The last day of competition and the Closing Ceremony of the XI Commonwealth Games, held in Edmonton, Canada. Live coverage is at 6am with a repeat of highlights at 10.50pm.

ABC also had a last minute change to its schedule following the death of Pope Paul VI. The funeral for the pope was broadcast live from Rome at 1.50am Sunday morning with a repeat at 8.30pm.

Source: Scene, 12 August 1978. (Programs marked * from The Age Green Guide, 10 August 1978)

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV0
6AM	6am Commonwealth Games: Ninth Day and Closing Ceremony. Live from Edmonton, Canada		6am Thunderbirds
7AM			7am Star Trek 7.30 Garner Ted Armstrong
8AM		8.25am Jesus For Today 8.55 It Is Written	8am Look Listen Laugh And Learn 8.30 Good News	8.30am You Say The Word
9AM	9am Close	9.25 Sunday Magazine 9.40 World Of Sport Replay	9am Rex Humbard Hour	9.30 Hour Of Power
10AM	10.30 Chess: World Championship 1978 Report		10am Here’s Humphrey 10.52 Point Of View	10.30 Mass For You At Home
11AM	11am Divine Service	11.55 World Of Sport. Ron Casey	11am Religious Feature 11.30 You Me And Education	11am Greek Affair
12PM	12pm The Vision Splendid 12.30 Living Tomorrow 12.45 Sow What (Rpt)		12pm World Championship Wrestling	12pm Variety Italian Style
1PM	1pm Four Corners (Rpt)		1pm Movie: The Brass Bottle. 1964 [IMDB]	1pm Racing Review 1.45 Football: VFA. Coburg v Brunswick
2PM	2pm The Winners: VFL		2.30 Movie: Roll Freddie Roll. 1974 [IMDB]
3PM	3pm Basketball: St Kilda v Carlton	3.30 Special: Come Into My Parlour		3.30 News 3.35 Football: VFA (cont’d)
4PM	4pm A Big Country 4.30 Roraima — The Lost World	4.30 Special: Hot Wax — Thank You Rock ‘N Roll	4pm The Curiosity Show
5PM	5.20 Yak 5.30 Basil Brush	5.30 It’s Academic	5pm Big Valley	5pm High Chaparral
6PM	6pm Countdown 6.55 Weather	6pm Seven National News. Includes Camera Seven 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Disney	6pm National Nine News. Includes Sunday Magazine 6.30 New Faces. Bert Newton, Tim Evans, John Newman	6pm News At Six 6.30 The Life And Times Of Grizzly Adams
7PM	7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.40 When The Boat Comes In	7.30 This Is Your Life	7.30 Happy Days	7.30 The Bionic Woman
8PM	* 8.30 Funeral Of Pope Paul VI (Rpt)	8pm Father Dear Father 8.30 Movie: Vanishing Point. 1971 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Vampira. 1974 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Hunters Are For Killing. 1970 [IMDB]
9PM
10PM	* 10.10 ABC News, Weather * 10.20 Comedy Playhouse * 10.50 Commonwealth Games: Ninth Day and Closing Ceremony Highlights	10.20 Movie: I Want To Live. 1958 (B&W) [IMDB]	10.30 Movie: Baby Doll. 1956 (B&W) [IMDB]	10.30 Man At The Top
11PM	* 11.50 Close			11.30 Special: The Making Of Thank God It’s Friday
12AM		12.45am Insight	12.30am Movie: Rhythm On The River. 1940 (B&W) [IMDB]	12am Close
1AM		1.15 Close
2AM			2.05 Movie: Double Or Nothing. 1937 (B&W) [IMDB]
3AM			3.35 Movie: She Loves Me Not. 1934 (B&W) [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5am Gideon’s Way (B&W) (Continues to 6am)