Source: TV Week, 6 June 1981
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| 6AM | 6am Rocky And His Friends 6.30 King Leonardo 6.55 Go Health |
6.30am Waldo Kitty | |||
| 7AM | 7am Cartoons | 7am Good Morning Australia | |||
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | ||||
| 9AM | 9am Close 9.30 Play School |
9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am News 9.05 Texas |
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| 10AM | 10am For Schools: The Media 10.20 Close |
10am Romper Room | 10am The Ed Allen Show 10.30 Another World |
10am Fat Cat And Friends 10.30 The Bernard King Show |
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| 11AM | 11am For Schools: Science Magazine, Waterloo Street, Science About | 11am Glenview High | 11.55 News | 11am Good Morning Melbourne 11.55 News |
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| 12PM | 12pm Close | 12pm Movie: San Francisco. 1936 (B&W) [IMDB] | 12pm The Mike Walsh Show | 12pm Movie: The Unsuspected. 1947 (B&W) [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News, Weather 1.11 For Schools: Avventura, Latin America, Music Time, Communication |
1.30 Days Of Our Lives | |||
| 2PM | 2pm Medical Centre | 2.30 The Young And The Restless 2.55 News |
2pm The Celebrity Game 2.30 Blankety Blanks |
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| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street | 3pm The Streets Of San Francisco | 3pm General Hospital 3.30 Search For Tomorrow |
3pm Marcus Welby MD | |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 Famous Five |
4pm Flipper 4.30 Shirl’s Neighbourhood |
4pm The Curiosity Show | 4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World | |
| 5PM | 5pm Matt And Jenny 5.30 Warrior Queen 5.58 ABC News Headlines |
5pm $50,000 Letterbox 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie |
5pm Here’s Lucy 5.30 Family Feud |
5pm Personality Squares. Jimmy Hannan 5.30 The Brady Bunch |
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| 6PM | 6pm Countrywide. Neil Inall 6.40 Living Tomorrow 6.55 Videodisc |
6pm The Muppet Show 6.30 Seven National News. Mal Walden |
6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 National Nine News. Peter Hitchener, Arthur Higgins, Kevin Arnett |
6pm Eyewitness News. David Johnston, Jana Wendt, Rob Astbury, Clem Dimsey, Rob Gell | 6.27pm News Headlines 6.30 A World Of Soccer |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Graham Evans 7.30 The Two Ronnies |
7pm Willesee 81. Mike Willesee 7.30 Eight Is Enough |
7pm Sale Of The Century. Tony Barber, Victoria Nicolls 7.30 Happy Days |
7pm The Restless Years 7.30 Search For A Star. Jimmy Hannan |
7.30 World News. George Donikian |
| 8PM | 8.15 Nationwide. Peter Couchman 8.45 Sow What. Kevin Heinze |
8.30 Movie: The People That Time Forgot. 1977 [IMDB] | 8pm Laverne And Shirley 8.30 Movie: Little Boy Lost. 1978 [IMDB] |
8.30 Movie: The Alamo. 1960 [IMDB] | 8pm The Big Shots (Sweden) 8.30 Buddenbrooks (Germany) |
| 9PM | 9pm ABC News, Weather 9.10 Sportsnight. Dick Mason, Drew Morphett, Tim Lane, Doug Heywood, Ian Cleland, Len Thompson, Greg Miles |
9.30 Movie: The Dark River. 1974 (Poland) [IMDB] | |||
| 10PM | 10.25 Ivan’s Late Night Matinee. Ivan Hutchinson | 10.30 Movie: The Girl On The Late Late Show. 1974 [IMDB] | |||
| 11PM | 11.10 Close | 11.10 Nightmoves. Lee Simon | 11.35 Movie: The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper. 1973 [IMDB] | 11pm Close | |
| 12AM | 12am Movie: Law Of The Land. 1976 [IMDB] | ||||
| 1AM | 1.10am Close | 1.50 Movie: Two Left Feet. 1963 (B&W) [IMDB] | 1.30am Close | ||
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| 3AM | 3.40 Movie: Ring Of Treason. 1963 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||||
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| 5AM | 5.10 Gideon’s Way (B&W) (Continues to 6am) |
