ABC replaces its separate news and current affairs programs with ABC National, a one-hour program combining both news and current affairs analysis.
SAS10 presents the first installment of the World War II mini-series The Cowra Breakout.
See also: Monday 4 March 1985 — MELBOURNE, Monday 4 March 1985 — WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Monday 4 March 1985 — TASMANIA, Monday 4 March 1985 — DARWIN
The National, ABC’s $25m news gamble [2015]
Source: TV Star, 1 March 1985
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| 6AM | 6am Survival 6.30 Today |
6.30am Good Morning Australia | ||
| 7AM | 7am Leave It To Beaver (B&W) 7.30 He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe |
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| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8am The Smurfs 8.30 Calvin And The Colonel |
8.30 Here’s Humphrey | 8.30 Eight Is Enough |
| 9AM | 9am Play School 9.30 For Schools: The Magic Bag, Words And Pictures, Infinity Limited, Plug It In And Switch It On, Encounter Italy, A New World For Sure, Australian History |
9am Romper Room | 9.30 Fantasy Island | 9.30 Fat Cat And Friends |
| 10AM | 10am The Lionel Williams Show | 10.30 Adelaide Today | 10am The Restless Years 10.55 Go Health |
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| 11AM | 11am Eleven AM | 11am National Nine News 11.30 Here’s Lucy |
11am Touch Of Elegance | |
| 12PM | 12pm Movie: Portrait Of An Escort. 1980 [IMDB] | 12pm Midday With Ray Martin | 12pm After Noon. Tony Murphy, Katrina Lee | |
| 1PM | 1pm Close 1.40 For Schools: For The Juniors |
1.30 Days Of Our Lives | 1.30 The Young And The Restless | |
| 2PM | 2pm Close | 2pm Knots Landing | 2.30 General Hospital | 2.25 Another World |
| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street | 3pm Donahue | 3.30 The Young Doctors | 3.20 Blankety Blanks. Graham Kennedy 3.50 Cartoons |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 The Bush Gang |
4pm Wombat 4.30 The Tripods |
4pm The Channel Niners | 4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World |
| 5PM | 5pm The Prince And The Pauper 5.30 Astroboy 5.55 Come And Get It |
5pm Play Your Cards Right 5.30 Wheel Of Fortune |
5pm Scooby Doo And Scrappy Doo 5.30 Diff’rent Strokes |
5pm The Brady Bunch 5.30 Perfect Match |
| 6PM | 6pm Heroes 6.30 ABC National. Clive Hale, Dale Sinclair PREMIERE |
6pm The New Price Is Right 6.30 Seven National News |
6pm Blankety Blanks. Daryl Somers 6.30 Nine Action News |
6pm Eyewitness News |
| 7PM | 7.30 Mother And Son | 7pm State Affair 7.30 Sons And Daughters |
7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 TV’s Bloopers And Practical Jokes |
7pm MASH 7.30 Mini-Series: The Cowra Breakout. Part One [IMDB] |
| 8PM | 8pm Fawlty Towers 8.30 Minder |
8.30 Movie: Zapped! 1982 [IMDB] | 8.30 Possession | |
| 9PM | 9.30 Police | 9.30 Willesee | ||
| 10PM | 10.15 A New World (For Sure) 10.45 All Star Soccer |
10.30 Boone | 10pm The Mike Walsh Show | 10.30 Speedway |
| 11PM | 11.45 Close | 11.30 Newsworld. Includes Today (NBC) (Continues to 7am) |
11.30 Cricket: South Australia v Queensland. Highlights | |
| 12AM | 12am Movie: Fear In The Night. 1972 [IMDB] | 12am L For Lester 12.30 Second City TV |
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| 1AM | 1.45 Movie: Every Man Needs One. 1972 [IMDB] | 1am Close | ||
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| 3AM | 3.10 Movie: Distant Early Warning. 1975 [IMDB] | |||
| 4AM | 4.40 Movie: The Younger Generation (B&W) [IMDB] (Continues to 6am) |
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| ABLN2 Broken Hill NSW ABCS7 Ceduna ABGS1 Mt Gambier ABRS3 Riverland ABNS1 Spencer Gulf North ABWS7 Woomera |
GTS4 Spencer Gulf North BKN7 Broken Hill NSW |
RTS5A Riverland |
SES8 Mt Gambier |
| 8am Sesame Street 9am Play School 9.30 For Schools: The Magic Bag, Words And Pictures, Infinity Limited, Plug It In And Switch It On, Encounter Italy, A New World For Sure, Australian History 1pm Close 1.40 For Schools: For The Juniors 2pm Close 3pm Sesame Street 4pm Play School 4.30 The Bush Gang 5pm The Prince And The Pauper 5.30 Astroboy 5.55 Come And Get It 6pm Heroes 6.30 ABC National. Clive Hale, Dale Sinclair PREMIERE 7.30 Mother And Son 8pm Fawlty Towers 8.30 Minder 9.30 Police 10.15 A New World (For Sure) 10.45 All Star Soccer 11.45 Close |
12pm Midday With Ray Martin 1.30 Mod Squad 2.30 All In The Family 3pm Sons And Daughters 3.30 Children’s Programs 5.45 Regional News 6pm The New Price Is Right 6.30 National News 7pm State Affair 7.29 Tide Times — West 7.30 A Country Practice 8.29 Tide Times — East 8.30 Bergerac 9.27 News 9.30 Doctor At Large 10pm The Mike Walsh Show 11.30 Regional News (Rpt) 11.45 Close |
1.30pm Fat Cat And Friends 2pm Movie: Woman Obsessed [IMDB] 4pm Time For Kids 5.20 What’s On In The Riverland 5.25 Perfect Match 5.50 Sale Of The Century 6.15 Riverland News 6.30 National News 7pm State Affair 7.30 Sons And Daughters 8.30 Valley Of The Dolls 9.30 Masquerade 10.30 Matt Houston 11.25 Riverland News (Rpt) 11.40 Epilogue 11.45 Close |
10.30am Fat Cat And Friends 11am State Affair 11.30 Midday With Ray Martin 1pm Days Of Our Lives 2pm Woman’s World 3.10 The Young And The Restless 4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 4.30 The Tomorrow People 5pm Happy Days 5.30 Perfect Match 6pm Regional News 6.30 National News 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 A Country Practice 8.30 Dallas 9.30 The Mike Walsh Show 11pm Matt Houston 12am Regional News (Rpt) 12.30 Close |
