With the Seven Network having rights to both the annual James Hardie 1000 motor racing from Bathurst and the Davis Cup tennis, on this one occasion when both fell on the same date the tennis coverage was seconded to SBS.

Source: TV Week, 3 October 1987

	ABQ2	BTQ7	QTQ9	TVQ0	SBS28
6AM	Rage (cont’d)	News Overnight (cont’d) 6.30 Cross Rock 6.59 News	(5.35am) Kenneth Copeland 6.30 OK Cartoons	(5.30am) Hour Of Power 6.30 Mass For You At Home
7AM	7am Voltron Defender Of The Universe 7.25 Henry’s Cat 7.30 Astroboy 7.55 Dr Snuggles	7am Sportscene 7.55 Motor Racing: James Hardie 1000. Live from Bathurst NSW	7.30 Sunday Q	7am Early Birds Show
8AM	8am The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz 8.25 The Wombles 8.30 Entre Libre 8.45 Masterworks From The World’s Great Museums		8am Business Sunday
9AM	9am Good Gardening 9.15 Parental Guidance Recommended		9am Sunday	9am Movie: Tarzan And The Huntress. 1947 (B&W) [IMDB]
10AM	10am Four Corners (Rpt) 10.55 La Linea			10.30 Hogan’s Heroes
11AM	11am Worship Sunday		11am Wide World Of Sports: Sunday Edition	11.30 Newsmaker Sunday	11am Tennis: Davis Cup. Live from Sydney
12PM	12pm Heritage			12pm Special: Desert Walker
1PM	1pm Sunday Afternoon With Peter Ross		1pm Indoor Cricket: National Superleague Championships	1pm Movie: Kid With The 200 IQ. 1983 [IMDB]
2PM			2pm The Love Boat
3PM	3pm (to be announced)		3pm Diff’rent Strokes 3.25 Police 5 3.30 Brett’s Home Handyman Show	3pm Movie: Electric Dreams. 1984 [IMDB]
4PM	4pm (to be announced)		4pm Sports Sunday. Mike Gibson, Ian Chappell		4.30 Soccer: West End League
5PM	5pm Sports Arena			5pm Fantasy Island 5.55 Queensland Unlimited
6PM	6pm Go Fish Australia PREMIERE 6.30 Countrywide. Lucy Broad	6pm Seven National News. Nev Roberts 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Disney	6pm National Nine News. Mike London, Rob Brough 6.30 Our World: Life On Earth	6pm Eyewitness News. Geoff Mullins, Tracy Dyson 6.30 Movie: The Never Ending Story. 1984 [IMDB]	6.30 World News. Mary Kostakidis
7PM	7pm ABC News. Janet Wilson 7.30 The Deveson Documentaries	7.30 Beyond 2000	7.30 60 Minutes. Jana Wendt, Ian Leslie, Jeff McMullen, Mike Munro, Jennifer Byrne		7pm Vox Populi. Vladimir Lusic 7.30 Nabucco (Italy)
8PM	8.30 Movie: A Song For Europe [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Delta Force. 1986 [IMDB]	8.30 Mini-Series: North And South II. Part One [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom. 1984 [IMDB]
9PM
10PM	10.05 ABC News 10.10 Music Gallery	10.59 News	10.30 Nightline 10.35 Spitting Image		10.10 The Movie Show (Rpt) 10.40 Showbiz
11PM	11.10 Curio	11pm Basketball: NBL	11pm Golf: Dunhill Nations Cup	11pm Business Week. John Barton	11.10 Vox Populi (Rpt) 11.40 Close
12AM	12am Close	12am News Overnight		12am After MASH 12.30 Close
1AM			1.10am Horse Racing: Prix De L’Arc De Triomphe 1.40 Movie: Man In The Grey Flannel Suit. 1956 (B&W) [IMDB]
2AM
3AM
4AM			4.35 Bonanza
5AM		5.59 News (Continues to 6am)	5.50 Prologue 5.55 Answers For Today (Continues to 6am)