ABC screens Romeo And Juliet, the second of the BBC’s television adaptations of all 37 plays by William Shakespeare. (The first, Richard II, was broadcast on ABC on 1 July 1979)

The adaptation of all 37 plays was completed in 1985.

Source: TV Week, 18 August 1979

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	ABV2	HSV7	GTV9	ATV0
6AM			6.15am Thunderbirds
7AM			7am Untamed World 7.30 Look Listen Laugh And Learn
8AM		8.45am It Is Written	8am Day Of Discovery 8.30 Good News	8.30am You Say The Word
9AM		9.15 Sunday Magazine 9.30 VFL Junior Supporters Club 9.55 World Of Sport Replay	9am Rex Humbard	9.30 Hour Of Power
10AM			10am Here’s Humphrey 10.52 Point Of View	10.30 Mass For You At Home
11AM	11am Divine Service	11am World Of Sport. Ron Casey, Bill Collins, Colin Long, Fred Villiers, Jack Dyer, Neil Roberts, Doug Wade, Rollo Roylance Terry Clifton, Jack Elliott	11am Religious Special 11.30 You Me And Education	11am Greek Variety Show. Harry Michaels, Kathy Trout
12PM	12pm Countrywide 12.45 Sow What (Rpt)		12pm Movie: The Black Orchid. 1959 [IMDB]	12pm Football: VFA Lightening Premiership
1PM	1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.55 Movie: Barnaby And Me. 1977 [IMDB]			1pm Racing Review 1.30 Football: VFA (cont’d)
2PM		2.15pm Football: VFL Reserves. Essendon v Hawthorn	2pm Movie: My Geisha. 1962 [IMDB]
3PM	3.30 Sunday Spectrum
4PM			4pm The Krofft Super Show
5PM		5pm Fantastic Voyage	5pm The Big Valley	5pm The Waltons
6PM	6pm Countdown 6.55 Weather	6pm Seven National News 6.30 Wonderful World Of Disney	6pm National Nine News. Peter Hitchener 6.30 New Faces. Bert Newton	6pm Eyewitness News 6.30 Chopper Squad
7PM	7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.40 Romeo And Juliet [IMDB]	7.30 This Fabulous Century	7.30 60 Minutes	7.30 Bionic Woman
8PM	8.50 ABC News, Weather	8pm This Is Your Life 8.30 Movie: Maneaters Are Loose! 1978 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Harold And Maude. 1971 [IMDB]	8.30 Movie: Magnum Force. 1973 [IMDB]
9PM	9pm Romeo And Juliet (cont’d)
10PM	10.40 Some Times	10.20 Movie: No Way To Treat A Lady. 1968 [IMDB]	10.20 Movie: Bonjour Tristesse. 1959 [IMDB]	10.40 Special: Getting Ready For The Main Event
11PM	11.10 World Fencing Championships 11.40 Close			11.10 Kojak
12AM		12.25am Insight 12.55 Close	12.30am Movie: Desire Under The Elms. 1958 (B&W) [IMDB]	12.10am Close
1AM
2AM			2.20 Movie: Susan Slept Here. 1954 [IMDB]
3AM
4AM			4am Movie: Beyond A Reasonable Doubt. 1956 (B&W) [IMDB]
5AM			5.15 Gideon’s Way (B&W) (Continues to 6.15am)

 

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11am Divine Service 12pm Countrywide 12.45 Sow What (Rpt) 1pm Four Corners (Rpt) 1.55 Movie: Barnaby And Me. 1977 [IMDB] 3.30 Sunday Spectrum 6pm Countdown 6.55 Weather 7pm ABC News. Includes Weekend Magazine 7.40 Romeo And Juliet [IMDB] 8.50 ABC News, Weather 9pm Romeo And Juliet (cont’d) 10.40 Some Times 11.10 World Fencing Championships 11.40 Close	9.55am Program Highlights 9.57 Rex Humbard 10.57 World Of Sport 2.15pm Football World Panel 2.30 You Me And Education 2.55 Compass 3.20 Movie: Paradise Lagoon. 1957 [IMDB] 4.55 Cartoons 5pm Young Talent Time 5.52 District News 6pm Seven National News 6.30 Wonderful World Of Disney 7.30 The Muppet Show 8pm This Is Your Life 8.30 Movie: Where Eagles Dare. 1969 [IMDB] 11.25 Living Today 11.50 Close	8.45am Sunday Magazine 9am Rex Humbard 10am You Me And Education 10.30 Point Of View 10.40 Football Scoreboard 11am World Of Sport 2.15pm Movie: Drums Across The River. 1954 [IMDB] 3.35 National Geographic 4.30 Young Talent Time 5.30 Sounds Of Sunday 6pm Seven National News 6.30 News Spotlight 6.35 Wonderful World Of Disney 7.30 This Fabulous Century 8pm This Is Your Life 8.30 Movie: Duel. 1971 [IMDB] 10.15 Eddie Capra Mysteries 11.10 It Is Written 11.40 Epilogue 11.45 Close	10.30am You Me And Education 10.55 Point Of View 11am World Of Sport 2.15pm Movie: The Pathfinder. 1953 [IMDB] 4pm Daniel Boone 4.30 The Muppet Show 5pm Young Talent Time 6pm Seven National News 6.30 Wonderful World Of Disney 7.30 This Fabulous Century 8pm This Is Your Life 8.30 Movie: Green Berets. 1964 [IMDB] 10.30 Paper Chase 11.30 Religious Program 12am News, Weather 12.05 Close	8.45am This Week In Agriculture 9am Rex Humbard 10am It Is Written 10.30 Sunday Magazine 10.45 Point Of View 10.53 Newsreel 11am World Of Sport 2.15pm Movie: Backlash. 1956 [IMDB] 4pm Hardy Boys 5pm Young Talent Time 6pm Seven National News 6.30 Wonderful World Of Disney 7.30 Eight Is Enough 8.30 Movie: If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Belgium. 1969 [IMDB] 10.25 Kojak 11.25 Religious Program 11.55 Close