Seven debuts game show Catch Us If You Can, a mix of studio and on-location games and Candid Camera-type stunts. The show is hosted by ’60s pop star Bryan Davies with presenters including Deborah Gray, Russell Newman, Grant Dodwell, Ian Macrae, Marty Morton, Mark Kounnas and Edith Bliss.
The show was not a success and was quietly taken off-air by the end of April.
Source: TV Week, 7 February 1981 (Except SBS: Source The Age, 5 February 1981)
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ABV2 | HSV7 | GTV9 | ATV10 | SBS0/28 | |
6AM | 6am Rocky And His Friends 6.30 King Leonardo 6.55 Go Health |
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7AM | 7am Cartoons | 7am The Early Bird Show | |||
8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8.55 Launching Pad | |||
9AM | 9.05 For Schools: For The Juniors 9.30 Play School |
9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am The Celebrity Game 9.30 The Doris Day Show |
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10AM | 10am For Schools: Waterloo Street, The Erg Report, The Wind In The Wires, Flip Slide Turn, Communications, Neighbours: Oceania | 10am Romper Room | 10am The Big Valley | 10am Fat Cat And Friends 10.30 The Bernard King Show |
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11AM | 11am Within These Walls | 11am Division 4 11.55 News |
11am Good Morning Melbourne. Annette Allison, Roy Hampson | ||
12PM | 12pm Close 12.35 Weekend Magazine (Rpt) |
12pm Movie: A Dandy In Aspic. 1968 [IMDB] | 12pm Movie: Foster And Laurie. 1975 [IMDB] | 12pm Movie: Onionhead. 1958 (B&W) [IMDB] | |
1PM | 1pm ABC News 1.10 Weather 1.11 Close |
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2PM | 2.15 For Schools: Out ‘N’ About 2.45 Close |
2pm Medical Centre | 2pm Movie: Overlord. 1975 [IMDB] | 2pm Texas | |
3PM | 3pm Police Woman | 3.40 Cricket: Third Test. Australia v India. Live from the Melbourne Cricket Ground | 3pm Marcus Welby MD | ||
4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 Sesame Street |
4pm Flipper 4.30 The Best Of Shirl’s Neighbourhood |
4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World | ||
5PM | 5.35 The Beachcombers 5.58 ABC News Headlines |
5pm $50,000 Letterbox 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie |
5pm Hogan’s Heroes 5.30 Personality Squares. Jimmy Hannan |
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6PM | 6pm Laff-A-Bits 6.05 The Swiss Family Robinson 6.30 The Governor And JJ 6.55 Today’s Sport |
6pm Catch Us If You Can PREMIERE 6.30 Seven National News |
6pm Here’s Lucy 6.30 National Nine News |
6pm Eyewitness News | 6pm Follow Me 6.27 News Headlines. George Donikian, Diane Ashley 6.30 Seven For Seven (Yugoslavia) |
7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 Porridge |
7pm Willesee ’81 7.30 Barry Jones’ Wide World |
7pm Sale Of The Century. Tony Barber, Victoria Nicolls 7.30 The Sullivans |
7pm The Restless Years 7.30 The Dukes Of Hazzard |
7.30 Peter’s Baby (Sweden) |
8PM | 8pm Leave It To Charlie 8.25 The World On Monday |
8.30 Cop Shop | 8.30 The Love Boat | 8.30 Movie: Hunters Are For Killing. 1970 [IMDB] | 8.27 News Headlines 8.30 Cinema (Italy) |
9PM | 9.15 ABC News, Weather 9.25 Nationwide 9.55 Pot Black |
9.30 Skyways | 9.30 The Don Lane Show | 9.30 World News. George Donikian | |
10PM | 10.20 Sight And Sound | 10.30 Movie: Then Came Bronson. 1968 [IMDB] | 10.20 Movie: Catch Me A Spy. 1971 [IMDB] | 10pm Warriors Of The Sun (France) | |
11PM | 11.20 Close | 11pm Cricket: Third Test. Australia v India. Highlights 11.30 Diamonds In The Sky |
11pm Close | ||
12AM | 12.20am Close | 12.30am Movie: Cry Panic. 1974 [IMDB] | 12am Oil Strike North | ||
1AM | 1am Close | ||||
2AM | 2am Movie: Can Ellen Be Saved? 1974 [IMDB] | ||||
3AM | 3.30 Movie: The Man. 1971 [IMDB] | ||||
4AM | |||||
5AM | 5.10 Danger Man (B&W) (Continues to 6am) |
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Albury ABAV1 Ballarat ABRV3 Bendigo ABEV1 Gippsland ABLV4 Mildura ABMV4 Shepparton ABGV3 Swan Hill ABSV2 |
AMV4 Albury |
BTV6 Ballarat |
GMV6 Shepparton |
BCV8 Bendigo STV8 Mildura GLV8 Gippsland |
8am Sesame Street 9.05 For Schools: For The Juniors 9.30 Play School 10am For Schools: Waterloo Street, The Erg Report, The Wind In The Wires, Flip Slide Turn, Communications, Neighbours: Oceania 12pm Close 12.35 Weekend Magazine (Rpt) 1pm ABC News 1.10 Weather 1.11 Close 2.15 For Schools: Out ‘N’ About 2.45 Close 4pm Play School 4.30 Sesame Street 5.35 The Beachcombers 5.58 ABC News Headlines 6pm Laff-A-Bits 6.05 The Swiss Family Robinson 6.30 The Governor And JJ 6.55 Regional News 7pm ABC News 7.30 Porridge 8pm Leave It To Charlie 8.25 The World On Monday 9.15 ABC News, Weather 9.25 Nationwide 9.55 Pot Black 10.20 Sight And Sound 11.20 Close |
9.48am Program Highlights 9.50 Here’s Humphrey 10.50 Cricket: Third Test. Australia v India. Live from Melbourne 1pm Family Feud. Daryl Somers 1.30 Cricket (cont’d) 6pm Cartoons 6.15 Local News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 6.55 Weather 7pm Willesee ’81 7.30 The Sullivans 8.30 Hart To Hart 9.25 NSW Lotto 9.30 The Don Lane Show 11pm News (Rpt) 11.20 Close |
9.55am Here’s Humphrey 10.30 Cricket: Third Test. Australia v India. Live from Melbourne 1pm Alice 1.30 Cricket (cont’d) 6pm Living Tomorrow 6.15 Local News Craig Campbell 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Willesee ’81 7.30 The Sullivans 8.28 Weather 8.30 Kaz 9.30 The Don Lane Show 11pm Sugar Time 11.30 Local News (Rpt) 11.45 Epilogue 11.50 Close |
9.30am Here’s Humphrey 10.30 Cricket: Third Test. Australia v India. Live from Melbourne 1pm Alice 1.30 Cricket (cont’d) 6pm Cartoons 6.10 Local News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 6.55 Weather 7pm Willesee ’81 7.30 The Sullivans 8.30 Prisoner 9.30 The Don Lane Show 11pm Fish 11.30 News; Close |
10am Thought For The Day 10.03 Fat Cat And Friends 10.30 Cricket: Third Test. Australia v India. Live from Melbourne 1pm The Doris Day Show 1.30 Cricket (cont’d) 6pm Local News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Willesee ’81 7.30 The Sullivans 8.30 Cop Shop 9.30 The Don Lane Show 11pm Shannon’s Mob 12am News (Rpt) 12.25 Thought For Tomorrow 12.28 Close |