The opening day’s activities of the six-month World Expo 88, based in Brisbane, is telecast on host broadcaster TVQ0.
TVQ0 also set up its Eyewitness News studio at the Expo site, enabling the public demonstration of the news in production.
World Expo 88 — 25 years ago [2013]
Source: Scene On TV, The Sunday Mail (Brisbane), 24 April 1988
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| 6AM | Rage (cont’d) | 6am Aerobicise 6.30 Chris Conroy’s World Of Boats |
6am Archie And Sabrina | (5am) Ever Increasing Faith 6am The World Tomorrow 6.30 Footprints |
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| 7AM | 7am Seven’s Super Saturday | 7am OK! Only For Kids. Laurel Edwards, Tony Johnston, Nathy Gaffney | 7am The Early Bird Show. Darryl Cotton, Marie van Maaren | ||
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| 9AM | 9am The Factory. Andrew Daddo, Alex Papps | 9am Saturday Morning Live. Jonathan Coleman, Ian Rogerson | 9.20 World Expo 88: Opening Ceremony Official opening of World Expo 88 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
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| 10AM | 10.30 Hooker’s Home Buyers’ Guide | ||||
| 11AM | 11am The Home Shopping Show | ||||
| 12PM | 12pm Rock Arena | 12pm Get Smart | 12pm Burke’s Backyard | 12.30pm Movie: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. 1968 [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1.15 Doctor Who | 1pm Football: VFL Match Of The Day | 1pm Wide World Of Sports. Ian Chappell, Max Walker, Mike Gibson | 1.40pm Movie: The Little Gang. 1982 (France) | |
| 2PM | 2.45 Sandwich 2.50 Danger Mouse |
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| 3PM | 3pm Rugby League | 3.30 World Expo 88: Opening Day | 3.10 Flying Cestmir (Czechoslovakia) | ||
| 4PM | 4.45 Saturday Sports Arena | 4pm The Inspector’s Kids (Italy) 4.30 The Yellow Woodpecker’s Ranch (Brazil) |
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| 5PM | 5pm Gimme A Break | 5pm Noah’s Ark (Spain) 5.30 World Soccer |
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| 6PM | 6pm ABC News 6.30 Countrywide |
6pm Seven Nightly News 6.30 The World Around Us |
6pm National Nine News. Mike London, Alan Thomas 6.30 Hey Hey It’s Saturday. Daryl Somers, Jacki MacDonald, Ossie Ostrich, John Blackman |
6pm Eyewitness News. Tony Ryan, Tracey Dyson (see advertisement below) 6.30 Young Talent Time |
6.30 World News |
| 7PM | 7pm That’s Australia! 7.30 Upstairs Downstairs |
7.30 The Golden Girls | 7.30 Magnum | 7pm Dining In France (France) 7.30 Dateline |
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| 8PM | 8.20 ABC News 8.30 Movie: The Knowledge [IMDB] |
8pm Kate And Allie 8.28 Super 66/Gold Lotto 8.30 Movie: A Pocketful Of Rye [IMDB] |
8.30 21 Jump Street | 8.30 World Expo 88: Spectacular Includes opening night concert and fireworks |
8.30 Movie: Exterminating Angel. 1962 (Mexico) (B&W) [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9.30 Houston Knights | ||||
| 10PM | 10pm After The Movie. Clive Hale 10.20 The Untouchables (B&W) |
10.30 Movie: Murder She Said. 1962 (B&W) [IMDB] | 10.30 Nightline 10.35 MTV |
10.30 Special: Fred Astaire Salutes Fox Musicals | 10.10 Movie: Simon Of The Desert. 1965 (Spain) (B&W) [IMDB] 10.55 Movie: Dear Lady Eva. 1955 (B&W) (Italy) [IMDB] |
| 11PM | 11.10 Rage (Continues to 7am) |
11.30 English Rugby League: Silk Cup Challenge Final. Wigan v Halifax | |||
| 12AM | 12.15am News Overnight (Continues to 6am) |
12.40am Close | |||
| 1AM | 1.35am Movie: Return To Peyton Place. 1961 [IMDB] | 1.45am Close | |||
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| 4AM | 4am Columbo | ||||
| 5AM | 5.10 Victory At Sea 5.35 Kenneth Copeland (Continues to 6.30am) |
5.30am Hour Of Power (Continues to 6.30am) |
