Saturday 6 September 1997 — MELBOURNE

ABC and commercial television override scheduled prime time programming to broadcast the funeral of Diana Princess Of Wales live from London.

Due to the uncertainty over the finishing time for the service a number of late night programs were not confirmed at time of publication

ABC also schedules the broadcast of Her Majesty The Queen’s Message but similarly is unable to confirm exact broadcast times at the time of publication

Source: Herald Sun, 6 September 1997

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS28	31
6AM	Rage (cont’d)	6am Cross Country 6.30 Sunrise News Special Edition	Tennis: US Open (cont’d)	6am Basketball: Australian Under 18 Championship	6am Worldwatch: 6am Japanese News, 6.30 Weatherwatch 7am Telegiornale, 7.35 Cantonese News, 8.30 Das Journal, 9am Le Journal, 9.40 Vremya, 10.15 Telediario, 11am Indonesian News, 11.30 The Journal, 12pm Business Report
7AM	7am Her Majesty The Queen’s Message. Followed by: Rage (cont’d)	7am Saturday Disney		7am Owl TV 7.30 Mission Top Secret
8AM			8am Today On Saturday	8am Totally Wild 8.30 Mirror Mirror
9AM	9am Her Majesty The Queen’s Message (Rpt) Followed by: Recovery	9am Clowning Around 9.30 The Adventures Of The Bush Patrol	9am Hot Science 9.30 Plucka’s Place	9am Video Hits
10AM		10am Huckleberry Hound 10.30 Saved By The Bell: The New Class	10.30 Wishbone
11AM		11am Sweet Valley High 11.30 The Mask	11am Lawn Bowls: Mazda Jack High Tournament	11am Air Time
12PM	12pm Stateline (Rpt) 12.30 Snooker: West Australian SGIO Open Championship	12pm Movie: How I Spent My Summer. 1992 [IMDB]	12pm The Wackiest Ship In The Army	12pm Bright Ideas The Home Improvement Show	12.30pm Movie: Sparkling Fox. 1993 (China) [IMDB]	12.30pm Zontas 100%
1PM	1pm Soccer: English Premier League		1pm Wide World Of Sports	1.30 The Silver Brumby		1pm Tamil TV
2PM	2pm Football: VFL. Second Semi-Final. Frankston v Sandringham	2pm Movie: The Prince Who Was A Thief. 1951 [IMDB]		2pm Road To Avonlea	2.10 Guatemalan Children Of The Dump (Guatemala)	2pm Vietnamese Program 2.30 Melbourne Musos
3PM			3.30 Dolphin Cove	3pm Sprite Snowboard Session	3.05 Great Arias 3.30 Curtis Mayfield: Darker Than Blue	3pm Musical Portraits
4PM		4pm Special: The Making Of Hercules 4.30 Rex Hunt Fishing Adventures	4.30 Burke’s Backyard (Rpt)	4pm Motor Sport: Indycar. From Vancouver, Canada	4.30 Nuclear Fallout Part 1	4pm Turkish Music Box 4.30 China Central TV Actors Show
5PM	5pm ABC News 5.30 Royal Funeral Service For Princess Diana. Live from London     Followed by: Movie: Europa Europa. 1991 [IMDB] Order In The House Rage (Continues to 7am)	5pm Football: AFL. Second Qualifying Final. Western Bulldogs v Sydney. Highlights	5.30 National Nine News	5pm Ten News 5.30 Royal Funeral For Princess Diana. Live from London (see advertisement below)	5.15 Hotline 5.30 World Soccer	5.30 Love From Cyprus
6PM		6pm Seven Nightly News 6.30 Farewell To A Princess: Funeral Service For Princess Diana. Live from London	6pm Diana — Farewell English Rose. Funeral Service For Princess Diana. Live from London (see advertisement below)		6.30 World News. Lee Lin Chin	6.30 Saturday Night Harness Racing
7PM					7pm A Taste Of Caribbean 7.30 Dateline
8PM					8.30 Special: Silent Sentinels, Coward’s War
9PM					9.30 The Maxx
10PM				(Due to the uncertain finishing time of the service late night programs may be changed) 10pm Peak Practice	10pm The World Of Hammer 10.30 Movie: Keoma. 1976 (Italy) [IMDB]
11PM				11.15 Ten News 11.45 Sports Tonight		11.15 Close
12AM		12am Football: AFL. Western Bulldogs v Sydney. Delayed telecast from MCG		12.15am Basketball: NBL Mitsubishi Challenge	12.10am Movie: City On Fire. 1987 (Hong Kong) [IMDB]
1AM			1am Tennis: US Open (Continues to 8am)		1.55 Close
2AM		2.20 Bluey		2.15 Telemall Shopping
3AM		3.10 Funniest People 3.35 Movie: The Hawaiians. 1970 [IMDB] (Continues to 6am)		3.45 Aboriginal Australia
4AM				4pm Hillsongs Australia Presents 4.30 Key Of David
5AM				5am Hour Of Power (Continues to 6am)	5am Weatherwatch, Music (Continues to 6am)