The debut of the ABC period drama Outbreak Of Love, starring Rowena Wallace, Tony Bonner, Sigrid Thornton, Jackie Woodburne, Larry Held, Ilona Rodgers, Cornelia Frances, Susannah Fowle, Lewis FitzGerald, Val Lehman, Brendan Lunney and Frank Thring. The series, set in Melbourne in 1913, is based on the novel by Martin Boyd.

Source: TV Week, 14 March 1981

	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS0/28
6AM			6am Rocky And His Friends 6.30 King Leonardo
7AM			7am Look Listen Laugh And Learn 7.30 Untamed World	7.30am You Say The Word
8AM			8am Day Of Discovery 8.30 Good News	8.30 Hour Of Power
9AM		9.15am It Is Written 9.45 Sunday Magazine	9am Rex Humbard 9.30 Kenneth Copeland	9.30 Mass For You At Home
10AM		10am World Of Sport Replay	10.30 Here’s Humphrey	10am Greek Variety Show. Harry Michaels, Kathy Trout
11AM	11am Divine Service	11am World Of Sport	11.22 Point Of View 11.30 Special Feature	11am Variety Italian Style
12PM	12pm Countrywide (Rpt) 12.40 Sow What (Rpt)		12pm Movie: Batman And Robin. 1948 (B&W) [IMDB]	12pm Movie: Tarzan’s Desert Mystery. 1943 (B&W) [IMDB]
1PM	1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.45 Movie: Chicken Every Sunday. 1949 (B&W) [IMDB]			1.15 Movie: On The Riviera. 1951 [IMDB]
2PM		2pm Movie: Buck Privates. 1941 (B&W) [IMDB]	2pm Movie: The Truth About Spring. 1965 [IMDB]	2.55 Movie: The Satan Bug. 1955 [IMDB]
3PM	3.15 Silent Speech
4PM	4pm Motor Racing: Castrol International Rally. Highlights	4pm Movie: Last Of The Comanches. 1952 [IMDB]	4pm National Geographic
5PM			5pm The Nature Of Things 5.30 The Road Runner Show	5pm The Six Million Dollar Man
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 New Faces. Bert Newton	6pm Eyewitness News. Rod McNeil 6.30 Tarzan	6pm Once Upon A Time… Man (France) 6.30 Pinocchio (Italy)
7PM	7pm ABC News. Graham Evans. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.40 To Serve Them All My Days	7.30 CHiPs	7.30 60 Minutes. Ray Martin, George Negus, Ian Leslie	7.30 MASH	7.30 Cabaret. Joe Hasham
8PM	8.30 Mini-Series: Outbreak Of Love [IMDB] PREMIERE	8.30 Movie: The Journalist. 1979 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Big Jake. 1971 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: The Corn Is Green. 1978 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Spirit Of The Beehive. 1973 (Spain) [IMDB]
9PM	9.20 ABC News, Weather 9.30 BC: The Archaeology Of The Bible Lands
10PM	10pm Motor Racing: Australian Touring Car Championship. Highlights	10.10 Movie: The Night Of The Generals. 1967 [IMDB]		10.15 Australians At War	10pm Close
11PM	11pm Close		11.30 Taxi	11.15 Matlock Police
12AM		12.50am Insight	12am Movie: The Cruel Sea. 1953 [IMDB]	12.15am Close
1AM		1.20 Close
2AM			2.15 Movie: Man Or Gun. 1958 [IMDB]
3AM			3.45 Movie: Tank Battalion. 1958 (B&W) [IMDB]
4AM
5AM			5.10 The Baron (Continues to 6am)