Network Ten’s coverage of the Melbourne Cup dominates the day’s viewing and is relayed to regional stations.

The Seven Network mini-series The Last Outlaw continues in its weekly timeslot, relayed across Victoria.

Source: The Age Green Guide, 30 October 1980. TV Week, 1 November 1980

MELBOURNE
	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS0/28
6AM			6am King Leonardo 6.30 The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show 6.55 Go Health
7AM			7am Cartoons	7am The Early Bird Show
8AM	8am Sesame Street
9AM	9am Close 9.30 Play School		9am Here’s Humphrey	9am Melbourne Cup Preview. Phil Gibbs, Clem Dimsey
10AM	10am Close	10am Romper Room	10am The Ed Allen Show 10.30 Another World	10.30 The Bernard King Show
11AM		11am Willesee At Seven (Rpt) 11.30 Sadie It’s Cold Outside	11.55 News	11am Melbourne Cup Day. Phil Gibbs, Clem Dimsey, Annette Allison, Des Spain, Peter Lovitt, Graeme Kelly, Ron Taylor. Live from Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne.
12PM		12pm Movie: Hot Millions. 1968 [IMDB]	12pm The Mike Walsh Show
1PM	1pm ABC News 1.11 Wild Wild World Of Animals 1.35 Movie: Home In Indiana. 1944 [IMDB]		1.30 Days Of Our Lives
2PM		2.10 Movie: All The Way To Paris. 1966 [IMDB]	2.30 The Young And The Restless 2.55 News
3PM	3.15 Arthur 3.40 Bagpuss 3.55 Crystal Tipps And Alistair		3pm General Hospital 3.30 Search For Tomorrow
4PM	4pm Alexander’s Afternoon. Includes Play School, Sesame Street	4pm The Tomorrow People 4.30 Shirl’s Neighbourhood	4pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 4.30 My Friend Flicka
5PM	5pm The Long Chase 5.35 Danedyke Mystery 5.58 ABC News Headlines	5pm The Flintstones 5.30 Bewitched	5pm Here’s Lucy 5.30 Family Feud	5.15pm Bugs Bunny And Friends 5.30 The Brady Bunch
6PM	6pm The Wombles 6.05 The David Nixon Magic Show 6.30 My Favourite Martian 6.55 This Week In Britain	6pm Get Smart 6.30 Seven National News. Mal Walden	6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 National Nine News. Brian Naylor	6pm Eyewitness News. David Johnston, Jana Wendt	6.28pm News Headlines 6.30 Taxi Driver (Greece)
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.30 Come Back Mrs Noah	7pm Willesee At Seven 7.30 Quincy ME	7pm Sale Of The Century. Tony Barber, Victoria Nicolls 7.30 Our World With Ita Buttrose	7pm MASH 7.30 The Restless Years	7.30 Jack London In The Great North (Italy)
8PM	8pm Dad’s Army 8.30 Secret Army	8.30 Mini-Series: The Last Outlaw [IMDB]	8.30 What’ll They Think Of Next?	8.30 Prisoner	8.27 News Headlines 8.30 SCOOP
9PM	9.20 ABC News, Weather 9.30 Nationwide		9pm Tales Of The Unexpected 9.30 Hawaii Five O	9.30 Movie: Walkabout. 1971 [IMDB]	9.30 World News
10PM	10pm Movie: Design For Scandal. 1941 (B&W) [IMDB]	10.30 The Sweeney	10.30 Barnaby Jones		10pm Close
11PM	11.25 Close	11.30 Movie: Bataan. 1942 (B&W) [IMDB]	11.30 Get Some In	11.20 Movie: Charlie Chan: Happiness Is A Warm Clue. 1971 [IMDB]
12AM			12am Movie: Breakfast At Tiffany’s. 1961 [IMDB]
1AM		1.45am Close		1.15am Special Edition 1.45 Close
2AM			2.10 Movie: Sorry Wrong Number. 1948 (B&W) [IMDB]
3AM			3.55 Movie: The Beast Of Hollow Mountain. 1956 [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5.10 Big Valley (Continues to 6am)