ABC presents Oz For Africa, the Australian component of the worldwide Live Aid concerts. The ABC telecast is in co-operation with the Seven Network, Telecom Australia and the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC).
Source: TV Week, 13 July 1985
ABN2 | ATN7 | TCN9 | TEN10 | SBS0/28 | |
6AM | 6am Terrahawks 6.25 Marvel Comics |
6am Thunderbirds | 6am Music Video (cont’d) 6.30 The Do It Yourself Show |
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7AM | 7am The Cartoon Connection | 7am Wacky Races 7.30 The Gary Coleman Show |
7am Cartoon Capers | ||
8AM | 8.55am Oz For Africa. Preview — Aid For Africa Concert. Hosted by Molly Meldrum and including local performances. | 8am Superwitch 8.30 The Biskitts |
8am This Week’s Music | ||
9AM | 9am Sounds | 9am The Mionchichis 9.30 Movie: Joyous Sound. 1972 [IMDB] |
9am Basketball | ||
10AM | 10am Tarzan | ||||
11AM | 11am Rockit | 11am Lost In Space | |||
12PM | 12pm Movie: Night At The Opera. 1935 [IMDB] | 12pm Land Of The Giants | 12pm Movie: Pack Up Your Troubles. 1932 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||
1PM | 1pm Beatbox | 1.50 The Bugs Bunny Show 1.55 Football: VFL Match Of The Day |
1pm Wide World Of Sports | 1.15 Movie: The Lost Years. 1976 | |
2PM | 2.55 Rugby World | ||||
3PM | 3pm Horse Show: Royal International | 3pm Movie: The Kingdom Of Diamonds. 1980 (India) [IMDB] | |||
4PM | 4.30 Harness Racing 4.50 World Sports Roundup |
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5PM | 5pm Countdown | 5pm Great Mysteries Of The World | 5pm Bonanza | 5pm John Laws’ World | 5pm Dateline |
6PM | 6pm League 85 | 6pm Seven National News 6.30 The World Around Us |
6pm National Nine News 6.30 Hey Hey It’s Saturday |
6pm Eyewitness News 6.30 Young Talent Time |
6pm World Soccer |
7PM | 7pm ABC National. Geoff Hiscock 7.30 Life On Earth |
7.30 Magnum | 7pm World News 7.30 Ken Hom’s Chinese Cookery (UK) |
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8PM | 8.30 (Not advised) | 8.30 Movie: The Return Of The Pink Panther. 1975 [IMDB] | 8pm Cricket: Third Test. Australia vs England | 8.30 Movie: War Wagon. 1967 [IMDB] | 8am Lean Times (Germany) 8.30 Benoni And Rosa (Germany) |
9PM | 9pm Oz For Africa: Live Aid. Michael Appleton (BBC) introduces a worldwide 15 hour concert to be broadcast live from Britain, US and Japan. (Continues to 12pm Sunday) |
9.30 Derrick (Germany) | |||
10PM | 10.45 Knots Landing | 10pm News 10.05 That’s My Boy 10.30 Cricket (cont’d) |
10.30 Snooker: Winfield Masters | 10.30 Movie: Romance Of The Forbidden City (Hong Kong) [IMDB] | |
11PM | 11.45 The Rousters | ||||
12AM | 12.45am Close | 12.20am Close | |||
1AM | 1am Music Video (Continues to 6.30am) |
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2AM | |||||
3AM | 3am Movie: Night Flight From Moscow. 1973 [IMDB] | ||||
4AM | |||||
5AM | 5.10 The Big Valley (Continues to 6am) |