ABC replaces its separate news and current affairs programs with ABC National, a one-hour program combining both news and current affairs analysis.
See also: Monday 4 March 1985 — MELBOURNE, Monday 4 March 1985 — SOUTH 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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| ABW2 | TVW7 | STW9 | |
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| 6AM | 6am Animal World 6.30 Animals Animals Animals |
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| 7AM | 7am Special: Hey Cinderella | 7am Early News Report | |
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8am Wizards And Warriors | |
| 9AM | 9am Play School 9.30 Close |
9am Movie: Father Goose. 1965 [IMDB] | |
| 10AM | 10am Movie: Mission Galactica – The Cylon Attack. 1979 [IMDB] | ||
| 11AM | 11am Get Smart | ||
| 12PM | 12pm Movie: They’re A Weird Mob. 1966 [IMDB] | 12pm Midday With Ray Martin | |
| 1PM | 1.10pm Weekend Magazine (Rpt) 1.25 Close |
1.35 Movie: The Jolson Story. 1946 [IMDB] | |
| 2PM | 2pm Countrywide | 2.10 The Powers Of Matthew Star | |
| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Crystal Tipps And Alistair |
3.15 Wheel Of Fortune 3.50 The Bugs Bunny Show |
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| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 The Bush Gang 4.55 Roger Ramjet |
4pm Wombat 4.30 The Littlest Hobo |
4pm The Ossie Ostrich Video Show 4.30 Fraggle Rock |
| 5PM | 5pm The Prince And The Pauper 5.25 The Wombles 5.30 Star Blazers 5.55 On The Road |
5pm The Bugs Bunny Show 5.20 Newsbreak 5.25 The New Price Is Right |
5pm The Monkees 5.30 Blankety Blanks |
| 6PM | 6pm Heroes 6.30 ABC National PREMIERE |
6pm News 6.30 State Affair |
6pm News |
| 7PM | 7.30 Mother And Son | 7pm Sons And Daughters 7.30 Riptide |
7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 Newsbreak 7.35 Possession |
| 8PM | 8pm Fawlty Towers 8.30 Minder |
8.30 Newsbreak 8.35 Mini-Series: Praying Mantis. Part One [IMDB] |
8.30 Newsbreak 8.35 TV’s Bloopers And Practical Jokes |
| 9PM | 9.20 Police | 9.30 Newsbreak 9.35 The Mike Walsh Show |
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| 10PM | 10.05 All Star Soccer | 10pm TJ Hooker | |
| 11PM | 11.05 Close | 11pm Baseball | 11.10 Movie: The Shootist. 1976 [IMDB] |
| 12AM | 12am The Dick Emery Show 12.30 Close |
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| 1AM | 1.05am Movie: Bret Maverick – The Lazy Ace [IMDB] | ||
| 2AM | 2.55 Movie: Devil’s Mountain | ||
| 3AM | |||
| 4AM | 4.35 Movie: Carry On Nurse. 1960 (B&W) [IMDB] (Continues to 6am) |
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| 5AM | |||
| REGIONALS | |||
| ABAW2 Albany ABSW5 Bunbury ABGW6 Geraldton ABKW6 Kalgoorlie + Satellite/Remote sites |
BTW3 Bunbury GSW9 Albany |
VEW8 Kalgoorlie |
GTW11 Geraldton |
| 8am Sesame Street 9am Play School 9.30 Close 1.10pm Weekend Magazine (Rpt) 1.25 Close 2pm Countrywide 3pm Sesame Street 3.55 Crystal Tipps And Alistair 4pm Play School 4.30 The Bush Gang 4.55 Roger Ramjet 5pm The Prince And The Pauper 5.25 The Wombles 5.30 Star Blazers 5.55 On The Road 6pm Heroes 6.30 ABC National PREMIERE 7.30 Mother And Son 8pm Fawlty Towers 8.30 Minder 9.20 Police 10.05 All Star Soccer 11.05 Close |
7am Early News Report 9am Movie: How To Steal A Million [IMDB] 11am Jim Bakker 12pm Midday With Ray Martin 1.30 Bamix Cooking School 1.40 Movie: Shenandoah [IMDB] 3.30 Fat Cat And Friends 4pm The Littlest Hobo 4.30 Flipper 5pm Spiderman 5.20 Perfect Match 5.45 Local News 6pm News (STW9) 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 Simon And Simon 8.30 Prisoner 9.25 Local News 9.30 The Mike Walsh Show 11.05 TJ Hooker 12.05am Close |
7am Early News Report 9am Here’s Humphrey 10am Close 12pm Midday With Ray Martin 1.30 Movie: Cougar Country. 1971 [IMDB] 3pm Close 4.30 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 5pm Blankety Blanks 5.30 Local News 6pm News (TVW7) 6.30 State Affair 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 News 7.35 Possession 8.30 Robin Of Sherwood 9.35 The Mike Walsh Show 11.10 Mini-Series: Against The Wind [IMDB] 12.10am Close |
12pm Here’s Lucy 12.30 Movie: Gigi [IMDB] 2pm Close 5.30 Tom And Jerry 6pm Sale Of The Century 6.25 Local News 6.35 News 7pm Local Weather 7.05 WKRP In Cincinatti 7.30 The World Around Us 8.30 The Jewel In The Crown 9.30 Carry On Laughing 10pm Now Look Here 10.20 The Gentle Touch 11.20 Close |
