Source: TV Guide, 18 December 1976
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| 9AM | 9.15am Test Pattern, Music 9.30 Divine Service |
9.30am Test Pattern | ||
| 10AM | 10.30 Close | 10am Test Pattern | ||
| 11AM | 11.30 John Martin’s Christmas Pageant | |||
| 12PM | 12pm Special: Water Babies | 12pm Special: Rupert Bear 12.20 Fat Cat In Double Trouble |
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| 1PM | 1.05pm Test Pattern, Music 1.20 Christmas Music From Hampton Court |
1.15 Movie: David Copperfield. 1935 [IMDB] | 1.20 A Christmas Carol | |
| 2PM | 2.05 The Christmas Messenger 2.30 John Martin’s Christmas Pageant |
2.10 Movie: The Keys Of The Kingdom. 1945 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||
| 3PM | 3.15 Play School 3.45 Basil Brush Christmas Special |
3.15 Special: The Little Drummer Boy 3.40 Special: Frosty The Snowman |
3.15pm John Martin’s Christmas Pageant | |
| 4PM | 4.15 The Happy Prince 4.40 The Glories Of Christmas |
4.05 Special: Cricket On The Hearth | 4pm Movie: Serenade. 1956 [IMDB] | 4.30 Dobie Gillis (B&W) |
| 5PM | 5.30 1976 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race Preview | 5pm Splash Water Safety 5.10 Special: The Night The Animals Talked 5.35 Special: Twas The Night Before Christmas |
5pm Special: Your Christmas Wish. Fat Cat | |
| 6PM | 6pm Countdown Top 100 | 6pm Seven National News. Paul Marshall 6.30 Special: The Year Without Santa Claus |
6pm Movie: The Desert Song. 1953 [IMDB] | 6pm The Queen’s Christmas Message 6.10 Puss ‘n’ Boots 6.35 Special: A Christmas Tree |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News, Weather 7.15 The Queen’s Christmas Message 7.25 The David Nixon Show |
7.30 The Queen’s Christmas Message 7.40 Special: The Bing Crosby Christmas Show |
7pm The Doris Day Show 7.30 Movie: The Homecoming. 1971 [IMDB] |
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| 8PM | 8.15 Are You Being Served? 8.45 Movie: Life With Father. 1947 [IMDB] |
8.40 Movie: Fitzwilly. 1967 [IMDB] | 8pm The Queen’s Christmas Message 8.10 Movie: Half A Sixpence. 1968 [IMDB] |
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| 9PM | 9.30 Carols By Candlelight. Delayed telecast from Melbourne | |||
| 10PM | 10.45 A Child Is Born | 10.40 The Black And White Minstrel Christmas Show | 10.30 On This Day (B&W), Epilogue, Close | |
| 11PM | 11.25 The Queen’s Christmas Message 11.30 Close |
11.40 The Queen’s Christmas Message 11.50 Close |
11.30 The Queen’s Christmas Message 11.40 Close |
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| REGIONALS | |||
| Broken Hill NSW ABLN2 Mt Gambier ABGS1 Riverland ABRS3 Spencer Gulf North ABNS1 Woomera ABWS7 |
GTS4 Spencer Gulf North BKN7 Broken Hill NSW |
RTS5A Riverland |
SES8 |
| 9.15am Test Pattern, Music 9.30 Divine Service 10.30 Close 1.05pm Test Pattern, Music 1.20 Christmas Music From Hampton Court 2.05 The Christmas Messenger 2.30 John Martin’s Christmas Pageant 3.15 Play School 3.45 Basil Brush Christmas Special 4.15 The Happy Prince 4.40 The Glories Of Christmas 5.30 1976 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race Preview 6pm Countdown Top 100 7pm ABC News, Weather 7.15 The Queen’s Christmas Message 7.25 The David Nixon Show 8.15 Are You Being Served? 8.45 Movie: Life With Father. 1947 [IMDB] 10.45 A Child Is Born 11.25 The Queen’s Christmas Message 11.30 Close |
6pm News, Weather 6.30 Time Tunnel 7.30 The Invisible Man 8.28 Tide Times West 8.30 Marcus Welby MD 9.28 Tide Times East 9.30 Movie: Seven Faces Of Dr Lao. 1964 [IMDB] 11.10 Tomorrow’s Programs, Close |
6pm Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids 6.30 Born Free 7.30 I Spy 8.30 Movie: Flight Of The Doves. 1971 [IMDB] 10pm Close |
5.30pm The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas 5.55 A United Christmas 6.50 News 7pm The Queen’s Christmas Message 7.10 Special: Kamahl – The Best Years Of My Life 8pm Movie: Song Of Norway. 1970 [IMDB] 10.30 Epilogue, Close |
