ABC relaunches its late afternoon line-up, including the series return of children’s science program Why Is It So? and new episodes of British sci-fi Doctor Who. But the highlight of the new schedule is the debut of Be Our Guest, a curious mix of drama, music and interviews, with a cast including Jacki Weaver, Lorraine Bayly and Sean Scully. Guests in the first episode include pop star Normie Rowe and French singer Jean Sablon.

Later in the evening, ABC’s Australian Playhouse presents the play Objector, starring John Derum, Elspeth Ballantyne, Syd Conabere and Carl Bleazby. It tells the story of a young man who fears conscription, bringing him into direct conflict with his father. Objector was written by Tony Morphett.

Source: TV Times, 28 September 1966

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9AM	9am Test Pattern 9.10 For Schools: Form 2 Maths, Primary Maths			9am Test Pattern
10AM	10.05 Play School (BBC) 10.30 Close 10.40 For Schools: Form One Maths, On The Waterfront, Form Two Maths
11AM			11.45am Prologue. Hal Todd. Includes Toddy Today
12PM		12.15pm Prologue 12.20 News 12.30 Movie: Public Enemy [IMDB]	12pm Concentration 12.30 Movie: Tell It To The Judge. 1950 [IMDB]
1PM	1pm Weekend Magazine (Rpt) 1.25 For Schools: On The Waterfront, Form One Maths, The Art Of Music	1.40 Programs. John Eden 1.45 What’s Cooking?
2PM		2pm Morning Star 2.30 People In Conflict. Geoff Stone	2pm It Could Be You. Tommy Hanlon Jnr 2.30 Take The Hint. Frank Wilson
3PM	3.20 Look At Life 3.30 Boyd QC 3.55 Cartoons	3pm Time For Terry. Terry O’Neill	3pm Ben Casey	3.30pm Compass
4PM	4.10 The Magic Boomerang 4.35 The Shari Lewis Show 4.55 Lassie	4pm Huckleberry Hound 4.30 Jet Jackson	4pm The Eighth Man 4.30 Sea Hunt	4pm The Texan 4.25 Storytime 4.30 Fury
5PM	5.20 Why Is It So? Professor Julius Sumner Miller 5.30 Be Our Guest. Jackie Weaver, Sean Scully, Lorraine Bayly, Gordon Glenwright, Jack Allan PREMIERE	5pm Rin Tin Tin 5.30 Robin Hood 5.55 The SSB Club	5pm Milton The Monster 5.30 The Beatles	5pm The Magic Circle Club. Nancy Cato 5.30 The Flintstones
6PM	6pm Mister Ed 6.30 Doctor Who	6pm The Munsters 6.30 News. Geoff Raymond	6pm The Bugs Bunny Show 6.30 News. Eric Pearce, Kevin Sanders, Rosemary Margan	6pm Kommotion. Ken Sparkes 6.30 The Three Stooges 6.45 News. Barry McQueen
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