The movie-length pilot of Home And Away screens on Seven (and regional Prime/AMV4), with the series’ half-hour episodes commencing the next night.

See also: Sunday 17 January 1988 — WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Source: TV Week, 16 January 1988 (SBS: The Age, 14 January 1988)

MELBOURNE
	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV10	SBS28
6AM	Rage (cont’d)	6am The All New Popeye Show 6.25 Hong Kong Phooey 6.50 Cartoon Connection. Alex Wileman, Michael Horrocks. Includes The Smurfs, Pebbles And Bamm Bamm, Ducktales, Defenders Of The Planet Earth	(5.55am) Kenneth Copeland 6.55 Turn Round Australia	6am The World Tomorrow 6.30 Aerobics Oz Style
7AM	7am Ulysses 31 7.25 Don And Pete 7.30 Battle Of The Planets 7.55 Bananaman		7.20 Point Of View 7.30 Sunday Q	7am Let Them Live 7.30 Hour Of Power
8AM	8am Sports Arena		8am A Big Country	8.30 Mass For You At Home
9AM	9am Let’s Read With Basil Brush 9.15 Parental Guidance Recommended	9am Sportsworld	9am Movie: An Elephant Called Slowly. 1970 [IMDB]	9am Thundercats 9.30 Spiderwoman
10AM	10am SOE		10.50 Cricket: Benson And Hedges World Series. Australia v New Zealand. Live from Brisbane	10am Gilligan’s Planet 10.30 The Dukes
11AM	11am Worship Sunday	11am Tennis: Ford Australian Open. Live from National Tennis Centre, Melbourne.		11am Business Week
12PM	12pm Himalayan Pilgrimage 12.50 The Gospel According To St Matthew			12pm Movie: Around The World With Benny And Lenny
1PM	1pm Ancient Lives				1.15pm Greek Variety Show
2PM	2pm Solo To The Top Of The World 2.55 La Linea		2.30pm The Home Shopping Show. Brian Bury, Fiona MacDonald	2pm Movie: Branded. 1951 [IMDB]	2.15 Mrs Doremi (Greece)
3PM	3pm The Algerian War		3pm Cricket (cont’d)		3pm The Germans In World War II (Germany)
4PM	4pm Summer Sports Arena			4pm Special: The Mystery Of Animal Behaviour	4.30 Fantastico (Italy)
5PM				5pm Solid Gold	5.30 Soccer: National Indoor League
6PM	6pm Durrell In Russia 6.30 Colleen McCullough’s Country Lives	6pm Seven National News. Marianne Van Dorslar 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Disney		6pm Eyewitness News. Alister Paterson, Sarah Henderson 6.30 Special: Deadly Australians	6.30 World News
7PM	7pm ABC News 7.30 Discovery	7.30 Home And Away PREMIERE Roger Oakley, Vanessa Downing, Alex Papps, Adam Willits, Sharon Hodgson, Helena Bozich, Kate Ritchie, Nicolle Dickson, Sheila Kennelly, Frank Lloyd, Ray Meagher, Judy Nunn (See advertisement below)	7pm National Nine News. Peter Hitchener 7.30 Special: David Copperfield In China	7.30 Movie: The Great Escape. 1963 [IMDB]	7pm Faces From The Renaissance (Germany) 7.30 Moliere (France)
8PM	8.30 The Singing Detective		8.30 Movie: Risky Business. 1983 [IMDB]		8.30 Movie: The Stubborn Mule. 1981 (Germany) [IMDB]
9PM	9.50 ABC News 9.55 Music Gallery	9.30 Special: Glory Days — Bruce Springsteen
10PM	10.55 Curio		10.30 Newsbreak 10.35 Movie: The Mating Season. 1980 [IMDB]	10.50 Entertainment This Week	10.15 Little World Of The Past (Italy)
11PM	11.50 Close	11.30 Faces Of Dick Emery		11.50 Special: This Is America. Part Two	11.35 Close
12AM		12am News Overnight. Includes Today On Sunday (NBC), Meet The Press (NBC) (Continues to 6am)	12.35am Movie: Room At The Top. 1959 [IMDB]
1AM				1.35am Night Shift
2AM			2.55 Movie: Home At Seven. 1953 (B&W) [IMDB]
3AM
4AM			4.35 Bonanza
5AM			5.30 Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon (Continues to 6am)	5am Blankety Blanks 5.30 Superman (B&W) (Continues to 6am)