The Bicentennial year is launched with Australia Live, a four-hour live telecast from over 70 locations around the country. Produced in partnership and screened simultaneously on ABC, SBS, Nine Network and regional television stations.

Australia Live: The Celebration of a Nation [2013]

See also: Friday 1 January 1988 — DARWIN, Friday 1 January 1988 — MELBOURNE

Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 1 January 1988

	ABN2	ATN7	TCN9	TEN10	SBS28
6AM	Rage (cont’d)	6am The Thing 6.25 Huckleberry Hound 6.40 Cartoon Connection	6am Bonanza	6am Maya The Bee 6.30 Marine Boy
7AM	7am Voltron Defender Of The Universe 7.30 Battle Of The Planets		7am Early News	7am Eyewitness News
8AM	8am Belle And Sebastian 8.30 Sesame Street		8am Cartoon Company	8am Tarzan
9AM	9.30 Play School	9am Romper Room	9am Here’s Humphrey 9.30 The Young Doctors	9am The Waltons
10AM	10am Puddle Lane 10.15 Noddy 10.30 Baby And Co	10am Special: Rudolph’s Shiny New Year	10am The Sullivans	10am Fat Cat And Friends 10.30 Eyewitness News
11AM	11am Zoo 2000 11.30 Swallows And Amazons Forever	11am Tennis: Ariadne Women’s Classic. Live from Brisbane	11am World Of Survival 11.30 Ten Pin Bowling	11am Another World
12PM	12pm Eastenders		12pm Waterloo Station	12pm Santa Barbara
1PM	1pm Flambards 1.30 Tucker’s Luck		1pm Private Benjamin 1.30 Days Of Our Lives	1pm The Bold And The Beautiful	1.40pm Movie: Oscar, Kina And The Laser (Spain) 1978 [IMDB]
2PM	2pm 3-2-1 Contact 2.30 Fast Forward		2.30 Young And The Restless	2pm Movie: Day Of Thanks On Walton Mountain. 1982 [IMDB]
3PM	3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends		3.30 General Hospital		3.15 Movie: The Humpbacked Horse (USSR) [IMDB]
4PM	4pm Play School 4.30 Today’s Special		4pm Simon And Sarah 4.30 The Curiosity Show	4pm Ridgey Didge	4.30 Formula 1 (France)
5PM	5pm Earth Watch 5.30 Metal Mickey		5pm Professor Poopsnagle’s Steam Zeppelin 5.30 Ask The Leyland Brothers	5pm The Ghost And Mrs Muir 5.30 Perfect Match	5.30 Looking For America
6PM	6pm Ghostbusters 6.30 The Red And The Blue 6.35 Television Parts	6pm Seven National News 6.45 Sport Today	6pm National Nine News 6.30 Road To Calgary	6pm Eyewitness News	6.30 World News
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.30 Australia Live — The Celebration Of A Nation. Live broadcast from over 70 locations across Australia. Presenters including Clive James, Paul Hogan, Ray Martin, Tony Barber, George Negus, Derryn Hinch, Greg Evans, Daryl Somers, Graham Kennedy, Jana Wendt. Also including ABC presenters Trish Goddard, Lucy Broad, Peter Couchman, Geoffrey Robertson, Mary Delahunty	7pm Terry Willesee Tonight 7.30 The Golden Girls	7pm Crossfire 7.30 Australia Live — The Celebration Of A Nation. Live broadcast from over 70 locations across Australia. Presenters including Clive James, Paul Hogan, Ray Martin, Tony Barber, George Negus, Derryn Hinch, Greg Evans, Daryl Somers, Graham Kennedy, Jana Wendt.	7pm The Facts Of Life 7.30 Highway To Heaven	7pm The Alcanadre Expedition (France) 7.30 Australia Live — The Celebration Of A Nation. Live broadcast from over 70 locations across Australia. Presenters including Clive James, Paul Hogan, Ray Martin, Tony Barber, George Negus, Derryn Hinch, Greg Evans, Daryl Somers, Graham Kennedy, Jana Wendt. Hosting the SBS telecast is George Donikian and Mary Kostakidis
8PM		8pm Kate And Allie 8.30 Tennis: South Australian Men’s Open. Live from Adelaide		8.30 Movie: Green Grass Of Wyoming. 1948 [IMDB]
9PM
10PM				10.25 News Update 10.40 Movie: Decision Before Dawn (B&W) 1952 [IMDB]
11PM	11.30 Rage (Continues to 10am)		11.30 Movie: The Getting Of Wisdom. 1977 [IMDB]		11.30 Movie: Stephen The King (Hungary)
12AM		12am News Overnight Includes Today (NBC) (Continues to 6am)
1AM			1.30am Movie: Not With My Wife You Don’t. 1966 [IMDB]	1am Night Shift	1.10am Movie: Tristan And Isolde (Germany)
2AM					2.45 Close
3AM			3.50 Movie: Contraband Spain (B&W) 1955 [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5.30 Animal Express (Continues to 6am)	5am Blankety Blanks 5.30 NFL American Football (Continues to 7am)