The Bathurst 500 motor race is broadcast live from Mt Panorama, Bathurst. Commentators for the race include Geoff Stone, Norm Bennell and Jack Hagon.
Bert Newton hosts Quest Of Quests, the beauty quest to determine Australia’s representatives at the Miss World, Miss Universe and Miss Teen International beauty pageants.
Because of the Monday public holiday in New South Wales, both ATN7 and TCN9 broadcast movie marathons overnight. ATN7 had been on air continuously since Friday morning.
See also: Sunday 5 October 1969 — VICTORIA
Source: TV Times, 1 October 1969
| ABN2 | ATN7 | TCN9 | TEN10 | |
| 6AM | (Movies continued from overnight) | |||
| 7AM | ||||
| 8AM | 8.30am Bathurst 500. Live from Mount Panorama, Bathurst | 8.30am Young World | ||
| 9AM | 9am International Science | |||
| 10AM | 10.20am Your Career? 10.30 On The In Side |
10am Television Mass | 10.30 Owly’s School | |
| 11AM | 11am Divine Service | 11am Something To Sing About 11.30 Nature Walkabout 11.55 Roma Blair |
11am Swami Sarasvati 11.30 On The Line |
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| 12PM | 12pm A Big Country 12.30 English By TV 12.45 In Your Garden |
12pm Sports Action. Rex Mossop | 12pm Championship Wrestling | 12pm The Jerry Lewis Show |
| 1PM | 1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.50 The Last Peace |
1pm Bathurst 500 (cont’d) | 1pm World Of Sport. Ken Howard, Ron Casey 1.55 Point Of View |
1pm Stoney Burke |
| 2PM | 2.15 Australian Youth Orchestra 2.40 Discovery Of TV |
2pm Star Soccer | 2pm Movie: The Big Gamble. 1961 [IMDB] | |
| 3PM | 3pm 1,2,3 3.45 Movie: All About Eve. 1950 [IMDB] |
3pm Rugby League: Highlights | ||
| 4PM | 4pm Quick Draw McGraw 4.30 Captain Scarlet |
4pm Brian And The Juniors. Brian Naylor 4.30 On Safari |
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| 5PM | 5pm Batman | 5pm Australia’s New Faces. Terry Dear | 5.30 News, Weather, Magazine | |
| 6PM | 6pm Freewheelers 6.25 Misleading Cases |
6pm News, Weather, Magazine. Barrie Freedman 6.30 Road Runner/Bugs Bunny |
6pm News, Weather, Magazine 6.30 Disneyland |
6pm Generation Gap 6.30 New Faces. John Mahon, Brian Adams, Bobby Donovan |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News, Weekend Magazine 7.30 Sounds Like Us. Jeff Phillips |
7.30 A Hard Day’s Week. Barry Creyton, June Salter, Willie Fennell, Donald McDonald, Sue Walker | 7.30 Special: Quest Of Quests. Bert Newton, Rosemary Margan. Live from Wentworth Hotel, Sydney | 7.30 Daniel Boone |
| 8PM | 8pm Oh Brother! 8.30 The First Lady |
8pm Movie: Fail Safe. 1964 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: Trial. 1955 [IMDB] | 8.30 Movie: Battleground. 1949 [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9.18 News In Brief 9.20 Challenge |
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| 10PM | 10.20 ABC News, Weather 10.30 Close |
10.05 The Jackie Gleason Show | 10.30 Movie: Hitler. 1962 [IMDB] | 10.45 Living Camera |
| 11PM | 11.05 Close Up 11.35 Wyatt Earp |
11.45 Sherlock Holmes | ||
| 12AM | 12am Movie: Ziegfeld Girl [IMDB] | 12.15am Movie: Panic In Year Zero [IMDB] | 12.15am Close | |
| 1AM | 1.45 Movie: Cash On Demand [IMDB] | |||
| 2AM | 2am Movie: The Firefly [IMDB] | |||
| 3AM | 3am Movie: The Young Racers [IMDB] | |||
| 4AM | 4.05 Movie: Song Of Love [IMDB] | 4.30 Movie: Scotland Yard Vs Dr Mabuse [IMDB] (Continues to 6am) |
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| 5AM | 5.53 Movie: Horror Island [IMDB] (Continues to 7am) |
