American actors Beau and Lloyd Bridges star in the telemovie Shimmering Light, a co-production between ABC and American company Trans-Atlantic Enterprises. The telemovie, filmed on location in Sydney, also starred John Meillon, Victoria Shaw, Mark Hembrow, Wendy Playfair, Victoria Shaw, Patrick Ward and Ingrid Mason. It was one of six telemovies produced by the ABC and Trans-Atlantic Enterprises joint venture.
See also: Tuesday 12 December 1978 — MELBOURNE, Tuesday 12 December 1978 — CANBERRA
Shimmering Light took ABC to the surf [2020]
Source: TV Week, 9 December 1978
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| 6AM | 6am The Samurai (B&W) 6.30 The Job Show |
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| 7AM | 7am The Super Flying Fun Show | |||
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8.30am Fat Cat And Friends | ||
| 9AM | 9am For Schools: Inside Creation 9.30 Play School |
9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Rainbow 9.25 That’s The Difference 9.30 Perfect Match. Dave Allenby |
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| 10AM | 10am Close | 10am Romper Room | 10am Room 222 | 10am Pyramid Challenge. Malcolm Searle 10.30 Good Morning Sydney. Maureen Duval, Bernadette Hughson, Maria Quinn |
| 11AM | 11.20 For Schools: Waterloo Street 11.40 Close |
11am Eleven AM | 11am Division 4 11.55 News |
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| 12PM | 12pm Tennis: South Australian Women’s Classic. Live from Memorial Drive Courts, Adelaide | 12pm Honeymoon Suite | 12pm News 12.30 The Waltons |
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| 1PM | 1pm ABC News 1.10 Weather 1.11 Close |
1.30 Silent Number | 1.30 The Steve Raymond Show | |
| 2PM | 2.30 The Bob Newhart Show 2.55 News |
2.30 Westside Medical | ||
| 3PM | 3.25 Play School 3.55 Cricket: Sheffield Shield. NSW v Victoria |
3pm The Big Valley | 3.28 News 3.30 Dog Father 3.58 News |
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| 4PM | 4pm The Go Show 4.30 Woobinda Animal Doctor |
4pm Batman 4.30 The Brady Bunch |
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| 5PM | 5.45 Forest Rangers | 5pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 5.30 Here’s Lucy |
5pm Daniel Boone | |
| 6PM | 6.10 Laurel And Hardy (B&W) 6.30 The Governor And JJ |
6pm Fish 6.30 Seven National News. Roger Climpson |
6pm Family Feud. Tony Barber 6.30 National Nine News |
6pm Eyewitness News. Katrina Lee, John Bailey, John Cootes, David Ellyard |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 Wildlife Australia |
7pm Willesee At Seven 7.30 The Oregon Trail |
7pm Laverne And Shirley 7.30 Petrocelli |
7pm Love On A Rooptop 7.30 The Restless Years |
| 8PM | 8pm Movie: Shimmering Light. 1978 [IMDB] | 8.30 Tennis: Adelaide International Tennis Challenge. From Memorial Drive Courts, Adelaide | 8.30 The Mary Tyler Moore Show | 8.30 The Blue Knight |
| 9PM | 9.30 ABC News, Weather 9.40 The Ape That Stood Up |
9pm Rhoda 9.30 National Nine News. Brian Henderson |
9.30 Search | |
| 10PM | 10.30 World Of Music | 10pm All In The Family 10.30 Tales Of The Unexpected |
10.30 Movie: The Sergeant. 1968 [IMDB] | |
| 11PM | 11.15 Close | 11.30 The Bob Newhart Show | ||
| 12AM | 12am Late News. John Bok, Mike Bailey 12.30 Close |
12am Movie: The Mouse That Roared. 1959 [IMDB] | 12.35am King Of Kensington | |
| 1AM | 1.30 Movie: I’m All Right Jack. 1960 (B&W) [IMDB] | 1.05 That’s The Difference 1.10 Close |
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| 3AM | 3.15 Movie: Only Two Can Play. 1962 (B&W) [IMDB] | |||
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| 5AM | 5am Seaway (B&W) (Continues to 6am) |
