Neighbours debuts on Network Ten after being axed by the Seven Network in 1985. It is the first time an Australian series has changed networks.
Cameron Daddo, Simon Watts and Gwen Soares host the new Network Ten children’s program Off The Dish. The show marks Daddo’s TV hosting debut after appearing on talent quest series Star Search.
See also: Monday 20 January 1986 — MELBOURNE
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 19 January 1986
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| 6AM | 6am Rainbow 6.30 The Adventures Of Black Beauty |
6am Nightline USA 6.30 Today |
(5.55am) Religion 6am Daybreak |
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| 7AM | 7am Cartoon Connection | 7am Good Morning Australia | |||
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8.30 Mister Ed (B&W) | |||
| 9AM | 9am Flash Gordon 9.25 The Toothbrush Family 9.30 Play School |
9am Romper Room | 9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Good Morning Sydney | |
| 10AM | 10am Close | 10am Movie: Hugo The Hippo [IMDB] | 10am Cartoons | 10am Fat Cat And Friends 10.30 Another World |
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| 11AM | 11am Coast To Coast 11.30 National Nine News |
11.30 News | 11.05am Drunken City (Greece) | ||
| 12PM | 12.40pm 3-2-1 Contact | 12pm Movie: Star Crash. 1979 [IMDB] | 12pm Tennis: Nabisco Masters Finals | 12pm Movie: Secrets Of The Bermuda Triangle. 1978 [IMDB] | 12pm Movie: Minestrone. 1981 (Italy) [IMDB] |
| 1PM | 1.10 The Flaxton Boys 1.35 Come Midnight Monay |
1.45 Close | |||
| 2PM | 2.05 The Wild Wild World Of Animals 2.30 Watch This Space |
2pm The New Price Is Right | 2.30 Movie: Brave Warrior. 1952 [IMDB] | 2pm Carson’s Law | |
| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street 3.55 The Adventures Of Paddington |
3pm The Powers Of Matthew Star | 3pm McHale’s Navy (B&W) 3.30 Blankety Blanks. Graham Kennedy |
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| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 The Beachcombers |
4pm Wombat 4.30 The Doombolt Chase |
4pm Beating Around The Bush 4.30 Boomerang |
4pm Off The Dish PREMIERE 4.30 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World |
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| 5PM | 5pm Maestro’s Company 5.25 Bananaman 5.30 News Free Zone. Grahame Bond |
5pm Those Amazing Animals | 5pm Mickey And Donald Present Sports Goofy 5.30 Blankety Blanks. Daryl Somers |
5pm Good Times 5.30 The Best Of Perfect Match |
5.30 Lesniewski Family (Poland) |
| 6PM | 6.05 Come And Get It 6.10 Inspector Gadget 6.35 Doctor Who |
6pm Seven National News 6.45 The Mossop Report |
6pm National Nine News 6.30 The Odd Couple |
6pm Eyewitness News | 6pm 620 Soul Train 6.45 Man And Technology (Italy) |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC Summer National 7.30 Never The Twain 7.55 Porridge |
7pm Terry Willesee Tonight 7.30 Sons And Daughters |
7pm Webster 7.30 Hardcastle And McCormick |
7pm Neighbours (see advertisement below) 7.30 The Finder Of Lost Loves |
7pm World News 7.30 Inside Japan (Japan) |
| 8PM | 8.25 The Spanish Civil War | 8.30 Mini-Series: The Chisholms. Part One [IMDB] | 8.30 Cover Up | 8.30 Movie: The Betsy. 1977 [IMDB] | 8pm The Ariake Tideland (Japan) 8.30 And Life Goes On (Italy) |
| 9PM | 9.25 Blott On The Landscape | 9.27 Lotto 9.30 Eye To Eye |
9.30 Movie: Gikor. (USSR) [IMDB] | ||
| 10PM | 10.20 The Road To Wembley | 10.30 Newsworld | 10.30 National Nine News | 10.50 Matt Houston | |
| 11PM | 11.15 Close | 11.30 Bless Me Father | 11pm Strangers | 11.50 Hawk | 11pm Close |
| 12AM | 12am News Overnight. Includes Today (NBC) (Continues to 6am) |
12am Movie: The Borgia Stick. 1967 [IMDB] | 12.50am Religion 12.55 Close |
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| 1AM | 1.55 Movie: Destiny Of A Spy. 1969 [IMDB] | ||||
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| 3AM | 3.50 Movie: Distant Early Warning. 1975 [IMDB] | ||||
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| 5AM | 5.10 Bonanza (Continues to 6am) |
5.55 Religion (Continues to 6am) |
