The 10-hour NBC mini-series Marco Polo, telling the story of the 13th century explorer, debuts on Seven.

Source: Woman’s Day/TV Day, 14 September 1982. The Age Green Guide, 9 September 1982.

MELBOURNE
	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS0/28
6AM			6am Rocky And His Friends 6.25 Go Health 6.30 Mighty Mouse	6.30am The Beatles
7AM		7am The Munsters (B&W) 7.30 Tom And Jerry	7am The National Today Show	7am Good Morning Australia
8AM	8am Sesame Street	8am The Super Globetrotters 8.30 Bewitched
9AM	9am Close 9.30 Play School	9am Class Of ’74 (B&W) 9.30 Michael Bentine’s Potty Time	9am Here’s Humphrey	9am News 9.05 Texas
10AM	10am Close 10.20 For Schools: Smedley’s Weekly, Northern Australian Documentaries, Investigating, Social Studies	10am Romper Room	10am Another World	10am Fat Cat And Friends 10.30 The Bernard King Show
11AM		11am Eleven AM	11am The Richard Simmons Show 11.30 National Nine News	11am Good Morning Melbourne 11.55 News
12PM	12pm Close	12pm Movie: Trottie True. 1949 [IMDB]	12pm The Mike Walsh Show	12pm Movie: The Redhead And The Cowboy. 1950 [IMDB]
1PM	1pm ABC News 1.10 Weather 1.11 Close 1.35 For Schools: Behind The Screen, English		1.30 Days Of Our Lives
2PM	2.10 Close	2pm Police Woman	2.25 News 2.30 The Young And The Restless	2pm It Could Be You. Barry Crocker 2.30 John Laws’ Beauty And The Beast
3PM	3pm Sesame Street	3pm Beauty And The Beast. Derryn Hinch	3.30 General Hospital	3pm The Waltons
4PM	4pm Play School 4.30 Dr Snuggles 4.35 Professor Balthazar 4.45 The Long Chase	4pm Shirl’s Neighbourhood 4.30 Lassie	4pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 4.30 Matchmates	4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World
5PM	5.10 Dominic 5.30 Kicking Around 5.58 ABC News Headlines	5pm Wheel Of Fortune 5.30 Get Smart	5pm Happy Days 5.30 Family Feud	5pm Wrok 5.30 Hogan’s Heroes
6PM	6pm Laff-A-Bits 6.05 Wayne And Shuster 6.30 Doctor Who 6.55 Videodisc	6pm The New Price Is Right 6.30 Seven National News	6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 National Nine News	6pm Eyewitness News	6pm Hocus Pocus. Rouna Daley 6.25 News Headlines 6.30 International Sports Magazine
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.30 Our World: Sir Douglas Mawson — The Survivor	7pm Sons And Daughters 7.30 A Country Practice	7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century	7pm MASH 7.30 Power Without Glory	7.30 World News. George Donikian
8PM	8.30 Nationwide	8.30 Mini-Series: Marco Polo [IMDB] PREMIERE (see advertisement below)	8.30 The Love Boat	8.30 Prisoner	8pm SCOOP. Lex Marinos 8.30 Movie: Foolish Years. 1978 (Yugoslavia) [IMDB]
9PM	9pm Winner Take All 9.50 ABC News, Weather		9.30 The Daryl Somers Show	9.30 Magnum PI	9.50 Black Clouds (Poland)
10PM	10pm Rock Arena		10.45 The World Tonight	10.30 Movie: Fuzz. 1972 [IMDB]	10.40 World News (Rpt)
11PM	11pm Close	11.30 Seven National News	11.15 That’s Hollywood 11.45 The Evil Touch		11.10 Close
12AM		12am Movie: The Half-Breed. 1952 [IMDB]	12.15am Movie: The Desperados. 1969 [IMDB]	12.15am The FBI
1AM		1.35 Maggie And Her		1.20 Close
2AM		2.05 Close	2.05 Movie: A Streetcar Named Desire. 1951 [IMDB]
3AM
4AM			4.05 Movie: The Jailbreakers. 1960 [IMDB]
5AM			5.10 The Big Valley (Continues to 6am)

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ABAV1 Albury ABRV3 Ballarat ABEV1 Bendigo ABLV4 Gippsland ABMV4 Mildura ABGV3 Shepparton ABSV2 Swan Hill	AMV4 Albury	BTV6 Ballarat	GMV6 Shepparton	BCV8 Bendigo STV8 Mildura GLV8 Gippsland
8am Sesame Street 9am Close 9.30 Play School 10am Close 10.20 For Schools: Smedley’s Weekly, Northern Australian Documentaries, Investigating, Social Studies 12pm Close 1pm ABC News 1.10 Weather 1.11 Close 1.35 For Schools: Behind The Screen, English 2.10 Close 3pm Sesame Street 4pm Play School 4.30 Dr Snuggles 4.35 Professor Balthazar 4.45 The Long Chase 5.10 Dominic 5.30 Kicking Around 5.58 ABC News Headlines 6pm Laff-A-Bits 6.05 Wayne And Shuster 6.30 Doctor Who 6.55 Regional News 7pm ABC News 7.30 Our World: Sir Douglas Mawson — The Survivor 8.30 Nationwide 9pm Winner Take All 9.50 ABC News, Weather 10pm Rock Arena 11pm Close	10.29am Program Highlights 10.30 Here’s Humphrey 11.30 National Nine News 12pm The Mike Walsh Show 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.20 General Hospital 3.10 At Home 3.20 Family Feud 3.50 Cartoons 4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 4.30 The Mouse Factory 5pm Contest Corner 5.05 TV Powww 5.10 The Flying Nun 5.40 TV Powww 5.45 That Girl 6.15 Regional News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 Ford Superquiz 8pm Private Benjamin 8.30 A Country Practice 9.30 Movie: The Great Scout And Cathouse Thursday. 1976 [IMDB] 11.20 Movie: That’s Your Funeral [IMDB] 12.45am Close	11am Here’s Humphrey 11.55 News 12pm The Mike Walsh Show 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.20 The Young And The Restless 2.45 Cosmetic Cameos 2.50 The New Price Is Right 3.15 Room 222 3.45 Cartoon Corner 4pm Shirl’s Neighbourhood 4.30 Makin’ Trax 5pm The Road Runner Show 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie 6pm Regional News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century 8.28 Weather 8.30 Dynasty 9.30 The Sweeney 10.30 The Streets Of San Francisco 11.30 News 12am Close	10.25am Morning Meditation 10.30 Here’s Humphrey 11.25 The Richard Simmons Show 11.55 News 12pm The Mike Walsh Show 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.30 The Waltons 3.20 Cooking 3.30 Rocket Robin Hood 4pm Children’s Hour 5pm The Brady Bunch 5.30 The New Price Is Right 6pm Regional News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 The Other ‘Arf 8pm Bless This House 8.30 Taurus Rising 9.30 Hart To Hart 10.30 Bowls 11pm News 12am Close	11am Thought For The Day 11.03 Fat Cat And Friends 11.30 The Ed Allen Show 11.55 Community Billboard 12pm The Mike Walsh Show 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.30 The Young And The Restless 3.30 Maude 4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 4.30 Flipper 4.55 Go Health 5pm I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 The New Price Is Right 6pm Regional News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 A Country Practice 8.30 Cop Shop 9.30 Lou Grant 10.30 Secrets Of Midland Heights 11.30 News 12am Thought For Tomorrow 12.03 Close