Source: TV Week, 16 May 1981 (SBS: The Age, 18 May 1981)
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| 6AM | 6am Rocky And His Friends 6.30 King Leonardo 6.55 Go Health |
6.30am Blue Racer | |||
| 7AM | 7am Cartoons | 7am Good Morning Australia | |||
| 8AM | 8am Sesame Street | ||||
| 9AM | 9am Close 9.10 For Schools: For The Juniors 9.30 Play School |
9am Here’s Humphrey | 9am Eyewitness News 9.05 Texas |
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| 10AM | 10am For Schools: About Play School, Junior Secondary Maths, Words Fail Me, The Changing Landscape, Out ‘n’ About | 10am Romper Room | 10am The Ed Allen Show 10.30 Another World |
10am Fat Cat And Friends 10.30 The Bernard King Show |
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| 11AM | 11am Godzilla 11.30 Drak Pack |
11.55 News | 11am Good Morning Melbourne 11.55 Eyewitness News |
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| 12PM | 12.35pm Weekend Magazine (Rpt) | 12pm Movie: Ten Thousand Bedrooms. 1957 (B&W) [IMDB] | 12pm The Mike Walsh Show | 12pm Movie: The Last Time I Saw Archie. 1961 (B&W) [IMDB] | |
| 1PM | 1pm ABC News, Weather 1.11 The Wild Wild World Of Animals 1.30 The Original Laurel And Hardy (B&W) 1.50 The Beachcombers |
1.30 Days Of Our Lives | |||
| 2PM | 2.15 Lassie 2.40 Ragtime 2.55 Magpie Island |
2.15 Movie: Mexican Hayride. 1948 (B&W) [IMDB] | 2.30 The Young And The Restless 2.55 News |
2pm The Celebrity Game 2.30 Blankety Blanks |
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| 3PM | 3pm Sesame Street | 3pm General Hospital 3.30 Search For Tomorrow |
3pm Marcus Welby MD | ||
| 4PM | 4pm Play School 4.30 Mr Squiggle |
4pm The Adventures Of Black Beauty 4.30 Shirl’s Neighbourhood |
4pm You Asked For It 4.30 The Paper Lads |
4pm Simon Townsend’s Wonder World | |
| 5PM | 5pm Grange Hill 5.30 Changes 5.58 ABC News Headlines |
5pm $50,000 Letterbox 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie |
5pm Here’s Lucy 5.30 Family Feud |
5pm Personality Squares. Jimmy Hannan 5.30 The Brady Bunch |
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| 6PM | 6pm Monkey 6.45 Danger Island 6.55 Videodisc |
6pm The Muppet Show 6.30 Seven National News |
6pm The Young Doctors 6.30 National Nine News |
6pm Eyewitness News | 6.10pm Follow Me 6.27 News Headlines 6.30 The Yellow Woodpecker’s Ranch (Brazil) |
| 7PM | 7pm ABC News 7.30 To The Manor Born |
7pm Willesee ’81 7.30 Barry Jones’ Wide World |
7pm Sale Of The Century. Tony Barber, Victoria Nicolls 7.30 The Sullivans |
7pm The Restless Years 7.30 The Dukes Of Hazzard |
7pm Hello Malta (Malta) 7.30 World News. George Donikian |
| 8PM | 8pm Robin’s Nest 8.25 The World Of Monday |
8.30 Cop Shop | 8.30 The Love Boat | 8.30 Movie: The Midnight Man. 1974 [IMDB] | 8pm The Koblanks (Germany) 8.30 The Young And The Old (Italy) |
| 9PM | 9.15 ABC News, Weather 9.25 Nationwide 9.55 Interprom Specials |
9.30 Skyways | 9.30 The Don Lane Show. Don Lane, Bert Newton | 9.30 Paths To Art | |
| 10PM | 10.30 Three’s Company | 10.30 Special: Miss Teenage Quest 1981 | 10.40 Movie: That Man Bolt. 1973 [IMDB] | 10.30 Soccer: European Cup Semi-Final | |
| 11PM | 11pm Close | 11.30 Movie: Village Of The Damned. 1960 (B&W) [IMDB] | 11pm Gunsmoke | ||
| 12AM | 12am Movie: Satan’s Triangle. 1974 [IMDB] | 12.15am The Gong Show | 12am Close | ||
| 1AM | 1am Close | 1.30 Movie: Trilogy Of Terror. 1975 [IMDB] | 1.15 Close | ||
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| 3AM | 3am Movie: The Last Crusade. 1972 [IMDB] | ||||
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| 5AM | 5.10 The Seaway (B&W) (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 Close 9.10 For Schools: For The Juniors 9.30 Play School 10am For Schools: About Play School, Junior Secondary Maths, Words Fail Me, The Changing Landscape, Out ‘n’ About 12.35pm Weekend Magazine (Rpt) 1pm ABC News, Weather 1.11 The Wild Wild World Of Animals 1.30 The Original Laurel And Hardy (B&W) 1.50 The Beachcombers 2.15 Lassie 2.40 Ragtime 2.55 Magpie Island 3pm Sesame Street 4pm Play School 4.30 Mr Squiggle 5pm Grange Hill 5.30 Changes 5.58 ABC News Headlines 6pm Monkey 6.45 Danger Island 6.55 Regional News 7pm ABC News 7.30 To The Manor Born 8pm Robin’s Nest 8.25 The World Of Monday 9.15 ABC News, Weather 9.25 Nationwide 9.55 Interprom Specials 10.30 Three’s Company 11pm Close |
10.58am Program Highlights 11am Here’s Humphrey 12pm The Mike Walsh Show 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.25 At Home With Four 2.40 General Hospital 3.05 Family Affair 3.30 Family Feud 4pm Paddington Bear 4.05 Simon Townsend’s Wonder World 4.35 Salty 5pm Contest Corner 5.05 Pet Care 5.15 Tarzan Lord Of The Jungle 5.45 I Dream Of Jeannie 6.15 Regional News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 6.55 Weather 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 The Sullivans 8.30 Dallas 9.25 NSW Lotto 9.30 The Don Lane Show 11pm News (Rpt) 11.20 Close |
8.30am Challenge Of The Superfriends 9am Tom And Jerry 9.30 Movie: Father Came Too! 1963 [IMDB] 11am Here’s Humphrey 11.55 News 12pm The Mike Walsh Show 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.20 The Young And The Restless 2.45 Harriet’s Back In Town 3.15 Bewitched 3.45 Cartoon Corner 4pm Black Arrow 4.30 Makin’ Trax 5pm The Flintstones 5.30 My Three Sons 6pm Six News. Includes Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 The Sullivans 8.28 Weather 8.30 Prisoner 9.30 The Don Lane Show 11pm Sugar Time 11.30 News (Rpt) 12am Epilogue 12.05 Close |
8.25am Morning Meditation 8.30 The Road Runner Show 9am Superman 9.30 Movie: Abbott And Costello In The Foreign Legion (B&W) [IMDB] 11am Here’s Humphrey 11.55 Regional News 12pm The Mike Walsh Show 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.25 Personality Squares 2.55 Community Corner 3pm The Brady Bunch 3.30 Battle Of The Planets 4pm Children’s Hour. Includes My Friend Flicka, What’s Doing 5pm Cartoon Corner 5.10 Catch Us If You Can 5.40 Get Smart 6.10 Regional News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 6.55 Weather 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 The Sullivans 8.30 Dallas 9.30 The Don Lane Show. Includes NSW Lotto 11pm News (Rpt) 11.30 Close |
8.30am Thought For The Day 8.35 Fat Cat And Friends 9am The Porky Pig Show 9.30 Movie: Cougar Country. 1971 [IMDB] 11.05 The Cisco Kid 11.30 Family Affair 11.57 News 12pm The Mike Walsh Show 1.30 Days Of Our Lives 2.20 The Young And The Restless 2.50 Family Feud 3.20 The Flying Nun 3.50 Cartoons 4pm My Friend Flicka 4.30 The Littlest Hobo 5pm The Flintstones 5.30 Get Smart 6pm Regional News 6.30 Seven National News (HSV7) 7pm Sale Of The Century 7.30 The Sullivans 8.30 Dallas 9.30 The Don Lane Show 11pm Willesee ’81 11.30 News (Rpt) 11.55 Thought For Tomorrow 11.58 Close |
