Christmas Day 1968, and among the usual Christmas fare are direct telecasts from the Apollo 8 space mission, and Christmas greetings from Australian troops in Vietnam.
Source: TV Week, 28 December 1968. The Age, 24 December 1968.
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| 6AM | (5.31am) Direct telecast by satellite from the capsule of Apollo 8 (5.50) Close |
(5.20am) News (5.31) Direct telecast by satellite from the capsule of Apollo 8 (5.50) Close 6.55 News |
(5.31am) Direct telecast by satellite from the capsule of Apollo 8 (5.50) Close |
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| 7AM | 7am Apollo 8 Telecast (Rpt) 7.20 Apollo Project: Documentary 7.55 News |
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| 8AM | 8.40am Apollo 8 Telecast | 8am Apollo 8 Telecast (Rpt) 8.20 News 8.30 Close |
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| 9AM | 9am Zig And Zag 9.30 Rin Tin Tin |
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| 10AM | 10am Jungle Jim 10.30 Texas Rangers |
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| 11AM | 11am Divine Service: Christmas Day | 11am Circus Boy 11.30 Casey Jones 11.56 News |
11.30 Christmas messages from the troops in Vietnam | |
| 12PM | 12pm Close | 12pm Movie: Blossoms In The Dust. 1941 [IMDB] | 12pm Movie: Top O’ The Morning. 1949 [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1.35 Movie: A Day At The Races. 1937 [IMDB] | 1.30 Movie: The Little Kidnappers. 1954 [IMDB] | ||
| 2PM | 2.15 Christmas Messages from the troops in Vietnam | 2.30pm The Drummer | ||
| 3PM | 3pm Jenny’s Christmas 3.30 Driftwood 3.45 Movie: Funny Things Happen Down Under [IMDB] |
3.30 Christmas messages from the troops in Vietnam | 3pm Going My Way | 3pm Movie: Dog Of Flanders [IMDB] |
| 4PM | 4.40 The Magnificent Mountain | 4pm Zig And Zag 4.30 Greenacres 4.55 The Virginian |
4pm Christmas Wonderland 4.30 Movie: Jungle Book [IMDB] |
4.30 Brigham Young University Christmas |
| 5PM | 5.30 Aladdin And His Wonderful Lamp | 5.30 Junior Blind Date | ||
| 6PM | 6.10 The Monkees 6.30 News. Geoff Raymond, David Johnston |
6pm Christmas Is A Time. Eric Pearce 6.30 News. Eric Pearce, Kevin Sanders |
6pm News. Barry McQueen. Includes Queen’s Christmas Message 6.30 The Flintstones |
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| 7PM | 7pm News 7.15 Her Majesty The Queen’s Christmas Message 7.30 Titipu — A New Mikado |
7pm Coles $6000 Question 7.30 The Jackie Gleason Show |
7pm Christmas messages from the troops in Vietnam 7.30 Alice In Wonderland |
7pm Bewitched 7.30 Bonanza |
| 8PM | 8.45 In All Directions | 8.30 Movie: A Song To Remember. 1945 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: An Affair To Remember. 1957 [IMDB] | 8.30 Rowan And Martin’s Laugh-In |
| 9PM | 9.30 House By The Stable | 9.30 Say It With Music. Barry Crocker | ||
| 10PM | 10.05 The World About Us 10.45 Her Majesty The Queen’s Christmas Message 10.50 Close |
10.30 Late News 10.45 Sammy Davis Meets The British |
10.30 News. Eric Pearce | 10.30 Christmas messages from the troops in Vietnam |
| 11PM | 11.45 Close | 11pm Christmas messages from the troops in Vietnam 11.30 Epilogue 11.35 Close |
11.15 News. Includes Queen’s Christmas Message 11.45 Close |
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