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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7AM			7am The Super Flying Fun Show	7am Cartoon Carnival
8AM	8am Sesame Street			8.45 Swami Sarasvati
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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