart and Bachman is committed and there's nothing he can do just can't pull the trigger.
Clemens was rather outspoken about the fact he's unhappy with the mound.
He feels it's high and slopes too much.
He has to grope for the ground in his follow through.
But it's not a bad beginning with two strikeouts on a mound you don't like that kind of stuff.
It's anywhere. Here's Hernandez.
Keith was reminding everybody before the ballgame that he was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals that were down three games to two in the 82 World Series.
And as Hernandez says I'm wearing a ring.
Want to know.
Bowled away.
The fact that Roger Clemens with five days or more of rest is unbeatable.
So far.
Nine and oh.
One ball one strike.
Well to.
Red Sox first inning on deck Gary Carter.
Whenever your club scores a run you have to go out there on defense like the Red Sox you don't want them to score but how you get them out is also important.
He had a good swing and a good fastball on the count two and two if he goes according to that graphic and strikes out the side what a lift that'll be the Red Sox.
And remember there were two balls hit pretty well to straight away center a double off the wall and a high fly ball to right.
So the Sox were hitting the ball out of the infield.
So Hernandez is gone so are the Mets in order and at the end of it it's the Red Sox one and the Mets nothing.
Monday night it's Halloween and the Crosby show.
Why don't we call it what it is.
By the time they get to the tent house they don't even put the bag out anymore.
They just say just give me what you have.
You are such a.
And don't miss the draw about cosmic competition.
This quarter I see you in that later tonight.
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The 1982 team photo of the University of Texas baseball team and three men have emerged to the World Series.
Number one Roger Clement number two Calvin Sheraldi and number three Mike Owen.
I think it's a tribute to all the college coaches. Cliff Gustafson coaches the University of Texas but so many good coaches what a quick trip it is to the big leagues now that they were 82 in college and here they are in the World Series.
Dave Henderson followed by Spike on and then Roger Clement.
Interestingly enough Henderson has started more games in center field for Boston in the postseason than he did in the regular season.
And as you can see he is enjoying every minute of it's pretty good reason to start in the triple fours.
And he's in the double fours in Northland.
Oh he did surrender to walk to rice and then the double by Evans for a run and he's behind now three and older Henderson.
It's not the way he pitches usually ahead when he pitched game three and Mel Stottlemeyer knows full well about that.
He had seven innings in game three and in that game he faced 28 batters and only seven balls including the hits were hit to the outfield.
Well in the first inning three balls were hit for outs and the double so four went to the outfield.
There's a fifth one and we're only in the second inning.
That's a pretty good indication right there Ben because Henderson was on that pitch.
Believe me he was full because he already committed himself and got that bad.
He did it all with his arms and he carried that far.
I mean he doesn't really drive it but he that's not the good Henderson swing.
He'd already committed himself and he drove it a long way.
How about the ball he hit against Donnie Moore.
That wasn't a good swing that that fork ball it didn't.
And yet he hit that thing out.
Yeah but he he had a strong but he had a better swing at that down anymore than this one.
Here's Spike on with one out second inning one nothing Boston ball one.
Come back right through the legs of Ohita in the center field to a one out single by Spike Owen.
That is hit number three for the Sox and it will bring out Clement.
He's got a breaking ball and he sends it right back up the middle.
He waits on it on does he see it now let him hit down on it right back up the middle.
It's a goal right through the wicked and with him on it first base Clemens now gets a chance to help himself by
bunting him over and Hernandez has already set up his defense charging pretty hard in his previous game here at Jay.
He was a bad found Owen at first and he was allowed to swing to and oh it shocked everybody and he eventually was a board on an error.
Right.
He had three trips to the plate in that game.
He was a board on an error sacrifice and fly to right.
You have to be careful of Hernandez at first base because when he goes in and talks to the pitcher he may say now on the second pitch I'll go in a couple steps and go back.
You have to be really leery of him.
He was always in the game Ray Knight way in on the grass a third and committed to commit even more.
There was
Owen one to Roger Clemens he's swinging and fouled away.
Remember they let him swing to an all in that game.
It was the first pitch and he got the ball in his left hand and that's how he got the ball in his left hand.
And that's how he brought it up and sure enough he hacked away Owen to I have to believe that John turned him loose trying to pick a pitch and he picked a pretty good one at that because it was an off speed pitch as we look at last
man flashing a series of signs and Hernandez once again in talking to his pitcher Owen to the Clemens on held on at first the gap in left center Dykstra shading and cheating and Knight ready to charge anyway and the
the second inning and that will
bring up Wade Boggs who's
single off and under Ray Knight's
glove to open up even eventually
came around a score he's looking
for a particular pitch he gets
that slow curveball he'll try to
pull it in a hole first and
second otherwise at fastball
he'll go the opposite field big
breaking ball Boggs takes away
ball one night way off the line
and Santana is shading up the
middle and he fouled it off one
ball one strike one run three
hits for the Red Sox nothing
across for the Mets and we're
in the top of the second there
goes on and there's a base hit
through the hole vacated by
back on his way to third his own
and he'll hold him on a strong
throw by strawberry that's cut
off by Hernandez what a job of
execution backman broke the
cover second and Boggs drilled
it right to the vacated spot and
it was a slow curveball a ball
that he can handle now here he
starts and Marty on gets a
pretty good jump there you see
the ball shooting by him a slow
curveball he was able to pull
it and you can see back and over
near the bag so you try and
outguess Boggs and you figure
left hand hit it maybe he's
going to go the other way again
so you have the second baseman
covered and he burns you and now
here is Marty Barrett who lined
out in the first inning to
Dykstra chain first right.
Pretty apparent and McNamara is
using strategies picking
pitches he did on Clemens and
he did on Boggs and he did with
Owens running logs at first on
a third to out showed him the
fastball one ball and one strike
when they talk about a heater
they talk about me has to sell
his fastball he has to show you
enough of his fastball that you
go with his arm speed and if he
sells you that then he can throw
that off speed pitch and he's
got you but here's a tough hitter
who can go the opposite field
but one and one and he goes foul
trying to take him to right
field one and two the Sox scored
in the first inning but they
left to have left eleven men on
base in each of the last two
games and they've averaged a
little more than nine almost 10
men left on base in each game in
the first inning and once again
Marty Barrett right in the middle
of it or Davey Johnson and the
match they can't afford to fall
back too much especially with
Roger Clemens on the mound for
Boston so immediately there'll
be activity in the match ball
fan so you watch that Marty
Barrett and you think about him
on the pregame show as we look
at when he said Thurman Munson
maybe looking down thinking the
one the big hitter should break
his record but I did it by going
coming in with run number two in
the inning so it is a different
Bobby Ohita indeed in the tip
off as we said the balls in the
first inning never hit out of
the infield to nothing reds on
and here is Buckner who fly
dissenter in the first inning
with Boggs at second and Barrett
at first that hit and run play
was a key play so far and that's
driven to right but strawberry
ball and he's gone back almost
turned the wrong way and makes
the catch the ball pulled him
but Darrell stayed with it and
made the play one run three hits
two more left for the Sox that
makes it four now he has to
twist and go back to get it and
at the end of an inning and a
half to nothing Boston at six
six he was able to reach up and
hit the ball and he's gone back
to the infield to nothing.
Wednesday.
Bloody Cockland brothers.
Guess which way they're headed
Jack.
Right at the Cougars crossing.
Hey where's the flying wheel?
Yeah.
Meet the scourge of the outback.
Should have been an ambulance
driver.
Look I'm ringing in his ears.
I'm bruising around his coccyx.
What?
Bumbo.
Oh my.
These guys are dirtier than
Harry.
Anytime pal make my day.
Just say the word Clint.
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The Red Sox leading the Mets 2-0 in the bottom of the second inning and a couple of the outs have been hit right on the button.
The line drive by Barron, the first inning and the last down by Buckner in the second.
Ojeda has been shaky and Rick Aguilera continues to throw in the bullpen.
So it could be that Davy Johnson is already thinking ahead for a hitter.
Meanwhile, Gary Carter, Darrell Strawberry and Ray Knight coming up.
The Mets are accustomed to winning at Shea. They set a Mets record with 55 home victories this year.
Breaking ball strike, one and one.
Though it would appear as if he has command of all of them. That was the first curveball and running through that one was almost impossible to hit on an outside corner.
He's had all his pitches over the plate so far.
Fastball and now he has Carter in the hole one and two.
Dykstra and Backman struck out, Hernandez fly down.
And now Carter leading off the second inning.
It'll be interesting to see how he works on Carter as we look at Darrell Strawberry because you remember their spotlight volley outside part of the play.
And when they do that they've been effective against Carter.
On the hands so he had to come in and Gary had a pretty good rip and it's still one and two.
That's that high fastball. A tough tough pitch to hit off Roger Clemens.
Again he works that strike zone up and down and it's a rare pitcher indeed who can control that much of the strike zone.
Fastball fouled away.
See those foul balls are gone. Off to the right. He's not getting around.
Just not getting around. The gun says 96 but I'll tell you the catcher's mitt tells a pretty good story when he gets it because it's just popping in there.
Two and two.
It's nothing Boston bottom of the second inning.
And that's fouled away. Off to the right. In fact Gary was a little out in front of that.
He was guessing and he hit it more at the end of the bat.
So you know how hard Clemens is going. The hitters are really off stride with.
A feel straight away.
That will give us a chance just to mention that Rick Aguilera has stopped throwing in the Mets bullpen.
They're not going to give up on the foul ball very soon in this ballpark because the winds were on what's getting.
He knows he's near the dugout. He just found it right there so he's going to tip toe a little bit.
He knows he can't get it.
Three and two to Gary Carter.
The Carter hit it fairly hard but right at the center fielder one down and Darrell Strawberry.
Ball one.
One away second inning Red Sox to Mets nothing on deck. Ray nine.
There it is and he was a little late. It was in a good spot and he couldn't get around on it.
Strength against strength and he just didn't get around on it and two balls and no strikes.
A full hitter guy who can hit the low fastballs and took off on how hard Rodgers throwing.
Two balls two strikes.
Two nothing Boston second inning.
Three and two to Darrell Strawberry fouled away.
And the Cubs won three and two to Carter and now comes back three and two to Strawberry.