With the Seven Network having rights to both the annual James Hardie 1000 motor racing from Bathurst and the Davis Cup tennis, on this one occasion when both fell on the same date the tennis coverage was seconded to SBS.
Source: TV Week, 3 October 1987
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| 6AM | Rage (cont’d) | News Overnight (cont’d) 6.30 Cross Rock 6.59 News |
(5.35am) Kenneth Copeland 6.30 OK Cartoons |
(5.30am) Hour Of Power 6.30 Mass For You At Home |
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| 7AM | 7am Voltron Defender Of The Universe 7.25 Henry’s Cat 7.30 Astroboy 7.55 Dr Snuggles |
7am Sportscene 7.55 Motor Racing: James Hardie 1000. Live from Bathurst NSW |
7.30 Sunday Q | 7am Early Birds Show | |
| 8AM | 8am The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz 8.25 The Wombles 8.30 Entre Libre 8.45 Masterworks From The World’s Great Museums |
8am Business Sunday | |||
| 9AM | 9am Good Gardening 9.15 Parental Guidance Recommended |
9am Sunday | 9am Movie: Tarzan And The Huntress. 1947 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||
| 10AM | 10am Four Corners (Rpt) 10.55 La Linea |
10.30 Hogan’s Heroes | |||
| 11AM | 11am Worship Sunday | 11am Wide World Of Sports: Sunday Edition | 11.30 Newsmaker Sunday | 11am Tennis: Davis Cup. Live from Sydney | |
| 12PM | 12pm Heritage | 12pm Special: Desert Walker | |||
| 1PM | 1pm Sunday Afternoon With Peter Ross | 1pm Indoor Cricket: National Superleague Championships | 1pm Movie: Kid With The 200 IQ. 1983 [IMDB] | ||
| 2PM | 2pm The Love Boat | ||||
| 3PM | 3pm (to be announced) | 3pm Diff’rent Strokes 3.25 Police 5 3.30 Brett’s Home Handyman Show |
3pm Movie: Electric Dreams. 1984 [IMDB] | ||
| 4PM | 4pm (to be announced) | 4pm Sports Sunday. Mike Gibson, Ian Chappell | 4.30 Soccer: West End League | ||
| 5PM | 5pm Sports Arena | 5pm Fantasy Island 5.55 Queensland Unlimited |
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| 6PM | 6pm Go Fish Australia PREMIERE 6.30 Countrywide. Lucy Broad |
6pm Seven National News. Nev Roberts 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Disney |
6pm National Nine News. Mike London, Rob Brough 6.30 Our World: Life On Earth |
6pm Eyewitness News. Geoff Mullins, Tracy Dyson 6.30 Movie: The Never Ending Story. 1984 [IMDB] |
6.30 World News. Mary Kostakidis |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Janet Wilson 7.30 The Deveson Documentaries |
7.30 Beyond 2000 | 7.30 60 Minutes. Jana Wendt, Ian Leslie, Jeff McMullen, Mike Munro, Jennifer Byrne | 7pm Vox Populi. Vladimir Lusic 7.30 Nabucco (Italy) |
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| 8PM | 8.30 Movie: A Song For Europe [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: Delta Force. 1986 [IMDB] | 8.30 Mini-Series: North And South II. Part One [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom. 1984 [IMDB] | |
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| 10PM | 10.05 ABC News 10.10 Music Gallery |
10.59 News | 10.30 Nightline 10.35 Spitting Image |
10.10 The Movie Show (Rpt) 10.40 Showbiz |
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| 11PM | 11.10 Curio | 11pm Basketball: NBL | 11pm Golf: Dunhill Nations Cup | 11pm Business Week. John Barton | 11.10 Vox Populi (Rpt) 11.40 Close |
| 12AM | 12am Close | 12am News Overnight | 12am After MASH 12.30 Close |
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| 1AM | 1.10am Horse Racing: Prix De L’Arc De Triomphe 1.40 Movie: Man In The Grey Flannel Suit. 1956 (B&W) [IMDB] |
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| 4AM | 4.35 Bonanza | ||||
| 5AM | 5.59 News (Continues to 6am) |
5.50 Prologue 5.55 Answers For Today (Continues to 6am) |
