Sunday 17 January 1988 — VICTORIA

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)
REGIONALS     
Albury ABAV1
Ballarat ABRV3
Bendigo ABEV1
Gippsland ABLV4
Mildura ABMV4
Shepparton ABGV3
Swan Hill ABSV2
AMV4
Albury
BTV6
Ballarat
GMV6
Shepparton
BCV8 Bendigo
STV8 Mildura
GLV8 Gippsland
Rage (cont’d)
7am Ulysses 31
7.25 Don And Pete
7.30 Battle Of The Planets
7.55 Bananaman
8am Sports Arena
9am Let’s Read With Basil Brush
9.15 Parental Guidance Recommended
10am SOE
11am Worship Sunday
12pm Himalayan Pilgrimage
12.50 The Gospel According To St Matthew
1pm Ancient Lives
2pm Solo To The Top Of The World
2.55 La Linea
3pm The Algerian War
4pm Summer Sports Arena
6pm Durrell In Russia
6.30 Colleen McCullough’s Country Lives
7pm ABC News
7.30 Discovery
8.30 The Singing Detective
9.50 ABC News
9.55 Music Gallery
10.55 Curio
11.50 Close
6.59am Program Highlights
7am The World Tomorrow
7.30 Turn Round Australia
8am The Jimmy Swaggart Hour
9am Special: The Man From Nowhere
9.55 The Wonderful World Of Disney
10.50 Cricket: Benson And Hedges World Series. Australia v New Zealand. Live from Brisbane
2.30pm HR Puf ‘N Stuff
3pm Cricket (cont’d)
7pm National News
7.30 Regional News
7.40 Home And Away PREMIERE
9.40 Movie: Resurrection. 1980 [IMDB]
10.30 It’s A Living
11.40 Turn Round Australia
12.10am The World Tomorrow
12.40 Epilogue
12.45 Close
7am Catholic Program
7.30 Turn Round Australia
8am Jimmy Swaggart
9am Heckle And Jeckle
9.30 Loopy De Loop
9.55 The Alvin Show
10.25 Shazzan
10.50 Cricket: Benson And Hedges World Series. Australia v New Zealand. Live from Brisbane
2.30pm Get Smart
3pm Cricket (cont’d)
7pm National Nine News (GTV9)
7.35 Highway To Heaven
8.30 Movie: I Dream Of Jeannie 15 Years Later. 1984 [IMDB]
10.20 Movie: Boy’s Night Out. 1962 [IMDB]
12.20am Close
7.30am Religion
8am Jimmy Swaggart
9am Costeau’s Odyssey
9.55 Special: Koorana Crocodiles — New Beginning
10.50 Cricket: Benson And Hedges World Series. Australia v New Zealand. Live from Brisbane
2.30pm MASH
3pm Cricket (cont’d)
7pm National Nine News (GTV9)
7.30 Regional News
7.35 Me And My Girl
8pm It’s A Living
8.30 Movie: New York New York. 1977 [IMDB]
10.20 Movie: Drum. 1976 [IMDB]
12.50am News
12.55 Close
6am Turn Round Australia
6.30 The World Tomorrow
6.55 Point Of View
7am The Jimmy Swaggart Hour
8am Sounds Of Sunday
8.30 Focus On Living
9am Movie: Murder Ahoy. 1964 [IMDB]
10.30 CES Workshop
10.50 Cricket: Benson And Hedges World Series. Australia v New Zealand. Live from Brisbane
7pm National Nine News (GTV9)
7.30 The Two Ronnies In Australia
8.30 Movie: American Dreamer. 1984 [IMDB]
10.30 Movie: Players. 1979 [IMDB]
12.35am Close