7 JANUARY 1984, page 25

Television

Po-faced Richard Ingrams I t is customary at this time of the year for critics to look back over the year's pro- grammes and single out those which they think deserve special......

Cinema

Red terror Peter Ackroyd Gorky Park (`15', selected cinemas) 6 T always wanted to meet an American,' 1 says Mr William Hurt, an American actor playing a Russian policeman in......

Theatre

Lost and found Giles Gordon Peter Pan (RSC: Barbican) Oliver! (Aldwych) Special Occasions (Ambassadors) w hen Wendy (Katy Behean, gawky) is telling a bedtime story to the Lost......