The Nine Network’s celebration of 25 years of television includes The Way It Was, looking at the big news stories of the previous quarter century. The program was hosted by Nine’s Sydney newsreader Brian Henderson and Melbourne newsreader Brian Naylor.
The following night, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the launch of Australia’s first TV station, TCN9, Nine presents a repeat of its February special, Channel Nine Celebrates 25 Years Of Television.
Source: TV Week, 12 September 1981
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| 6AM | 6am Rocky And His Friends 6.30 King Leonardo 6.55 Go Health |
6.30am The Adventures Of Muhammad Ali | |||
| 7AM | 7am Bewitched (B&W) 7.30 Potty Time |
7am Cartoons | 7am Good Morning Australia | ||
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8am Mickey And Donald 8.30 The Munsters (B&W) |
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| 9AM | 9am Close 9.30 Play School |
9am (To Be Announced) | 9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Eyewitness News 9.05 Texas |
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| 10AM | 10am For Schools: Watch 10.15 Close |
10am Romper Room | 10am Another World | 10am Fat Cat And Friends 10.30 The Bernard King Show |
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| 11AM | 11.40 For Schools: Children Around The World | 11am Celebrity Tattletales 11.30 Willesee 81 (Rpt) |
11.30 National Nine News | 11am Good Morning Melbourne. Roy Hampson, Annette Allison 11.55 Eyewitness News |
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| 12PM | 12pm Close | 12pm Movie: Cage Without A Key. 1975 [IMDB] | 12pm The Mike Walsh Show | 12pm Movie: Impulsion. 1972 (B&W) [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News, Weather 1.11 Close |
1.30 Days Of Our Lives | |||
| 2PM | 2pm The Streets Of San Francisco | 2.30 The Young And The Restless 2.55 News |
2pm The Celebrity Game. Mike Preston 2.30 Blankety Blanks. Graham Kennedy |
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| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street | 3pm Homicide | 3pm General Hospital 3.30 Search For Tomorrow |
3pm Wonder Woman | |
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 Earth Watch |
4pm Flipper 4.30 Shirl’s Neighbourhood |
4pm Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 4.30 Matchmates |
4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World | |
| 5PM | 5pm The Flaxton Boys 5.58 ABC News Headlines |
5pm Wheel Of Fortune. Ernie Sigley, Adriana Xenides 5.30 Get Smart |
5pm Gomer Pyle USMC 5.30 Family Feud 5.55 News |
5pm Batman 5.30 The Brady Bunch |
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| 6PM | 6pm Wayne And Shuster 6.25 The Goodies 6.55 Videodisc |
6pm The New Price Is Right. Ian Turpie 6.30 Seven National News. Mal Walden |
6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 National Nine News. Brian Naylor, Arthur Higgins, Kevin Arnett |
6pm Eyewitness News. David Johnston, Jana Wendt, Rob Astbury, Clem Dimsey, Rob Gell | 6pm People You Meet 6.27 News 6.30 Squash: Geoff Hunt (Australia) v Jahangir Khan (Pakistan) |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News. Geoff Raymond 7.30 Our World |
7pm Willesee 81. Mike Willesee 7.30 Kingswood Country |
7pm Sale Of The Century. Tony Barber, Victoria Nicolls 7.30 Special: The Way It Was — 25 Years Of Television News. Brian Henderson, Brian Naylor |
7pm The Restless Years 7.30 Holiday Island |
7.30 World News. George Donikian |
| 8PM | 8.20 Nationwide. Peter Couchman 8.50 Snooker: Winfield Masters’ Championships |
8pm Bless This House 8.30 The Professionals |
8.30 Special: The 1981 Emmy Awards | 8.30 Prisoner | 8pm Scoop. Xavier de Barcenas 8.30 Teacher With The Golden Eyes (Greece) |
| 9PM | 9.20 Chalk And Cheese 9.45 ABC News, Weather 9.55 Manteca |
9.30 Movie: Transplant. 1979 [IMDB] | 9.30 Flamingo Road | 9.30 With A Little Bit Of Luck (Sweden) | |
| 10PM | 10.40 Close | 10.30 Movie: Frenzy. 1972 [IMDB] | 10.15 A Marriage Of Convenience (Lebanon) | ||
| 11PM | 11.20 Movie: Juke Box Rhythm. 1959 (B&W) [IMDB] | 11pm Dickens Of London | 11.15 Close | ||
| 12AM | 12.55am Close | 12am Movie: Hoffman. 1971 [IMDB] | 12.30am Almost Anything Goes | ||
| 1AM | 1.30 Close | ||||
| 2AM | 2.20 Movie: Guest Wife. 1945 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||||
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| 4AM | 4am Movie: Dimples. 1936 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||||
| 5AM | 5.10 The Baron (Continues to 6am) |
