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

ADELAIDE
	ABS2	ADS7	NWS9	SAS10
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
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
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
1AM			1.45 Movie: Every Man Needs One. 1972 [IMDB]	1am Close
2AM
3AM			3.10 Movie: Distant Early Warning. 1975 [IMDB]
4AM			4.40 Movie: The Younger Generation (B&W) [IMDB] (Continues to 6am)
5AM

REGIONALS
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