The Nine Network debuts the 13-episode Luke’s Kingdom, one of the first major mini-series productions in Australia. A co-production with Trident Television in the United Kingdom, Luke’s Kingdom starred Oliver Tobias, James Condon, Gerard Maguire, Elizabeth Crosby, John Meillon, Gerry Duggan, Helen Morse, Joseph Fürst, Shirley Cameron and John Clayton.
Source: TV Times, 3 April 1976. The Age, 7 April 1976
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| 9AM | 9am Close 9.10 For Schools: Maths (B&W) 9.30 Play School |
9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Movie: Portrait From Life. 1948 (B&W) [IMDB] | |
| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Behind The News, Aborigines Of Australia (B&W), Thinkabout/Talkabout | 10am Celebrity Squares 10.30 Dinah! |
10.30 The Farmer’s Daughter (B&W) | |
| 11AM | 11.35 Close | 11am Return To Peyton Place 11.30 Movies: Fire Over England. 1937 (B&W) [IMDB]; Eye Of The Devil. 1967 (B&W) [IMDB] |
11.30 Search For Tomorrow 11.55 News. Peter Hitchener |
11am The Roy Hampson Show |
| 12PM | 12pm Days Of Our Lives | 12pm The Celebrity Game. Mike Preston 12.30 Vi’s Pad |
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1pm The Young And The Restless | 1pm Casino 10. Philip Brady 1.30 The Mike Walsh Show |
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3pm Homicide (B&W) | 3.25 News 3.30 No Man’s Land. Mickie de Stoop |
3pm Pot Of Gold. Tommy Hanlon Jnr |
| 4PM | 4.55 Adventure Island (B&W) | 4pm Merrie Melodies 4.30 Batman |
4pm Cartoon Corner. Daryl Somers, Ossie Ostrich | 4pm Rin Tin Tin (B&W) 4.30 Dennis The Menace (B&W) |
| 5PM | 5.20 Jumbleland 5.45 Target. Mark Holden, Jane Fennell, Kerry Cook, Brendon Lunney |
5pm Robin Hood (B&W) 5.30 The Beverly Hillbillies (B&W) |
5pm My Three Sons 5.30 The Bugs Bunny Show |
5pm Daniel Boone |
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6pm The Flintstones 6.30 Seven National News. Brian Naylor, David Johnston, Peter Landy, Ilona Komesaroff |
6pm Celebrity Squares 6.30 News Centre Nine. Peter Hitchener, Arthur Higgins, Jack Cannon, Kerry Armstrong |
6pm Eyewitness News. Bruce Mansfield, Briony Behets 6.30 Gomer Pyle USMC |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. John Amies 7.30 This Day Tonight. Peter Couchman |
7pm I Dream Of Jeannie 7.30 Movie: Good Neighbour Sam. 1964 [IMDB] |
7pm A Current Affair 7.30 Mini-Series: Luke’s Kingdom [IMDB] PREMIERE (see advertisement below) |
7pm Julia 7.30 The Rookies |
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