Bert Newton hosts a celebration of 25 years of Australian television, with guests including Graham Kennedy, Don Lane, Mike Walsh, Tommy Hanlon Jnr, Paul Hogan, Brian Henderson and Brian Naylor.

The program includes rare footage from the early days of Australian television

Source: The Australian Women’s Weekly TV World, 14 February 1981

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	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS0/28
6AM			6am Kenneth Copeland
7AM			7am Look, Listen, Laugh And Learn 7.30 Day Of Discovery	7.30am You Say The Word
8AM		8.45am It Is Written	8am Good News 8.30 Religion	8.30 Hour Of Power
9AM	9am Outlook 81	9.15 Sunday Magazine 9.30 Catch Kandy	9am Rex Humbard 9.40 Point Of View 9.50 Cricket: McDonald’s Cup. Live from Adelaide	9.30 Mass For You At Home
10AM		10am World Of Sport Replay		10am Greek Variety Show
11AM	11am Divine Service	11am World Of Sport		11am Variety Italian Style
12PM	12pm Countrywide 12.40 Sow What			12pm Movie: Cheyenne Autumn [IMDB]
1PM	1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.45 Golf: Victorian Open Championship 1981		1.30pm Invitational Snooker Championship
2PM		2pm Movie: Calypso Heat Wave. 1957 [IMDB]	2pm Cricket (cont’d)
3PM		3.50 Movie: The Guns Of Fort Petticoat. 1957 [IMDB]		3pm Movie: Three Ring Circus [IMDB]
4PM
5PM		5.30 Havoc		5pm Tarzan	5.30pm Up And Down (Italy)
6PM	6pm Countdown 6.55 Weather	6pm Seven National News. Mal Walden 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Disney	6pm National Nine News. Peter Hitchener 6.30 Safeway New Faces. Bert Newton	6pm Eyewitness News. Rod McNeil 6.30 Oz ’81	6pm Movie: Stubby [IMDB]
7PM	7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.40 Patrol Boat	7.30 CHiPs	7.30 60 Minutes. Ray Martin, Ian Leslie, George Negus	7.30 MASH	7.30 Cabaret. Joe Hasham
8PM	8.30 Wuthering Heights	8.30 Movie: The Bawdy Adventures Of Tom Jones. 1976 [IMDB]	8.30 Special: Channel Nine Celebrates 25 Years Of Television. Bert Newton (see advertisement below)	8.30 Movie: Marathon Man. 1976 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Spirit Of The Beehive (Spain) [IMDB]
9PM	9.25 ABC News, Weather 9.30 BC — The Archaeology Of The Bible Lands
10PM	10.05 World Of Music 10.45 Close	10.20 Movie: Sweethearts. 1938 [IMDB]		10.50 Australians At War	10.10 Close
11PM			11pm Upstairs, Downstairs	11.50 Matlock Police
12AM		12am Insight 12.30 Close	12am Movie: Triple Echo. 1973 [IMDB]	12.50am Close
1AM			1.45 Movie: Saraband For Dead Lovers [IMDB]
2AM
3AM			3.35 Movie: Captain China. 1949 (B&W) [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5.10 The Baron (Continues to 6am)

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9am Outlook 81 11am Divine Service 12pm Countrywide 12.40 Sow What 1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.45 Golf: Victorian Open Championship 1981 6pm Countdown 6.55 Weather 7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.40 Patrol Boat 8.30 Wuthering Heights 9.25 ABC News, Weather 9.30 BC — The Archaeology Of The Bible Lands 10.05 World Of Music 10.45 Close	10.48am Program Highlights 10.50 Turn Round Australia 11.20 Compass 11.50 Cartoons 12pm Tennis: NSW Hardcourt Championship 6pm Seven National News (HSV7) 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Disney 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 Movie: Catlow. 1971 [IMDB] 10.25 Family 11.20 Living Today; Close	9.15am Sunday Magazine 9.30 Turn Round Australia 10am It Is Written 10.25 Point Of View 10.35 Animal World 11pm World Of Sport 2pm Movie: The Tales Of Hoffman. 1953 [IMDB] 3.50 The New Adventures Of Huck Finn 4.20 The Undersea World Of Jacques Cousteau 5.10 Laramie 6pm Seven National News (HSV7) 6.30 News Spotlight 6.35 The Wonderful World Of Disney 7.30 Happy Days 8pm The Dick Emery Show 8.28 Weather 8.30 Movie: The Mango Tree. 1977 [IMDB] 11.05 Movie: Nero Wolfe. 1977 [IMDB] 12.15am Epilogue; Close	8.30am Rex Humbard 9am Jimmy Swaggart 9.30 Variety Italian Style 10.30 Circus 11am Survival 12pm Wide World Of Sport 1pm High Chaparral 2pm Movie: City Beneath The Sea. 1953 [IMDB] 3.30 Sounds Of Sunday 4pm Animal World 4.30 Young Talent Time 5pm Special: Mooroopna Country Music Festival 6pm Seven National News (HSV7) 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Disney 7.30 Little House On The Prairie 8.30 Movie: Tunes Of Glory. 1960 [IMDB] 10.35 Eischied 11.35 News, Weather; Close	9am The Rex Humbard Hour 10am It Is Written 10.30 Sunday Magazine 10.45 Point Of View 11am Variety Italian Style 12pm Movie: Escapade In Japan. 1957 [IMDB] 1.40 Movie: All Mine To Give [IMDB] 3.30 Animal World 4pm Laramie 5pm Family Hour Festival 6pm Seven National News (HSV7) 6.30 National Roving Eye 6.35 The Wonderful World Of Disney 7.30 Eight Is Enough 8.30 Movie: Breezy. 1974 [IMDB] 10.25 The FBI 11.25 Christian Television Association 11.55 Close