Good Friday, 1985. ABC, Seven and Nine alter much of their regular weekday schedule to accommodate Good Friday specials and religious movies. ABC also reduces its news bulletin ABC National to half an hour starting at 7.00pm.
Source: TV Week, 30 March 1985
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| 6AM | 6am Shirl’s Neighbourhood 6.30 Bewitched (B&W) |
6am Pandamonium 6.25 Go Health 6.30 Scooby Doo Who Dunnit? |
6am Action Now 6.05 Linus The Lionhearted 6.30 Hans Christian Andersen |
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| 7AM | 7am Special: The Berenstain Bears Easter Surprise 7.30 Special: The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ To Town |
7am Today | 7am Good Morning Australia | ||
| 8AM | 8.30 Special: Easter With The Family Circus | ||||
| 9AM | 9am Special: David And Goliath/The Deluge/Daniel In The Lion’s Den | 9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Good Morning Sydney | ||
| 10AM | 10am Turn Round Australia: Easter Special 10.30 Special: A Home Run For Love |
10am Fat Cat And Friends 10.30 Three’s Company |
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| 11AM | 11am Movie: The Song Of Bernadette. 1943 (B&W) [IMDB] | 11.30 National Nine News | 11am All My Children | 11am The Electric Company 11.30 Magazine (Rpt) |
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| 12PM | 12pm Movie: The Bible. 1966 [IMDB] | 12pm After Noon | 12.30pm Movie: The Farewell Song (Lebanon) | ||
| 1PM | 1pm Divine Service | 1.30 Movie: It Started In Naples. 1960 [IMDB] | |||
| 2PM | 2.30 The Shroud Of Jesus | 2.15pm Movie: The Small Miracle. 1973 [IMDB] | 2.30 Special: The San Remo Festival. Highlights (Italy) | ||
| 3PM | 3pm Love So Amazing: A Service For Good Friday | 3pm Special: Troubled River | 3.30 Alice | ||
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 Mr Squiggle And Friends 4.55 Australian Wildlife Club Bulletin |
4pm Wombat 4.30 The Yearling |
4pm The Curiosity Show 4.30 The Ossie Ostrich Video Show |
4pm The Life And Times Of Grizzly Adams | |
| 5PM | 5pm Chocky 5.25 Bananaman 5.30 Astroboy 5.55 Come And Get It |
5pm Wheel Of Fortune 5.30 Neighbours |
5pm Happy Days 5.30 Blankety Blanks. Daryl Somers |
5pm Blankety Blanks. Graham Kennedy (Rpt) 5.30 Perfect Match |
5.30 Don Quixote (Netherlands) |
| 6PM | 6pm The Applicant 6.30 Music, Music, Music |
6pm Seven National News. Ross Symonds, Karina Kelly | 6pm National Nine News. Brian Henderson, Mike Gibson, Alan Wilkie 6.30 Willesee |
6pm Eyewitness News. Katrina Lee, Tim Webster, Graham McNeice, David Fordham, Ron Casey, Dal Myles | 6pm The Sixth Form (Netherlands) |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC National. Geraldine Doogue, Richard Morecroft 7.30 All Creatures Great And Small |
7pm Terry Willesee Tonight 7.30 Special: Return To Children In Crisis. Rowena Wallace, Shane Withington |
7pm Sale Of The Century. Tony Barber, Delvene Delaney 7.30 Possession |
7pm MASH 7.30 Star Search. Greg Evans |
7pm World News. George Donikian 7.30 Music Makes Me Happy (Germany) |
| 8PM | 8.25 The Good Old Days | 8.30 Mini-Series: Jesus Of Nazareth. Part One [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: All Creatures Great And Small. 1974 [IMDB] | 8.29 Eyewitness News 8.30 Movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told. 1965 [IMDB] |
8.30 Dateline. Paul Murphy |
| 9PM | 9.15 Patmos — Isle Of Apocalypse | 9.30 Movie: The Butcher. 1969 (France) (B&W) [IMDB] | |||
| 10PM | 10.10 Golf: International Celebrity Golf 1984 | 10.30 Newsworld. Scott Lambert | 10.30 News 10.35 Charlie’s Angels |
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| 11PM | 11.15 Close | 11.30 Barney Miller | 11.35 We Got It Made | 11.05 Movie: The Law Of The Other Naples. 1974 (Italy) | |
| 12AM | 12am News Overnight. Includes Today (NBC) (Continues to 6am) |
12.05am Movie: Uptight. 1968 [IMDB] | 12.30am Music Video (Continues to 6.30am) |
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| 1AM | 1.10am Close | ||||
| 2AM | 2.10 Movie: Can Ellen Be Saved? 1974 [IMDB] | ||||
| 3AM | 3.35 Movie: Madness Of The Heart. 1949 [IMDB] | ||||
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| 5AM | 5.10 Bonanza (Continues to 6am) |
