The Benson And Hedges World Series Cup — Australia versus India — is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. As is usual telecast protocol at the time, live coverage in the host city is restricted to two hours of play, while regional and interstate viewers are allowed to see the full day/night coverage.
Source: TV Week, 11 January 1986 (SBS: The Age, 16 January 1986)
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| 6AM | News Overnight (cont’d) | 6am Nightline USA 6.30 Today |
6am Daybreak | ||
| 7AM | 7am Gidget 7.30 To Rome With Love |
7am Good Morning Australia | |||
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | 8am Jabberjaw 8.30 Josie And The Pussycats |
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| 9AM | 9am Flash Gordon 9.20 The Toothbrush Family 9.30 Play School |
9am The Onedin Line 9.30 My Little Pony |
9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 Animal World |
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| 10AM | 10am Close | 10am Romper Room | 10am The Sullivans | 10am Another World | |
| 11AM | 11am Young Ramsay | 11am The Lucy Show 11.30 National Nine News |
11am All My Children | 11am The Adventures Of Colargol (France) 11.15 The World’s Most Beautiful Tales 11.25 Bunny With The Chequered Ears (Hungary) 11.30 Women In The Eighties |
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| 12PM | 12.40pm 3-2-1 Contact | 12pm Movie: Hills Of Home. 1948 [IMDB] | 12pm Movie: State Of The Union. 1948 (B&W) [IMDB] | 12pm Movie: The Bamboo Saucer. 1967 [IMDB] | 12pm Monopoly (Denmark) 12.40 Where Angels Fear To Tread (Yugoslavia) |
| 1PM | 1.10 The Flaxton Boys 1.35 Come Midnight Monday |
1.40 Close | |||
| 2PM | 2.05 The Wild Wild World Of Animals 2.30 Silly Season Cinema |
2pm McMillan And Wife | 2.20 Cricket: Benson And Hedges World Series Cup. Australia v India. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2pm Dad’s Army 2.30 Three’s Company |
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| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street 3.55 The Adventures Of Paddington |
3pm Blankety Blanks. Graham Kennedy 3.30 The Facts Of Life |
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| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 Nikkolina |
4pm Shirl’s Neighbourhood 4.30 Bailey’s Bird |
4.30 Boomerang | 4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World | |
| 5PM | 5pm Shadows 5.25 Bananaman 5.30 Voltron – Defender Of The Universe 5.55 Potty Time |
5pm Wheel Of Fortune 5.30 Kingswood Country |
5pm Puttin’ On The Hits 5.30 Blankety Blanks |
5pm F Troop (B&W) 5.30 The Best Of Perfect Match |
5.30 Detectives On Holidays (Poland) |
| 6PM | 6.05 Come And Get It 6.10 Inspector Gadget 6.35 Doctor Who |
6pm Gimme A Break 6.30 Seven National News. Includes Tatts 2 |
6pm National Nine News. Peter Hitchener 6.30 Diff’rent Strokes |
6pm Eyewitness News | 6pm A Whole World Of Children 6.30 International Cabaret |
| 7PM | 7pm Summer National 7.30 An Evening With Pam Ayres |
7pm Day By Day 7.30 Love Thy Neighbour |
7pm Newhart 7.30 The Fall Guy |
7pm MASH 7.30 Scarecrow And Mrs King |
7pm World News 7.30 Rose De Lejos (Argentina) |
| 8PM | 8pm Women In Frame 8.30 Summer Edition: Time And The Priestleys |
8pm Father Dear Father In Australia 8.30 Beyond 2000 |
8.30 Movie: The Best Place To Be. Part Two. 1979 [IMDB] | 8.30 Prisoner RETURN | 8.30 Movie: Vassa. 1983 (Russia) [IMDB] |
| 9PM | 9.25 Imagined World 9.55 Fame Is The Spur |
9.30 Bergerac | 9.30 World Championship Wrestling | ||
| 10PM | 10.45 Swimming: NSW Championships. Day One. Highlights | 10.40 Newsworld | 10.30 News | 10.25 Berlin Alexanderplatz (Germany) | |
| 11PM | 11.45 Close | 11.10 Salute | 11pm Cricket: Benson And Hedges World Series Cup. Highlights | 11.15 Eyewitness News 11.25 The Liver Birds 11.55 Miss Jones And Son |
11.25 Close |
| 12AM | 12am News Overnight. Includes Today (NBC) (Continues to 7am) |
12am Movie: The McMasters. 1970 [IMDB] | 12.25am Movie: The Young Stranger. 1957 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||
| 1AM | 1.40 Movie: The Legend Of Rudolph Valentino. 1960 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||||
| 2AM | 2.05 Close | ||||
| 3AM | 3.30 Movie: SOS Pacific. 1964 (B&W) [IMDB] | ||||
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| 5AM | 5.10 Bonanza (Continues to 6am) |
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| REGIONALS | ||||
| 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 Flash Gordon 9.20 The Toothbrush Family 9.30 Play School 10am Close 12.40pm 3-2-1 Contact 1.10 The Flaxton Boys 1.35 Come Midnight Monday 2.05 The Wild Wild World Of Animals 2.30 Silly Season Cinema 3pm Sesame Street 3.55 The Adventures Of Paddington 4pm Play School 4.30 Nikkolina 5pm Shadows 5.25 Bananaman 5.30 Voltron – Defender Of The Universe 5.55 Potty Time 6.05 Come And Get It 6.10 Inspector Gadget 6.35 Doctor Who 7pm Summer National 7.30 An Evening With Pam Ayres 8pm Women In Frame 8.30 Summer Edition: Time And The Priestleys 9.25 Imagined World 9.55 Fame Is The Spur 10.45 Swimming: NSW Championships. Day One. Highlights 11.45 Close |
6.59am Program Highlights 7am Good Morning Australia 9am Here’s Humphrey 10am Jazzercise 10.30 The Best Of A Country Practice 11.30 Get Smart 12pm Movie: Pirates Of Tortuga. 1961 [IMDB] 1.50 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 2.20 Cricket: Benson And Hedges World Series Cup. Australia v India. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground 6pm Videobreak 6.10 Regional News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 6.55 Weather 7pm Cricket (cont’d) 10pm MASH 10.30 Hart To Hart 11.30 News (Rpt) 12am Close |
6.30am The Road Runner Show 7am Good Morning Australia 9am Here’s Humphrey 9.55 The All-New Popeye Show 10.25 Bonanza 11.25 News Centre 6 11.30 The Bluestone Boys 12pm Movie: A Gift For Heidi. 1962 [IMDB] 1.25 Chopper Squad 2.20 Cricket: Benson And Hedges World Series Cup. Australia v India. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground 6pm News Centre 6. Includes Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Cricket (cont’d) 10.30 News 11pm Hart To Hart 12am Epilogue 12.05 Close |
6.30am Morning Meditation 6.35 The Smurfs 7am Good Morning Australia 9am Morning Meditation 9.05 Here’s Humphrey 10am The All-New Popeye Show 10.30 Laramie 11.25 The Bluestone Boys 11.55 News Centre 6 12pm Movie: Jack McCall, Desperado. 1953 (B&W) [IMDB] 1.25 Chopper Squad 2.20 Cricket: Benson And Hedges World Series Cup. Australia v India. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground 6pm News Centre 6 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Cricket (cont’d) 10.30 Matt Houston 11.30 News. Including Newsworld 12.30am Close |
6.55am Thought For The Day 7am Today 9am Fat Cat And Friends 9.30 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 10.30 The High Chaparral 11.30 National Nine News 12pm Movie: Mister Roberts. 1955 [IMDB] 2pm Science World 2.20 Cricket: Benson And Hedges World Series Cup. Australia v India. Live from Melbourne Cricket Ground 6pm TV8 News Hour. Includes Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Cricket (cont’d) 10.30 Cagney And Lacey 11.30 Newsworld 12.05am Thought For Tomorrow 12.10 Close |
