Wednesday, May 25
BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).* "Runaway Bay," in which a Manhattan career girl (Carol Lynley) returns home searching for peace and finds problems down on the farm.
THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW (CBS, 9:30-10 p.m.). Van Dyke's three older children, along with six writers of the series, appear on the last episode of the five-year-old show, which now sinks into summer reruns.
Thursday, May 26
LONDON PALLADIUM SPECIAL (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). A series of six specials taped at the celebrated music hall, with Bonanza's Lome Greene playing host to Roger Moore (the Saint), Singer Millicent Martin and Comedian Derek Dane.
Friday, May 27
COURT-MARTIAL (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). One of a number of British-produced thrillers imported by the networks to fill the midsummer's quiet nights. This one is The Defenders in uniform.
Saturday, May 28
ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). The Grand Prix of Monaco for Formula 1 racing cars, at Monte Carlo, and the Masters Surfing championships, at Redondo Beach, Calif.
SECRET AGENT (CBS, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). The English version of Amos-Burke-with-an-umbrella gets involved in a plot to trap a navy man suspected of selling information.
THE BARON (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). Scotland Yard's man on this beat is a dealer in antiques whose undercover work is masked by the Chippendales he sells.
Sunday, May 29
RELIGIOUS SPECIAL (CBS, 10-11 a.m.). The 900th anniversary of Westminster Abbey seen, most particularly, through the preparations and participation of the Men and Boys Choir of Washington Cathedral.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST HOUR (NBC, 1:30-2 p.m.). "Of Picks, Shovels, and Words," a special on how the Bible has been used to guide archaeologists in locating and excavating ancient sites, filmed on location in Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan and Israel.
THE AGE OF KENNEDY (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). First of a two-part special on Kennedy, narrated by Chet Huntley. Henry Fonda reads excerpts from Kennedy's early writings.
THE SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 9 p.m.-midnight). Jennifer Jones got an Oscar for this rendering of The Song of Bernadette.
Monday, May 30
THE AVENGERS (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). A bowler-hatted Briton and a mod Honey West explore "The Murder Market," which is masquerading as a marriage mart.
THEATER
On Broadway
IVANOV. Chekhov's first full-length play takes the pulse of a life-sick anti-hero consumed by boredom and narcotized by talk, the opiate of the Russian gentry. John Gielgud's acting and direction somewhat jangle the playwright's night music of the soul, but not enough to drive away a lover of Chekhov's genius.
MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! invites the literate mind to a banquet with a consistently ironic, sometimes macabre American wit. So thoroughly does Hal Holbrook immerse himself in the psyche of Clemens that his performance seems like an uncanny transmigration of souls.
PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME! Before a man can fully embrace the future, he must be willing to endure a painful relinquishing of the past. In an honestly affecting portrait of an Irish émigré, Playwright Brian Friel depicts a young man caught between the pull of old memories and the beckoning of new hopes.