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 — SYDNEY
Shimmering Light took ABC to the surf [2020]
Source: TV Week, 9 December 1978
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| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | |
| 9AM | 9am For Schools: Inside Creation 9.30 Play School |
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| 10AM | 10am Close | |
| 11AM | 11.20 For Schools: Waterloo Street 11.40 Close |
11am Here’s Humphrey 11.55 News |
| 12PM | 12pm Movie: Mr And Mrs Bo Jo Jones. 1971 [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News 1.10 Weather 1.11 Close |
1.30 Good Times |
| 2PM | 2.15 The Young And The Restless 2.45 News 2.47 Return To Peyton Place |
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| 3PM | 3.25 Play School 3.55 Cricket: Sheffield Shield. NSW v Victoria |
3.15 Woman’s World 3.16 Mr Deeds Goes To Town 3.40 Cartoons |
| 4PM | 4.10 The Curiosity Show | |
| 5PM | 5.45 Forest Rangers | 5.05 Rostrum Presents 5.10 Sha Na Na 5.40 Bewitched |
| 6PM | 6.10 Laurel And Hardy (B&W) 6.30 The Governor And JJ 6.55 Regional News |
6.15 Regional News 6.30 National News |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 Wildlife Australia |
7pm Willesee At Seven 7.30 The World Around Us |
| 8PM | 8pm Movie: Shimmering Light. 1978 [IMDB] | 8.30 Mini-Series: Against The Wind [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9.30 ABC News, Weather 9.40 The Ape That Stood Up |
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| 10PM | 10.30 World Of Music | 10.30 News 10.35 Medical Centre |
| 11PM | 11.15 Close | 11.35 Premier Soccer |
| 12AM | 12.40am Close | |
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