The running of the 101st Melbourne Cup is denied live television coverage in Victoria, with only replays allowed across Melbourne’s TV channels.
ABV2 launches the return of The Lorrae Desmond Show, the popular variety show which scored its host a Gold Logie award in 1962.
Source: TV Week, 2 November 1961. The Age Radio and TV Guide, 2 November 1961.
| ABV2 | HSV7 | GTV9 | |
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| 9AM | 9.30am Test Pattern | ||
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| 11AM | 11.15am For Schools: Communications With The World — The Telephone 11.45 Close |
11.25 Through The Gateway 11.30 Toddy Time. Hal Todd |
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| 12PM | 12pm Movie: Come On, Leathernecks. 1938 [IMDB] | ||
| 1PM | 1.15 Dione Lucas 1.30 The Loretta Young Show |
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| 2PM | 2pm The Life Of Riley 2.30 For Schools: Communications With The World — Radio 2.50 Gone Goons |
2pm Lady For A Day. Larry K Nixon, John D’Arcy, Jocelyn Terry | 2pm Burns And Allen 2.30 Staccato |
| 3PM | 3.20 Movie: Young And Willing. 1942 [IMDB] | 3pm News. Danny Webb 3.05 People Are Funny 3.30 My Fair Lady. Vikki Hammond |
3pm It Could Be You. Tommy Hanlon Jnr, Jack Little 3.30 Concentration. Terry Dear |
| 4PM | 4.45 Kindergarten Playtime. Rosemary Milne | 4pm Flash Gordon 4.30 Boots And Saddles 4.50 Pete Smith’s Parade |
4pm The Buccaneers 4.30 Noddy 4.45 Wonders Of The Wild |
| 5PM | 5pm Tuesaday Storybook | 5pm The Happy Show. Happy Hammond | 5pm The Tarax Show. Geoff Corke. Ron Blaskett, Gerry Gee, Susan-Gaye Anderson, Margot Sheridan, Patti McGrath |
| 6PM | 6pm You Asked For It 6.30 I Married Joan |
6pm Melbourne Cup Film 6.05 Hudson’s Bay 6.30 News. Geoff Raymond |
6pm Melbourne Cup Film 6.05 Komedy Korner 6.30 News. Eric Pearce, Jack Little. |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Includes Melbourne Cup Film 7.30 Desert Campaign 7.55 This Week In Britain |
7pm The Beachcomber 7.30 The Cheyenne Show |
7pm The Andy Griffith Show 7.30 Adventures In Paradise |
| 8PM | 8pm Sports Cavalcade. Graeme Cope. Includes Melbourne Cup Film 8.30 The Lorrae Desmond Show. Lorrae Desmond, Colin Croft, John Larsen |
8.27 Melbourne Cup Film 8.32 Hawaiian Eye |
8.30 The Untouchables |
| 9PM | 9pm Movie: I Cover The Waterfront. 1933 [IMDB] | 9.30 Top Of The Town. Jeffrey Lenner, Buster Fiddess, Vikki Hammond, Gaynor Bunning, Johnny Ladd | 9.30 In Melbourne Tonight. Graham Kennedy, Joff Ellen, Dorothy Baker, Rosie Sturgess |
| 10PM | 10.10 Introduction To Gaspe 10.30 ABC News, Newsreel 10.55 Close |
10.30 At Random. Michael Williamson | 10.30 News. Eric Pearce |
| 11PM | 11pm Late News Headlines 11.05 Close |
11pm Epilogue 11.05 Close |
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